Agamemnon and Ulysses

Anon. (1584)

Historical Records

Court Records

Accounts of the Office of the Revels (here cited from Feuillerat, ed.):

The history of Agamemnon & Vlisses presented and enacted before her maiestie by the Earle of Oxenford his boyes on S^t Iohns daie at night in Grenewich. (Feuillerat, 365)

Declared Accounts of the Treasurer of the Chamber (here cited from Cook and Wilson, ed.):

To Henry Evans vppon the Counsell[s] warr[ant] dated at

Grenew^ch vij^mo Aprilis 1585 for one play or Interlude pre- sensed before her ma^tie on S^t Iohn the Evangeliste[s] day last past at nighte by the †Chdren of Therle of Oxforde vi^li xiij^s iiij^d (Cook and Wilson 22-23)

Theatrical Provenance

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Probable Genre(s)

Classical Legend (Harbage).

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References to the Play

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Critical Commentary

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For What It's Worth

St. John's Day was on 27 December in 1584.

Works Cited

Cook, David and F.P. Wilson. "Dramatic Records in the Declared Accounts of the Treasurer of the Chamber 1558-1642. Malone Society Collections VI. 1962. Feuillerat, Albert, ed. Documents Relating to the Office of the Revels in the Time of Queen Elizabeth. Louvain: A. Uystpruyst, 1908.

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