Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay

by Robert Greene

Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, (originally entitled The Honorable Historie of Frier Bacon and Frier Bongay), is an Elizabethan era stage play, a comedy written by Robert Greene. Widely regarded as Greene's best and most significant play, it has received more critical attention than any other of Greene's dramas.