Albion Knight
Historical Records
Stationers' Register
22 July 1565--22 July 1566 (S.R. I, 1.295)
| colwell | Recevyd of Thomas Colwell for his lycence for prynting of a | |
| play intituled a merye playe bothe pytthy and pleasaunt of | ||
| ALBYON knyghte . . . . . . . . Iiijd |
Print fragment
A 6-leaf fragment comprising leaves B1, B4, C1-4 survives at the Huntington Library:
Anon., [A mery playe bothe pytthy and pleasaunt of albyon knyghte], [London: Printed by Thomas Colwell, 1566], RB 60584.
(Reproduced by permission of the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.)
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| sig. B1r | sig. B1v |
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| sig. B4r | sig. B4v |
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| sig. C1r | sig. C1v |
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| sig. C2r | sig. C2v |
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| sig. C3r | sig. C3v |
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| sig. C4r | sig. C4v |
Theatrical Provenance
Unknown.
Probable Genre(s)
Moral Interlude (Harbage).
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Critical Commentary
Wiggins (408) dates the play to 1565, the year he suggests it was printed (given the SR entry), but provides limits of 1537-8, 1559-65.
Harbage dates the play much earlier, to 1537, though provides generous limits of c.1537-1566.
For What It's Worth
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