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==Theatrical Provenance==
==Theatrical Provenance==


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The Admiral's men paid Chettle the 30s in earnest. Wiggins offers "Summer 1602" as a plausible date when the company might have put this show on at the Fortune (#1339).


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==Probable Genre(s)==
==Probable Genre(s)==


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Foreign History (Harbage); Tragedy (Henslowe, Wiggins)
 
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==Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues==
==Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues==
 
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Conjectures about the narrative of the play are embedded in guesswork by F. G. Fleay and W. W. Greg, who consider the possible relationship of this work with Chettle's play, ''Hoffman.'' See [[#Critial Commentary|Critical Commentary]], below.
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==References to the Play==
==References to the Play==
 
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None known.
 
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==Critical Commentary==
==Critical Commentary==
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'''Fleay'''


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'''Greg''' ([http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowesdiary02hensuoft#page/222/mode/2up Greg, II. 222-23, Item #238])




==For What It's Worth==
==For What It's Worth==


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Just three weeks previously (22 June 1602), the Admiral's men had paid Ben Jonson some part of £10 for "new adicyons for Jeronymo" ([http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowesdiary00unkngoog#page/n228/mode/1up Greg, I.168]). Whatever the relationship textually of Chettle's "Danish Tragedy" to ''Hoffman'', its relationship commercially was to the cluster of revenge plays on London stages ''c''. 1600-1602, perhaps kickstarted by William Shakespeare's Danish tragedy (''Hamlet'') and the pair by John Marston for the children's company at St. Paul's, namely ''Antonio and Mellida'' and ''Antonio's Revenge'' but including also an apparent revival of Thomas Kyd's ''Spanish Tragedy'' (with new additions).  


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Henry Chettle (1602)


Historical Records

Payments to Playwrights (Henslowe's Diary)

F. 107 {Greg, I.169)

Lent vnto thomas downton the 7 of July
1602 to [lend] geue vnto harye chettell in
earneste of a tragedye called a danyshe
tragedy
the some of .................................. } xxs



Theatrical Provenance


The Admiral's men paid Chettle the 30s in earnest. Wiggins offers "Summer 1602" as a plausible date when the company might have put this show on at the Fortune (#1339).



Probable Genre(s)

Foreign History (Harbage); Tragedy (Henslowe, Wiggins)


Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues


Conjectures about the narrative of the play are embedded in guesswork by F. G. Fleay and W. W. Greg, who consider the possible relationship of this work with Chettle's play, Hoffman. See Critical Commentary, below.


References to the Play


None known.


Critical Commentary


Fleay


Greg (Greg, II. 222-23, Item #238)


For What It's Worth


Just three weeks previously (22 June 1602), the Admiral's men had paid Ben Jonson some part of £10 for "new adicyons for Jeronymo" (Greg, I.168). Whatever the relationship textually of Chettle's "Danish Tragedy" to Hoffman, its relationship commercially was to the cluster of revenge plays on London stages c. 1600-1602, perhaps kickstarted by William Shakespeare's Danish tragedy (Hamlet) and the pair by John Marston for the children's company at St. Paul's, namely Antonio and Mellida and Antonio's Revenge but including also an apparent revival of Thomas Kyd's Spanish Tragedy (with new additions).





Works Cited



Site created and maintained by Roslyn L. Knutson, Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; updated 30 May 2016.