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.
-------------+-------------------+-----------------------------------
| |
1584 April 6 | Thomas Cadman |Sappio by Lyllye: "if he get ye
| |comedy lawfully allowed to him."
Nov. 12 | Thomas Hackett |Fedele et Fortuna. The deceits in
| |love discoursed in a Commedia of
| |il Italian gent, and translated
| |into English.
1585 April 1 | Gabriel Cawood |Tityrus and Galaten. A Comedy.
1588 Oct. 28 | Richard Jones |Pageant before Martin Calthrop, L.
| |Mayor, 29th Oct. 1588, by G. Peele.
| |"Upon condition that it may
| |be licensed."
1590 July 31 | Richard Jones |A comedy of the pleasant and stately
| |moral of the three Lords of London.
Aug. 14 | Richard Jones |The two comical discourses of
| |"Tomberlein the Cithian shepparde."
1591 July 26 | Richard Jones |The Hunting of Cupid, by G. Peele,
| |M.A. of Oxford. "Provided always
| |that, if it be hurtful to any other
| |copy before licensed, then this
| |to be void."
Oct. 4 | Mrs. Broome, widow|Endimion, Galathea, Midas: three
| of William Broome |comedies played before her Majesty
| |by the children of Paul's.
1592 April 3 | Edward White |The tragedy of "Arden of Faversham
| |and Blackwall."
Oct. 6 | Abel Jeffes |The Spanish Tragedy of "Don Horatio
| |and Bellmipeia."
Nov. 20 | Edward White |The tragedy of "Salamon and Perceda."
1593 July 6 | William Jones |The troublesome reign and lamentable
| |death of Edward II. King of England,
| |with the tragical fall of proud
| |Mortimer.
1593 Oct. 8| Abel Jeffes |The Chronicle of K. Edward I.
| |Longshank, with his return out
| |of the Holy Land: with the
| |life of "Leublen," rebel in
| |Wales, with the sinking of
| |Queen Elinour. An enterlude.
Oct. 19| Symond Waterson |The tragedy of Cleopatra.
Oct. 23| John Danter |The life and death of Jack
| |Straw. An enterlude.
Dec. 7| John Danter |The history of Orlando Furioso,
| |one of the 12 peers of France.
| |A playbook.
1593-4 Jan. 7| Richard Jones |A Knack to Know a Knave, newly
| |set forth as it hath sundry
| |times been played by Ned Allen
| |and his company, with Kempe's
| |applauded merriments of the men
| |of Goteham. A comedy.
Jan. 26| Nicholas Ling and |Cornelia: Thomas Kydd being the
| John Busbye |author.
Feb. 6| John Danter |A noble Roman history of Tytus
| |Andronicus.
Mar. 5| Thomas Creede |The looking glass for London, by
| |Thomas Lodg and Robert Greene,
| |gent.
Mar. 12| Thomas Myllington |The first part of the Contention
| |of the two famous houses of
| |York and Lancaster, with the
| |death of the Duke of Suffolk,
| |and the tragical end of the
| |proud Cardinal of Winchester,
| |with the notable rebellion of
| |Jack Cade and the Duke of York's
| |first claim unto the crown.
1594 May 2| Peter Shorte |A pleasant conceited history
| |called the "Tayming of a Shrowe."
May 13| Thomas Creede |The Pedlar's Prophesy. "A
| |pleabook."
May 14| Thomas Creede |The Famous Victories of Henry
| |V., containing the honourable
| |battle of Agincourt.
May 14| Thomas Creede |The Scottish story of James IV.,
| |slain at Flodden, intermixt
| |with a pleasant comedy
| |presented by Oboron King of Fairies.
-------------+-------------------+-----------------------------------
Date. | For whom Entered.| Name of Play.
--------------+------------------+-----------------------------------
| |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."
--------------+------------------+-----------------------------------
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."
-----------------+-------------------+-------------------------------
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.]
--------------+--------------------+---------------------------------
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.
-------------+-------------------+---------+-------------------------
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.
--------------+------------------+---------+-------------------------
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.
---------------+-----------------------+---------+-------------------
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.
---------------+-------------------+---------+-----------------------
Date. | For whom Entered.| Name of Play.
---------------+--------------------+--------------------------------
1637-8 Mar. 13| [Andrew] Crooke |The Royal Master, by James
| John Crooke | Shirley. A play.
| Richard Searger |
| |A Latin Comedy called Naufragium
Mar. 14| [Henry] Seile | Joculare, by Abraham Cowley.
| |A Pastoral Comedy called Love's
| | Riddle, by Abraham Cowley,
| | whilst he was King's Scholar in
| | Westminster School.
1638 Mar. 30| { [Thomas] Harper }|A Latin Comedy called
| { [Thomas] Slater }| Cornelianum Dolium, by T. R.
April 5| Charles Greene |Tottenham Court, by Thomas
| | Nabbes. A play.
April 18| Thomas Walkley |Aglaura, by Sir John Sucklin,
| | Knight. A play.
May 28| Charles Greene |Covent Garden, by Thomas Nabbes.
| | A play.
June 23| Charles Greene |The Spring's glory, by Thomas
| | Nabbes. A book.
July 13| John Oakes |The Seven Champions of
| | Christendom, with the life and
| | death of Jack Straw and Wat
| | Tyler, by John Kirke. A play.
Oct. 24| { [Andrew] Crooke }| Phillip Chalbott, Admiral of
| { William Crooke }| France, and the Ball, by James
| | Shirley. A book.
Oct. 26| { John Crooke }| Arviagus and Philicia, first
| { Richard Serger }| and second parts. A play.
