Five Plays in One (Admiral's)

Anon. Play Titles A (1597)Property "Paratext" (as page type) with input value "{{{paratexts}}}" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.Property "Contributor" (as page type) with input value "{{{contributors}}}" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.Property "Partnering Institution" (as page type) with input value "{{{partneringInstitutions}}}" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.

Historical Records

Performance Records (Henslowe's Diary)

F. 26 (Greg I, p. 51)

April 1597
		7				tt at v playes in one. . . . . . . . . .		02|01|00 — 18 — 01

F. 26^v (Greg I, p. 52)

April 1597
		15				tt at v playes in one. . . . . . . . . .		01|08|02 — 00 — 00
		20				tt at v playes in one. . . . . . . . . .		00|19|00 — 07 — 01
		25				tt at v playes in one. . . . . . . . . .		01|13|01 — 00 — 00
May 1597
		6				tt at v playes in one. . . . . . . . . .		00|16|00 — 03 — 00
		14				tt at v playes in one. . . . . . . . . .		00|07|00 — 00 — 00
		23				tt at v playes in one. . . . . . . . . .		01|00|03 — 00 — 01

F. 27 (Greg I, p. 53)

June 1597
		10				tt at v playes in one. . . . . . . . . .		00|11|03 — 01 — 00
		28				tt at v playes in one. . . . . . . . . .		01|00|00 — 13 — 11

Theatrical Provenance

The Admiral's men introduced "Five Plays in One" at the Rose playhouse as a new ("ne") play, and there is no evidence to suggest that it had a stage life after its maiden run ended.

Probable Genre(s)

Unknown (Harbage); Anthology (Wiggins #1603)

Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

Fleay began a line of reasoning furthered by Gregthat

Works Cited

McMillin

XXX

Site created and maintained by Roslyn L. Knutson, Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; 12 November 2019.