Old Wife's Tale (New Mermaid)

Peele wrote a variety of plays: Edward I, an English Chronicle history; The Battle of Alcazar, a foreign history; The Old Wives' Tale (1595), a folkloric narration; The Arraignment of Paris (1584), a mythological pastoral; and David and Bethsabe (1599), a biblical tragedy. Peele is predominantly a courtly dramatist best known for his fluent lyrical gifts.

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