Oct. 26| Thomas Walkley |The Tragedy of } Two
| | Cleopatra, and Julia } plays.
| | Agripina, Emperess of }
| | Rome. }
Nov. 6| Henry Sheapard |The Lady's Trial, by John Ford.
| | A play.
Nov. 7| [Humphry] Mozeley |The Sophister. A comedy.
1638-9 Jan. 11| [Daniel] Pakeman |Argalus and Parthenia, by Henry
| | Glapthorne. A play.
Jan. 22| [John] Waterson |Monsieur Thomas, by Master John
| | Fletcher. A comedy.
Feb. 14| [John] Waterson |The unnatural Combat, by Phillip
| | Massinger. A tragedy.
Mar. 1| [Thomas] Harper |Imperiale. A tragedy.
1639 Mar. 28| Humphrey Blundon |A new trick to cheat the Devil,
| |by Master Damport. A book or
| |comedy.
1639 April 12|William Cooke |The Maid's Revenge, by James
| |Shirley. A play.
April 25|{ [Andrew] Crooke }|Nightwalkers. }
|{ William Cooke }|Opportunity. }
| |Love's Cruelty. } 5 plays.
| |The Coronation. }
| |Wit without money.}
June 18|John Okes |The Knave in Grain, or Jack
| | Cottington. A play.
July 8|Laurence Blaicklock |The Bride, by Thomas Nabbes.
| | A play.
July 29|William Cooke |The Humorous Courtier, by James
| | Shirley. A play.
Sept. 23|George Hutton |Albertus Wallenstein, late Duke
| | of Friedland, by Henry
| | Glapthorne. A tragedy.
Oct. 3|Daniel Frere |Messalina, the Roman Empress,
| |by N. R. A tragedy.
Oct. 4|{ John Crooke }|The Bloody Brother, by J. B.
|{ Richard Sergier }| A tragedy.
Nov. 4|Daniel Frere |Unfortunate Mother, a tragedy
| |by Thomas Nabbes. A play.
Nov. 20|Daniel Frere |The Rebellion, by Thomas
| | Rawlins. A play.
Nov. 29|{ John Williams }|The Arcadia. A Pastoral.
|{Francis Egglestone}|Love's Cruelty, by James
| | Shirley. A Tragedy. Entered
| | before to Master Crooke.
1639-40 Jan. 31|[William] Leake |The Strange Discovery, by J. G.,
| | gent. A tragi-comedy.
Feb. 14|William Cooke |The Tragedy of Saint Albons, by
| | Master James Shirley. A play.
Feb. 20|John Benson |The Masque of the Gypsies, by
| | Benjamin Johnson.
1639-40 Mar. 11|{ John Williams }|The Antiquary. A comedy.
|{Francis Egglestone}|Look to the Lady, by James
| |Shirley. A comedy.
| |Sparagus Garden. } Three plays,
Mar. 19|[Francis] Constable |The Antipodes. } by Rich.
| |Wit in a Madness.} Brome.
| |The Masque of Augurs.
Mar. 20|{ [Andrew] Crooke } |Time Vindicated.
|{ Richard Seirger } |Neptune's Triumphs.
| |Pan's Anniversary, or The
| |Shepherd's Holiday. Four
| |masques, by Benjamin Jonson.
1640 April 2|William Cooke |The Queen of Arragon, by
| |William Habington, Esquire.
| |The Swaggering Damosell, by
April 2|[Andrew] Crooke |Master Chamberlayne. A comedy.
| |The Prisoner, by Master
| |Killegrey. A tragedy.
April 4|[Francis] Constable |The Lady's Privilege, by Henry
| |Glaphthorne. A play.
April 27|[Francis] Constable |Wit in a Constable, by Henry
| |Glapthorne. A comedy.
April 28|[Richard] Whitaker |Saint Patrick for } Two plays,
| |Ireland. } by James
| |The Constant Maid.} Shirley.
May 22|Widow Wilson |The Hollander, by Henry
| |Glapthorne. A comedy.
May 22|John Okes |Love's Masterpiece, by Thomas
| |Haywood. A comedy.
| |Claracilla, by Master }
| |Killegray. A play. }
| |Christianetta. }
| |The Jewish Gentleman. } Six
Aug. 4|[Andrew] Crooke |A New Academy or } plays,
| | Exchange. } by
| |The Lovesick Count. } Richard
| |The Covent Garden. } Broome.
| |The English Moor, or }
| | Mock Marriage. }
---------------+--------------------+--------------------------------
TABLE V.--TRANSFERS OF COPYRIGHT IN PLAYS, 1584-1640.
----------------+---------------------------+
| |
Date. | Name of Play. |
| |
----------------+---------------------------+
| |
1584 |Campaspe |
1585 April 1 |Galatea |
1584 April 6 |Sappho |
1591 Oct. 4 |{Midas |
|{Endymion |
1594 Jan. 18 |Mother Bombie |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1591, Oct. 4, Galathea re-entered. 1597, April 12, Sappho and
Campaspe transferred from T. Cadman to Joan Brome. 1601, Aug.
23, Sappho, Campaspe, Endymion, Midas, Galatea, from Mrs. Brome,
deceased, to G. Potter. 1632, all six published together by E.
