The Four Peas by John Heywood

There were no permanent theatres or formal companies of actors yet, but both would start to appear over the next few decades. I noted that these new types of plays were called interludes. The term originally referred to those short sketches or skits performed at royal banquets or celebrations. But it soon came to be used for just about any type of play that was produced during this period. And one of the most popular writers of those plays was john heywood. He originally joined the court of henry the eighth as an entertainer and a musician. Well heywood's plays were written in rhyming verse, and he loved to play around with words.