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==Probable Genre(s)==
==Probable Genre(s)==


<List possible genres of the play: if noted by a critic, cite them, e.g. "Comedy (Harbage)". If an original speculation, simply list the genre.>
History (Harbage).
 
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==Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues==
==Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues==

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Ben Jonson (1602)


Historical Records

Payments to Playwrights (Henslowe’s Diary)

F. 106v (Greg I.168)

Lent ^ vnto bengemy Johnsone at the a poyntment of E Alleyn }
& wm birde the 22 of June 1602 }
in earneste of a Boocke called Richard } xli
crockbacke & for new adicyons for }
Jeronymo the some of }



Theatrical Provenance

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Probable Genre(s)

History (Harbage).

Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

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References to the Play

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Critical Commentary

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For What It's Worth

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Works Cited

Donaldson, Ian. "Richard Crookback (lost play)." The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson. Ed. David Bevington, Martin Butler and Ian Donaldson. 7 vols. Cambridge: CUP, 2012. 2:183-184.
Evans Robert C. "More's Richard III and Jonson's Richard Crookback and Sejanus." Comparative Drama 24 (1990): 97-132.



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