Blount.
| |
1592 Oct. 6 |Spanish Tragedy |
1593 Oct. 8 |Edward Longshanks |
1593 Oct. 23 |Jack Straw |
1593-4 Mar. 5 |Looking-glass for London |
1593-4 Mar. 12 |i York and Lancaster |
1595 |ii York and Lancaster |
1600 Aug. 11 |Sir John Oldcastle |
1600 Aug. 4 |Henry V. "stayed" |
1608 May 2 |Yorkshire Tragedy |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1599, Aug. 13, Spanish Tragedy and Edward Longshanks assigned from
A. Jeffes to W. White. 1600, Aug. 14, Henry V., Spanish Tragedy,
Edward Longshanks, Jack Straw, Looking-glass for London, "formerly
printed," set over to T. Pavier. 1602, April 19, 1 & 2 Henry VI.
assigned from T. Millington to T. Pavier. 1626, Aug. 4, Henry V.,
Spanish Tragedy, Sir John Oldcastle, and "Master Pavier's right in
Shakespeare's plays, or any of them," assigned by Mrs. Pavier to E.
Brewster and R. Bird. 1630, Nov. 8, his interest in Henry V., Sir
John Oldcastle, York and Lancaster, and Yorkshire Tragedy assigned
by Mr. Bird to J. Cotes.
| |
1600 July 24 |Maid's Metamorphosis |
1600 Sept. 8 |Jack Drum's entertainment |
1600 Oct. 23 |Weakest goeth to the wall |
1618 Aug. 7 |King and no King |
1619 April 28|Maid's Tragedy |
1619-20 Jan. 10 |Philaster |
1621 Oct. 6 |Othello |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1600, Oct. 23, Jack Drum assigned from F. Norton to R. Oliff. 1615,
Nov. 6, Jack Drum, Weakest to the Wall, and Maid's Metamorphosis,
from Mrs. Oliff to P. Knight. 1617, Oct. 18, Weakest to Wall
and Maid's Metamorphosis assigned from P. Knight to R. Hawkins.
1627-8, Mar 1, King and no King, Philaster, and Orthello assigned
from T. Walkley to R. Hawkins. 1629, Oct. 27, Maid's Tragedy from
Heggenbotham and Constable to R. Hawkins. 1638, May 29, all the
group except Jack Drum from Hawkins to Mead and Meredith. 1638-9,
Jan. 25, the same from them to Leake.
| |
1599 Aug. 28 |1 & 2 Edward IV. |
1601 Oct. 24 |Antonio and Mellida |
1601 Dec. 21 |Poetaster |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1599-1600, Feb. 23, his moiety in 1 & 2 Edward IV. assigned from
J. Busby to H. Lownes. 1627, May 30, his share in Poetaster and
Anthonie and Mellida assigned by T. Lownes to H. Lownes and R.
Young, 1628, Nov. 6, his interest in Poetaster, 1 & 2 Jane Shore,
and Anthony and Melida assigned by H. Lownes to G. Cole and G.
Latham. 1630, Dec. 6, their interest in the same play assigned by
them to R. Young.
| |
1597 Aug. 29 |Richard II. |
1597 Oct. 20 |Richard III. |
1597-8 Feb. 25 |1 Henry IV. |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1603, Jan. 25, set over from A. Wise to M. Low.
| |
1600 Aug. 14 |Every Man in his humor |
1601 May 23 |Cynthia's Revels |
|(Narcissus) |
1604 Nov. 2 |Sejanus |
1607 |Volpone |
1608 Oct. 4 |A mad world, my Masters |
1610 Sept. 20|Silent Woman |
1610 Oct. 3 |Alchemist |
1611 |Catilina |
1612 April 17|D'Ambois' Revenge |
1615 April 18|Ignoramus |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1605, Aug. 6, Sejanus assigned by E. Blunt to T. Thorpe. 1610, Oct.
3, Sejanus and Vulpone assigned by T. Thorpe to W. Burre. 1612,
Sept. 28, Silent Woman assigned by J. Browne to W. Burre. 1622-3,
Feb. 17, D'Ambois' Revenge assigned by Mrs. Browne to J. Marriott.
1630, July 3, Narcissus, Mad World, Alchemist, Silent Woman,
Ignoramus, assigned by Mrs. Bur to J. Spencer. 1630, July 20,
Ignoramus entered for G. Edmondson and J. Spenser (with Spencer's
consent). 1635, July 4, all the seven plays by Jonson were entered
for Stansby by virtue of a note bearing date 1621, June 10, under
the hands of W. Burre and M. Lownes. _N.B._ Stansby printed the
Jonson folios 1616, 1631.
| |
1594 May 2 |Taming of a Shrew |
1598 |Love's Labour's Lost |
1599 |Romeo and Juliet |
1602 July 26 |Hamlet |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1606-7, Jan 22, the first three were entered for N. Ling, with
C. Burby's consent. 1607, Nov. 19, all four were set over to J.
Smythick. Mr. Halliwell in his Outlines omits the Shrew entry.
| |
1594 May 28 |Orlando |
1595 April 1 |George a Greene |
1595 Dec. 1 |Edward III. |
1600 Aug. 14 |Every man in his humour |
1600 Oct. 28 |Summer's last Will and T. |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1609, Oct. 16, assigned by Mrs. Burby to Welby. 1617-8, Mar. 2, by
Welby to Snodham. 1625-6, Feb. 23, by Mrs. Snodham to W. Stansby.
1638-9, Mar. 4, the first four by Mrs Stansby to Bishop. Only half
shares in the two last plays are concerned in these entries.
| |
1600 |The Shoemaker's Holiday |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1610, April 19, assigned from V. Symms to J. Wrighte, and agreed
that "Symms shall have the workmanship of the printing thereof
for the use of the said J. Wrighte during his life, if he have a
printing house of his own."
| |
1600-1 Jan. 7 |Dr. Faustus |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1610, Sept. 13, assigned from T. Bushell to J. Wright.
| |
| |
1593 July 6 |Edward II. |
1600 Oct. 7 |Dr. Doddypoll |
| |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1611, Dec. 16, Edward II. assigned from W. Jones to R. Barnes.
