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Article: Greene's use of the history of Oxford in The Honourable History of Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay.(Essays)(Robert Greene)
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Critics have pointed out that Robert Greene (1558-1592) used historical figures and the history of Oxford in Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (1594) to lend some authenticity to the fanciful plot and to provide allusions to important places, events, and characters that his audiences would derive pleasure from identifying and relating to the events of the play. (1) Greene was familiar with Oxford, having received his M.A. in 1588, which was his second advanced degree following his first one at Cambridge in 1583. Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay is a tour de force of topicality, as Greene includes allusions to Queen Elizabeth; Anglo-Spanish relations after the defeat of the Armada; ...
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Encyclopedia entry: Greene, Robert
The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre;
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... ... own eight plays, the most successful seem to have been James IV of Scotland and The Honourable History of Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (both c. 1591). The latter, a study of white magic, was probably intended as a counterblast to Marlowe ...
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