Seven Days of the Week, Parts 1 and 2
Historical Records
Performance Records
Playlists in Philip Henslowe's diary
NB. In the tables below, the entries for "Seven Days of the Week" are collated; see Critical Commentary, below, for arguments identifying which entries pertain to a second part.
Fol. 12v (Greg I.24):
ye 3 of June 1595 . . . . . . . ne . . Res at the vij dayes of the weacke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijll xs ye 6 of June 1595 Res at the vij dayes of the weack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxxiiijs ye 10 of June 1595 post 83ll - 0 Res at the vij dayes of the wecke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijll vjs ye 14 of June 1595 Res at the vij dayes of the wecke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijll ixs ye 23 of June 1595 Res at the vij dayes of the wecke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijll vs
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ye 27 of aguste 1595 . . . . . . . . . Res at the weacke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . liijs ye 3 of septmbƺ 1595 Res at the vij dayes of the weacke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lijs ye 13 of septmbƺ 1595 Res at the vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxvijs
Fol. 12v (Greg, I. 25)
ye 22 of septmbƺ 1595 ———— Res at the vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxxiiijs ye 6 of octobƺ 1595 ———— Res at the vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxxs ye 14 of octobƺ 1595 Res at the vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvijs ye 17 of octobƺ 1595 Res at the vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxviijs ye 29 of octobƺ 1595 Res at the vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiijs
Fol. 14 (Greg, I. 27)
ye 15 of novmbƺ 1595 . . . . . . . . . . Res at vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviijs ye 1 of desembƺ 1595 Res at the vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiiijs ye 1 Jenewary 1595 Res at the wecke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxxijs
Fol. 14v (Greg, I. 28)
ye 22 Jenewary 1595 . . . . . . ne . . Res at the 2 wecke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijll ye 26 Jenewary 1595 Res at the 2 weake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiiijs ye 25 febreary 1595 Res at wecke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxs
Fol. 25 (Greg, I.49)
ye 11 of novmbƺ 1596 . . . . . . . . . . |R''es''| at the vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxvs ye 15 of novmbƺ 1596 |R''es''| at the vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xijs
Fol. 25v (Greg, I.50)
ye 26 of novembƺ 1596 Res at weake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvijs ye 12 of desembƺ 1596 Res at the vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ixs ye 31 of desembƺ 1596 . . . . . . . . . . Res at vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vjs
Theatrical Provenance
The Admiral's men performed "Seven Days of the Week" at the Rose playhouse from August 1595 through December 1596, for 19 performances. Several of those shows may (or may not) be for a second part. See Critical Commentary, below for scholarly opinion on whether "Seven Days of the Week" was a two-part play.
Probable Genre(s)
Moral (?) Harbage; "Histories out of Scriptures," White