Player, Playwright and Preacher's Kid

John Field, an ordained minister in the Established Church, described playhouses as "sinks of sin". Little did he know that his son Nathan (Nat) Field would become one of Britain's most celebrated players and playwrights. Nat's career has been neglected but in this biography the picture of his life is pieced together to reveal one of the most famous names in the theatre of the seventeenth-century.