Muly Molocco
Anon. >(1592)
George Peele? (1589)
Historical Records
F. 7/ Greg I, 13
| .9.………. | R[d] at mvlomvrco the 20 of febreary | ………. | ………. | xxixs |
| .9.………. | R[d] at mvlamvlluco the 29 of febreary 1591 | ………. | ………. | xviijs |
| .9.………. | R[d] at mvlo mvllocco the 17 of marche 1591 | ………. | ………. | xxviijs vjd |
| .9.………. | R[d] at mvlomvlucko the 29 of marche 1591 | ………. | ………. | iijli ijs |
| .9.………. | R[d] at mvlo mvloco the 8 of aprell 1591 | [J. h-01-10-00]… | ………. | xxiijs |
F. 7v/ Greg I, 14
| .9.………. | R[d] at mvllo mvlluco the 17 of aprell 1591 | ………. | ………. | xxxs |
| R[d] at mvlo mvloco the 27 of aprell 1592 | ………. | ………. | xxvjs | |
| R[d] li24… | R[d] at mvlo mvlluco the 30 of aprell 159[1]2 | ………. | ………. | lviijs |
| R[d] at mvllomvloco the 17 of maye 1592 | ………. | ………. | xxxvjs vjd | |
| R[d] at mvlemvloco the [22] 31 of maye 1592 | ………. | ………. | xxiiijs |
F. 8/ Greg I, 15
| .9.………. | R[d] at mvlemvloco the 13 of June 1592 | ………. | ………. | xxs | |||
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| In the Name of god Amen 159[2]3 | ………. | ………. | |||||
| beginnge the 29 of desemb[er] | |||||||
| ………. | ………. | ||||||
| .9.………. | R[d] at mvlomulluco the 29 of desemb[er] 1592 | ………. | ………. | iijli xs | |||
| .9.………. | R[d] at mvlo mulocko the 9 of Jenewarye 1593 | ………. | ………. | xxs | |||
| .9.………. | R[d] at mvlomvlco the 20 of Jenewarye 1593 | ………. | ………. | xxs |
Theatrical Provenance
Muly Mollocco was performed at the Rose playhouse by Lord Strange's men in 1592 from 2 February through 13 June; it continued in the repertory for three performances the following winter, 29 December 1592 through 20 January 1593.
Probable Genre(s)
Foreign History (Harbage)
Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues
If Muly Mollocco is a discrete play, now lost
- Its sources are unknown.
If Muly Mollocco is The Battle of Alcazar
- If Muly Mullocco is Henslowe's name for The Battle of Alcazar, it is not a lost play. The definitive summary of sources for the extant play is in The Dramatic Works of George Peele, vol. 2; John Yoklavich, editor of The Battle of Alcazar, provides both a discussion of the sources (227-79) and a "Special Bibliography" of accounts of the historical battle (369-73). In The Stukeley Plays Charles Edelman discusses the sources also (10-16).
References to the Play
If "Muly Mollocco" is The Battle of Alcazar
The following plays allude to The Battle of Alcazar by way of Calipolis, the wife of Muly Mahamet, the villainous Moor: 2 Henry IV, William Shakespeare; Satiromastix, Thomas Dekker; What You Will, John Marston; and Poetaster, Ben Jonson. Shakespeare's Pistol alludes to Calipolis and Hiren in the same context (II.iv.156, 175); in Dekker's play, the same character (Tucca) alludes to Calipolis and Hiren, but in separate contexts (IV.1.150, IV.iii.243-4).
Critical Commentary
Yoklavich
Bradley
Edelman
For What It's Worth
Alleyn's part where is BA in Henslowe's records, if it is not either MM or M"?
Works Cited
Bradley, David. From Text to Performance in the Elizabethan Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Edelman, Charles. "The Battle of Alcazar, Muly Molocco, and Shakespeare's 2 and 3 Henry VI, Notes and Queries 49.2 (2002): 215-18.
— — —. The Stukeley Plays. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2005. Google Books
Yoklavich, John, ed. The Battle of Alcazar. in The Dramatic Works of George Peele, vol. 2. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961.
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