The World and the Child

The World and the Child

The World and the Child is an anonymous 16th century play. The earliest surviving edition (printed by Wynkyn de Worde) is dated July 17, 1522.

The works is thought to have influenced William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1.


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