John de Coupland
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John de Coupland, also known as John Copeland, was the squire from Northumberland who captured David II of Scotland after the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346. He was knighted for his actions, becomi
The Capture of King David at Neville's Cross
Edward III (play)
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The Raigne of King Edward the Third, often shortened to Edward III, is an Elizabethan play printed anonymously in 1596, and possibly at least partly written by William Shakespeare. It began to be incl
John de Coupland
…death. Coupland would have to be "pacified or otherwise neutralised" to ensure a peace deal. As "John Copland" he appears in the Elizabethan play Edward III, in which he gives a series of chivalric speeches defending his honour…
Title page of the first quarto (1596)
Edward the Black Prince (David Mendelsohn) in the American professional premiere of Edward III, staged by Pacific Repertory Theatre in August 2001
The 1599 Second Quarto of the play
Rhiannon Lattimer as Ned the Black Prince, with Ben Forer as his father Edward III, in Hudson Shakespeare Company's production of King Edward III