A Chronicle History of the Life and Work of William Shakespeare

Chapter XIII: Appendix (1)

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IN Table I. I give the dates of the Stationers' Registers entries of Shakespeare's plays as collected in 1623, the printers and publishers of the earliest extant edition of each, and the dates of all known subsequent editions anterior to the 1623 Folio. A. appended to a date means Anonymous, _i.e._ published without the author's name; F. means that the edition was used by the Folio editors as copy to print from. The relative popularity of the plays will be in some measure seen by a glance at this table. The most popular were _Richard III._ (six editions in sixteen years); _I Henry IV._ (six editions); _Edward III._ (five editions in twenty years); _Richard II._ (four editions in nineteen years); _Henry V._ (three editions in nine years). All these were Histories. Next to the Histories rank the Tragedies _Hamlet_, _Romeo and Juliet_, and _Pericles_: the other great tragedies, _Lear_, _Othello_, and the Comedies being decidedly less to the popular taste than the Histories. The entries of change of copyright will be found in their places in Table V.

Table II. gives similar information for every known extant play not of Shakespeare's authorship in which he may have been an actor or reviser. _Edward III._ appears in both these tables. The extreme popularity of _Mucedorus_ is very noticeable.

Table III. gives the number of Court performances in each year for such companies as are known to have been playing in London. From this table it is evident that up to 1591 the Queen's men were the most important of all; in other words, that Greene was the chief Court stage poet, and held the position formerly occupied by Lyly, who wrote for the Chapel children before the public theatrical companies had obtained the prominent place. His chief rival was Marlowe of the Admiral's company. But after 1591 Lord Strange's company takes the lead and keeps it, which means that Shakespeare was the principal Court stage writer till 1611. This throws new light on the relations of Greene, Shakespeare, and their respective companies. But this table comprises, in fact, a compendium of the whole stage history of the time; and as the current versions of this history by Collier, Halliwell, and others are replete with blunders, it may be well to give a very short summary of the results of my investigations--proofs, where lengthy, of some minor details being necessarily reserved for a future publication. Column i. concerns one company only: as Lord Leicester's it was acting in London in 1585; in 1586 it was acting on the Continent; in 1587-8 it was travelling about England; after Leicester's death it began in 1589 to act in London, and was patronised by Lord Strange, who became Earl of Derby in 1593: after his death in 1594, Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdon, the Lord Chamberlain, became its patron, who died in 1596; they then passed to his heir, George Carey: in 1603 they were patented as the King's men, and retained that title till the closing of the theatres.

Column ii. The Admiral's men were abroad from 1591 to 1594; in 1603 they were assigned to Prince Henry, and after his death in 1612 to the Palsgrave. The Earl of Hertford's men, who appear once in this column, were not a regular London company, but probably invited to play this once at Court while the Admiral's were abroad, in consequence of the Queen having been entertained by Hertford in the preceding year's progress.

Column iii. Queen Elizabeth's company, formed 1583, took the lead till 1591: they only reappear in conjunction with Sussex in 1593-4, when both companies vanish from the London stage. About 1599 Derby's company appears in London: it became Worcester's in 1602, and was assigned to Queen Anne in 1603.

Column iv. The Earl of Oxford's "boys" were in London in 1586; they travelled in the plague year, and are almost certainly the same company who reappear in London in 1589 as Pembroke's. By Marlowe's aid they prospered a year or two, but after his death became insignificant, and are only dimly traceable to 1600.

In 1597 the Chapel children are stated to have occupied Blackfriars, but till 1600 no play is traceable to them. In 1603-4 they were reorganised as the Children of the Revels, and again in 1610 as a new company under the same name: in 1612 they were again reorganised as the second Lady Elizabeth's company, the first of that name, set up in 1611, having broken up.

Column v. The Paul's boys were inhibited c. 1590, re-established 1600, finally put down 1607.

The Duke of York's men were established 1610, and at Prince Henry's death in 1612 took the name of the Prince of Wales' men.

The reader will observe that never more than five companies existed contemporaneously; and scarcely ever more than two of considerable importance. The statements of Collier and Halliwell are grossly exaggerated.

In Table IV. every entry of a play that I can find in the Stationers' Registers is extracted with all necessary fulness. The only point requiring explanation is that the capital letters after the publishers' names indicate the names of the licensers:--T.=Tylney; B.=Sir G. Buck; S.=Segar, his deputy; A.=Sir John Astley; H.=Sir Henry Herbert; T.=Thomas Herbert, his deputy; Bl.=Blagrave, also his deputy. Where the Master of the Revels or his deputy was not the licenser, the insertion of the Wardens' names, &c., would have needlessly encumbered the tables. The spelling has been modernised, except in proper names, &c., where it is of advantage to retain the old forms. These tables afford for the first time complete means of estimating Shakespeare's influence, in I. on the reading public positively; in II. as compared with his co-workers; in III. at Court; in IV. as compared with writers for other companies.

Table V., of transfers of copyright, is, I fear, in spite of much labour, incomplete. Notifications of omission will be welcome and duly acknowledged with gratitude.

TABLES.

TABLE I.--QUARTO EDITIONS OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS.

+--------------+------------------------+------------------------+
| | | |
|Date, S. R. |For whom Entered, S. R. |Name of Play. |
+--------------+------------------------+------------------------+
|1593-4 Feb. 6 |John Danter |Titus Andronicus |_a_
|1593-4 Mar. 12|Thomas Myllington |York and Lancaster, I. |_b_
| | | |
| ... | ... |Richard Duke of York |_c_
|1595 Dec. 1 |Cuthbert Burby |Edward III. |_d_
| ... | ... |Romeo and Juliet (1) |_e_
|1597 Aug. 29 |Andrew Wise |Richard II. |_f_
| | | |
|1597 Oct. 20 |Andrew Wise |Richard III. |_g_
| | | |
|1597-8 Feb. 25|Andrew Wise |1 Henry IV. |_h_
|1598 July 22 |James Roberts |Merchant of Venice. |_i_
| ... | ... |Love's Labour's Lost |_j_
| ... | ... |Romeo and Juliet (2) |_k_
| | | |
|1600 Aug. 4 | ... |As You Like It |_l_
| | | |
|1600 Aug. 14 |"Set over" to Thomas |Henry V. |_m_
| |Pavier | |
|1600 Aug. 23 |Andrew Wise and William |{Much Ado about Nothing}|_n_
| |Aspley |{2 Henry IV. } |
|1600 Oct. 8 |Thomas Fisher |Midsummer Night's Dream |_o_
| | | |
|1600 Oct. 28 |Thomas Haies |Merchant of Venice |_p_
|1601-2 Jan. 18|John Busby (with |Merry Wives of Windsor |_q_
| |assignment | |
| |to Arthur Johnson) | |
|1602 April 19|Thomas Pavier |1, 2 Henry VI. and |_r_
| | |Titus Andronicus |
|1602 July 26 |James Roberts |Revenge of Hamlet (1) |_s_
| ... | ... |Hamlet (2) |_t_
|1602-3 Feb. 7 |James Roberts |Troylus and Cressida |_u_
| | | |
| | | |
|1607 Nov. 26 |Na. Butter: Jo. Busby |King Lear |_v_
|1608 May 20 |Edward Blount |{Pericles }|_w_
| | |{Anthony and Cleopatra }|
|1608-9 Jan. 28|Ri. Bonion; Hen. Whalley|Troylus and Cressida |_x_
| | | |
| ... | ... |Pericles |_y_
|1621 Oct. 6 |Thomas Walkley |Othello |_z_
+--------------+------------------------+------------------------+

