Quintus Fabius

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Historical Records

Government Documents

Accounts of the Office of the Revels

Entries from the Revels Accounts for 1573-4 include the following (Feuillerat,Revels p. 193):

		{  Predor : & Lucia. played by Therle of Leices-           }
		{  ters servauntes vpon Saint stevens daye at nighte }
		{   at whitehall aforesaide/                                                        }
		{  Alkmeon, playde by the Children of Powles on         }     vj. all fytted and ffur-
		{  Saint Iohns daye at nighte there/                                      }    nyshed with the store
		{  Mamillia. playde by therle of Leicesteres ser-           }     of thoffice and with the
		{  uauntes on Innosentes daye at nighte there/             }    woorkmanshipp and
Playes showen		{  Truth, ffaythfullnesse, & Mercye, playde by             }    provisions herein
at whytehall		{  the Children of westminster for Elderton vpon           }    expressed as followeth
videlicit		{  New yeares daye at nighte there/                                      }    hereafter orderly.
		{  Herpetulus the blew knighte & perobia playde by  }     ffirst the wages and
		{  my Lorde klintons servantes the third of Ianuary        }     then the Emptions
		{  being the sunday after Newyeares daye there/           }     with the other charges
		{  Quintus ffablus playd by the Children of wyndsor    }     incident
		{  ffor Mr ffarrant on Twelfe daye at nighte lykewise       }
		{  at whitehall.                                                                                     }

Theatrical Provenance

Quintus Fabius was performed by the Children of Windsor at court under the supervision of their master, Richard Farrant. The company is not known to have performed at any other venue in 1574 (Chambers, ES, 2.61-64).

Probable Genre(s)

Classical History (Harbage)

Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

Wiggins, Catalogue #554 suggests traditional sources such as Plutarch's Lives, or Roman histories by Livy, Fabius, or Appian.

References to the Play

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Critical Commentary

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Works Cited

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