Time's Triumph and Fortune's

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Historical Records

Performance Records

Playlists in Philip Henslowe's diary

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

Aprell 1597
		|13|			. . . . . .	tt at times triumpe & fortus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		01|05|01 — 00 — 03

Theatrical Provenance

The single appearance of "Time's Triumph" in Henslowe's records for the Admiral's men at the Rose in April 1957 is the only recorded evidence of the play's existence and theatrical provenance.

Probable Genre(s)

Moral? (Harbage)

Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

Information welcome.

References to the Play

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Critical Commentary

Greg II read Henslowe's "& fortus" to be "and fortune," and a more compelling suggestion has yet to be offered (#104).

Over time, the play title acquired an apostrophe "s": Harbage, p. 52; Gurr, p. 228. Wiggins, Catalogue considers the possibility that "Fortune's" was meant to modify some word (now missing) other than "Triumph" ( #1022).

Works Cited

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

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