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== Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues == | == Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues == | ||
[[WorksCited|'''Collier''']] considered this play as well as ''[[Three Plays in One|Three Plays in One]]'' and ''[[Four Plays in One|Four Plays in One]]''to be a grouping of playlets offered for "variety" and not necessarily "connected in subject" (22, n5). He considered the "[[Five Plays in One|Five Plays in One]]" put on (with ''[[Three Plays in One|Three Plays in One]]'' by the Queen's men in 1584-5) to belong to this group, but he did not lump the Admiral's 1597 play with the Queen's | [[WorksCited|'''Collier''']] considered this play as well as ''[[Three Plays in One|Three Plays in One]]'' and ''[[Four Plays in One|Four Plays in One]]'' to be a grouping of playlets offered for "variety" and not necessarily "connected in subject" (22, n5). He considered the "[[Five Plays in One|Five Plays in One]]" put on (with ''[[Three Plays in One|Three Plays in One]]'' by the Queen's men in 1584-5) to belong to this group, but he did not lump the Admiral's 1597 play with the Queen's 1584-5 one despite the identical title, nor did he suggest the narratives possibly dramatized in any of these plays. | ||
[[WorksCited|'''Fleay''']], therefore, appears to have begun both the lumping of "[[Five Plays in One|Five Plays in One]]" with Richard Tarlton and the plot of "[[Second Part of the Seven Deadly Sins, The|2 The Seven Deadly Sins]]" (''Chronicle History'', 83) and with the ''Ages'' plays by Thomas Heywood (''BCED'', 1.286). | [[WorksCited|'''Fleay''']], therefore, appears to have begun both the lumping of "[[Five Plays in One|Five Plays in One]]" with Richard Tarlton and the plot of "[[Second Part of the Seven Deadly Sins, The|2 The Seven Deadly Sins]]" (''Chronicle History'', 83) and with the ''Ages'' plays by Thomas Heywood (''BCED'', 1.286). (Note: Tarlton has traditionally been considered the author of the plays represented by the surviving plot called "[[Second Part of the Seven Deadly Sins, The|2 The Seven Deadly Sins]]" because he was said to have written a play on the sins, entered in this database as "[[Seven Deadly Sins, The|The Seven Deadly Sins]]" and dated 1585; the ''LPD'' splits the Tarlton play from the anonymous two-parter now dated 1597-8.) | ||
[[WorksCited|'''Greg''']] gave considerable credence to Fleay's connecting "[[Five Plays in One|Five Plays in One]]" with Heywood's work, though he discredits Fleay's guesswork on the stories dramatized in most of the playlets. He was more positive about Fleay's identification of an item in Henslowe's inventory lists with [[Five Plays in One|Five Plays in One]]," namely the head of Argus: | |||
Revision as of 11:57, 14 November 2019
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. 26v (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
Collier considered this play as well as Three Plays in One and Four Plays in One to be a grouping of playlets offered for "variety" and not necessarily "connected in subject" (22, n5). He considered the "Five Plays in One" put on (with Three Plays in One by the Queen's men in 1584-5) to belong to this group, but he did not lump the Admiral's 1597 play with the Queen's 1584-5 one despite the identical title, nor did he suggest the narratives possibly dramatized in any of these plays.
Fleay, therefore, appears to have begun both the lumping of "Five Plays in One" with Richard Tarlton and the plot of "2 The Seven Deadly Sins" (Chronicle History, 83) and with the Ages plays by Thomas Heywood (BCED, 1.286). (Note: Tarlton has traditionally been considered the author of the plays represented by the surviving plot called "2 The Seven Deadly Sins" because he was said to have written a play on the sins, entered in this database as "The Seven Deadly Sins" and dated 1585; the LPD splits the Tarlton play from the anonymous two-parter now dated 1597-8.)
Greg gave considerable credence to Fleay's connecting "Five Plays in One" with Heywood's work, though he discredits Fleay's guesswork on the stories dramatized in most of the playlets. He was more positive about Fleay's identification of an item in Henslowe's inventory lists with Five Plays in One," namely the head of Argus:
References to the Play
Critical Commentary
For What It's Worth
Works Cited
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