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Historical Records

Performance Records

Playlists in Philip Henslowe's diary

y^e 9 of Julye 1594	. . . ne . . .	Rd at <the> phillipo & hewpolyto	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iij^li ij^s
y^e 13 of Julye 1594		Rd at phillipo & hewpolyto	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxx^s
y^e 18 of Julye 1594		Rd at phillipo & hewpolyto	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxx^s
y^e 24 of Julye 1594		Rd at phillipo & hewpolyto	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxx^s
y^e 3 of aguste 1594		Rd at phillipo & hewpolito	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxx^s
y^e 7 of aguste 1594		Rd at phillipo & hewpolito	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxix^s
y^e 15 of aguste 1594		Rd at phillipo & hewpolyto	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxj^s

F.10 (Greg I.19)

y^e 24 of aguste 1594	. . . . . . . .	Rd at phillipo & hewpolyto	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxviij^s
y^e 4 of septmbʒ 1594		Rd at phillipo & hewpolito	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxij^s
y^e 13 of septmbʒ 1594		Rd at phillipo & hewpolito	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx^s
y^e 19 of septmbʒ 1594		Rd at phillipo & hewpolyto	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiiij^s vj^d
y^e 7 of octobʒ 1594		Rd at phillipo & hewpolito	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xij^s

Notes:

1. the entry on 7 August 1594 is one of several in the diary that shares a calendar date with another play. Following the entry of Philipo and Hippolito for 7 August and The Massacre at Paris for 8 August, Henslowe repeated those dates, assigning The Jew of Malta to the 7th and Cutlack to the 8th.

2. Henslowe added 3 shillings ("iij") to the already recorded 30s. for the receipts of 18 July, making a total of 33s. (Foakes 22).

Theatrical Provenance

The Admiral's men introduced this play as "ne" in the fourth week of their return to the Rose following the 10-day run at the playhouse at Newington with the Chamberlain's men. It stayed in repertory for 12 performances through 7 October, after which it disappeared from records in the diary.

Probable Genre(s)

Tragi-comedy? (Harbage)

Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

See Critical Commentary, below.

References to the Play

None known.

Critical Commentary

This play is a good example of the critical tendency to identify plays with similar titles as versions of the same play. Malone, with the mildest of hesitations, identifies this play as having been later entered in the Stationers' Register by "a knavish bookseller" as the work of Philip Massinger (p. 295). Collier, Diary repeats Malone's claim with some embellishment, suggesting that "Philipo and Hippolito" "may have been" a play putatively by Philip Massinger, "Philenzo and Hippolyta," which he considers "in all probability, revived and altered" from the Admiral's play (p. 54 n.2). In an additional note, he announces that Massinger's play had been found in manuscript in "the Conway Papers" (xxxi, Google Books). Fleay, BCED follows suit, expanding Collier's identification by ascribing Philipo and Hippolito to Dekker (1.121, Internet Archive). Greg II adds a third incarnation by suggesting the possibility that Philipo and Hippolito "was the original of Julio and Hyppolita in the German Collection of 1620" (pp. 165-6, #46).

There has been resistance to such chaining as well: Chambers, ES, his patience tested, considers the long life of Philipo and Hippolito through much later (and lost) plays to be a "game ... hazardous" to play (2.145); Bentley, JCS repeats the hypothetical survival of Philipo and Hippolito in Massinger's lost play without endorsement, saying there was "no way of knowing" if the plays were related (4.808).

See also Wiggins, Catalogue #959.

For What It's Worth

"Philenzo and Hippolyta" was registered at Stationers' Hall on 29 June 1660 by Humphrey Moseley with a considerable number of other plays. Moseley there attributed authorship to Massinger and assigned the genre of tragicomedy. It also was listed by John Warburton as one of the plays lost to the fire that baked his cook's pies.

