Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay

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"Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay" is an Elizabethan comedy play by Robert Greene that blends magic, romance, and farce in a tale about the legendary English magician Roger Bacon.

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Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay canonical 3

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instanceOf Elizabethan play ⓘ
stage comedy ⓘ
associatedWith University of Oxford ⓘ
popular legend ⓘ
author Robert Greene ⓘ
basedOn legend of Roger Bacon ⓘ
containsElement comic subplot ⓘ
conjuring ⓘ
romantic intrigue ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dramaticStructure five-act play ⓘ
featuresCharacter Friar Bungay ⓘ
Lacy ⓘ
Margaret of Fressingfield ⓘ
Prince Edward ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1594 ⓘ
firstPublisher Edward White ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
farce ⓘ
romance ⓘ
hasTheme limits of human knowledge ⓘ
love versus duty ⓘ
responsibility in the use of magic ⓘ
rural virtue versus courtly life ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm verse and prose ⓘ
literaryMovement English Renaissance drama ⓘ
mainCharacter Roger Bacon ⓘ
notableFor blend of magic, romance, and farce ⓘ
early stage representation of English national identity ⓘ
originalMedium stage play ⓘ
periodOfOrigin Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance
settingLocation Fressingfield ⓘ
Oxford ⓘ
the English court ⓘ
subject courtship ⓘ
magic ⓘ
national pride ⓘ
scholarship ⓘ
social class ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 13th century England ⓘ

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Robert Greene → notableWork → Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay ⓘ
Admiral’s Men → stagedPlay → Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay ⓘ
Lord Admiral’s Men → performedPlay → Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay ⓘ