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== Historical Records == | == Historical Records == | ||
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Fol. 66<sup>v</sup> ([http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowesdiary00unkngoog#page/n176/mode/2up Greg I.116]) | |||
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| the 13 of desemb[er] in earneste of his Boocke ||} x<sup>s</sup> | |||
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| called ar[''d'']keadian virgen the some of ... ||} | |||
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| the 17 desemb[er] 1599 in earneste of ther ||} v<sup>s</sup> | |||
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| boocke called arkedian virgen the some ... ||} | |||
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== Theatrical Provenance == | == Theatrical Provenance == | ||
The Admiral's | The Admiral's men paid Henry Chettle and William Haughton a total of 15s. in earnest on "The Arcadian Virgin" in December of 1599, when the company was still at the [[:category:Rose|Rose]] but anticipating a move to the [[:category:Fortune|Fortune]] within the year. | ||
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== Probable Genre(s) == | == Probable Genre(s) == | ||
Pastoral (?) (Harbage) | Pastoral (?) ([[WorksCited|Harbage]]) | ||
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== Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues == | == Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues == | ||
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== Critical Commentary == | == Critical Commentary == | ||
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[[WorksCited|Greg II]] offers the story of Atalanta as a possible subject; he questions whether the play was finished (#192, p.209). | |||
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'''Knutson''' (p. 162) and '''Gurr''' (p. 105) concur that nothing about the 15s. payment to Chettle and Haughton suggests that the play was completed and staged. | |||
<br> | [[WorksCited|Wiggins, ''Catalogue'' (#1228)]] is skeptical that Atalanta was the Arcadian Virgin because "a known character" would probably be named in the title. He projects a performance at the Rose, implicitly rejecting Greg's thought that the play might not have been finished. | ||
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== For What It's Worth == | == For What It's Worth == | ||
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== Works Cited == | == Works Cited == | ||
<div style="padding-left: 2em; text-indent: -2em">Gurr, Andrew. ''Shakespeare's Opposites: The Admiral's Company 1594-1625''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. </div> | |||
<div style="padding-left: 2em; text-indent: -2em">Knutson, Roslyn L., "The Commercial Significance of the Payments for Playtexts in ''Henslowe's Diary'', 1597-1603," ''Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England'' 6 (1991): 117-63.</div> | |||
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Site created and maintained by [[Roslyn L. Knutson]], Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; updated 5 November 2009. | Site created and maintained by [[Roslyn L. Knutson]], Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; updated 5 November 2009. | ||
[[category:Admiral's]] [[category:Rose]][[category:Roslyn L. Knutson]][[category:partial payment]] | [[category:Admiral's]] [[category:Rose]][[category:Roslyn L. Knutson]][[category:partial payment]][[category:Henslowe's records]][[category:classical]][[category:pastoral]][[category:William Haughton]][[category:Henry Chettle]][[category:Plays]][[category:Update]][[category:Haughton, William]][[category:Chettle, Henry]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:05, 4 August 2022
Henry Chettle, William Haughton (1599)
Historical Records
Payments
To playwrights in Philip Henslowe's diary
Fol. 66v (Greg I.116)
Lent vnto harey chettell & wm harton } the 13 of desemb[er] in earneste of his Boocke } xs called ar[d]keadian virgen the some of ... }
Lent vnto harey chettell & wm harton } the 17 desemb[er] 1599 in earneste of ther } vs boocke called arkedian virgen the some ... }
Theatrical Provenance
The Admiral's men paid Henry Chettle and William Haughton a total of 15s. in earnest on "The Arcadian Virgin" in December of 1599, when the company was still at the Rose but anticipating a move to the Fortune within the year.
Probable Genre(s)
Pastoral (?) (Harbage)
Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues
None known.
References to the Play
None known.
Critical Commentary
Greg II offers the story of Atalanta as a possible subject; he questions whether the play was finished (#192, p.209).
Knutson (p. 162) and Gurr (p. 105) concur that nothing about the 15s. payment to Chettle and Haughton suggests that the play was completed and staged.
Wiggins, Catalogue (#1228) is skeptical that Atalanta was the Arcadian Virgin because "a known character" would probably be named in the title. He projects a performance at the Rose, implicitly rejecting Greg's thought that the play might not have been finished.
For What It's Worth
Works Cited
Gurr, Andrew. Shakespeare's Opposites: The Admiral's Company 1594-1625. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Knutson, Roslyn L., "The Commercial Significance of the Payments for Playtexts in Henslowe's Diary, 1597-1603," Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England 6 (1991): 117-63.
Site created and maintained by Roslyn L. Knutson, Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; updated 5 November 2009.