1615-6, Jan. 5, Dr. Doddipoll from Mrs. Oliffe to H. Bell. 1617,
April 17, Edward II. from R. Barnes to H. Bell. 1638, Sept. 4,
both plays from Henry and Moses Bell to Haviland and J. Wright.
| |
1600 Dec. 1 |1 & 2 Robin Hood |
1602 Aug. 11 |Lord Cromwell |
1605-6 Mar. 12 |The Fawn |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1616-7, Feb. 16, all assigned from Leake to Barrett. 1626, April 3,
Cromwell and Fawn from Mrs. Barrett to Parker. 1638, Sept. 4, all
the plays from Parker to Haviland and J. Wright.
| |
1598 |Mucedorus |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1618, Sept. 17, assigned by Mrs. Jones to J. Wright.
| |
1605 June 26 |Dutch Courtesan |
1605-6 Mar. 17 |Sophonisba |
1607 May 20 |Woman hater |
1608 Oct. 4 |A Mad World, my M. |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1613, April 19, "a half part" in the two last plays, all Edgar's
interest in the Courtesan (which was entered originally to
Hodgetts), and the whole of Sophonisba assigned from E. Edgar to
J. Hodgetts.
| |
1615 Aug. 14 |The Honest Lawyer |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1622-3 Jan. 11, assigned by R. Woodriffe to T. Barlow.
| |
1607 April 24|Fair Maid of Exchange |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1616, April 9, assigned by Mrs. Rocket to N. Bourne. 1635-6, Feb.
27, by Bourne to G. Edwards.
| |
|{Cupid's Revenge |
1615 April 24|{The Palsgrave |
1615-6 Mar. 19 |Scornful Lady |
1621 Dec. 7 |Virgin Martyr |
1624 |Nero |
1633 |The Heir |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1617, May 8, Scornful Lady assigned by M. Patrich to T. Jones.
1619, April 15, Cupid's Revenge and the Palsgrave by J. Harrison
to T. Jones. 1633, Oct. 24, all six plays by T. Jones to Matthews.
| |
1600 Oct. 28 |Merchant of Venice |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1619, July 8, L. Hayes, inherited from T. Hayes, his father.
| |
1607 Oct. 12 |Family of Love |
1608 April 12|Humor out of Breath |
1614 |Greenes's Tu Quoque |
1617 |Fair Quarrel |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1621, Sept. 2, Tu quoque and Fair Quarrel assigned by J. Trundle to
T. Dewe. 1627, Dec. 3, all four plays by Mrs. Helme (and T. Dewe?)
to W. Washington. 1628, May 21, the last three by him to Flesher.
| |
1607 Oct. 22 |Merry Devil of Edmonton |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1624, June 21, Assigned by A. Johnson to F. Faulkner.
| |
1592 April 3 |Arden of Feversham |
1592 Nov. 20 |Salomon and Bersheba |
|{F. Bacon and F. Bungay |
1594 May 14 |{Robin Hood and Little John|
? |The Owl (not extant; |
|written 1613) |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1624, June 29, assigned by Mrs. White to E. Aldee. [The Leire
entered with these was not the old play, but a prose history now
lost] 1640, April 22, Bacon, Robin Hood, and The Owl assigned from
Mrs. Aldee to Oulton.
| |
1608 Oct. 6 |The Dumb Knight |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1610, Nov. 19, assigned by J. Bache to R. Wilson.
| |
1603 |Nero (in Latin) |
1611 Nov. 23 |Woman's a Weathercock |
1614 |Bartholomew Fair |
1622 |Share in Shakespeare Folio |
1626 April 14|Staple of News |
1629 |Roman Actor |
1630 Mar. 26 |Aristippus |
1633 Aug. 1 |True Trojans |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1626, Sept. 4, Nero and Woman's a Weathercock transferred from J.
Budge to Allott. 1630, Nov. 16, Blount's interest in Shakespeare
assigned to Allott. 1631, Sept. 7, Staple of News assigned by J.
Waterson to Allot. 1637, July 1, all the group from Mrs Allott to
Legatt and A. Crook. [_N.B._ 1 Henry VI, is called 3 Henry VI.,
Troylus is omitted, and Anthony included in the 1630 entry]
| |
1623 Nov. 8 |Share in Shakespeare Folio |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1627, June 19, Jaggard's share assigned by Mrs. Jaggard to T.
Cotes and R. Cotes.
| |
1609 |Faithful Shepherdess |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1628, Dec. 8, H. Walley's share assigned to R. Meighen.
| |
1606 Nov. 12 |Wily Beguiled |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1629, Oct. 12, assigned by C. Knight to T. Knight. 1635-6, Mar. 8,
by T. Knight to Alchorn.
| |
1601-2 Jan. 18 |Merry Wives of Windsor |
1607 May 19 |Phoenix |
1607 May 15 |Michaelmas Term |
1607 June 29 |Cupid's Whirligig |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1629-30, Jan. 29, assigned by A. Johnson to Meighen.
| |
1594 June 19 |Four London Prentises |
1611-12 Oct. 14 |Golden Age |
1613 |Silver Age |
1632 |Iron Age |
1615 April 28|Albumazar |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1630, Aug. 2, assigned by N. Okes to J. Okes.
| |
1611 |Roaring Girl |
1612 |White Devil |
1613 |Insatiate Countess |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1630-1, Feb. 10, assigned by T. Archer to H. Perrey. 1634, Sept.
