John Lyly

English courtier, poet and playwright (1554? - 1606)

Stage Works

Unless otherwise indicated, the plays are in prose and were first performed in London.

1. Campaspe (Alexander, Campaspe and Diogenes). Comedy, 5 acts. Written 1579/80. Published 1584. Produced Blackfriars Theatre, 1584.
   
   
2. Sapho and Phao. Play, 5 acts. Written 1581. Published 1584 (Stationers' Register, Apr. 5, 1584). Produced at court, Shrove Tuesday, 1582 or 1584.
   
   
3. Gallathea. Play, 5 acts. Published 1591 (Stationers' Register, Apr. 1, 1585, for Titirus and Galathea). If the Stationers' Register entry refers to this play, it would indicate a performance prior to 1585; if not, the next known performance date is Jan. 1, 1588, at Greenwich, cited on the title page.
   
   
4. Endimion, the Man in the Moon. Play, 5 acts. Published 1591 (Stationers' Register, Oct. 4, 1591). Produced Greenwich, Children of St. Paul's, Candlemas Day, conjecturally 1586 or 1588.
   
   
5. Mother Bombie. Play, 5 acts. Published 1594. (Stationers' Register, June 18, 1594). Produced Children of St. Paul's, 1587/90.
   
   
6. Midas. Play, 5 acts. Written 1589. Published 1592 (Stationers' Register, 1591). Produced at court, Children of St. Paul's, 1589 or Jan. 6, 1590 (Twelfth Night).
   
   
7. Love's Metamorphoses. Pastoral, 5 acts. Published 1601 (Stationers' Register, Nov. 25, 1600). Produced at court, Children of St. Paul's, 1589/ 90?
   
   
8. The Woman in the Moon. Play, 5 acts; blank verse. Published 1597 (Stationers' Register, Sept. 22, 1595). Produced at court, 1590/95?
   
   
9. The Maid's Metamorphosis. Play, 5 acts; verse. Published 1600. Produced 1591?/99? Doubtfully attributed to Lyly.