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A Listing of Extant Early Modern English Drama Written in Latin
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| YEAR | Author | TITLE | [TYPE OF PLAY] | AUSPICES |
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| 1513 | Arduenna, Remaclus | PALAMEDES | [COMEDY] | CLOSET |
| 1527 | Anonymous | A MASK OF VENUS, CUPID, SIX DAMSELS, AND SIX OLD MEN | [SPEECHES] | WOLSEY'S |
| 1528 | Anonymous | RELIGION, PEACE, AND JUSTICE | [POLITICAL INTERLUDE] | WOLSEY'S (by Paul's?) |
| 1540 | Grimald, Nicholas | CHRISTUS REDIVIVUS | [NEO-MIRACLE] | BASENOSE COLLEGE, OXFORD |
| 1540 | Watson, Thomas | ABSALOM | [BIBLICAL PLAY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1541 | Buchanan, George | BAPTISTES SIVE CALUMNIA | [POLITICAL ALLEGORY] | GUYENNE COLLEGE, BORDEAUX |
| 1542 | Buchanan, George | JEPHTHES SIVE VOTUM | [BIBLICAL PLAY] | GUYENNE COLLEGE, BORDEAUX |
| 1543 | Buchanan, George | ALCESTIS | [TRAGEDY] | GUYENNE COLLEGE, BORDEAUX |
| 1543 | Buchanan, George | MEDEA | [TRAGEDY] | GUYENNE COLLEGE, BORDEAUX |
| 1544 | Christopherson, John | JEPHTHES | [BIBLICAL PLAY in Greek and Latin] | TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE? |
| 1547 | Grimald, Nicholas | ARCHIPROPHETA | [BIBLICAL TRAGEDY] | CHRIST CHURCH OR EXETER, OXFORD |
| 1555 | Worseley, Ralph | SYNEDRII SIVE CONCESSUS ANIMALIUM | [BEAST DRAMA] | CLOSET? |
| 1556 | Foxe, John | CHRISTUS TRIUMPHANS | [RELIGIOUS PLAY] | TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1561 | Buchanan, George | APOLLO ET MUSAE EXULES | [MASQUE] | SCOTTISH COURT |
| 1565 | Buchanan, George | POMPAE DEORUM IN NUPTIIS MARIAE; POMPAE EQUESTRES | [MASQUES] | SCOTTISH COURT |
| 1566 | Buchanan, George | POMPAE DEORUM RUSTICORUM | [MASQUE] | SCOTTISH COURT |
| 1566 | Anonymous | SAPIENTIA SOLOMONIS | [BIBLICAL PLAY] | WESTMINSTER BOYS |
| 1572 | Goldingham, William | HERODES | [TRAGEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE? |
| 1579 | Fraunce, A. (?) or Hickman, H (?) | HYMENAEUS | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1580 | Legge, Thomas | RICHARDUS TERTIUS | [TRAGEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1581 | Forsett, Edward | PEDANTIUS | [SATIRICAL COMEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1581 | Watson, Thomas | ANTIGONE | [TRAGEDY] | CAMBRIDGE (in circa 1583) |
| 1582 | Fraunce, Abraham | VICTORIA | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE (?) |
| 1582 | Gager, William | MELEAGER | [TRAGEDY] | CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD |
| 1582 | Hutton, Leonard | BELLUM GRAMMATICALE SIVE NOMINUM VERBORUNQUE DISCORDIA CIVILIS | [ALLEGORY] | CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD (in 1592) |
| 1582 | Anonymous | SOLYMANNIDAE | [TRAGEDY] | UNKNOWN |
| 1583 | Gager, William | DIDO | [TRAGEDY] | CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD |
| 1584 | Gager, William | OEDIPUS | [TRAGEDY] | CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD |
| 1590 | Salterne, George | TOMUMBEIUS SIVE SULTANICI IN AEGYPTO IMPERII EVERSIO | [TRAGEDY] | UNKNOWN |
| 1592 | Alabaster, William | ROXANA | [TRAGEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1592 | Gager, William | PANNICULUS HIPPOLYTO ASSUTUS | [ADDITIONS TO SENECA] | CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD |
| 1592 | Gager, William | ULYSSES REDUX | [TRAGEDY] | CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD |
| 1595 | Anonymous | LAELIA | [COMEDY] | QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1597 | Morrell, Roger (?) | HISPANUS | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1597 | Wilburne, Nathaniel | MACHIAVELLUS | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1597 | Rollinson, F. (?) | SILVANUS | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1599 | Hawkesworth, Walter | LEANDER | [COMEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1603 | Gwinne, Matthew | NERO | [TRAGEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD |
| 1603 | Hawkesworth, Walter | LABYRINTHUS | [COMEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1604 | Quarles, W. (?) | PASTOR FIDUS | [PASTORAL] | KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1605 | Gwinne, Matthew | TRES SIBYLLAE | [ROYAL ENTERTAINMENT] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD |
| 1605 | Gwinne, Matthew | VERTUMNUS SIVE ANNUS RECURRENS | [PLAY] | ST. JOHN'S MEN AT CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD |
| 1606 | Burton, Robert | PHILOSOPHASTER | [COMEDY] | CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD |
| 1606 | Anonymous | ZELOTYPUS | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1607 | Anonymous | ARA FORTUNAE | [MOCK CORONATION] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD |
| 1607 | Anonymous | PHILOMELA, OR TEREUS AND PROGNE | [TRAGEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD |
| 1607 | Vertue, Owen (?) | SATURNALIA | [INTERLUDE] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD |
| 1609 | Wren, Christopher, Sr. | PHYSIPONOMACHIA | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD |
| 1612 | Parsons, Philip | ATALANTA | [PASTORAL] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD |
| 1612 | Anonymous | CANCER | [COMEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1612 | Anonymous | CAPTIVA RELIGIO | [TRAGICOMEDY] | ENGLISH COLLEGE, ROME |
| 1612 | Anonymous | MICROCOSMUS | [MORAL] | CAMBRIDGE (?) |
| 1612 | Anonymous | ROFFENSIS | [TRAGEDY] | ENGLISH COLLEGE, ROME |
| 1612 | Anonymous | THOMAS MORUS | [TRAGEDY] | ENGLISH COLLEGE, ROME |
| 1613 | Brooke, Samuel | ADELPHE | [COMEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1613 | Brooke, Samuel | SCYROS | [PASTORAL] | TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1613 | Anonymous | S. THOMAS CANTUARIIS | [TRAGEDY] | ENGLISH COLLEGE, ROME |
| 1614 | Anonymous | MAGISTER BONUS SIVE ARSENIUS | [TRAGEDY] | ST. OMERS |
| 1615 | Brooke, Samuel | MELANTHE | [PASTORAL] | TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1615 | Ruggle, George | IGNORAMUS | [COMEDY] | CLARE HALL, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1615 | Anonymous | ROMEUS ET JULIETTA | [TRAGEDY] | UNACTED |
| 1616 | Chappell, John (?) | SUSENBROTUS, OR FORTUNIA | [COMEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1616 | Cruso, Aquila | EURIBATES PSEUDOMAGUS | [PLAY] | CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1616 | May, Thomas | JULIUS CAESAR | [TRAGEDY] | SIDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE (?) |
| 1618 | Atkinson, Thomas | HOMO | [TRAGEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD |
| 1618 | Bernard, Samuel | ANDRONICUS COMNENUS (ALEXIUS IMPERATOR) | [TRAGEDY] | MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD |
| 1618 | Anonymous | ANTONINIS BASSIANUS CARACALLA | [TRAGEDY] | CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD |
| 1618 | Anonymous | STOICUS VAPULANS | [MORAL] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1619 | Carleton, Thomas | FATUM VORTIGERNI | [TRAGEDY] | ENGLISH COLLEGE, DOUAI |
| 1619 | Drury, Thomas | ALUREDUS SIVE ALFREDUS | [TRAGICOMEDY] | ENGLISH COLLEGE, DOUAI |
| 1619 | Drury, Thomas | MORS COMOEDIA | [FARCE] | ENGLISH COLLEGE, DOUAI |
| 1619 | Drury, Thomas | REPARATUS SIVE DEPOSITUM | [TRAGICOMEDY] | ENGLISH COLLEGE, DOUAI |
| 1619 | Stub, Edward | FRAUS HONESTA (CALLIDAMUS ET CALLANTHIA) | [COMEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1620 | Anonymous | RISUS ANGLICANUS | [ANTI-CATHOLIC COMEDY] | CAMBRIDGE (?) |
| 1622 | Mease, Peter | ADRASTUS PARENTANS SIVE VINDICTA | [TRAGEDY] | JESUS COLLEGE (?), CAMBRIDGE |
| 1622 | Anonymous | AMBITIO INFELIX SIVE ABSALOM | [TRAGEDY] | ST. OMERS |
| 1622 | Simons, Joseph | VITUS SIVE CHRISTIANA FORTITUDO | [TRAGEDY] | ST. OMERS |
| 1623 | Ward, Robert (?) | FUCUS SIVE HISTRIOMASTIX (FUCUS HISTRIOMASTIX) | [COMEDY] | QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1623 | Claretus, P. | INNOCENTIA PURPURATA SEU ROSA CANDIDA ET RUBICUNDA (HENRY VI) | [TRAGEDY] | ST. OMERS |
| 1623 | Anonymous | S. PELAGIUS MARTYR | [TRAGEDY] | ST. OMERS |
| 1624 | Simons, Joseph | MERCIA SEU PIETAS CORONATA | [TRAGEDY] | ST. OMERS |
| 1624 | Simons, Joseph | THEOCTISTUS SIVE CONSTANS IN AULA VIRTUS | [TRAGEDY] | ST. OMERS |
| 1625 | Ainsworth, William (?) | CLYTOPHON | [COMEDY] | EMMANUEL COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE (?) |
| 1626 | Bellamy, Henry | IPHIS | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD |
| 1626 | Simons, Joseph (?) | S. DAMIANUS | [PLAY] | ST. OMERS |
| 1626 | Anonymous | PARTHENIA | [PASTORAL] | CAMBRIDGE (?) |
| 1627 | Crowther, Joseph | CEPHALUS ET PROCRIS | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD (?) |
| 1627 | Simons, Joseph | LEO ARMENUS (ULTIO DIVINA) | [TRAGEDY] | ST. OMERS |
| 1628 | Vincent, Thomas | PARIA | [COMEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1631 | Hausted, Peter | SENILE ODIUM | [COMEDY] | QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1631 | Simons, Joseph | ZENO SIVE AMBITIO INFELIX (FRATRUM CONCORDIA SAEVA) | [TRAGEDY] | ST. OMERS |
| 1632 | Petell, Jr. (?), Thomas | VERSIPELLIS | [COMEDY] | QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1633 | Blencowe, John | MERCURIUS SIVE LITERARUM LUCTA | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD (?) |
| 1633 | Rickets, John | BYRSA BASILICA SIVE REGALE EXCAMBIUM | [COMEDY] | JESUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE (?) |
| 1634 | Sparrow, Thomas | CONFESSOR | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE (?) |
| 1635 | Wilde, George | EUMORPHUS SIVE CUPIDO ADULTUS | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD |
| 1635 | Anonymous | ICON ECCLESIASTICI | [COMEDY] | UNKNOWN |
| 1636 | Anonymous | SENILIS AMOR | [COMEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE (?), CAMBRIDGE |
| 1638 | Cowley, Abraham | NAUFRAGIUM JOCULARRE | [COMEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1638 | Johnson, William | VALETUDINARIUM | [COMEDY] | QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE |
| 1638 | Randolph, T. (?), Brathwait, R. (?) | CORNELIANUM DOLIUM | [COMEDY] | UNKNOWN |
| 1640 | Snelling, Thomas | THIBALDUS SIVE VINDICTAE INGENIUM (PHARAMUS SIVE LIBIDO VINDEX) | [TRAGEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD |
