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| | John Day |
 | | English dramatist, born at Cawston, Norfolk, in 1574, and educated at Ely. |
 | | He became one of Philip Henslowe's playwrights, collaborating with Henry Chettle, William Haughton, Thomas Dekker, Richard Hathway and Wentworth Smith, but his almost incessant activity seems to have left him poor enough, to judge by the small loans, of five shillings and even two shillings, that he obtained from Henslowe. |
 | | A drama dealing with the early years of the reign of King Henry VI, The Blind Beggar of Bednal Green (acted 1600, printed 1659), written in collaboration with Chettle, is his earliest extant work. |
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