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The 'Office-Book' of Sir Henry Herbert, Master of the Revels. In a note for August 1641, Herbert records, ‘Youths Figaries all[owe]d upon several reformations and not otherwise’ (209). The most recent editor of the ''Office-Book'', N. W. Bawcutt, describes it as a lost play. | The ''Office-Book'' of Sir Henry Herbert, Master of the Revels. In a note for August 1641, Herbert records, ‘Youths Figaries all[owe]d upon several reformations and not otherwise’ (209). The most recent editor of the ''Office-Book'', N. W. Bawcutt, describes it as a lost play. | ||
==Theatrical Provenance== | ==Theatrical Provenance== | ||
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==For What It's Worth== | ==For What It's Worth== | ||
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==Works Cited== | ==Works Cited== | ||
Bawcutt, N. W. (ed.). ''The Control and Censorship of Caroline Drama: The Records of Sir Henry Herbert, Master of the Revels 1623–73'' (Oxford, 1996). <br> | Bawcutt, N. W. (ed.). ''The Control and Censorship of Caroline Drama: The Records of Sir Henry Herbert, Master of the Revels 1623–73'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996). <br> | ||
Bancroft, Victoria. "A ‘Lost’ Play Found: Thomas Jordan’s ''The Walks of Islington and Hogsdon''" ''Notes and Queries'' (2013) 60 (1): 45-47.<br> | Bancroft, Victoria. "A ‘Lost’ Play Found: Thomas Jordan’s ''The Walks of Islington and Hogsdon''" ''Notes and Queries'' (2013) 60 (1): 45-47.<br> | ||
Hulse, Lynn. ‘Jordan, Thomas (c.1614–1685)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15122 | Hulse, Lynn. ‘Jordan, Thomas (c.1614–1685)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15122 | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:17, 25 September 2019
Thomas Jordan (1641) (not lost)
Historical Records
The Office-Book of Sir Henry Herbert, Master of the Revels. In a note for August 1641, Herbert records, ‘Youths Figaries all[owe]d upon several reformations and not otherwise’ (209). The most recent editor of the Office-Book, N. W. Bawcutt, describes it as a lost play.
Theatrical Provenance
Red Bull–King's Company
Probable Genre(s)
comedy
Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues
n/a
References to the Play
n/a
Critical Commentary
Youth's Vagaries is not in fact a lost play, but an alternative title for Thomas Jordan's The Walks of Islington and Hogsdon. This point is made in Jordan's Oxford DNB entry, and in Bancroft's note.
For What It's Worth
Works Cited
Bawcutt, N. W. (ed.). The Control and Censorship of Caroline Drama: The Records of Sir Henry Herbert, Master of the Revels 1623–73 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996).
Bancroft, Victoria. "A ‘Lost’ Play Found: Thomas Jordan’s The Walks of Islington and Hogsdon" Notes and Queries (2013) 60 (1): 45-47.
Hulse, Lynn. ‘Jordan, Thomas (c.1614–1685)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15122
Site created and maintained by Matthew Steggle, Sheffield Hallam University; updated 4 April 2014.