| 1641 | Brathwait, Richard | MERCURIUS BRITANNICUS, OR THE ENGLISH INTELLIGENCER (THE CENSURE OF THE JUDGES, OR THE COURT CURE) | [POLITICAL COMEDY & ENGLISH TRANSLATION] | CLOSET |
| 1643 | Anonymous | FRAUS PIA | [COMEDY] | UNKNOWN |
| LATIN DRAMA PRESENTED AT OXFORD |
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| YEAR | Author | TITLE | [TYPE OF PLAY] | AUSPICES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1540 | Grimald, Nicholas | CHRISTUS REDIVIVUS | [NEO-MIRACLE] | BASENOSE COLLEGE |
| 1547 | Grimald, Nicholas | ARCHIPROPHETA | [BIBLICAL TRAGEDY] | CHRIST CHURCH OR EXETER |
| 1582 | Gager, William | MELEAGER | [TRAGEDY] | CHRIST CHURCH |
| 1582 | Hutton, Leonard | BELLUM GRAMMATICALE SIVE NOMINUM VERBORUNQUE DISCORDIA CIVILIS | [ALLEGORY] | CHRIST CHURCH (in 1592) |
| 1583 | Gager, William | DIDO | [TRAGEDY] | CHRIST CHURCH |
| 1584 | Gager, William | OEDIPUS | [TRAGEDY] | CHRIST CHURCH |
| 1592 | Gager, William | PANNICULUS HIPPOLYTO ASSUTUS | [ADDITIONS TO SENECA] | CHRIST CHURCH |
| 1592 | Gager, William | ULYSSES REDUX | [TRAGEDY] | CHRIST CHURCH |
| 1603 | Gwinne, Matthew | NERO | [TRAGEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE |
| 1605 | Gwinne, Matthew | TRES SIBYLLAE | [ROYAL ENTERTAINMENT] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE |
| 1605 | Gwinne, Matthew | VERTUMNUS SIVE ANNUS RECURRENS | [PLAY] | ST. JOHN'S MEN AT CHRIST CHURCH |
| 1606 | Burton, Robert | PHILOSOPHASTER | [COMEDY] | CHRIST CHURCH |
| 1607 | Anonymous | ARA FORTUNAE | [MOCK CORRONATION] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE |
| 1607 | Anonymous | PHILOMELA, OR TEREUS AND PROGNE | [TRAGEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE |
| 1607 | Vertue, Owen (?) | SATURNALIA | [INTERLUDE] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE |
| 1609 | Wren, Christopher, Sr. | PHYSIPONOMACHIA | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE |
| 1612 | Parsons, Philip | ATALANTA | [PASTORAL] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE |
| 1618 | Atkinson, Thomas | HOMO | [TRAGEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE |
| 1618 | Bernard, Samuel | ANDRONICUS COMNENUS (ALEXIUS IMPERATOR) | [TRAGEDY] | MAGDALEN COLLEGE |
| 1618 | Anonymous | ANTONINIS BASSIANUS CARACALLA | [TRAGEDY] | CHRIST CHURCH |
| 1626 | Bellamy, Henry | IPHIS | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE |
| 1627 | Crowther, Joseph | CEPHALUS ET PROCRIS | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE (?) |
| 1633 | Blencowe, John | MERCURIUS SIVE LITERARUM LUCTA | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE (?) |
| 1635 | Wilde, George | EUMORPHUS SIVE CUPIDO ADULTUS | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE |
| 1640 | Snelling, Thomas | THIBALDUS SIVE VINDICTAE INGENIUM (PHARAMUS SIVE LIBIDO VINDEX) | [TRAGEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE |
| LATIN DRAMA PRESENTED AT CAMBRIDGE |
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| YEAR | Author | TITLE | [TYPE OF PLAY] | AUSPICES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1540 | Watson, Thomas | ABSALOM | [BIBLICAL PLAY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE |
| 1544 | Christopherson, John | JEPHTHES | [BIBLICAL PLAY in Greek and Latin] | TRINITY COLLEGE? |
| 1556 | Foxe, John | CHRISTUS TRIUMPHANS | [RELIGIOUS PLAY] | TRINITY COLLEGE |
| 1572 | Goldingham, William | HERODES | [TRAGEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE? |