Arthur Freeman and Janet Ing Freeman do not list "Conway Papers" in the index of John Payne Collier: Scholarship and forgery in the Nineteenth Century, 2 vols. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. Nor does Bentley, JCS identify the source (4.808). Since the Massinger play, "Philenzo and Hippolyta," remains lost, one must assume that Collier erred in claiming its survival in the Conway Papers (whatever they are).

Works Cited

Site created and maintained by Roslyn L. Knutson, Professor Emerita; updated 25 July 2010.

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 ==Historical Records==
+=== Performance Records ===
-''Henslowe's Diary''
+==== Playlists in Philip Henslowe's diary ====
+<br>
-F. 9<sup>v</sup> (Greg I.18)
+'''F. 9<sup>v</sup> ([http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowesdiary00unkngoog#page/n78/mode/2up Greg I.18])'''
-:{| {{table}}
+::{| {{table}}
-| y<sup>e</sup> 9 of Julye 1594   ||   ne   ||     Rd at <the> phillipo & hewpolyto    ||||     iij<sup>li</sup> ij<sup>s</sup>
+|-
+| y<sup>e</sup> 9 of Julye 1594
+| . . .  ne . . .
+|  R''d'' at <the> phillipo & hewpolyto
+| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iij<sup>li</sup> ij<sup>s</sup>
+|-
+| y<sup>e</sup> 13 of Julye 1594
+|
+| R''d'' at phillipo & hewpolyto
+| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxx<sup>s</sup>
 |-
-| y<sup>e</sup> 13 of Julye 1594   ||||     Rd at phillipo & hewpolyto    ||||     xxxx<sup>s</sup>
+| y<sup>e</sup> 18 of Julye 1594
+|
+| R''d'' at phillipo & hewpolyto
+| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxx<sup>s</sup>
 |-
-| y<sup>e</sup> 18 of Julye 1594   ||||     Rd at phillipo & hewpolyto    ||||     xxx<sup>s</sup>
+|  y<sup>e</sup> 24 of Julye 1594
+|
+| R''d'' at phillipo & hewpolyto
+| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxx<sup>s</sup>
 |-
-| y<sup>e</sup> 24 of Julye 1594   ||||     Rd at phillipo & hewpolyto    ||||     xxx<sup>s</sup>
+| y<sup>e</sup> 3 of aguste 1594
+|
+| R''d'' at phillipo & hewpolito
+| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  xxx<sup>s</sup>
 |-
-| y<sup>e</sup> 3 of aguste 1594   ||||     Rd at phillipo & hewpolito    ||||     xxx<sup>s</sup>
+| y<sup>e</sup> 7 of aguste 1594
+|
+| R''d'' at phillipo & hewpolito
+| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxix<sup>s</sup>
 |-
-| y<sup>e</sup> 7 of aguste 1594   ||||     Rd at phillipo & hewpolito    ||||     xxix<sup>s</sup>
+| y<sup>e</sup> 15 of aguste 1594
+|
+| R''d'' at phillipo & hewpolyto
+| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  xxj<sup>s</sup>
 |-
-| y<sup>e</sup> 15 of aguste 1594   ||||   Rd at phillipo & hewpolyto    ||||     xxj<sup>s</sup>
 |}
 <br>
-F.10 (Greg I.19)
+'''F.10 ([http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowesdiary00unkngoog#page/n78/mode/2up Greg I.19])'''
-:{| {{table}}
+::{| {{table}}
-| y<sup>e</sup> 24 of aguste 1594     ||||     Rd at phillipo & hewpolyto     ||||          xxviij<sup>s</sup>
+|-
+| y<sup>e</sup> 24 of aguste 1594
+| . . . . . . . .
+| R''d'' at phillipo & hewpolyto
+| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxviij<sup>s</sup>
 |-
-| y<sup>e</sup> 4 of septmb[er] 1594     ||||      Rd at phillipo & hewpolito     ||||          xxij<sup>s</sup>
+| y<sup>e</sup> 4 of septmbʒ 1594
+|  . . . . . . . . |
+| R''d'' at phillipo & hewpolito
+| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  xxij<sup>s</sup>
 |-
-| y<sup>e</sup> 13 of septmb[er] 1594    ||||     Rd at phillipo & hewpolito     ||||          xx<sup>s</sup>
+| y<sup>e</sup> 13 of septmbʒ 1594
+|  . . . . . . . . |
+| R''d'' at phillipo & hewpolito
+| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   xx<sup>s</sup>
 |-
-| y<sup>e</sup> 19 of septmb[er] 1594    ||||     Rd at phillipo & hewpolyto     ||||          xiiij<sup>s</sup> vj<sup>d</sup>
