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Historical Records

Payments to Playwrights (Henslowe's Diary)

Lent vnto Samwell Rowley the 20 of desember }

1600 to lend vnto w^m harton in earneste } xx^s

of a Boocke called Roben hoodes penerthes }

F. 71 (Greg, I. 125)

Lent vnto wlliam hawghton the 27 of }

desember 1600 in earneste of his Boocke } x^s

called Roben hoodees penerthes }

Lent vnto w^m harvghton the 4 of Jenewary }

1600 in part of payment of a Boocke called } x^s

Roben hoodes penerth some of }

paid at the a poyntment of w^m Birde [to] }

vnto w^m harton for his playe of Roben } xxxx^s

hoodes penerthe the 13 of Janewary 1600 }

Theatrical Provenance

William Haughton wrote "Robin Hood's Pennyworths" for the Admiral's players in their first full year at the Fortune playhouse.

Probable Genre(s)

Harbage labeled the play a comedy, but qualified the label with a question mark. It is hard to imagine what else the play might have been, given its titular connection to aphorisms using the phrase, "Robin Hood's pennyworths." Further, the play shared a family relationship with other "Robin Hood" plays, including the two-part Downfall/Death of Robert, Earl of Huntington, which the Admiral's company had purchased from Anthony Munday and Henry Chettle in February and March 1598. An earlier play, also lost, called "Robin Hood and Little John" was in the hands of stationers by 14 May 1594. Its title further designates it as a "pastorall plesant commedie."

Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

proverbial contexts of phrase

References to the Play

Information welcome.

Critical Commentary

Fleay Greg Gurr

For What It's Worth

longevity of phrase

Works Cited

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 ==Probable Genre(s)==
 Harbage labeled the play a comedy, but qualified the label with a question mark. It is hard to imagine what else the play might have been, given its titular connection to aphorisms using the phrase, "Robin Hood's pennyworths." Further, the play shared a family relationship with other "Robin Hood" plays, including the two-part ''Downfall''/''Death of Robert, Earl of Huntington'', which the Admiral's company had purchased from Anthony Munday and Henry Chettle in February and March 1598. An earlier play, also lost, called "Robin Hood and Little John" was in the hands of stationers by 14 May 1594. Its title further designates it as a "pastorall plesant com''m''edie."
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Lent vnto Samwell Rowley the 20 of desember	}
1600 to lend vnto w^m harton in earneste	} xx^s
of a Boocke called Roben hoodes penerthes	}


Lent vnto wlliam hawghton the 27 of	}
desember 1600 in earneste of his Boocke	} x^s
called Roben hoodees penerthes	}



Lent vnto w^m harvghton the 4 of Jenewary	}
1600 in part of payment of a Boocke called	} x^s
Roben hoodes penerth some of	}



paid at the a poyntment of w^m Birde [to]	}
vnto w^m harton for his playe of Roben	} xxxx^s
hoodes penerthe the 13 of Janewary 1600	}