Bellendon
Anon. (1594)
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Historical Records
Henslowe's Diary
| F.9 (Greg I.17) | ye 8 of June 1594 | ne | R[d] at bellendon … | xvijs |
| ye 15 of June 1594 | R[d] at bellendon … | iijli iiijs | ||
| ye 20 of June 1594 | R[d] at bellendon … | xxxs | ||
| F.9v (Greg I.18) | ye 2 of Julye 1594 | R[d] at bellendon … | xxxxijs vjd | |
| ye 6 of Julye 1594 | R[d] at bellendon … | xxxiiijs | ||
| ye 11 of Julye 1594 | R[d] at bellendon … | xxvijs | ||
| ye 20 of Julye 1594 | R[d] at bellendon … | xxvijs | ||
| ye 25 of Julye 1594 | R[d] at bellendon … | xlviijs | ||
| ye 31 of Julye 1594 | R[d] at bellendon <the> … | xxvijs | ||
| ye 10 of aguste 1594 | R[d] at bellendon … | xxxiijs | ||
| ye 19 of aguste 1594 | R[d] at bellendon … | xxjs | ||
| F. 10 (Greg I.19) | ye 29 of aguste 1594 | R[d] at belendon … | xxs vjd | |
| ye 11 of septmb[er] 1594 | R[d] at bellendon … | xxiiijs vjd | ||
| ye 23 of septmb[er] 1594 | R[d] at bellendon … | xvjs vjd | ||
| ye 13 of octob[er] 1594 | R[d] at bellendon … | xxijs | ||
| F. 10v (Greg I.20) | ye 2 of novemb[er] 1594 | R[d] at bellendon [t] … | vijs | |
| ye 15 of novmb[er] 1594 | R[d] at bellendon … | xijs | ||
| F. 21v (Greg I.42) | ye 11 of July 1596 | R[d] at bellendon … | xxxvs | |
| F. 26 (Greg I.51) | 31 [March 1597] | tt at belendon | 01 — 15 — 00-04-00 | |
| F. 26v (Greg I.52) | 11 [11] [April 1597] | tt at belendon | 01 — 00 — 00-14-00 | |
| 19 [April] | tt at belendon | 00 — 09 — 02-00-00 | ||
| 28 [April] mr pd | tt at bellendon | 0[o]1 — 00 — 00-13-00 | ||
| 20 [May] | tt at bellendon | 00 — 10 — 00-00-00 | ||
| F. 27 (Greg I.53) | 15 [June 1597] | tt at bellendon | 00 — 13 — 00-00-00 | |
| 25 | tt at bellendon | 00 — 07 — 00-00-00 | ||
Henslowe Papers, under the heading “The Enventary tacken of all the properties for my Lord Admeralles men, the 10 of Marche 1598” (Greg, Papers 117 [Apx. I.1]):
Item, ... Belendon stable ...
Theatrical Provenance
Bellendon appears in Henslowe's diary first on 8 June 1594 in the list of plays offered by the Admiral's Men and Chamberlain's Men playing at the playhouse in Newington. It next appears as the initial offering in the playlists beginning 15 June 1594, a date that marks the return of the Admiral's Men to the Rose playhouse (according to W. W. Greg and accepted universally by subsequent scholars). It receives 16 performances in that run. In 1596 it appears for a solo showing on 11 July. Beginning in March 1596/7 it appears into June for a run of 7 performances. There is a note in the margin at the initial March performance of the play, as follows: "begynyng in leant marche 1597." Marginal notes also mark the appropriate change of months in 1597 to April, May, and June. One of the properties for Bellendon, "Belendon stable," is listed in the 1598 inventory transcribed by Edmond Malone. These papers were loaned to Malone by the librarians at Dulwich College, and the originals were subsequently lost.
Probable Genre(s)
History (Harbage, using the title "Rufus I with the Life & Death of Belyn Dun")
Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues
The Stationers' Register contains three entries relevant to the play, Bellendon. Insofar as is known, all texts associated with these entries are lost. The first entry is dated 17 May 1594 and reads as follows:
| Tho. Gosson/ Entred for his copie vnder thand of mr warden Cawood, a booke intituled The famous Cronicle of Henrye the first, with the life and death of Bellin Dun the firste thief that ever was hanged in England." (Greg, BEPD, !.11) |
The second is dated 2 August 1594:
| John Danter./ Entred alsoe for his Copie vnder th[e h]ands of bothe the wardens an other ballad entituled BELLIN DUNS Confession & / Ballet/ (Arber II.656 [not in Greg, BEPD]) |
The third is dated 24 November 1595:
| Will[ia]m Blackwell Entred for his Copie vnder the wardens hand[es] a booke intituled. The true tragicall historie of kinge Rufus the first with the life and deathe of Belyn Dun the first thief that ever was hanged in England (Greg, BEPD, I.12) |
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