+| y<sup>e</sup> 19 of septmbʒ 1594
+|  . . . . . . . . |
+| R''d'' at phillipo & hewpolyto
+| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  xiiij<sup>s</sup> vj<sup>d</sup>
+|-
+| y<sup>e</sup> 7 of octobʒ 1594
+|
+| R''d'' at phillipo & hewpolito
+| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   xij<sup>s</sup>
 |-
-| y<sup>e</sup> 7 of octob[er] 1594     ||||     Rd at phillipo & hewpolito     ||||          xij<sup>s</sup>
 |}
+:Notes: <br>
+::1. the entry on 7 August 1594 is one of several in the diary that shares a calendar date with another play. Following the entry of ''Philipo and Hippolito'' for 7 August and ''The Massacre at Paris'' for 8 August, Henslowe repeated those dates, assigning ''The Jew of Malta'' to the 7th and ''[[Cutlack]]'' to the 8th.<br>
+::2. Henslowe added 3 shillings ("iij") to the already recorded 30s. for the receipts of 18 July, making a total of 33s. (Foakes 22).
 <br>
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 ==Theatrical Provenance==
-The Admiral's men introduced this play as "ne" in fourth week of their return to the Rose following the 10-day run at the playhouse at Newington with the Chamberlain's men. It stayed in repertory for 12 performances through 7 October, after which it disappeared from records in the diary.
+The Admiral's men introduced this play as "ne" in the fourth week of their return to the Rose following the 10-day run at the playhouse at Newington with the Chamberlain's men. It stayed in repertory for 12 performances through 7 October, after which it disappeared from records in the diary.
@@ Line 50: / Line 96: @@
 ==Probable Genre(s)==
-Tragi-comedy? (Harbage)
+Tragi-comedy? ([[WorksCited|Harbage]])
+<br><br>
 ==Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues==
-See Critical Commentary, below.
+See [[#Critical Commentary|Critical Commentary]], below.
+<br><br>
 ==References to the Play==
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 ==Critical Commentary==
-Collier identified ''Philipo and Hippolito'' with a play putatively by [[Massinger, Philip | Philip Massinger]], [[''Philenzo and Hippolyta'']], which he considered "in all probability, revived and altered" from the Admiral's play (55). In an additional note, Collier announced that Massinger's play had been found in manuscript in "the Conway Papers" (xxxi) [http://www.google.com/books?id=gne_jHo3StIC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false Google Books]
+This play is a good example of the critical tendency to identify plays with similar titles as versions of the same play. [[WorksCited|Malone]], with the mildest of hesitations, identifies this play as having been later entered in the Stationers' Register by "a knavish bookseller" as the work of Philip Massinger (p. 295). [[WorksCited|Collier, ''Diary'']] repeats Malone's claim with some embellishment, suggesting that "Philipo and Hippolito" "may have been" a play putatively by [[Massinger, Philip | Philip Massinger]], "[[Philenzo and Hippolyta]]," which he considers "in all probability, revived and altered" from the Admiral's play ([https://archive.org/stream/diaryphiliphens00hensgoog#page/n92/mode/2up p. 54 n.2)]. In an additional note, he announces that Massinger's play had been found in manuscript in "the Conway Papers" [http://www.google.com/books?id=gne_jHo3StIC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false (xxxi, Google Books)].  [[WorksCited|Fleay, ''BCED'']] follows suit, expanding Collier's identification by ascribing ''Philipo and Hippolito'' to Dekker  [http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalchro01flea#page/120/mode/2up (1.121, Internet Archive)]. [[WorksCited|Greg II]] adds a third incarnation by suggesting the possibility that ''Philipo and Hippolito'' "was the original of ''Julio and Hyppolita'' in the German Collection of 1620" ([https://archive.org/stream/henslowesdiary02hensuoft#page/165/mode/1up pp. 165-6, #46]).[[category:Edmond Malone]][[category:John Payne Collier]]
