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The sole record of this play is its appearance in the playlists of Lord Strange's men at the Rose playhouse during the first run of theirs recorded at that venue. Philip Henslowe began to list the plays performed at his playhouse (the Rose) on 19 February 1592, heading that list with the name of the company in residence: Strange's men. "Cloris and Ergasto" (the title as modernized by [[WorksCited|Wiggins, ''Catalogue'', #878]]) is entered for 28 February and not entered again. | The sole record of this play is its appearance in the playlists of Lord Strange's men at the Rose playhouse during the first run of theirs recorded at that venue. Philip Henslowe began to list the plays performed at his playhouse (the Rose) on 19 February 1592, heading that list with the name of the company in residence: Strange's men. "Cloris and Ergasto" (the title as modernized by [[WorksCited|Wiggins, ''Catalogue'', #878]]) is entered for 28 February and not entered again. | ||
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==Probable Genre(s)== | ==Probable Genre(s)== | ||
[[Works Cited|Harbage]] guesses that the play was a pastoral; [[Works Cited|Wiggins. ''Catalogue'', #878 ]] follows suit, adding that the names of the title characters are "standard pastoral names." | [[Works Cited|Harbage]] guesses that the play was a pastoral; [[Works Cited|Wiggins. ''Catalogue'', #878 ]] follows suit, adding that the names of the title characters are "standard pastoral names." | ||
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==Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues== | ==Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues== | ||
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==References to the Play== | ==References to the Play== | ||
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==Critical Commentary== | ==Critical Commentary== | ||
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[[Works Cited|Wiggins, ''Catalogue'', #878 ]] includes this play in his general assessment of Strange's men's repertory items (now lost) that show up only in Henslowe's diary, 1592-3. Noting that the play is not marked "ne" and that it has just one performance, he considers it the most likely play in the company's repertory at this time to have been in production for some time already and thus by February 1592 to be at "the fag end" of a possibly successful run. Even so, he allows that it might be one of those which were experiencing "the last gasp of an ignominiously brief stage life." | [[Works Cited|Wiggins, ''Catalogue'', #878 ]] includes this play in his general assessment of Strange's men's repertory items (now lost) that show up only in Henslowe's diary, 1592-3. Noting that the play is not marked "ne" and that it has just one performance, he considers it the most likely play in the company's repertory at this time to have been in production for some time already and thus by February 1592 to be at "the fag end" of a possibly successful run. Even so, he allows that it might be one of those which were experiencing "the last gasp of an ignominiously brief stage life." | ||
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==For What It's Worth== | ==For What It's Worth== | ||
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Site created and maintained by [[Roslyn L. Knutson]], Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; updated 1 November 2018. | Site created and maintained by [[Roslyn L. Knutson]], Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; updated 1 November 2018. | ||
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Revision as of 13:00, 19 October 2020
Historical Records
Performance Records
Playlists in Philip Henslowe's diary
A single record of performance survives in Henslowe’s accounts for early 1592 (new style):
Fol. 7 (Greg I, 13)
Res at clorys & orgasto the 28 of febreary 1591 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviijs
Theatrical Provenance
The sole record of this play is its appearance in the playlists of Lord Strange's men at the Rose playhouse during the first run of theirs recorded at that venue. Philip Henslowe began to list the plays performed at his playhouse (the Rose) on 19 February 1592, heading that list with the name of the company in residence: Strange's men. "Cloris and Ergasto" (the title as modernized by Wiggins, Catalogue, #878) is entered for 28 February and not entered again.
Probable Genre(s)
Harbage guesses that the play was a pastoral; Wiggins. Catalogue, #878 follows suit, adding that the names of the title characters are "standard pastoral names."
Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues
Information welcome.
References to the Play
Information welcome.
Critical Commentary
Manley and MacLean note that this play is one of several "[e]specially vexing" in that the title is "difficult to match to extant sources or stories" (127).
Wiggins, Catalogue, #878 includes this play in his general assessment of Strange's men's repertory items (now lost) that show up only in Henslowe's diary, 1592-3. Noting that the play is not marked "ne" and that it has just one performance, he considers it the most likely play in the company's repertory at this time to have been in production for some time already and thus by February 1592 to be at "the fag end" of a possibly successful run. Even so, he allows that it might be one of those which were experiencing "the last gasp of an ignominiously brief stage life."
For What It's Worth
Works Cited
Site created and maintained by Roslyn L. Knutson, Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; updated 1 November 2018.