Hannibal and Hermes

Thomas Dekker, Michael Drayton, and Robert Wilson (1598)

NB. sometimes referred to as "Part 1" or as "Worse Afeared than Hurt", owing to a series of alterations in Henslowe's diary (see below).

Historical Records

Payments to Playwrights (Henslowe's Diary)

F.47^v (Greg 1.90)

				lent vnto mr willsone the 17 of July 1598	}
				in earneste of a comodye called haneballe &	}	xs
				hearmes the some of . . . . . . . . . .	}
				.
				.
li	s	d		lent vnto mr willson mr drayton & mr dickers	}
101	-12	-8		the 17 of July 1598 for a Boocke called Haneballe	}	iijll
				& hermes the some of . . . . . . . . . .	}

F.48 (Greg 1.91)

lent vnto mr willsone the 26 of July 1598 vpon	}
a Boocke called Haneballe & hermes the some of	}	xxs
	.
	.
Lent vnto mr willso drayton & mr dickers the	}
27 of July 1598 in pt of a Boocke called Haneballe	}	xxxs
& Hermes the some of . . . . . . . . . .	}
	.
	.
pd vnto mr drayton & mr deckers the 28 of July	}
1598 in full payment of a boocke called haneball	}	xs
& hermes other wisse called worsse feared then hurte	}

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Comedy (Henslowe); Unknown (Harbage).

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