Author:John Leanerd

John Leanerd
(1677–1679)

English playwright, known for plagiarising

Works

  • The Country Innocence; or, the Chambermaid turn'd Quaker (1677) [a play called The Country Girl (1647) by another playwright, under a new title]
  • The Rambling Justice; or, the Jealous Husbands, with the Humours of Sir John Twiford [mostly borrowed from More Dissemblers Besides Women (1657) by Thomas Middleton]
  • The Counterfeits (1679) (attribution uncertain)

Works about Leanerd

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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