+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|Printer and Publisher | Dates of Extant Editions. |
|of Earliest Edition | |
|Extant. | |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
_a_|By J. R. for Edward | ... |1600A.| ... | ... |1611A.| ... |
|White | | | | | | |
_b_|By Thomas Creede for |1594A.|1600A.| ... | ... | ...} | |
|Thomas Millington | | | | | } |1619A.|
_c_|By P.S. for Thomas |1595A.|1600A.| ... | ... | ...} | |
|Millington | | | | | | |
_d_| ... for Cuthbert Burby|1596A.|1599A.| ... |1609A.|1617A.|1625A.|
_e_|By John Danter |1597A.| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
_f_|By Valentine Simmes for|1597A.|1598 | ... |1608 |1615F.| ... |
| Andrew Wise | | | | | | |
_g_|By Valentine Sims for |1597A.|1598 |1602 |1605 |1612 |1622 |
|Andrew Wise | | | | | | |
_h_|By P.S. for Andrew Wise|1598 |1599 |1604 |1608 |1615F.|1622 |
_i_|By J. Roberts | ... |1600 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
_j_|By W. W. for Cuthbert |1598 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
|Burby | | | | | | |
_k_|By Thomas Creede for | ... |1599A.| ... |1609 | ... | ... |
|Cuthbert Burby | | | |A.F. | | |
_l_|"Stayed" with the two | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
|following plays. | | | | | | |
|Not printed. | | | | | | |
_m_|By T. Creede for T. | ... |1600A.|1602A.|1608A.| ... | ... |
|Millington and J. Busby| | | | | | |
_n_|By V. S. for Andrew | ... |1600F.| ... | ... | ... | ... |
|Wise and William Aspley| | ... |1600 | ... | ... | ... |
_o_|... for Thomas Fisher | ... |1600 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
|By James Roberts | | ... |1600F.| ... | ... | ... |
_p_|By J. R. for Thomas | ... |1600F.| ... | ... | ... | ... |
|Hayes | | | | | | |
_q_|By T. C. for Arthur | ... |1602 | ... | ... | ... |1619 |
|Johnson | | | | | | |
_r_|By assignment from | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
|Thomas Millington | | | | | | |
_s_|... for N. L. and John | ... |1603 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
|Trundell | | | | | | |
_t_|By J. R. for N. L. | ... | ... |1604 |1605 |1611 | ... |
_u_|"To print when he hath | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
|gotten sufficient | | | | | | |
|authority for it." | | | | | | |
|Not printed. | | | | | | |
_v_|... for Nathaniel | ... | ... | ... |1608 | ... | ... |
| Butter | | | |_bis_ | | |
_w_|Not printed. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| | | | | | | |
_x_|By G. Eld for R. Bonion| ... | ... | ... |1609 | ... | ... |
|and H. Whalley | | | |_bis_ | | |
_y_|... for Henry Gosson | ... | ... | ... |1609 |1611 |1619 |
| | | | |_bis_ | | |
_z_|By N. O. for Thomas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |1622 |
|Walkley | | | | | | |
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+

TABLE II.--QUARTO EDITIONS OF OTHER PLAYS PERFORMED BY SHAKESPEARE'S
COMPANY.

+---------------+-------------+----------------------+---------------+
|Date. |For whom |Name of Play. |Extant |
| |Entered. | |Editions. |
+---------------+-------------+----------------------+---------------+
|1593-4 Jan. 7 |R. Jones |A Knack to Know |1594 |
| | |a Knave | |
|[1594 July 20 |T. Creede |Locrine |1595] |
|1595 Dec. 1 |C. Burby |Edward III. |1596,1599,1609,|
| | | |1617,1625 |
| ... |W. Jones |Mucedorus |1598,1606,1610,|
| | | |1613,1615, |
| | | |1619,1629,1634,|
| | | |1639, &c. |
|1599 Nov. 17 |W. Aspley |Warning for Fair Women|1599 |
|1600 April 8 |W. Holme |Every Man out of |1600 |
| | |his Humour |(printed for N.|
| | | |Ling) |
|1600 May 27 |J. Roberts |Cloth Breeches and { |These plays |
| | |Velvet Hose { |were stayed, |
|1600 May 29 |J. Roberts |Alarum to London { |sufficient |
| | | |authority for |
| | | |their printing |
| | | |not being |
| | | |forthcoming |
|1601 Aug. 14 |C. Burby and |Every Man in |1601 |
| |W. Burre |his Humour | |
| ... |E. White |Massacre of Paris |n.d. |
|1600 Nov. 11 |J. Barnes |Satiromastix |1602 |
| ... |W. Ferbrand |Alarum for London |1602 |
|1602 Aug. 11 |W. Cotton |Lord Cromwell |1602, 1613 |
|1604 July 2 & 5|W. Aspley and|Malcontent |1604 |
| |T. Thorpe | | |
|1604 Nov. 2 |E. Blunt |Sejanus |1605 |
| ... |N. Butter |London Prodigal |1605 |
|1607 July 31 |G. Vincent |Miseries of Enforced |1607,1611,1629,|
| | |Marriage |1637 |
|1607 Oct. 7 |G. Elde |Revenger's Tragedy |1607 |
|1607 Oct. 22 |A. Johnson |Merry Devil of |1608,1617,1626 |
| | |Edmonton | |
| ... | ... |Volpone, or the Fox |1607 |
|1608 May 2 |T. Pavier |Yorkshire Tragedy |1608, 1619 |
| ... |J. Wright |Fair Em |1631 |
+---------------+-------------+----------------------+---------------+

TABLE III. - NUMBER OF PERFORMANCES AT COURT, 1584-1616.

