French Doctor

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Historical Records

Performance Records (Henslowe's Diary)

F. 10 (Greg, I.19)


ye 18 of octobʒ 1594                  Res at the frenshe docter                xxijs

F. 10v (Greg, I.20)


ye 28 of octobʒ 1594                 Res at the frenshe docter                 xvs


ye 18 of novmbʒ 1594               Res at the frenshe docter                 xxvijs

F. 11 (Greg, I.21)


ye 3 of Jenewary 1594                  Res at the frenshe docter                 xxjs


ye 30 of Jenewary 1594               Res at the frenshe docter                 xviijs


ye 7 of febreary 1594                     Res at the frenshe docter                 xxjs


F. 11 v (Greg, I.22)


ye 24 of febreary 1594                  Res at the frensh doctor                  xxxxxiiijs


ye easter mondaye 1595             Res at the ffrenshe doctor              liijs


ye 3 of may 1595                              Res at the frenshe docter               xjs


F. 12 v (Greg, I.24)


ye 2[3]4 of maye 1595                   Res at the frenshe docter                    xxijs


F. 13 (Greg, I.24)


ye 19 of septmbʒ 1595                  Res at the frenshe doctor                  xvjs


F. 21v (Greg, I.42)


ye 4 of July 1596                                Res at frenshe dacter                        xiiijs


F. 25 (Greg, I.49)


ye 29 of octobʒ 1596 Res at the frenshe docter                               xvs


ye 9 of novmbʒ 1596             Res at the frenshe docter                   xiiijs

Payments to Edward Alleyn for Playbooks

F. 96 (Greg. I.153)

pd: at the apoyntment of the companye the }

18 of Janewary 1601 vnto E Alleyn for iij boockes }

w^ch were played called the french docter the } vj^li

massaker of france & the nvtte the some of }

Theatrical Provenance

The theatrical provenance of "French Doctor" is complicated by the fact that Henslowe did not mark the play "ne" at its debut in his records for the autumn of 1594. Theater historians consequently assume that the play was in revival. But where had it been when new, and with which company?