-Fleay followed suit, expanding Collier's identification by ascribing ''Philipo and Hippolito'' to Dekker (1.121). [http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalchro01flea#page/120/mode/2up Internet Archive]
-Greg added a third incarnation by suggesting that ''Philipo and Hippolito'' "was the original of ''Julio and Hyppolita'' in the German Collection of 1620" (II.165-6, Item 46).
-Chambers, his patience tested, considered the long life of ''Philipo and Hippolito'' through much later (and lost) plays to be a "game ... hazardous" to play (2.145).
-Bentley repeated the hypothetical survival of ''Philipo and Hippolito'' in Massinger's lost play without endorsement, saying there was "no way of knowing" if the plays were related (4.808).
+There has been resistance to such chaining as well: [[WorksCited|Chambers, ''ES'']], his patience tested, considers the long life of ''Philipo and Hippolito'' through much later (and lost) plays to be a "game ... hazardous" to play (2.145); [[WorksCited|Bentley, ''JCS'']] repeats the hypothetical survival of ''Philipo and Hippolito'' in Massinger's lost play without endorsement, saying there was "no way of knowing" if the plays were related (4.808).
+<br><br>
+See also [[WorksCited|Wiggins, ''Catalogue'' #959]].
+<br><br>
 ==For What It's Worth==
-''[[Philenzo and Hippolyta]]'' was registered at Stationers' Hall on 29 June 1660 by Humphrey Moseley with a considerable number of other plays. Moseley there attributed authorship to Massinger and assigned the genre of tragicomedy. It also was listed by [[Warburton's List | Thomas Warburton]] as one of the plays lost to the fire that baked his cook's pies. [[category: Warburton's List]]
+"[[Philenzo and Hippolyta]]" was registered at Stationers' Hall on 29 June 1660 by Humphrey Moseley with a considerable number of other plays. Moseley there attributed authorship to Massinger and assigned the genre of tragicomedy. It also was listed by [[Warburton's List | John Warburton]] as one of the plays lost to the fire that baked his cook's pies. [[category: Warburton's List]]
+<br>
 <br>
+Arthur Freeman and Janet Ing Freeman do not list "Conway Papers" in the index of ''John Payne Collier: Scholarship and forgery in the Nineteenth Century'', 2 vols. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. Nor does [[WorksCited|Bentley, ''JCS]] identify the source (4.808). Since the Massinger play, "[[Philenzo and Hippolyta]]," remains lost, one must assume that Collier erred in claiming its survival in the Conway Papers (whatever they are).
-Arthur Freeman and Janet Ing Freeman do not list "Conway Papers" in the index of ''John Payne Collier: Scholarship and forgery in the Nineteenth Century'', 2 vols. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. Nor does Bentley identify the source (4.808). Since the Massinger play, ''Philenzo and Hippolyta'', remains lost, one must assume that Collier erred in claiming its survival in the Conway Papers (whatever they are).
+[[category:all]][[category:Henslowe's records]]
+<br>
-[[category:Henslowe's records]]
+<br>
 <br>
 ==Works Cited==
+<br><br>
-Collier, John Payne (ed.) ''The Diary of Philip Henslowe, from 1591 to 1609''. London: Shakespeare Society, 1845.  [http://www.google.com/books?id=gne_jHo3StIC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false Google Books]<br>
-Fleay, F. G. ''A Biographical Chronicle of the English Drama, 1559—1642''. 2 vols. 1891; rpt New York: Burt Franklin, 1962. [http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalchro01flea#page/n7/mode/2up Internet Archive [vol. 1]]
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