Uther Pendragon

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Historical Records

Performance Records (Henslowe's Diary)

F. 26^v / Greg 1.52

Aprell 1597
		29		ne..		tt at vterpendragon. . . . . . . . .		02|00|01 — 01 — 03
Maye 1597
		[4]3				tt at vterpendagon. . . . . . . . . .		01|05|00 — 01 — 00
		7				tt at pendragon. . . . . . . . . . . . .		00|14|00 — 04 — 00
		12				tt at pendragon. . . . . . . . . . . . .		0|[0]17|00 — 00 — 00
wittsone
mvnday
		16				tt at pendragon. . . . . . . . . . . . .		02|19|00 — 14 — 00

F. 27 / Greg 1.53

June 15		97
		2				tt at pendragon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		00|16|00 — 04 — 06
		13				tt at pendragon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		01|00|00 — 10 — 00

Henslowe's Inventory of Properties and Apparel

Greg, Papers, Appx. I, art. 1, p. 115. l. 29

Under the heading “The Enventary of the Clownes Sewtes and Hermetes Swetes, with dievers other sewtes, as follweth, 1598, the 10 of March:

Item, ... merlen gowne and cape

Theatrical Provenance

The Admiral's men acquired "Uther Pendragon" after Easter Term had begun in 1597 and played it at the Rose frequently into the summer (and perhaps beyond).

Probable Genre(s)

Pseudo-History (Harbage), legendary history (Wiggins, Catalogue])

Works Cited

White, Arthurian, M&S on Lost Plays

Teramura,Troy/Geoffrey mix, M&S on Lost Plays

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