Richard Crookback

Ben Jonson (1602)

Historical Records

Payments to Playwrights (Henslowe’s Diary)

F. 106^v (Greg I.168)

Lent ^ vnto bengemy Johnsone at the a poyntment of E Alleyn	}
& wm birde the 22 of June 1602	}
in earneste of a Boocke called Richard	}	xli
crockbacke & for new adicyons for	}
Jeronymo the some of	}

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For What It's Worth

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Works Cited

Donaldson, Ian. "Richard Crookback (lost play)." The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson. Ed. David Bevington, Martin Butler and Ian Donaldson. 7 vols. Cambridge: CUP, 2012. 2:183-184.

Evans Robert C. "More's Richard III and Jonson's Richard Crookback and Sejanus." Comparative Drama 24 (1990): 97-132.

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