The Four PP

Cover page of The Four PP by John Heywood showing the three chief characters Pedlar, Pothecary and Pardoner amid the lying competition.

The Play called the foure PP; a newe and a very mery interlude of a palmer, a pardoner, a potycary, a pedler or The Four PP (pronounced "pees", plural of the name of the letter P) is an interlude by John Heywood written around 1530 that relates the tale of four men whose trades begin with the letter P. The characters in the play include two churchmen (a Pardoner and a Palmer), a medieval pharmacist (an aPothecary), and a Pedlar.[1] The play has no female characters. [2]

  1. ^ Best, Michael. "A Play of Four "P"s – Life and Times – Internet Shakespeare Editions". internetshakespeare.uvic.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  2. ^ Greg, Walker (2020). "The Significance of Heywood's Interludes". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2023-07-26.