Troy’s Revenge, with the Tragedy of Polyphemus
Historical Records
Henslowe's Diary
F. 53v. (Greg I.102)
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- Lent vnto samvell Rowley the 16 of febreary
- 1598 to lend in p[ar]te of payment vnto harye
- chettell vpon his boocke of polefemos . . . . xxs
- Lent vnto Thomas downton the 27 of febreary
- 1598 to paye vnto harey cheattell in fulle
- payment for a playe called Troyes Revenge
- wth the tragedy of polefeme the some of fyftye
- shellenges & strocken of his deatte wch he owes
- vnto the company fyftye shelenges more . . . ls
F. 61 (Greg I.105)
- Hary cheattell hath strocken of his deate
- as foloweth 1598 vnto the companye [...]
- pd of his deate in his boocke of polefeme . . . ls
F. 64v (Greg I.112)
- Lent vnto the littell tayller the 4 of
- octobre 1599 to bye diuers for the play
- of polefeme the some of . . . viijs
Theatrical Provenance
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Probable Genre(s)
Classical Legend (Harbage)
Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues
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Ultimately, Homer's Odyssey; Virgil's Aeneid 3; Theocritus, Idylls 6 and 11 (an English translation of the latter was published in 1588); Lydgate's Troy-Book; etc.
References to the Play
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Critical Commentary
Greg: "The title Troy's Revenge suggests a play on the fates of the Greek heroes, which would include the story of Odysseus and Polyphemus, though it is a strange incident to select as the central theme of a tragedy." (II.201)
For What It's Worth
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Works Cited
Lydgate, John. The Auncient Historie and Onely Trewe and Syncere Cronicle of the Warres Betwixte the Grecians and the Troyans. London: 1555.
Theocritus. Sixe Idillia; that is, Sixe Small, or Petty Poems, or Æglogues, Chosen Out of the Right Famous Sicilian Poet Theocritus, and translated into English verse. Oxford: 1588.
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