15, White Devil and Insatiate Countess assigned by H. Perrey to H.
Taunton.
| |
1621-2 Feb. 22 |Herod and Antipater |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1633, May 9, assigned by M. Rhodes to F. Smith. 1633, Aug. 3, by
F. Smith to T. Lambert. 1633-4, Jan. 2, by T. Lambert to F. Smith
again.
| |
1606-7 Feb. 23 |Lingua |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1635, Aug. 19, assigned by S. Waterson to J. Waterson.
| |
1607 July 31 |Misery of enforced M. |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1637, April 28, assigned by Mrs. Vincent to R. Thraile.
| |
1607 Oct. 22 |Merry Devil of E. |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1624, June 21, assigned by A. Johnson to F. Faulkner.
| |
1608 Nov. 26 |Mustapha. |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1632, Nov. 10, assigned by N. Butter to J. Seile.
| |
1619-20 Jan. 15 |Guy of Warwick |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1620, Dec. 13, assigned by J. Trundle to T. Langley.
| |
1620 May 22 |Two Merry Milkmaids |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1623, Sept. 13, assigned by L. Chapman to M. Walbanke.
| |
1622-3 Jan. 20 |Duke of Milan |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1623, May 5, Norton's share assigned to Blackmore.
| |
1639 June 18 |Knave in grain |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1639, Oct. 22, assigned by J. Okes to J. Nicholson as "new vampt"
[which is not part of the title, as Mr. Haliwell supposes].
| |
1630 |Picture |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1634, Aug. 8, assigned by T. Walkey to J. Waterson.
| |
1600 April 8 |Every Man out of his Humor |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1638, April 28, assigned by Smethwick to Bishop.
| |
1629 |Wedding |
1629-30 Feb. 26 |{Grateful Servant |
|{Hoffmann |
1631-2 Jan. 26 |Holland's Leaguer |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1637, Sept. 25, assigned by J. Grove to W. Leake.
| |
1637-8 Mar. 5 |Lost Lady |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1638, Sept. 24, assigned by J. Okes to J. Coleby. 1640, Sept. 5,
by J. Coleby to R. Roiston.
| |
1604-5 Feb. 12 |Henry VIII. (When you see |
| me, &c.) |
1605 July 5 |1. If you know not me, &c. |
1605 Sept. 14|2. If you know not me, &c. |
1607 Nov. 26 |Lear |
1608 June 3 |Lucrece, Roman tragedy |
1630 June 29 |2. Honest Whore |
| |
To whom Transferred.
--------------------
1639, May 21, assigned by N. Butter to Flessher.
----------------+----------------------------+-----------------------
At this point we lose the aid of Mr. Arber's reprint of "The
Stationers' Registers," which does not extend beyond 1640. It is,
however, necessary to continue our notes to 1660, the date of the
reopening of the theatres, because even at that date entries were made
attributing plays to Shakespeare. The following memoranda have no
pretence to completeness, and are compiled (pending an opportunity of
examining the registers themselves) from the much-abused _Biographia
Dramatica_, which is, nevertheless, much more useful than the
abbreviated compilation made from it (retaining nearly all its errors)
by the scissors of Mr. Halliwell, and published by him as _A Dictionary
of Old English Plays_. Two of these entries are so important for
dramatic history that they are printed in parallel columns, with the
list of MSS. once in the possession of John Warburton, the Somerset
Herald, but mostly destroyed by his cook. From these it will be seen at
a glance that three-fifths of his collection consisted of the remainder
of Moseley's stock, which contained the majority of old unprinted MSS.
extant in 1660.
From these S. R. entries, taken as a whole, the reader will find that
the total number of extant plays originally produced between 1576,
when theatres were first opened, and their closing in 1642, is less
than 500. Nor have we reason to believe that they ever numbered more
than 2000 or so. Nearly all worth preserving has been preserved. The
gross exaggerations of Halliwell and Collier on this matter depend on
their estimating the number of contemporaneous theatres and companies
at some fifteen. They really never exceeded five. They also neglect
the facts that many so-called new plays were mere revisions of the old
ones, "new vamped" versions slightly altered; and that the inferior
theatres depended largely on extemporaneous performances, of which only
the plots were committed to writing. In the palmy days of the Admiral's
company, Henslow brought out a new play once a fortnight, but this was
undoubtedly an exceptional instance. The best companies, such as the
King's, and after them the Queen's, produced one in about two months.
Taking all this into consideration, 2000 is a liberal estimate; 20,000
is a number that could only be dreamed of by an inaccurate writer
intent on effect rather than truth. And of this 2000 not more than a
quarter would be worth preserving: indeed, of those preserved many are
quite valueless. The few good ones lost are such as _The Jeweller of
Amsterdam_, suppressed for political reasons; or the original _Henry
VIII._, destroyed by fire or other accident.
In these Supplementary Lists names of authors wrongly attributed are
printed in _italics_, and names of plays occurring both in Warburton's
list and Moseley's entries are _asterised_.
* * * * *
1646. Sept. 4, were entered, The Spartan Ladies, by Ludovic
Carlell; The Corporal and the Switzer, by Arthur Wilson; The Fatal
Friendship, by Burroughes.
