Iphis and Ianthe, or Marriage without a Man
William Shakespeare (attrib.) (1613)
Historical Records
Stationers' Register
29 June 1660 (SR2, 2.271, CLIO)
Master Hum. Moseley |
Entred for his copies under the hand of MASTER THRALE warden, the severall plays following that is to say . . . . xiijs
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Theatrical Provenance
Unknown; presumably it would have been performed by the Lord Chamberlain's / King's men.
Probable Genre(s)
Comedy.
Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues
Ovid.
References to the Play
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Critical Commentary
In a variant of the formulation applied to each of the three plays registered by Moseley in 1660, Bentley writes: “It is quite unlikely that this comedy was written by Shakespeare, for no other reference to the title is known. Presumably the story came from Ovid, but I know of no evidence of the date or authorship of the manuscript Moseley had in 1660” (5.1355).
(2.172)
For What It's Worth
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Works Cited
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