Brandimer

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Historical Records

Performance Records (Henslowe's diary)

Two records of performance survive in Henslowe’s accounts for early 1592:

Fol. 7 (Greg I, 13)

							Res at brandymer the 6 of aprell 1591	................................ xxijs

Fol. 7 ^v (Greg I, 14)

							Res at brandimer the 8 of may 1592	....................................	xxiiijs

Theatrical Provenance

"Brandimer" was one of nineteen plays scheduled by Lord Strange's men at the Rose playhouse that apparently were not new in the late winter and spring of 1592.

Probable Genre(s)

Romantic comedy (?) Harbage

Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

Wiggins: King Brandimart or Brandimore (Guy of Warwick, giant)

References to the Play

Information welcome.

Critical Commentary

Malone, Collier, Greg