+-------+----------------+-------------+-------------+
| | I. | II. | III. |
+-------+----------------+-------------+-------------+
| 1584-5 |Leicester's 0|Admiral's 0 | Queen's 5|
| 1585-6 | 0| 1 | 1|
| 1586-7 | Plague Year
| 1587-8 | 0| 0 | 3|
| 1588-9 | 0| 2 | 2|
| 1589-90|Strange's 0| 2 | 2|
| 1590-1 | 0| 2 | 5|
| 1591-2 | 6|Hertford's 1 | 1|
| 1592-3 | 3| ... | ... |
| 1593-4 | Plague Year
| 1594-5 |Chamberlain's 2|Admiral's 0 |-------------|
| 1595-6 | 5| 0 | Total 19|
| 1596-7 | 6| 0 |-------------|
| 1597-8 | 4| 2 | ... |
| 1598-9 | 3| 0 | ... |
| 1599-00| 3| 2 | Derby's 1|
| 1600-1 | 3| 3 | 0|
| 1601-2 | | _Richard II. played for Essex faction.
| 1602-3 | 2| 3 |Worcester's 0|
| 1603-4 |King's 9|P. Henry's 4 |Q. Anne's 2|
| 1604-5 | 4| 8| 1|
| 1605-6 | 10| 6| 1|
| 1606-7 | 12| 6| 0|
| 1607-8 | 13| 4| 0|
| 1608-9 | 12| 3| 0|
| 1609-10| Plague Year
| 1610-1 | 15| 4| 3|
| 1611-2 | 22| 4| 4|
| 1612-3 | 28| 1| 0|
| ... |... | ... | ... |
| 1613-4 | 7|Palsgrave's 0| 2|
| 1614-5 | 0| 0| 0|
| 1615-6 | 0| 0| 0|
+--------+---------------+-------------+-------------+
Totals | 169| 58| 14|
+--------+---------------+-------------+-------------+

+-------+------------+---------------+--------+
| IV. | V. | |
+-------+------------+---------------+--------+
1584-5 |Oxford's 1| Paul's 0| Total 6|
1585-6 | 0| 0| 2|
1586-7 |Plague Year 0|
1587-8 | 0| 1| 4|
1588-9 | 0| 3| 7|
1589-90|Pembroke's 0| 3| 7|
1590-1 | 0|--------- | 7|
1591-2 | 0| Sussex' 1| 9|
1592-3 | 2|--------- | 5|
1593-4 | | | 0|
1594-5 | 0| ... | 2|
1595-6 | 0| ... | 5|
1596-7 | 0| ... | 6|
1597-8 | | ... | 6|
1598-9 |Total 3| ... | 3|
1599-00|----------- | ... | 6|
1600-1 |Chapel | 1 Paul's 1| 8|
1601-2 | | 0|
1602-3 | 0| 0| 5|
1603-4 |I Revels 1| 0| 16|
1604-5 | 2| 0| 15|
1605-6 | 0| 2| 19|
1606-7 | 0|--------- | 18|
1607-8 | 0| Total 10| 17|
1608-9 | 0|--------- | 15|
1609-10| | D. of York's 1| 1|
1610-1 |2 Revels 0| 3| 25|
1611-2 |1 L. Eliz. 1| 4| 35|
1612-3 |2 Revels 3| 2| 36|
... |2 L. Eliz. 2| ... | ... |
1613-4 | 2| P. Charles' 0| 11|
1614-5 | 1| 0| 1|
1615-6 | 0| 0| 0|
+-------+------------+---------------+--------+
Totals | 13| 10| 297|
+-------+------------+---------------+--------+

TABLE IV.--ENTRIES OF PLAYS IN THE STATIONERS' REGISTERS, 1584-1640.

