Robert Greene is one of the most popular and richest Playwright who was born on July 11, 1558 in England, England, United Kingdom. A sixteenth-century British author and dramatist, he became famous for his pamphlet, Greene’s Groats-Worth of Wit, and for his scandalous persona. His numerous other prose works include Penelope’s Web and The Anatomy of Lovers’ Flatteries.
His posthumously-published pamphlet, Greene’s Groats-Worth of Wit, cryptically accused William Shakespeare of plagiarism.
He boasted of a marriage to a wealthy woman named Doll, whom he claimed to have abandoned once he had spent most of her fortune.