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==Historical Records==
==Historical Records==


===Payments to Playwrights (''Henslowe's Diary'')===
===Payments===


'''F. 70<sup>v</sup> ([http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowesdiary00unkngoog#page/n183/mode/1up Greg, I. 124])'''
====To playwrights in Philip Henslowe's diary====
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| 1600 to lend vnto w<sup>m</sup> harton in earneste||} xx<sup>s</sup>
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'''F. 71 ([http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowesdiary00unkngoog#page/n184/mode/1up Greg, I. 125])'''
 
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:Fol. 71 [http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowesdiary00unkngoog#page/n184/mode/1up (Greg, I. 125)]
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| 1600 in p''ar''t of payment of a Boocke called||} x<sup>s</sup>
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| p''ai''d at the a poyntment of w<sup>m</sup> Birde [to]||}
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William Haughton wrote "Robin Hood's Pennyworths" for the Admiral's players in their first full year at the Fortune playhouse.
William Haughton wrote "Robin Hood's Pennyworths" for the Admiral's players in their first full year at the Fortune playhouse.
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==Probable Genre(s)==
==Probable Genre(s)==


<List possible genres of the play: if noted by a critic, cite them, e.g. "Comedy (Harbage)". If an original speculation, simply list the genre.>
[[WorksCited|Harbage]] labeled the play a comedy, but qualified the label with a question mark. It is hard to imagine what else the play might have been, given its titular connection to aphorisms using the phrase, "Robin Hood's pennyworths." Further, the play shared a family relationship with other "Robin Hood" plays, including the two-part ''Downfall''/''Death of Robert, Earl of Huntington'', which the Admiral's company had purchased from Anthony Munday and Henry Chettle in February and March 1598. An earlier play, also lost, called "Robin Hood and Little John" was in the hands of stationers by 14 May 1594. Its title further designates it as a "pastorall plesant com''m''edie."
 
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==Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues==
==Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues==
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<Enter any information about possible or known sources. Summarise these sources where practical/possible, or provide an excerpt from another scholar's discussion of the subject if available.>
According to ''The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs'', the phrase "Robin Hood's pennyworth" is synonymous with "bargains." Put another way, it is "a thing or quantity sold at a robber's price, i.e., far below the real value" (p. 681).
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==References to the Play==


Information welcome.


==References to the Play==


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==Critical Commentary==


[[WorksCited|Fleay, ''BCED'']]


[[WorksCited|Greg II]]


==Critical Commentary==
'''Gurr'''
 
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[[WorksCited|Wiggins, ''Catalogue'', (#. )]]


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==For What It's Worth==
==For What It's Worth==


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longevity of phrase
 




==Works Cited==
==Works Cited==


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Latest revision as of 16:55, 25 December 2020

William Haughton (1601)


Historical Records

Payments

To playwrights in Philip Henslowe's diary

Fol. 70v (Greg, I. 124)
Lent vnto Samwell Rowley the 20 of desembʒ }
1600 to lend vnto wm harton in earneste } xxs
of a Boocke called Roben hoodes penerthes }


Fol. 71 (Greg, I. 125)
Lent vnto wlliam hawghton the 27 of }
desembʒ 1600 in earneste of his Boocke } xs
called Roben hoodees penerthes }


Lent vnto wm harvghton the 4 of Jenewary }
1600 in þt of payment of a Boocke called } xs
Roben hoodes penerth some of }


paid at the a poyntment of wm Birde [to] }
vnto wm harton for his playe of Roben } xxxxs
hoodes penerthe the 13 of Janewary 1600 }



Theatrical Provenance

William Haughton wrote "Robin Hood's Pennyworths" for the Admiral's players in their first full year at the Fortune playhouse.

Probable Genre(s)

Harbage labeled the play a comedy, but qualified the label with a question mark. It is hard to imagine what else the play might have been, given its titular connection to aphorisms using the phrase, "Robin Hood's pennyworths." Further, the play shared a family relationship with other "Robin Hood" plays, including the two-part Downfall/Death of Robert, Earl of Huntington, which the Admiral's company had purchased from Anthony Munday and Henry Chettle in February and March 1598. An earlier play, also lost, called "Robin Hood and Little John" was in the hands of stationers by 14 May 1594. Its title further designates it as a "pastorall plesant commedie."

Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues


According to The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs, the phrase "Robin Hood's pennyworth" is synonymous with "bargains." Put another way, it is "a thing or quantity sold at a robber's price, i.e., far below the real value" (p. 681).

References to the Play

Information welcome.


Critical Commentary

Fleay, BCED

Greg II

Gurr

Wiggins, Catalogue, (#. )



For What It's Worth

longevity of phrase


Works Cited

Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs, rev. F. P. Wilson; introduction, Joanna Wilson. 3rd edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1970.





Site created and maintained by Roslyn L. Knutson,Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; updated 30 May 2015.