GEORGE WAPULL (c. 1576).
A George Wapull was clerk of the Stationers’ Company from 29 Sept. 1571 to 30 May 1575. In 1584–5 the company assisted him with 10s. ‘towards his voyage unto Norembegue’ in America (Arber, i. xliv, 509).
The Tide Tarrieth No Man > 1576
S. R. 1576, Oct. 22. ‘An Enterlude intituled The tide tariethe noe man.’ Hugh Jackson (Arber, ii. 303).
1576. The Tyde taryeth no Man. A Moste Pleasant and merry Commody, right pythie and full of delight. Compiled by George Wapull. Hugh Jackson. [Prologue.]
Editions by J. P. Collier (1864, Illustrations of Early English Literature, ii), E. Ruhl (1907, Jahrbuch, xliii. 1), J. S. Farmer (1910, T. F. T.).
A non-controversial moral, with allegorical and typical characters, including ‘Courage, the vice’, arranged for four actors.
WILLIAM WARNER (c. 1558–1609).
Warner was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, and became an attorney. His chief work, Albion’s England (1586), was dedicated to Henry Lord Hunsdon, and his Syrinx (1585) to Sir George Carey, afterwards Lord Hunsdon.
Menaechmi > c. 1592