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The entry was not reported by [[WorksCited|Malone]], since it was not actually in the ''Diary'' when Malone saw it. It was written in by the forger J. P. [[WorksCited|Collier]], who then reported it in his own edition of the ''Diary''. It was recognized as Collier's own forgery within his own lifetime, and is categorized as such by the subsequent editors of the ''Diary'', [[WorksCited|Greg I. pp. xxxviii; 22]]; and [[WorksCited|Foakes, p. 28 n6]]. | |||
The entry was not reported by Malone, since it was not actually in the ''Diary'' when Malone saw it. It was written in by the forger J. P. Collier, who then reported it in his own edition of the ''Diary''. It was recognized as Collier's own forgery within his own lifetime, and is categorized as such by the subsequent editors of the ''Diary'', Greg and Foakes. | |||
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==Critical Commentary== | ==Critical Commentary== | ||
This forgery was caught fairly early on, but it had already made it into some reference works besides Collier's own edition - for instance, J. O. Halliwell-Phillips's ''Dictionary of Old English Plays'' (1860), 105-6. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DZEUAAAAQAAJ&q=galfrido#v=snippet&q=galfrido&f=false GoogleBooks] | This forgery was caught fairly early on, but it had already made it into some reference works besides Collier's own edition - for instance, J. O. Halliwell-Phillips's ''Dictionary of Old English Plays'' (1860), 105-6. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DZEUAAAAQAAJ&q=galfrido#v=snippet&q=galfrido&f=false GoogleBooks]<br><br> | ||
As late as 1904 it was still causing W. W. [[WorksCited|Greg I]] needless suspicion about the genuineness of the 1570 poem itself (xxxvi-xxxviii). The forgery is still occasionally resurrected by new discussions of Henslowe which rely, unwarily, on Collier's edition. <br><br> | |||
As late as 1904 it was still causing W. W. Greg needless suspicion about the genuineness of the 1570 poem itself ( | |||
The fullest discussion is in Freeman and Freeman, 2.367-8. | The fullest discussion is in Freeman and Freeman, 2.367-8. | ||
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==Works Cited== | ==Works Cited== | ||
<div style="padding-left: 2em; text-indent: -2em">Freeman, Arthur and Janet Ing Freeman. ''John Payne Collier: Scholarship and Forgery in the Nineteenth Century''. 2 vols. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004.</div> | <div style="padding-left: 2em; text-indent: -2em">Freeman, Arthur and Janet Ing Freeman. ''John Payne Collier: Scholarship and Forgery in the Nineteenth Century''. 2 vols. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004.</div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:02, 9 March 2021
Falsely attributed to Anon. (falsely attributed to 1595)
NB This purported lost play is a hoax. It is listed here simply to document that it is indeed inauthentic.
Historical Records
An interpolated entry at the bottom of one of the pages of the manuscript of Henslowe's Diary:
- 18 of maye 1595… Rd at galfrido & Bernardo… xxxis. (Foakes ed., Diary, 28.)
MS VII, f11v (detail), © David Cooper and reproduced with kind permission of the Governors of Dulwich College. No further reproduction permitted.
The entry was not reported by Malone, since it was not actually in the Diary when Malone saw it. It was written in by the forger J. P. Collier, who then reported it in his own edition of the Diary. It was recognized as Collier's own forgery within his own lifetime, and is categorized as such by the subsequent editors of the Diary, Greg I. pp. xxxviii; 22; and Foakes, p. 28 n6.
Theatrical Provenance
n/a
Probable Genre(s)
n/a
Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues
Collier clearly intended it to look like an adaptation of the 1570 poem Galfrido and Bernardo, discussed by Mike Pincombe here.
References to the Play
None
Critical Commentary
This forgery was caught fairly early on, but it had already made it into some reference works besides Collier's own edition - for instance, J. O. Halliwell-Phillips's Dictionary of Old English Plays (1860), 105-6. GoogleBooks
As late as 1904 it was still causing W. W. Greg I needless suspicion about the genuineness of the 1570 poem itself (xxxvi-xxxviii). The forgery is still occasionally resurrected by new discussions of Henslowe which rely, unwarily, on Collier's edition.
The fullest discussion is in Freeman and Freeman, 2.367-8.
For What It's Worth
It's not.
Works Cited
Site created and maintained by Matthew Steggle, Sheffield Hallam University; updated 18 May 2015.