| 1579 | Fraunce, A. (?) or Hickman, H (?) | HYMENAEUS | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE |
| 1580 | Legge, Thomas | RICHARDUS TERTIUS | [TRAGEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE |
| 1581 | Forsett, Edward | PEDANTIUS | [SATIRICAL COMEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE |
| 1581 | Watson, Thomas | ANTIGONE | [TRAGEDY] | CAMBRIDGE (in circa 1583) |
| 1582 | Fraunce, Abraham | VICTORIA | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE (?) |
| 1592 | Alabaster, William | ROXANA | [TRAGEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE |
| 1595 | Anonymous | LAELIA | [COMEDY] | QUEEN'S COLLEGE |
| 1597 | Morrell, Roger (?) | HISPANUS | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE |
| 1597 | Wilburne, Nathaniel | MACHIAVELLUS | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE |
| 1597 | Rollinson, F. (?) | SILVANUS | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE |
| 1599 | Hawkesworth, Walter | LEANDER | [COMEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE |
| 1603 | Hawkesworth, Walter | LABYRINTHUS | [COMEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE |
| 1604 | Quarles, W. (?) | PASTOR FIDUS | [PASTORAL] | KING'S COLLEGE |
| 1606 | Anonymous | ZELOTYPUS | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE |
| 1612 | Anonymous | CANCER | [COMEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE |
| 1612 | Anonymous | MICROCOSMUS | [MORAL] | CAMBRIDGE (?) |
| 1613 | Brooke, Samuel | ADELPHE | [COMEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE |
| 1613 | Brooke, Samuel | SCYROS | [PASTORAL] | TRINITY COLLEGE |
| 1615 | Brooke, Samuel | MELANTHE | [PASTORAL] | TRINITY COLLEGE |
| 1615 | Ruggle, George | IGNORAMUS | [COMEDY] | CLARE HALL |
| 1616 | Chappell, John (?) | SUSENBROTUS, OR FORTUNIA | [COMEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE |
| 1616 | Cruso, Aquila | EURIBATES PSEUDOMAGUS | [PLAY] | CAIUS COLLEGE |
| 1616 | May, Thomas | JULIUS CAESAR | [TRAGEDY] | SIDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE (?) |
| 1618 | Anonymous | STOICUS VAPULANS | [MORAL] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE |
| 1619 | Stub, Edward | FRAUS HONESTA (CALLIDAMUS ET CALLANTHIA) | [COMEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE |
| 1620 | Anonymous | RISUS ANGLICANUS | [ANTI-CATHOLIC COMEDY] | CAMBRIDGE (?) |
| 1622 | Mease, Peter | ADRASTUS PARENTANS SIVE VINDICTA | [TRAGEDY] | JESUS COLLEGE (?) |
| 1623 | Ward, Robert (?) | FUCUS SIVE HISTRIOMASTIX (FUCUS HISTRIOMASTIX) | [COMEDY] | QUEEN'S COLLEGE |
| 1625 | Ainsworth, William (?) | CLYTOPHON | [COMEDY] | EMMANUEL COLLEGE (?) |
| 1626 | Anonymous | PARTHENIA | [PASTORAL] | CAMBRIDGE (?) |
| 1628 | Vincent, Thomas | PARIA | [COMEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE |
| 1631 | Hausted, Peter | SENILE ODIUM | [COMEDY] | QUEEN'S COLLEGE |
| 1632 | Petell, Jr. (?), Thomas | VERSIPELLIS | [COMEDY] | QUEEN'S COLLEGE |
| 1633 | Rickets, John | BYRSA BASILICA SIVE REGALE EXCAMBIUM | [COMEDY] | JESUS COLLEGE (?) |
| 1634 | Sparrow, Thomas | CONFESSOR | [COMEDY] | ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE (?) |
| 1636 | Anonymous | SENILIS AMOR | [COMEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE (?) |
| 1638 | Cowley, Abraham | NAUFRAGIUM JOCULARRE | [COMEDY] | TRINITY COLLEGE |
| 1638 | Johnson, William | VALETUDINARIUM | [COMEDY] | QUEEN'S COLLEGE |