1653. Sept. 23, The Bondwoman.
1653. Nov. 29 (by R. Marriot), The Black Wedding; Castara, or
Cruelty without Lust; The Conceits; The Divorce; The Florentine
Friend; A Fool and her Maindenhead soon parted; The Law Case; The
Noble Ravishers; The Paraside, or Revenge for Honor, by _Henry
Glapthorne_; Pity the Maids; The Proxy, or Love's Aftergame; The
Royal Choice, by Sir Robert Stapylton; Salisbury Plain; Supposed
Inconstancy; The Woman's Law; Woman's Masterpiece; The Younger
Brother.
1654. April 8, The Apprentice's Prize, by Brome and Heywood; The
Life and Death of Sir Martin Skink, with the Wars of the Low
Countries, by Brome and Heywood; The Jeweller of Amsterdam, or the
Hague, by Fletcher, Field, and Massinger; The Maiden's Holiday, by
Marlowe and Day (see Warburton's list).
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE OF MOSELEY'S ENTRIES IN 1653 AND 1660, AND
WARBURTON'S LIST.
+---------------------------------+--------------------------------++
Plays entered 9 Sept. 1653 | Authors. ||
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*Philenzo and Hippolito. C. | P. Massinger ||
| ||
*The Spanish Viceroy, or The | P. Massinger ||
Honor of Women. C. | ||
| ||
*Minerva's Sacrifice, or The | P. Massinger ||
Forced Lady. T. | ||
| ||
*Believe as you list. C. | P. Massinger ||
| ||
The Italian Nightpiece, | P. Massinger ||
or Unfortunate Piety. | ||
| ||
The Wandering Lovers, or | P. Massinger ||
The Painter. C. | ||
| ||
*The Very Woman, or The Woman's | P. Massinger ||
Plot [or the Prince of Tarent.] | ||
T.C. | ||
| ||
*The Noble Choice, or The | P. Massinger ||
Orator. T.C. | ||
| ||
The Prisoner, or The Fair | P. Massinger ||
Anchoress [of Pausilippo]. T.C. | ||
| ||
The Fool without Book. | W. Rowley ||
| ||
*The Second Maiden's Tragedy. | ||
| ||
*Beauty in a Trance. | J. Ford ||
| ||
*The Governor. | Sir C. Formido ||
| ||
*The Puritan Maid, the Modest | T. Middleton ||
Wife, and the Wanton Widow. C. | ||
| ||
*The Widow's Prize. C. | W. Sampson ||
| ||
The history of Cardenio. | Fletcher and _Shakespeare_ ||
| ||
*Henry I. and Henry II. | _Shakespeare_ and Davenport ||
| [Query, is Duke Humphrey a ||
| version of 2 Henry VI.?] ||
*The Inconstant Lady. C. | A. Wilson ||
| ||
The Lovesick Maid or, The | R. Brown ||
Honor of Young Ladies. | ||
| ||
The Jew of Venice. | T. Dekker ||
| ||
The Woman's Mistake. | Drue & Davenport ||
| ||
The Duke of Guise. | H. Shirley ||
| ||
The Dumb Bawd. | H. Shirley ||
| ||
Giraldo the Constant Lover. | H. Shirley ||
| ||
The Spanish Duke of Lerma. | H. Shirley ||
| ||
The Countryman. | Anonymous ||
| ||
The King's Mistress. | Anonymous ||
| ||
The Politic Bankrupt, or Which | Anonymous ||
is the best Girl? | ||
----------------------------------+--------------------------------++
++--------------------------------+--------------------------------++
|| Plays in the Warburton MSS. | Authors. ||
|| | ||
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|| *Philenzo and Hippolito. C. | P. Massinger ||
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|| *Antonio and Vallia. C. | P. Massinger ||
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|| *The Parliament of Love. C. | _W. Rowley_ ||
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|| The Judge. C. | P. Massinger ||
|| *The Honor of Women. C. | P. Massinger ||
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|| *Minerva's Sacrifice. T. | P. Massinger ||
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|| *The Forced Lady. T. | P. Massinger ||
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|| *Believe as you list. C. | P. Massinger ||
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|| *The Woman's Plot. T.C. | P. Massinger ||
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|| *The Noble Choice. T.C. | P. Massinger ||
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|| *The Tyrant. T. | P. Massinger ||
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|| Alexias, or The Chaste | P. Massinger ||
|| Gallant. T. | ||
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|| *Fast and Welcome. C. | P. Massinger ||
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|| *The four honorable Loves. C. | W. Rowley ||
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|| *The Nonesuch. C. | W. Rowley ||
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|| *The Second Maiden's Tragedy. | _G. Chapman_ ||
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|| *Yorkshire Gentle-woman and | G. Chapman ||
|| her sons | ||
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|| *The Fatal Love. | ||
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|| *The King of Swedland. | ||
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|| *Jocondo and Astolpho. | T. Dekker ||
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|| *An ill beginning may have a | J. Ford ||
|| good end. C. | ||
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|| *The London Merchant. C. | J. Ford ||
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|| *The Royal Combat. C. | J. Ford ||
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|| *Beauty in a Trance. | J. Ford ||
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|| *The Governor. | Sir C. Formido ||
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|| *The Duchess of Fernandina. T. | H. Glapthorne ||
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|| The Vestal. T. | H. Glapthorne ||
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|| *Nothing impossible to Love. | Sir R. LeGreece ||
|| T.C. | ||
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|| *Love hath found out his eyes. | T. Jordan ||
|| | ||
|| *The Crafty Merchant, | _S. Marmion_ ||
|| or the Soldiered Citizen, | ||
|| [or Come to my country house], | ||
|| or the Merchant's Sacrifice. | [W. Bonen] ||
|| | ||
|| *The Puritan Maid, the Modest | T. Middleton ||
|| Wife, and the Wanton Widow. C. | ||
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|| *The Widow's Prize. C. | W. Sampson ||
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|| A play. | _W. Shakespeare_ ||
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|| *Henry I. | _W. Shakespeare_ ||
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|| *Duke Humphrey. T. | _W. Shakespeare_ ||
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|| *The Inconstant Lady. C. | A. Wilson ||
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|| The Fair Favorite. | Sir W. Davenant ||
|| The Bugbears. C. | J. Geffrey ||
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|| A Mask. | R. Govell ||
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|| The History (Tragedy) of Jobe. | R. Greene ||
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|| The Queen of Corsica. T. | F. Jaques ||
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|| The Maiden's Holiday. | C. Marlowe ||
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|| St. George for England. | Wil. Smith ||
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|| Works. | Sir J. Suckling ||
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|| 'Tis good sleeping in a whole | W. Wager ||
|| skin. | ||
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|| An enterlude. | R. Wood ||
|| | ||
|| The Flying Voice. | R. Wood ||
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|| The City Shuffler. | Anonymous ||
|| | ||
|| The Fairy Queen. | Anonymous ||
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|| The Great Man. | Anonymous ||
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|| The Lovers of Loodgate. | Anonymous ||
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|| Orpheus. | Anonymous ||
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|| The Spanish Puecas. | Anonymous ||
|| | ||
|| Demetrius and Marsina, or The | Anonymous ||
|| Imperial Imposter and unhappy | ||
|| Heroine. | ||
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|| Plays entered 29 June 1660. | Authors.
