Edwardes

Richard Edwardes
... Richard Edwardes (1523 - 1566) was an English poet and playwright he was made a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, and was master of the singing boys ... In 1566, Edwardes' Palamon and Arcite was performed before Elizabeth I at Oxford when the stage fell — three people died and five were injured as a result ... Ten of Edwardes' poems appear in the first edition of the Paradise of Dainty Devices, though publisher Henry Disle says the poems are "written for the most part by M ...