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== Probable Genre(s) == | == Probable Genre(s) == | ||
Comedy (?) (Harbage) | Comedy (?) ([[WorksCited|Harbage]]) | ||
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== Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues == | == Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues == | ||
[[WorksCited|Wiggins, ''Catalogue'' (#1201)]] raises a connection with the ''Homilies on Luke'' and St. Jerome's use of "the phrase ''paradisus pauperis'' in reference to 'Abraham's bosom' in the biblical parable of Dives and Lazarus." | |||
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Greg says that "[n]othing is known of this play" ( | :[[WorksCited|Greg II]] says that "[n]othing is known of this play" (#181, p. 205). | ||
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:[[WorksCited|Wiggins, ''Catalogue'' (#1201)]] queries a couple of points. For one, he thinks it is "remotely possible" that the name "Thomas" is not a mistake for the familiar "William" Haughton. For another, he weighs whether the play offered "the biblical parable of Dives and Lazarus" or "some unlikely earthly paradise." | |||
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== For What It's Worth == | == For What It's Worth == | ||
Knutson | Knutson considers Henslowe's wording "for his Boocke" in the payment on 25 August 1599 to be a clue that the play was completed (p. 37, n.33). | ||
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<div style="padding-left: 2em; text-indent: -2em">Knutson, Roslyn L. “Toe to Toe Across Maid Lane | <div style="padding-left: 2em; text-indent: -2em">Knutson, Roslyn L. “Toe to Toe Across Maid Lane: Repertorial Competition at the Rose and Globe, 1599-1600.” ''Acts of Criticism: Performance Matters in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries.'' Ed. June Schlueter and Paul Nelsen. Madison & Teaneck: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2005. 21-37. </div> | ||
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Site created and maintained by [[Roslyn L. Knutson]], Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; updated 7 November 2009. | Site created and maintained by [[Roslyn L. Knutson]], Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; updated 7 November 2009. | ||
[[category:Roslyn L. Knutson]] | [[category:Roslyn L. Knutson]][[category:Plays]][[category:Update]][[category:William Haughton]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:57, 27 November 2020
Historical Records
Payments
To playwrights in Philip Henslowe's diary
Fol. 63v (Greg I.110)
Lent vnto Thomas downton the 20 aguste } 1599 to lend vnto hawghton in earnest of a } xiijs Boocke called the poore manes paradice the some of }
Fol. 64 (Greg I.111)
Lent vnto Thomas downton the 25 aguste } 1599 to paye [harey chettell] Thomas hawton for his Boocke } xvijs called the poore manes paradice the some of ... }
Theatrical Provenance
The Admiral's Men began payments to William Haughton on "The Poor Man's Paradise" in August 1599 early in their fall season at the Rose; across the way on Maid Lane, the Chamberlain's Men were underway with their fall season at the newly opened Globe.
Probable Genre(s)
Comedy (?) (Harbage)
Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues
Wiggins, Catalogue (#1201) raises a connection with the Homilies on Luke and St. Jerome's use of "the phrase paradisus pauperis in reference to 'Abraham's bosom' in the biblical parable of Dives and Lazarus."
References to the Play
None known.
Critical Commentary
- Greg II says that "[n]othing is known of this play" (#181, p. 205).
- Wiggins, Catalogue (#1201) queries a couple of points. For one, he thinks it is "remotely possible" that the name "Thomas" is not a mistake for the familiar "William" Haughton. For another, he weighs whether the play offered "the biblical parable of Dives and Lazarus" or "some unlikely earthly paradise."
For What It's Worth
Knutson considers Henslowe's wording "for his Boocke" in the payment on 25 August 1599 to be a clue that the play was completed (p. 37, n.33).
Works Cited
Knutson, Roslyn L. “Toe to Toe Across Maid Lane: Repertorial Competition at the Rose and Globe, 1599-1600.” Acts of Criticism: Performance Matters in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries. Ed. June Schlueter and Paul Nelsen. Madison & Teaneck: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2005. 21-37.
Site created and maintained by Roslyn L. Knutson, Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; updated 7 November 2009.