 George Buchanan (1506–82) was major influence on Continental theatre with plays such as "Jepheths" and "Baptistes", which influenced Pierre Corneille and Jean Racine and through them the neo-classical tradition in French drama, but his impact in Scotland was limited by his choice of Latin as a medium.The anonymous "The Maner of the Cyring of ane Play" (before 1568) and "Philotus" (published in London in 1603), are isolated examples of surviving plays.The later is a vernacular Scots comedy of errors, probably designed for court performance for Mary, Queen of Scots or James VI.