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|| |
|| *Antonio and Vallia. C. | P. Massinger
|| |
|| *The Parliament of Love. | _W. Rowley_
|| |
|| *Believe as you list. C. | P. Massinger
|| |
|| *A right Woman. | _Beau._ and Flet.
|| |
|| *The Tyrant. T. | P. Massinger
|| |
|| *Fast and Welcome. C. | P. Massinger
|| |
|| *The four honored Loves. C. | W. Rowley
|| |
|| *The Nonesuch. C. | W. Rowley
|| |
|| *The Yorkshire Gentle-woman | G. Chapman
|| and her son. |
|| |
|| *Fatal Love, a French tragedy. | G. Chapman
|| |
|| *Gustavus, King of Swethland. | T. Dekker
|| |
|| *The tale of Jocondo | T. Dekker
|| and Astolpho. C. |
|| |
|| *An ill beginning has a good | J. Ford
|| end, and a &c. C. |
|| |
|| *The London Merchant. C. | J. Ford
|| |
|| *The Royal Combat. C. | J. Ford
|| |
|| *The Duchess of Fernandina, T. | H. Glapthorne
|| |
|| The Noble Trial. | H. Glapthorne
|| |
|| *Nothing impossible to Love. | Sir R. LeGreece
|| T.C. |
|| |
|| *Love hath found out his eyes. | T. Jordan
|| |
|| *The Soldiered Citizen. |
|| |
|| Iphis and Ianthe, or A | _W. Shakespeare_
|| marriage without a man. |
|| |
|| *Duke Humphrey. | _W. Shakespeare_
|| The History of King Stephen. | _W. Shakespeare_
|| |
|| The Faithful Friends. | _Beau. and Flet._
|| The history of Madoc, King of | _F. Beaumont_
|| Britain. |
|| |
|| The Fatal Brothers. T. | R. Davenport
|| |
|| The Politic Queen, or Murther | R. Davenport
|| will out. |
|| |
|| The Prodigal Scholar. C. | T. Randall
|| |
|| The Christmas Ordinary. | Trin. Coll. Oxon.
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INDEX.
INDEX OF PLAYS AND AUTHORS CONNECTED WITH SHAKESPEARE'S COMPANY BEFORE
1611.
-----------+--------------------------+------------------------------
Author. | Play. | Pages.
-----------+--------------------------+------------------------------
Anonymous |Alarum for London |See Lodge.
" |Cloth Breeches and Velvet |
| Hose |326.
" |Cromwell, Earl of Essex |42, 145, 146, 298.
" |Edward III. |See Shakespeare.
" |Fair Em |See Wilson.
" |Gowry |152, 301.
" |Hester and Ahasuerus. |93, 116, 309.
" |Jealous Comedy |See Shakespeare.
" |Knack to Know a Knave |16, 109, 290.
" |Locrine |See Peele.
" |London Prodigal. |54, 148, 154, 299.
" |Merry Devil of Edmonton |See Drayton.
" |Mucedorus |See Lodge.
" |Oldcastle |See Drayton.
" |Richard, Duke of York |See 3 Henry VI.
" |Seven Deadly Sins |See Tarleton.
" |Sir Thomas More |27, 127, 292.
" |Spanish Maz |53.
" |Tambercam, 2d part, acted |
| 28 April 1592. |
" |Taming of a Shrew |See Kyd.
" |Taner of Denmark, acted 23|
| May 1592. |
" |Titus and Vespasian |16, 109, 313.
" |Warning for Fair Women |See Lodge.
" |York and Lancaster |See 2 Henry VI.
" |Yorkshire Tragedy |53, 54, 154, 158, 302.
Dekker |Satiromastix |36, 43, 45, 298.
Drayton |Merry Devil of Edmonton |31, 58, 131, 139, 157, 294.
" |Oldcastle, Sir John |41, 78, 140.
Fletcher |Henry VIII. |See Shakespeare.
