Richard Head

Head, Richard (?1637-?1686), playwright and book-seller, born in Carrickfergus. A play called Hic et Ubique, or the Humours of Dublin (1663) concerns the exploits of English adventurers in Ireland. Head was part-author of The English Rogue (1665), a scabrous narrative written in the tradition of Spanish picaresque novellas. His other writings include Proteus Redivivus, or the Art of Wheedling or Insinuation (1675).