Date. | For whom Entered.| Name of Play.
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| |The History of Friar Bacon and
| |Friar Boungaye.
| |The most famous Chronicle
| |History of Leire King of
| |England and his three
1594 May 14| Edward White |daughters.
|[previously |The famous history of John of
|entered to Adam |Gaunte, son to King Edward
|Islip, whose name |III., with his Conquest of
|is crossed out] |Spain and marriage of his two
| |daughters to the Kings of
| |Castile and Portugale, &c.
| |The Book of David and Bethshaba.
| |A Pastoral pleasant comedy of
| |Robin Hood and Little John.
May 17|Thomas Gosson |The Famous Chronicle of Henry
| |I., with the life and death of
| |Bellin Dunn, the first thief
| |that ever was hanged in
| |England.
May 17|Thomas Millington |The famous tragedy of the Rich
| |Jew of Malta.
May 24|John Danter |The wounds of Civil War lively
| |set forth in the True Tragedies
| |of Marius and Scilla.
May 28|Cuthbert Burbye, |The history of Orlando Furioso,
|by consent of John|"So often as the same book
| Danter |shall be printed, the said
| |John Danter to have the
| |imprinting thereof."
June 8 |Cuthbert Burbey |The Cobbler's Prophesy.
June 18|Cuthbert Burby |Mother Bumbye. An enterlude.
June 19|John Danter |Godfrey of Bulloigne, with the
| |Conquest of Jerusalem. An
| |enterlude.
June 19|John Danter |The life and death of
| |Heliogabilus. An enterlude.
June 19|Thomas Creede |The tragedy of Richard III.,
| |wherein is shown the death of
| |Edward IV., with the smothering
| |of the two princes in the
| |Tower, with a lamentable end of
| |Shores' wife and the
| |conjunction of the two houses
| |of Lancaster and York. An
| |enterlude.
1594 July 20|Thomas Creede |The lamentable tragedy of
| |Locrine, the eldest son of King
| |Brutus, discoursing the wars
| |of the Britons, &c.
1595 April 1|Cutbert Burbye |The Pynder of Wakefeilde. An
| |enterlude.
April 16|Raphe Hancock |A pleasant conceipt called an
| |Owlde Wife's tale. An
| |enterlude.
May 10|John Hardye |The tragedy of Ninus and
| |Semiramis, the first monarchs
| |of the world.
May 23|{Thomas Gosson }|Valentine and Orsson, played by
|{Raffe Hancock }|her Majesty's players. An enterlude.
Sept. 22|Robert Fynche |A woman in the moon.
Nov. 24|William Blackwell |The true tragical history of
| |King Rufus I., with the life
| |and death of Belyn Dun, the
| |first thief that ever was
| |hanged in England.
Nov. 26|Cutbert Burbye |The most rare and pleasant
| |history of A Knack to know an
| |honest man.
Dec. 1|Cutbert Burbye |Edward III. and the Black
| |Prince, their wars with King
| |John of France.
1595-6 Jan. 20|{Thomas Gosson }|The first part of the famous
|{John Danter }|history of Chinan of England.
1597 Aug. 29|Andrew Wise |The tragedy of Richard II.
Oct. 20|Andrew Wise |The tragedy of King Richard
| |III., with the death of Duke
| |of Clarence.
1597-8 Feb. 25|Andrew Wise |The history of Henry IV., with
| |his battle of Shrewsbury
| |against Henry Hottspurre of
| |the North, with the conceited
| |mirth of Sir John Ffalstoff.
1598 July 22|James Robertes |The Marchaunt of Venyce, or
| |otherwise called the Jewe of
| |Venyce. Provided it be not
| |printed without license first
| |had from the Lord Chamberlain.
Aug. 15|William Jones |The blinde begger of Alexandrya.
| |"Upon condition that it belong
| |to no other man."
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Date. | For whom Entered.| Name of Play.
-----------------+-------------------+-------------------------------
1598 Oct. 5|William Aspley |The tragic comedy of Celestina,
| |wherein are discoursed in most
| |pleasant style many
| |philosophical sentences and
| |advertisements very necessary
| |for young gentlemen, discovering
| |the sleights of treacherous
| |servants and the subtle carriages
| |of filthy bawds.
Oct. 5|[William] Ponsonbye|The tragi-comedy of the Vertuous
| |Octavia, by Samuell Brandon.
| |
| |The first and second part of
| |Edward IV. and the Tanner of
| |Tamworth, with the history of
| |the life and death of Master
1599 Aug. 28|{John Oxonbridge } |Shore and Jane Shore his wife,
|{John Busbie } |as it was lately acted by the
| |right honorable the Earl of
| |Derby his servants. Two plays.
Nov. 17|William Aspley |A Warning for Fair Women.
1599-1600 Feb. 20|William Aspley |Old Fortunatus in his new
| |livery. A comedy.
1600 Mar. 28|Cuthbert Burby |The play of Patient Grissell.
Mar. 31|William White |A famous history called
| |Valentine and Orsson, played by
| |her majesty's players.
April 8|William Holme |A comical satire of Every man
| |out of his Humour.
May 27|[James] Robertes |A moral of Cloth Breeches and
| |Velvet Hose, as it is acted by
| |my Lord Chamberlain's servants.
| |"Provided that he is not to put
| |it in print without further and
| |better authority" [than the
| |Wardens'].
May 29|[James] Robertes |The Allarum to London. "Provided
| |that it be not printed without
| |further authority."
Jul 24 |Richard Oliff |Two plays or things; the one
| |called The Maid's
| |Metamorphosis: the other Give
| |a man luck and throw him into
| |the Sea.
| |
| |The first part of the history of
| |the life of Sir John
| |Oldcastell, Lord Cobham.
| |The second and last part of the
| |history of Sir John Oldcastell,
1600 Aug. 11|Thomas Pavier |Lord Cobham, with his martyrdom.
| |The history of the life and
| |death of Captain Thomas
| |Stucley, with his marriage to
| |Alexander Curtis his daughter,
| |and his valiant ending of his
| |life at the battle of Alcazar.
Aug. 14|{[Cuthbert] Burby }|Every man in his humour. A book.
|{Walter Burre }|
| |Much Ado about Nothing
Aug. 23|{Andrew Wise } |The second part of the history
