Love of an English Lady, The

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Historical Records

Performance Records

Playlists in Henslowe's diary

F. 10 (Greg, I.19)

ye 24 of septembʒ 1594

. . . ne . .

Res at venesyon & the love of &Jngleshelady . . . . . . . .

xxxxvijs

F. 10^v (Greg, I.20)

ye 24 of octobʒ 1594

. . . . . . . . . . . .

Res at love of & Jngleshe ladey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

xxiijs

Theatrical Provenance

Philip Henslowe's entry of "The Love of an English Lady" on 24 October 1594 confirms as much as is possible that a script by that title existed and was performed by the Admiral's men at the Rose playhouse.

The earlier entry, muddled as it is with the apparently errant inclusion of "venesyon," raises the question of what was actually performed on 24 September (given that a play named "venesyon" had appeared [not marked "ne"] in playlists at the Rose a month earlier [25 August] and had by 24 September already received four performances). One explanation is that the inclusion of "The Venetian Comedy" was simply a mistake left uncorrected and that the debut of "The Love of an English Lady" occurred on 24 September 1594. See Critical Commentary below for other explanations of the 24 September entry.

Probable Genre(s)

Comedy

Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

Information welcome.