Alexander and Lodowick

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Historical Records

F.25^v / Greg 1.50:

Under the heading, "Jn the name of god amen begininge the 25 of novembʒ 1596 as foloweth the lord admerall players":

ye 14 of Jenewary 1597					ne . .			Res at elexsander & lodwicke . . . . . . . . . .		lvs

F.26 / Greg 1.51:

ffebreary
1597
		11		ne..		tt at elexander & lodwicke. . . . . . . . . .		03|05|00-17-00
		12				tt at elexander & lodwicke. . . . . . . . . .		01|14|09-13-00
begynyng in leant
Marche 1597
		5				tt at elexsander & lodwicke. . . . . . . . . .		01|15|00-13-00
[not pd]		[10]9				tt at lodwicke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		01|16|07-04-00
		20				tt at elexsander & lodovicke. . . . . . . . . .		01|17|00-04-02
[Easter] tewsday		29				tt at elexsander & lodwicke. . . . . . . . . .		01|16|07-04-00
Aprelle 1597
		5				tt at elexander & lodwicke. . . . . . . . . .		01|02|00-03-05

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

Aprelle 1597
		12				tt at elexsander & lodwicke. . . . . . . . . .		00|14|03-00-01
		27				Res at elexsander & lodwick. . . . . . . . . .		[1]02|14|00-00-00
Maye 1597
		9				tt at lodwicke & elexand. . . . . . . . . .		00|14|00-00-00
whittsone
T		17				tt at elexsander & lodwicke. . . . . . . . . .		03|00|00-03-04
		28		mr pd		tt at elexsander & lodwicke. . . . . . . . . .		03|13|01-10-00

F. 27 (Greg I, p. 53)

June 1597
S petterss daye			29				tt at elexsander & lodwick. . . . . . . . . .		01|02|00 — 14 — 00

F. 27^v (Greg I, p. 54)

July 1597
		15					tt at elexsander & lodwicke. . . . . . . . . .		00|08|00 — 13 — 00

Probable Genre(s)

Romance

Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

Ballad, EBBA (http://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/ballad/20275/xml)

The two faithfull Friends. The pleasant History of Alexander and Lodwicke , who were so like one ano ther, that none could know them asunder: wherein is declared how Lodwike married the Princesse of Hungaria in Alexanders name, and how each night he layd a naked sword betweene him and the Princesse , because he would not wrong his friend. To the tune of Flying Fame .

Critical Commentary

Greg II acknowledged the possibility of Martin Slater's authorship of "Alexander and Lodowick," but was not convinced. Curious whether a lawsuit between Slater and three players who had left Pembroke's men in 1597 to join the Admiral's men (William Bird, Thomas Downton, and Gabriel Spencer) might have been about the plays Slater had sold to the Admiral's men in May 1598, Greg said he would "like to have the breviate" of the case for evidence on questions including Slater's possible authorship (pp. 310-11).

Gurr attributes the play to Martin Slater (p. 94)

Works Cited

Gurr, Andrew. Shakespeare's Opposites: The Admiral's Company 1594-1625. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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