|{William Aspley } |of King Henry IV., with the
| |humours of Sir John Ffallstaff.
| |Written by Master Shakespere.
| |Two books.
| |
| |[The following entries occur in
| |another part of the
| |Registers:--My Lord
| |Chamberlain's men's plays
| |entered.
May 27|[James] Robertes |A moral of cloth breeches and
| |velvet hose.
May 27|J[ames] Robertes |Allarum to London.
| |As you like it. A book.}
Aug. 4| ... |Henry V. A book. }
| |Every man in his }To be
| |humour. A book. }stayed.]
| |The comedy of Much Ado }
| |about nothing. A book. }
Sept. 8|Ffelix Norton |Jack Drum's entertainment, a
| |comedy, as it hath been
| |divers times acted by the
| |Children of Paul's.
Oct. 7|Richard Olyffe |The Wisdom of Doctor Dodepole,
| |played by the children of
| |Paul's.
Oct. 8|Thomas Ffyssher |A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Oct. 23|Richard Oliffes |The weakest goeth to the walls.
Oct. 28|Thomas Haies |A book called The book of the
| |Merchant of Venice.! "By
| |consent of Mr. Roberts."
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Date. | For whom Entered.| Name of Play.
--------------+--------------------+---------------------------------
1600 Oct. 28|{ [Cuthbert] Burby} |Sommer's last Will and Testament,
|{ Walter Burre } |presented by William Sommers.
Nov. 25|William Wood |Love's Metamorphosis, written by
| |Master John Lylly, and played
| |by the Children of Paul's.
Dec. 1|[William] Leake |The Downfal of Robert Earl of
| |Huntingdon, after called Robin
| |Hood.
Dec. 1|[William] Leake |The Death of Robert Earl of
| |Huntingdon, with the lamentable
| |tragedy of Chaste Mathilda.
1600-1 Jan. 7|Thomas Busshell |The play of Doctor Faustus.
Mar. 1|John Harrison, jun. |God speed the plough.
1601 May 23|Walter Burre |Narcissus, the fountain of Self
| |Love.
July 3|Edward Alde |The true history of George
| |Scanderbarge, as it was lately
| |played by the right hon. the
| |Earl of Oxenford his servants.
Aug. 3|William White |A comedy of A Woman will have
| |her Will.
Oct. 24|{ Matthew Lownes } |The first and second parts of
|{ Thomas Ffyssher } |the play called Anthonio can
| |Melida. "Provided that he get
| |lawful license for it."
Nov. 11|John Barnes |The untrussing of the Humorous
| |Poets, by Thomas Decker.
Dec. 21|Mathewe Lownes |Poetaster, or his arraignment.
1601-2 Jan. 18|John Busby |An excellent pleasant and
| |conceited comedy of Sir John
| |Ffaulstof and the merry wives
| |of Windesor [assigned to
| |Arthure Johnson at same date].
1602 June 7|Edward Aldee |Blurt Master Constable.
July 26|James Robertes |The Revenge of Hamlett Prince
| |Denmark, as it was lately acted
| |by the Lord Chamberlain his
| |servants.
1602 Aug. 11|William Cotton |The life and death of the Lord
| |Cromwell, as it was lately
| |acted by the Lord Chamberlain
| |his servants.
1602-3 Feb. 7|[James] Robertes |Troilus and Cresseda, as it is
| |acted by my Lord Chamberlain's
| |men. "When he hath gotten
| |sufficient authority for it."
1604 April 30|Edward Blunt |The works of William Alexander
| |of Menstrie, containing the
| |Monarchic Tragedies.
July 5|{ William Aspley } |The Malcontent, Tragicomædia.
|{ Thomas Thorpe } |An interlude. [Crossed out and
| |re-entered.]
Nov. 2 |Edward Blunt |The tragedy of Sejanus, written
| |by Benjamin Johnson.
Nov. 9 |Thomas Man, jun. |The humours of the Patient Man,
| |the Longing Wife, and the
| |Honest Whore.
Nov. 29|{ [Simon] Waterson} |The tragedy of Philotus,
|{ Edward Blunt } | written by Samuel Daniell.
Dec. 4 |Nathaniel Butter |The life and death of Cavaliero
| |Dick Boyer.
1604-5 Feb. 8 |Thomas Pavyer |The history of Richard
| |Whittington, his low birth, his
| |great fortune, as it was played
| |by the Prince's servants.
Feb. 8 |Thomas Pavyer |The Fair Maid of Bristoe,
| |played at Hampton Court by His
| |Majesty's players.
Feb. 12|Nathanaell Butter |King Henry VIII. An enterlude.
| |"If he get good allowance
| |before he begin to print it."
Mar. 2 |Henrie Rockett |Westward Hoe, presented by the
| |children of Paul's. A comedy.
| |"Provided that he get further
| |authority before it be
| |printed." [Crossed out.]
1605 May 8|Simon Stafford |The Tragical history of King
| |Leir and his three daughters,
| |as it was lately acted.
| |Assigned [at the same date] to
| |John Wright, "provided that
| |Simon Stafford shall have the
| |printing of this book."
June 26|John Hodgetes |The Dutch Courtesan, as it was
| |lately presented at the
| |Blackfriars. "Provided that he
| |get sufficient authority
| |before it be printed."
1605 July 5|Nathaniel Butter |If you know not me you know
| | nobody.
Sept. 4|{ William Aspley } |Eastward Ho. A comedy.
|{ Thomas Thorp } |
Sept. 14|Nathanael Butter |The second part of If you know
| | not me you know [no]body, with
| | The Building of the Exchange.
Oct. 16|John Wright |The Return from Pernassus, or
| | the Scourge of Simony, publicly
| | acted by the Students in Saint
| | John's College, in Cambridge.
| | An enterlude.
Nov. 26|[Simon] Waterson |The Queen's Arcadia, presented
| | by the University of Oxon in
| | Christchurch.
1605-6 Jan. 10|Edward Blounte |A comedy called Sir Gyles
| | Goosecap, "provided that it be
| | printed according to the copy
| | whereunto Master Wilson's hand
| | is at."
Mar. 12|John Trundell |Nobody and Somebody.
Mar. 12|William Cotton |The Ffanne. A play. "Provided
| | that he shall not put the same
| | in print before he get allowed
| | lawful authority."
Mar. 17|Eliazar Edgar |The Wonder of Women, or the
| | tragedy of Sophonisba.
| |
| |The Fleare. A comedy. "Provided
| | that they are not to print it
1606 May 13|{ John Trundell } | till they bring good authority
