Master Skylark is an early children's/young adult book set in Elizabethan England - it was originally published in 1896 by American author John Bennett. It has the reputation of being one of the most successful book of its type.

An 11-year-old boy in Stratford, who knows Shakespeare slightly, is kidnapped by an unscrupulous player because of his remarkable singing voice and taken to London. He is sold to "Paul's Boys," the boys' acting and singing company associated with St. Paul's Cathedral, where he sings and acts, but is kept under house arrest by his kidnapper, who also takes his earnings.