Robertus Greene






Titulus Greene's Groat's Worth of Wit (1592)




Roberti Greene preces (1592)


Robertus Greene (natus die 8 Iulii 1558 Norwici; mortuus die 3 Septembris 1592 Londinii), "magister ambarum universitatum", fuit scriptor Anglicus. Clarus est malum iudicium suum de iuveni Gulielmo Shakesperii: an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, scilicet "corvus novus plumis nostris adornatus".



Opera selecta |


Ludi scaenici



  • Alphonsus King of Aragon (1599 editus)


  • A Looking Glass for London and England (cum Thoma Lodge; 1594 editus)


  • Orlando Furioso (1594 editus)


  • Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (1594 editus)


  • The Scottish History of James IV (1598 editus)


  • George a Greene, the Pinner of Wakefield (1599 editus, auctore incerto)


Moralia, mythistorica et autobiographica



  • Mamillia: The Triumph of Pallas (1583)


  • The Myrrour of Modestie (1584)


  • The History of Arbasto, King of Denmarke (1584)


  • Gwydonius (1584)


  • Planetomachia (1585)


  • Morando, the Tritameron of Love (1584-1586)


  • Euphues's Censure to Philautus (1587)


  • Greene's Farewell to Folly (c. 1587)


  • Penelope's Web (1587)


  • Alcida (1588)


  • Pandosto: the triumph of time (1588)


  • Greene's Orpharion (1588)


  • Perimedes (1588)


  • Ciceronis Amor (1589)


  • Menaphon (1589)


  • The Spanish Masquerado (1589)


  • Greene's Mourning Garment (1590)


  • Greene's Never Too Late (1590)


  • Greene's Vision (1590)


  • The Royal Exchange (1590)


  • Philomela (1592)


  • A Quip for an Upstart Courtier (1592)


  • Greene's Groat's Worth of Wit bought with a million of repentance (1592)


De vagantibus



  • A Notable Discovery of Cozenage (1591)


  • The Second Part of Coney-Catching (1591)


  • The Third and Last Part of Coney-Catching (1592)


  • A Disputation Between a He Coney-Catcher and a She Coney-Catcher (1592)


  • The Black Book's Messenger (1592)


  • The Defence of Coney-Catching (1592)



Nexus externi |




  • Biographia apud nndb

  • Brevis biographia et aliqua poemata


  • Editiones operum variorum apud The Oxford Authorship Site



Bibliographia |


Editiones operum



  • Alexander Dyce, ed., The dramatic works of Robert Greene: to which are added his poems. 2 voll. Londinii: Pickering, 1831 Vol. 1 Vol. 2

  • Alexander Grosart, ed., The life and complete works in prose and verse of Robert Greene. 15 voll. Londinii, 1881-1886 Volumina apud archive.org

  • Alexander Grosart, Green Pastures. Londinii, 1894 [Florilegium] Textus apud archive.org

  • J. Churton Collins, ed., The Plays and Poems of Robert Greene. 2 voll. Oxonii: Clarendon Press, 1905 Vol. 1 Vol. 2


Philologica et critica


  • Arul Kumaran, "Robert Greene's Martinist Transformation in 1590" in Studies in Philology vol. 103 (2006) pp. 243-263

  • Donna N. Murphy, "The Cobbler Of Canterbury and Robert Greene" in Notes and Queries vol. 57 (2010) pp. 349-352



Opera Roberti Greene









Titulus editionis 1630 Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay
Ludi scaenici: Alphonsus King of AragonA Looking Glass for London and EnglandOrlando FuriosoFriar Bacon and Friar BungayThe Scottish History of James IVGeorge a Greene, the Pinner of Wakefield

Mythistoriae: Pandosto: the triumph of time


Varia: Greene's Groat's Worth of Wit bought with a million of repentance




Scriptores scaenici Anglici: aevum litterarum renascentium









Theatrum Globe restitutum

Franciscus Beaumont · Gulielmus Berkeley · Richard Brome · Ludovicus Carlell · Gulielmus Cartwright · Georgius Chapman · Henricus Chettle · Robertus Daborne · Gulielmus Davenant · Robertus Davenport · Ioannes Day · Thomas Dekker · Ricardus Edwardes · Nathan Field · Ioannes Fletcher · Ioannes Ford · Robertus Greene · Ricardus Hathwaye · Gulielmus Haughton · Ioannes Heywood · Thomas Heywood · Beniaminus Jonson · Thomas Killigrew · Thomas Kyd · Thomas Lodge · Ioannes Lyly · Gervasius Markham · Christophorus Marlowe · Shackerley Marmion · Ioannes Marston · Philippus Massinger · Thomas May · Thomas Middleton · Antonius Munday · Thomas Nabbes · Thomas Nashe · Georgius Peele · Samuel Rowley · Gulielmus Rowley · Gulielmus Shakesperius · Iacobus Shirley · Wentworth Smith · Ioannes Suckling · Thomas Tomkis · Cyrillus Tourneur · Ioannes Webster · Georgius Wilkins · Arthurus Wilson · Robertus Wilson



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