|{ John Busbye } | and license for the doing
| | thereof." [Trundel's share was
| | transferred to A. Johnson,
| | Nov. 21, and Buck's license
| | obtained to print.]
June 5 |{John Wright |Julius Cæsar's Revenge.
|{Nathanael |
|Ffossbrook} |
Nov. 12|Clement Knighte |Wily Beguiled.
1606-7 Feb. 23|[Simon] Waterson |Lingua. A comedy. [Assigned to
| | J. Waterson, 19th Aug. 1635.]
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Date. | For whom Entered.|Licenser.| Name of Play.
-------------+-------------------+---------+-------------------------
1607 April 10|Francis Burton | B. |The tragical life and
| | | death of Claudius
| | | Tiberius Nero.
April 20|{Nathanael Butter }| B. |The Whore of Babilon.
|{John Trundell }| |
April 24|Henrie Rockett | B. |The Fair Maid of the
| | | Exchange.
May 9|Arthur Johnson | B. |The Phenix.
May 15|Arthur Johnson | B. |Michaelmas Term. A comedy.
May 20| Eleazar Edgar | B. |The Woman hater, as it
| Robert Jackson | |hath been lately acted
| | |by the Children of Paul's.
June 3|William Aspley | B. |The tragedy of Busey
| | |D'Amboise, made by
| | |George Chapman.
June 29|{John Busbye }| T. |Cupid's Whirleygigge.
|{Arthur Johnson }| |A comedy.
June 29|John Wright | B. |The travels of the three
| | |English Brothers, as it
| | |was played at the Curtain.
| | |A play.
July 31|George Vyncent | B. |The misery of inforced
| | |Marriage. A tragedy.
Aug. 6|George Elde | B. |The Puritan Widow. A
| | |comedy.
Aug. 6|George Elde | B. |Northward Ho.
Aug. 6|Thomas Thorp | B. |What you will. A comedy.
Oct. 7|George Elde | B. |The Revenger's }Two
| | | Tragedy. }plays.
| | B. |A Trick to }
| | | catch the Old }
| | | one. }
Oct. 12|{John Browne } | B. |The Family of Love, as
|{John Helme } | |it hath been lately acted
| | |by the Children of His
| | |Majesty's Revels. A play.
Oct. 16|John Wright | B. |The tragedy of Pope
| | | Alexander VI., as it
| | | was played before his
| | | Majesty.
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Date. |For whom Entered. |Licenser.| Name of Play.
--------------+------------------+---------+-------------------------
1607 Oct. 22|Arthur Johnson | B. |The Merry Devil of
| | | Edmonton. A play.
Nov. 26|{Nathaniel Butter}| B. |Master William Shakespeare
| | |his history of King Lear,
| { John Busby }| |as it was played before
| | |the King's Majesty at
| | |Whitehall upon Saint
| | |Stephen's night at
| | |Christmas last by His
| | |Majesty's servants playing
| | |usually at the Globe on
| | |Bankside.
1607-8 Mar. 22| Richard Bonyon | B. |The Five Witty
| | | Gallants, as it hath
| | | been acted by the
| | | Children of the
| | | Chapel. A play.
1608 Mar. 28| Richard Moore | B. |A most witty and merry
| | | conceited comedy
| | | called Who would a'
| | | thought it, or Law
| | | Tricks.
April 12| John Helme | B. |Humour out of Breath.
April 21| Thomas Thorpe | B. |The characters of two
| | |Royal Masques invented by
| | |Ben. Johnson.
April 29|Thomas Man, jun. | B. |The second part of the
| | | Converted Courtesan,
| | | or Honest Whore.
May 2| [Thomas] Pavyer | ... |A Yorkshire Tragedy,
| | | written by Wylliam
| | | Shakespere.
May 20| Edward Blount | B. |Pericles, Prince of Tyre.
June 3| { John Busby }| B. |A Roman tragedy called
|{Nathanael Butter}| | the Rape of Lucrece.
June 5| Thomas Thorp | B. |The Conspiracy and
| | |Tragedy of Charles
| | |Duke of Byronn,
| | |written by George Chapman.
Oct. 4| { Walter Burre }| S. |A mad World, my
| { Eleazer Edgar }| | maysters.
Oct. 6| John Bache | B. |The Dumb Knight. A play.
1608 Nov. 25|Nathanael Butter | B. |The tragedy of Mustapha
| | |Zangar.
1608-9 Jan. 26| { Henry Walleys }| S. |The Case is altered.
| { Richard Bonion}| | [Bartholomew Sutton
| | | is added to the two
| | | other publishers on
| | | 20 July 1609.]
Jan. 27|Jeffrey Charlton | S. |Bonos Nochios. An interlud.
| | S. |Craft upon Subtilty's
| | | back. An interlude.
Jan. 28|{Richard Bonion} | S. |The history of Troylus
|{Henry Walleys} | | and Cressida.
Feb. 22|{Richard Bonion} | S. |The masque of Queens
|{Henry Walley} | | celebrated, done by
| | | Benjamin Johnson.
Mar. 10|John Busby, jun. | S. |The tragedy of the Turk,
| | |with the death of Borgias,
| | |by John Mason, gent.
1610 June 12| John Browne | ... |Chester's Triumph in
| | |honor of the Prince,
| | |as it was performed
| | |upon S. Gregory's day
| | |in the aforesaid city.
Sept. 20|{John Browne }| B. |Epiceone, or the Silent
|{John Busby, jun.}| |Woman, by Ben. Johnson.
Oct. 3| Walter Burre | B. |The Alchemist, made by
| | |Ben Johnson.
Oct. 31| Thomas Thorpe | B. |Histriomastix, or the
| | |Player Whipped.
Nov. 9| Robert Wilson | B. |Ram Alley, or Merry Tricks.
1611 Sept. 14| John Stepneth | B. |The tragedy of the Atheist.
Oct. 14| William Barrenger| B. |The Golden Age, with the
| | |lives of Jupiter and
| | |Saturn.
Nov. 23| John Budge | B. |A Woman is a Weathercock.
| | |A comedy.
1611-12 Feb. 1|William Barrenger | B. |A Christian turned Turk,
| | |or the tragical lives
| | |and deaths of the two
| | |famous pirates Ward and
| | |Danseker, as it hath
| | |been publicly acted.
| | |Written by Robert
| | |Daborn, gent.
Feb. 15|Edward Blunte | B. |A play-book, being a
| | |Tragi-comedy called
| | |the Nobleman, written
| | |by Cyril Tourneur.
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Date. |For whom Entered. |Licenser.| Name of Play.
---------------+-----------------------+---------+-------------------
1611-12 Feb. 15| Edward Blunte | B. |The Twins Tragedy,
| | |written by Niccolls.
| | |A tragedy.
1612 April 17| [John] Browne | B. |The Revenge of Bussy
| | |D'Amboys. A tragedy.
