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==Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues==
==Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues==


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''A Paradox in Praise of Serieants'' by Thomas Dekker and George Wilkins, in ''Iests to make you merie with the coniuring vp of Cock VVatt, (the walking spirit of Newgate) to tell tales. Vnto which is added, the miserie of a prison, and a prisoner. And a paradox in praise of serieants. Written by T.D. and George Wilkins.'' (1607).
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==References to the Play==
==References to the Play==


Revision as of 11:18, 17 February 2011

Anon. (1596)


Historical Records

File:Henslowe-Alleyn 21v 3.jpg
See the relevant MS entry in the Henslowe-Alleyn Digitisation Project site here.

Henslowe's Diary

F.21v / Greg 1.42:

ye 1 of Ju[n]]ley 1596 . . . . ne . . . . . . R[d] at <peth> paradox . . . . . . . . . . xxxxvs






Theatrical Provenance

Performed as a new play by the Admiral's on 01 July 1596.


Probable Genre(s)

Comedy (?) (Harbage)


Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

A Paradox in Praise of Serieants by Thomas Dekker and George Wilkins, in Iests to make you merie with the coniuring vp of Cock VVatt, (the walking spirit of Newgate) to tell tales. Vnto which is added, the miserie of a prison, and a prisoner. And a paradox in praise of serieants. Written by T.D. and George Wilkins. (1607).


References to the Play

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Critical Commentary

Greg doesn't add anything beyond noting that "paradox" was altered from "peth", which appears to have been a false start for "pythagoras". But Pythagoras was itself played as "ne" on 16 January 1595, and had already received 5 performances by the time Paradox was entered as "ne" on 1 July 1596, including as recently as 15 June 1596.


For What It's Worth

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