Chapter XII: Appendix: A

i. Comparison of Plays Known Only Through Henslowe with Plays Otherwise Known

Total number of plays listed in the performance
lists of Henslowe’s _Diary_ 113

Plays known only through Henslowe’s _Diary_ 62 54.9%

Plays known only through the _Diary_ and Henslowe’s
_Papers_ 5 4.4

Plays known otherwise than through Henslowe’s
_Diary_ or _Papers_ 24 21.2%

Plays which scholars have identified
with works otherwise known (22)
Identification is probable for 10 8.9
Identification is improbable for 12 10.6

Plays definitely and probably unknown but ----- -----
for Henslowe 69.9%

Plays definitely and probably otherwise known 30.1%

Of those known otherwise than through Henslowe 34 plays gave
403 performances

Of those unknown but through Henslowe 79 plays gave
496 performances

ii. Length of Runs of Plays Listed in Henslowe’s _Diary_, ed. W. W. Greg, I, 13-22, 24-25, 27-28, 30, 42, 49-54

1. Number of Performances

_No. of Plays_ _No. of Plays_
_No. of_ _between_ _between_
_Perfs._ _1592-1597_(a) _1594-1597_(b)

1 19 5
2 15 5
3 8 1
4 7 4
5 4 0
6 3 2
7 7 4
8 5 4
9 4 3
10 6 2
11 6 4
12 8 7
13 3 2
14 4 3
15 2 2
16 2 2
17 2 1
21 1 1
22 2 2
25 2 2
29 1 0
32 1 1
36 1 0

(a) Full performance list, 1592-1597: 113 plays. Average number of performances: 7.9; mean number of performances: 7.

(b) Partial performance list, June, 1594-February, 1597, limits of the most stable period. Average number of performances: 10; mean number of performances: 10.

2. Length of Time

_1592-_ _1594-_
_1597_(c) _1597_(d)
(_No. Plays_
_Years_ _Mos._ _and Percentage_)

1 30 26.5 9 15.8

2 16 } 5 }
3 6 } 2 }
4 7 } 31.0 3 } 22.8
5 5 } 3 }
6 1 } 0 }

7 7 } 5 }
8 7 } 6 }
9 3 } 24.8 2 } 33.3
10 5 } 4 }
11 6 } 2 }

1 0 2 } 2 }
1 1 2 } 2 }
1 3 2 } 8.0 2 } 15.8
1 4 1 } 1 }
1 7 1 } 1 }
1 8 1 } 1 }

2 0 1 } 3.5 1 } 5.3
2 2 3 } 2 }

3 2 1 .9 1 1.8

Revived(e) 6 5.3 3 5.2

(c) 1592-1597, 113 plays.

(d) June, 1594-February, 1597, 57 plays.

(e) Length of run is counted continuously when a play is performed regularly, there being no more than four months between performances. Otherwise the play is considered to be a revival.

iii. Summary of Court Performances, 1590-1642

Total number of plays that were or may have been
presented at Court, 1590-1642 144

1. Plays definitely produced publicly before appearance
at Court 67 46.5%

2. Plays where initial performance is uncertain 39 27.1%
(Notice of Court performance is _only_ or _first_
reference to play.)

3. Plays for which there is evidence public playing
preceded Court performance 8 5.5%

4. Uncertain. Title pages indicate performances in public
and at Court 6 4.2%

5. Plays the title pages of which refer only to public
performance 4 2.8%

6. Plays which received licenses shortly before Court
performances 8 5.5%

7. Old plays revived, possibly with additions for Court 4 2.8%

8. Plays definitely presented at Court first 7 4.9%

9. Plays probably presented at Court first 1 .1%

The total number of plays presented at Court is calculated from the lists appearing in E. K. Chambers, _The Elizabethan Stage_ and Mary Steele, _Plays and Masques at Court_. The investigation of the circumstances under which the plays received their first presentations employed a wide variety of primary and secondary sources. It is beyond the scope of this book to give the evidence for each conclusion.