Islamic literature Ibn Arabi. The Moors also had a noticeable influence on the works of George Peele and William Shakespeare. Some of their works featured Moorish characters, such as Peele's "The Battle of Alcazar" and Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", "Titus Andronicus", and "Othello", whose title character is a Moor. These works are said to have been inspired by several Moorish delegations from Morocco to Elizabethan England at the beginning of the 17th century. Islamic literature Islamic literature is literature written with an Islamic perspective, in any language. One term for this is "adab". Although today "adab" denotes literature generally, 'in earlier
Edmund Shakespeare was paid for his burial (possibly by William) at St Saviour's in Southwark (known today as Southwark Cathedral) "with a forenoone knell of the great bell". Edmund Shakespeare was the subject of a one-man show, written and performed by the British stage actor Ben Deery, in 2012, at The Last Refuge, Peckham, London. The play's title "Most Savage and Unnatural", alludes to a line spoken by the character of Edmund in the play "King Lear" by William Shakespeare. The performance included elements of audience participation and was warmly received. Edmund Shakespeare Edmund Shakespeare (1580 in Stratford-upon-Avon – buried 31 December