Richard Edwards (1523? - 1566) was an English poet, was at Oxford, and went to Court,
where he was made a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, and master of the
singing boys. He had a high reputation for his comedies and interludes.
His Palaman and Arcite was acted before Elizabeth at Oxford in 1566, when
the stage fell and three persons were killed and five hurt, the play
nevertheless proceeding. Damon and Pythias (1577), a comedy, is his
only extant play.