| | B. |The Widow's Tears. A
| | |comedy.
| | |Both written by George
| | |Chapman.
Dec. 17| Richard Hawkins | B. |The tragedy of the
| | |Fair Mariamne, Queen
| | |of Jewry.
1614 May 23| Richard Redmer | B. |Hog hath lost his
| | |Pearl.
1614-5 Feb. 21| Robert Lownes | B. |The Valiant Welshman.
1615 April 18| Walter Burr | ... |Ignoramus, Comoedia
| | |prout Cantabrigie
| | |acta coram Jacobo, &c.
April 24| Josias Harison | B. |The Hector of Germany,
| | |or the Palsgrave "is
| | |a harmless thing."
| | |[These four words
| | |have been struck
| | |through with a pen.]
April 24| Josias Harison | ... |Cupid's Revenge.
April 28| Nicholas Okes | ... |Albumazar. A comedy
| | |acted before His
| | |Majesty at Cambridge,
| | |10 Mar. 1614[-5].
Aug. 14|Richard Redmere | ... |The Honest Lawyer.
| | |A play. [Assigned at
| | |same date to Richard
| | |Woodriffe.]
1615-6 Mar. 19| Miles Patriche | B. |The Scornful Lady,
| | |written by Francis
| | |Beaumont and John
| | |Fletcher.
1618 April 20| John Parker | B. |The Marriages of the
| | |Arts, written by
| | |Barth. Holyday, M.A.
| | |A Comedy.
June 3| Barnard Alsope | ... |See me and see me not,
| | |by Dabridgcourt
| | |Belgier. A poem.
Aug. 7| [Edward] Blounte | B. |A King and no King.
| | |A play.
1619 April 28|{[Richard] Higgenbotham|} B. |The Maid's Tragedy.
|{[Francis] Constable |} |A play.
July 10| [John] Brown | B. |The Temple Masque,
| | |anno 1618.
Oct. 17| Richard Meighen | B. |Swetnam the Women
| | |Hater arraigned
| | |by Women. A comedy.
1619-20 Jan. 10| Thomas Walkley | ... |Philaster. A play.
Jan. 15| John Trundle | ... |The life and death of
| | |Guy of Warwick,
| | |written by John Day
| | |and Thomas Decker.
1620 May 22|Laurence Chapman | B. |Two Merry Milkmaids.
| | |A play.
| | |A courtly masque, or
July 4|{ George Purslowe } | B. |the The World Tost
|{John Trundle } | |at Tennis, acted at
| | |the Prince's Arms by
| | |the Prince his
| | |highness' servants.
1621 Sept. 18| John Norton | B. |The Pilgrim of
| | |Casteell, or the
| | |Fortunes of Llamphilus
| | |and Nisa. "Not to be
| | |printed until he
| | |bringeth more
| | |sufficient authority."
Oct. 6 | Thomas Walkley | B. |The Tragedy of
| | |Othello, the Moor of
| | |Venice.
Dec. 7 | Thomas Jones | B. |The Virgin Martyr. A
| | |tragedy.
1621-2 Feb. 22 | Matthew Rodes | B. |A tragedy of Herod and
| | |Antipater, by Gervase
| | |Markham.
1622-3 Jan. 20 |{Edward Blackmore } | A. |Sforza, Duke of
| { George Norton } | |Millaine, made by
| | |Master Messenger. A
| | |play.
1623 Sept. 3 | Francis Grove | A. |A book of Jigs
| | |containing three books
| | |or parts.
Nov. 8 |{[Edward] Blounte } | ... |Master William
|{ Isaac Jaggard } | |Shakspeer's Comedies,
| | |Histories, and
| | |Tragedies, so many of
| | |the said copies are
| | |not formally entered
| | |to other men.
... | ... | ... |Comedies: The Tempest.
... | ... | ... |The Two Gentlemen of
| | |Verona.
... | ... | ... |Measure for Measure.
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Date. | For whom Entered.|Licenser.| Name of Play.
---------------+-------------------+---------+-----------------------
1623 Nov. 8| ... | ... |The Comedy of Errors.
... | ... | ... |As you like it.
... | ... | ... |All's well that ends
| | | well.
... | ... | ... |Twelfe Night.
... | ... | ... |The Winter's Tale.
... | ... | ... |Histories: The third
... | ... | |part of Henry VI.
... | ... | ... |Henry VIII.
... | ... | ... |Tragedies: Coriolanus.
... | ... | ... |Timon of Athens.
... | ... | ... |Julius Cæsar.
... | ... | ... |Macbeth.
... | ... | ... |Anthonie and Cleopatra.
... | ... | ... |Cymbeline.
... |{[John] Harrison } | |The Bondman, by
1623-4 Mar. 12|{Edward Blackmore} | H. | Phillip Messenger.
1624 June 28| John Wright | |The Spanish Jepsye.
1626 April 14| John Waterson | |The Staple of News.
| | | A comedy.
1627 April 8| Robert Milbourne | |Apollo Shroving. A
| | | comedy.
1627-8 Feb. 27| John Marriott | H. |The tragedy of
| | | Lodovick Sforza, Duke
| | | of Millan, by Robert
| | | Gomersall.
1629 June 2| Henry Seile | H. |The Lover's
| | | Melancholy, by John
| | | Ford, gent.
Nov. 13| Jaspar Emerye | H. |The Duchess of Suffolk,
| | |written by Thomas Drue.
| | | A play.
1629-30 Jan. 1| Ephraim Dawson | H. |The Collonell, written
| | | by William Davenant,
| | | gent.
1629-30 Jan. 10| John Waterson | H. |The Crewel Brother,
| | |written by William
| | |Davenant.
| | H. |The Just Italian, by
| | |the same.
Feb. 26| John Grove | H. |Hoffman, the Revengeful
| | |Father. A play.
| | H. |The Grateful Servant,
| | |by James Shirley. A play.
Feb. 27| Raph Mabbe | H. |The Spanish Bawd. A play.
Mar. 22| John Waterson | H. |The Runegado, by
| | |Philip Messenger. A play.
1630 Mar. 26| John Mariott | H. |Aristippus and the
| | |Pedler.
April 8|[Francis] Constable| H. |The Chast Mayd of
| | |Chepeside. A play.
April 8| ---- Allcott | H. |The Pedler, by R.
| | | Davenport. A comedy.
April 16|[Francis] Constable| H. |The Battle of the
| | | Affections, or Love's
| | | Lodestone. A play.
June 29| [Nathaniel] Butter| H. |The second part of the
| | | Honest Hoore, by
| | | Thomas Decker.
Sept. 13| Andrew Crooke | H. |A comedy in Latin
| | | called Loyola, by
| | | Doctor Hackket.
Nov. 8| [Henry] Seile | H. |Match me in London,
| | |by Thomas Decker. A play.
1630-1 Feb. 9| [Robert] Milborne | H. |A comedy in Latin
| | | called Pedantius.
Feb. 25|[Francis] Constable| H. |The School of Complement,
| | |by James Shirley.
1631 April 17| Thomas Alchorne | H. |New Inn, written by
| | |Ben. Johnson. A comedy.
April 25| William Sheeres | H. |Scicelides, acted at
| | | Cambridge. A play.
May 16| John Jackman | H. |The Wonder of a
