John Day

John Day (born 1574, Cawston, Norfolk, Eng.—died 1640?) was an Elizabethan dramatist whose verse allegory The Parliament of Bees shows unusual ingenuity and delicacy of imagination. Day was expelled from the University of Cambridge in 1593 for theft, and after 1598 he became a playwright for the theatre proprietor and manager Philip Henslowe. In this capacity Day collaborated with Thomas Dekker, Henry Chettle, and some lesser-known writers. His first extant play is The Blind-Beggar of...