" |Two Noble Kinsmen |252.
Jonson |Alchemist |65, 81, 163.
" |Every man out of his |36, 37, 79, 137, 297.
| humour |
" |Every man in his humour |34, 39, 40, 79, 140, 297.
" |Jeronymo (additions) |52.
" |Sejanus |49, 80, 147, 151, 301.
" |Volpone |50, 54, 56, 80, 154, 303.
Kyd |Hamlet |See Shakespeare.
" |Jeronymo (Spanish Tragedy)|16, 52, 151, 308.
" |Taming of a Shrew |19, 23, 28, 99, 116, 117, 129.
Lodge |Alarum for London |27, 126, 291.
" |Mucedorus |56, 156, 303.
" |Warning for Fair Women |35, 136, 297.
Marlowe |Edward III. |See Shakespeare.
" |Guise (Massacre of Paris) |16, 112.
" |Henry VI. |See Shakespeare.
" |Richard, Duke of York |See 3 Henry VI.
" |Richard III. |See Shakespeare.
" |Titus Andronicus |See Shakespeare.
" |York and Lancaster |See 2 Henry VI.
Peele |Edward I. |14.
" |Locrine |24, 120, 291.
Rowley |Birth of Merlin |289.
Shakespeare|All's well that ends well |42, 111, 142, 216.
" |Anthony and Cleopatra |58, 157, 158, 161, 244.
" |As you like it |36, 38, 39, 138, 140, 208.
" |Coriolanus |60, 160, 244.
" |Cymbeline |57, 156, 162, 246.
" |Edward III. |19, 23, 118, 127, 282.
" |Errors, Comedy of |13, 26, 105, 125, 178.
" |Hamlet |19, 23, 42, 49, 50, 99, 117,
| |142, 146, 148, 149, 227, 309.
" |1 Henry IV. |30, 32, 130, 134, 198.
" |2 Henry IV. |32, 130, 199.
" |Henry V. |35, 38, 40, 138, 140, 206.
" |1 Henry VI. |16, 109, 255.
" |2 Henry VI. |39, 98, 115, 145, 263.
" |3 Henry VI. |19, 23, 39, 110, 126, 145, 271.
" |Henry VIII. |68, 170, 250.
" |Jealous Comedy |16, 19, 39, 112.
| (Merry Wives) |
" |John |27, 127, 196.
" |Julius Cæsar |39, 42, 214.
" |Lear |53, 58, 156, 157, 237, 311.
" |Love's Labour's Lost |11, 32, 103, 133, 202.
" |Love's Labour's Won |13, 104.
" |Macbeth |28, 43, 55, 56, 57, 128, 155,
| | 238.
" |Measure for Measure |52, 153, 234.
" |Merchant of Venice |30, 41, 129, 134, 141, 197.
" |Merry Wives of Windsor |39, 139, 145, 210.
" |Midsummer Night's Dream |18, 26, 41, 126, 181.
" |Much Ado about Nothing |33, 40, 134, 140, 204.
" |Othello |52, 153, 235.
" |Pericles |58, 61, 158, 161, 245.
" |Richard II. |26, 32, 42, 126, 132, 143, 187.
" |Richard III. |23, 32, 118, 132, 176, 275.
" |Romeo and Juliet |13, 27, 32, 38, 106, 128, 129,
| | 191, 308.
" |Taming of the Shrew |23, 46, 146, 224.
" |Tempest |66, 163, 248.
" |Timon of Athens |57, 156, 242.
" |Titus Andronicus |23, 114, 116, 176, 280.
" |Troylus and Cressida |23, 44, 61, 136, 146, 160, 220.
" |Twelfth Night |44, 111, 145, 219.
" |Two Gentlemen of Verona |14, 106, 126, 188, 313.
" |Winter's Tale |65, 163, 247.
Tarleton |Seven Deadly Sins |23, 296.
Tourneur |Revenger's Tragedy |58, 305.
Tylney |Locrine |See Peele.
Webster |Malcontent (Induction) |52, 151, 301.
Wilkins |Miseries of Enforced |
| Marriage |49, 148, 302.
" |Pericles |See Shakespeare.
Wilson |Fair Em |13, 104, 285.
NOTE ON THE ETCHINGS.
I have been asked to say a few words on the illustrations to this
volume. The _Portrait of Alleyn_ has been kindly permitted to be taken
from the oil painting preserved at Dulwich College, and has not, it
is believed, been previously engraved as a book illustration. It was
thought that the reader would prefer a representation of this great
actor, the first managing director under whom Shakespeare performed,
to a reproduction of one of the many portraits of the poet himself,
which have now become so hackneyed. For like reason, the _Font in
which Shakespeare was baptized_ has been obtained from a hitherto
unreproduced original: an oil sketch made on the spot in 1853 by
the world-known painter, Mr. Henry Wallis, and now in the artist's
possession. It is with no little satisfaction that I find my work
allowed to be associated with that of a painter so eminent, and with
the name of one of the great poets for all ages, Mr. Robert Browning.
_Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., Edinburgh and London._
Transcriber's Note.
Variable spelling and hyphenation have been retained. Minor punctuation
inconsistencies have been silently repaired. Some tables have been
split for reading purposes.
Corrections.
The first line indicates the original, the second the correction.
p. 18:
and purveyed more plays for them than other four
and purveyed more plays for them than the other four
p. 108:
lingered on in some vague connecsion
lingered on in some vague connection
p. 201:
in the table given on p. 212
in the table given on p. 207
p. 325:
| ... for Henry Gosson
_y_ | ... for Henry Gosson