| | | Kingdom, by Thomas
| | | Decker. A comedy.
| | | [Entered again under
| | | 24 Feb. 1635-6 to N.
| | | Vavasor, "dated 7 May
| | | 1631."]
May 16| John Jackman | H. |The Noble Spanish
| | |Souldier, by Thomas
| | |Deckar. A tragedy.
| | |[Entered again under
| | |9 Dec. 1633 to N.
| | |Vavasor, "anno 1631."]
May 18| [Thomas] Harper | H. |Cæsar and Pompey, by
| | |George Chapman. A play.
June 16| Richard Royston | H. |The Fair Maid of the
| | | West, 1st and 2d
| | | part. A comedy.
Sept. 7| [Richard] Meighen | H. |Amarath the Turk. A play.
1631 Sept. 7| [Richard] Meighen | H. |The tragedy of Bajazet
| | |II., or the Raging Turk.
Sept. 28| [Richard] Thrall | H. |Ffraus honesta.
Nov. 12| [Michael] Sparkes | H. |A flora show at Norwich.
Nov. 19| John Waterson | H. |The Emperor of the East.
| | |A playbook.
Nov. 24|[Francis] Constable| H. |A new wonder, or a
| | |Woman never vexed.
| | |A comedy by William
| | | Rowley.
1631-2 Jan. 16|[John] Waterson, | H. |The Maid of Honor, by
|jun. | |Philip Massinger. A play.
Jan. 26| John Grove | H. |The Leaguer. (The
| | |reformations to be
| | |strictly observed:
| | |may be printed not
| | |otherwise expressed
| | |by the foresaid words)
| | |[_sic_]. A comedy.
Feb. 9| William Cooke | H. |The Changes, or Love
| | | in a Maze, by Master
| | | Sherley. A comedy.
Mar. 24| Nicholas Vavasor | H. |The Northern Lass, by
| | |Master Broome. A comedy.
1632 Mar. 30| Francis Constable | H. |The Fatal Dowry. A
| | | tragedy.
May 9| Andrew Crooke | H. |A tragedy in Latin
| | | called Roxana.
June 13| [Humfrey] Robinson| H. |The Rival Friends,
| | | by Peter Hausten. A
| | | comedy.
Sept. 27| [Thomas] Harper | H. |All's lost by Lust, by
| | |William Rowley. A
| | | tragedy.
Nov. 2| William Sheares | H. |The Costly Whore.
| | | A Comedy.
Nov. 9| William Cooke | H. |A dialogue of Riches
| | | and Honor, by J. S.
Nov. 10| [Henry] Seile | H. |Alaham, by Fulke Lord
| | | Brooke. A tragedy.
| | H. |A new way to pay old
| | | debts, by Philip
| | | Massinger. A comedy.
Nov. 20 | Nicholas Vavasor | H. |The Jew of Malta.
| | | A tragedy.
1632-3 Jan. 15 | William Sheares | H. |A match at Midnight.
| | | A play.
1632-3 Jan. 15| William Cooke | H. |The witty fair one, by
| | |James Shirley. A play.
Jan. 21| Hugh Beeston | H. |Love's Sacrifice, by
| | | John Ford. A tragedy.
Mar. 19| William Cooke | H. |The Bird in the Cage,
| | | by James Shirley. A
| | | comedy.
1633 Mar. 28| Hugh Beeston | H. |The Broken Heart, by
| | | John Ford. A tragedy.
June 15| [Richard] Meighen | H. |The Fine Companion, by
| | | Shakerley Marmyon. A
| | | play.
July 15| Nicholas Okes | H. |The Traveller, by
| | | Master Heywood. A
| | | comedy.
Aug. 1 | ---- Allott | H. |Fuimus Troes, or the
| | | True Troians,
| | | represented by the
| | | gentlemen students of
| | | Magdalen College in
| | | Oxford.
1633-4 Feb. 24| Hugh Beeston | H. |Perkin Warbeck, by
| | | John Ford. "Observing
| | | the caution in the
| | | license." A tragedy.
1634 April 8| John Waterson | H. |The two Noble Kinsmen,
| | | by John Fletcher and
| | | William Shakespeare.
| | | A tragi-comedy.
April 17| John Spenser | H. |Bellum grammaticale,
| | | by Master Spense.
June 25| Nicholas Oakes | Bl. |A maidenhead well
| | | lost. A play.
Oct. 28| Benjamin Fisher | H. |The Witches of
| | | Lancashire. A play.
Nov. 3| William Cooke | H. |The Traytor, by James
| | | Shirley. A play.
1634-5 Jan. 19| John Benson | H. |The Shepherd's
| | |Holiday, by J. Rutter.
| | |A tragi-comedy.
1635 Sept. 30| John Crouch | Bl. |The Queen's Masque, or
| | | Love's Mistress, by
| | | Master Haywood. A play.
Dec. 7| [John] Marriott | H. |The Great Duke of
| | | Florence. A comical
| | | history, by Philip
| | | Massinger.
1635-6 Feb. 4| [Richard] Meighen | H. |The Platonic Lovers,
| | | by William Davenant.
| | | A play.
Feb. 4| [Richard] Meighen | H. |The Wits, by William
| | | Davenant. A play.
1636 June 17| Robert Raworth | H. |A challenge for
| | | Beauty, by Haywood.
| | | A play.
| | Bl. |The history of
| | | Anniball and Scipio,
| | | by Thomas Nabbes.
Aug. 6| Charles Greene | | A play.
| | Bl. |A moral masque, by
| | | Thomas Nabbes.
1636-7 Mar. 29| {[John] Waterson }| T. |The Elder Brother,
[? 23]| {John Benson }| | written by John
| | | Fletcher. A comedy.
Mar. 25| James Beckett | T. |The Royal King and
| | | the Loyal Subjects,
| | | by Master Heywood.
| | | A comedy.
1637 April 13| { Andrew Crooke }| T. |Hide Park, by James
| | | Shirley. A comedy.
| { William Cooke }| T. |The Lady of } By James
| | | Pleasure. } Shirley.
| | T. |The Young } Two plays.
| | | Admiral. }
April 26| [John] Waterson | T. |The Valiant Scot. A
| | | tragedy.
Oct. 18| { Andrew Crooke }| |The Example, by Master
| { William Cooke }| | Shirley. A play.
Nov. 15| William Cooke | |The Gamester, by
| | |James Shirley. A play.
Nov. 28| John Okes | |A Shoemaker is a
| | |gentleman, with the
| | |life and death of the
| | |Cripple that stole the
| | |weathercock of Paul's,
| | |by William Rowley.
| | |A comedy.
1637-8 Jan. 29| Thomas Walkley | H. |The Cid, a tragi-comedy
| | |translated out of French
| | |by Master Rutter.
Feb. 3| [Henry] Seile | |The Fancies, by John
| | | Ford. A play.
Feb. 15| John Okes | |The Martyred Soldier,
| | |with the life and
| | |death of Purser
| | |Clinton, by H. Shirley.
Mar. 5| John Okes | |The Lost Lady. A play.
Mar. 12| Henry Sheapard | |The wisewoman of Hogsden,
| | |by Thomas Haywood.
| | |A play.
Mar. 13| {[Andrew] Crooke }| |The Duke's Mistress,
| { William Cooke }| |by James Shirley. A play.
Mar. 13| [Andrew] Crooke | |The Conspiracy. A play.
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