Jephthah

Anthony Munday, Thomas Dekker (1602)

Historical Records

Payments to Playwrights (Henslowe's Diary)

Fol. 105^v (Greg I.168)

Lent vnto the companye the 5 of maye 1602

to geue vnto antoney monday & thomas deckers

J earnest of a Bocke called Jeffae

as may apeare the some of . . . . v^ll

Payments, Miscellaneous (Henslowe's Diary)

Fol. 105^v (Greg I.168)

Layd owt for the companye when they

Read the playe of Jeffa for wine at

the tavern dd vnto thomas downton . . . . .ij^s

Payments for Properties and Apparel (Henslowe's Diary)

Fol. 106^v (Greg I.170)

Lent vnto Thomas downton the 8 of

maye 1602 to bye cottes for the

playe of Jeffa the some of . . . . vj^ll

Lent vnto thomas downton the 12

of June 1602 to by Rebatous & other

thinges for the playe of Jeffa the some

of . . . . iiij^ll

pd at the apoynt of thomas downton

vnto the tayller for mackynge of sewtes

for Jeffa the 25 of June 1602 some of . . . . xxx^s

Lent vnto the company 1602 the 27 of

June to paye vnto hime w^ch made ther

propertyes for Jeffa the some of . . . . xxv^s

Lent vnto thomas downton the

5 of July 1602 to paye the cvter

for the play of Jeffa the some of . . . . xxij^s

Acquittance from William Playstowe (Henslowe Papers)

Receved of m^r Henslowe the iiij^th of Agust 1602

for one monthes pay due vnto my m^r m^r Edmund

Tylney vppon the xxxj^th day of July last past

the som of iij^ll J say R[eceived] . . . . iij^ll

per mei Will Playstowe

bookes owinge for /5/

baxsters tragedy

Tobias Comedy

Jepha Judg of Jsrael & the Cardinall

loue parts frendshipp

(Dulwich College, MSS I, article 37; qtd. Greg, Henslowe Papers, 58-59)

Theatrical Provenance

Performed by the Admiral's Men at the Fortune, perhaps in July.

Probable Genre(s)

Biblical History (Harbage).

Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

Judges 11-12; ballads.

References to the Play

None known.

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