What nationality was the author of The Troublesome Reign of King John?
The Troublesome Reign of King John The Troublesome Reign of King John (c. 1589) is an Elizabethan history play, probably by George Peele, that is generally accepted by scholars as the source and model that William Shakespeare employed for his own "King John" (c. 1596).
John Doran (writer) John Doran (11 March 1807 – 25 January 1878) was an English editor and miscellaneous writer of Irish parentage, wrote a number of works dealing with the lighter phases of manners, antiquities, and social history, often bearing punning titles, e.g., "Table Traits with Something on Them" (1854), and "Knights and their Days". He edited Horace Walpole's "Journal of the Reign of George III.". Among other posts, Doran was for a short time editor of "The Athenaeum".