The Life and Death of Jack Straw

The Life and Death of Jack Straw was a late 16th-century play, possibly written by playwright George Peele.

The play takes the story of Jack Straw, a rebel leader in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. The play was possibly written by George Peele and probably originally designed for production in one of London's guild pageants.[1] The play portrays Jack Straw as a tragic figure, being led into wrongful rebellion by the priest John Ball, drawing clear allegorical links between the instability of late-Elizabethan England and the politics of the 14th century.[2] It is one of the earliest political plays of its type in England.[3]

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  1. Ribner 2005, pp. 71-72
  2. Ribner 2005, pp. 71-74
  3. Ribner 2005, p. 74

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