Mamillia

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Historical Records

Government Documents

Accounts of the Office of the Revels

Entries from the Revels Accounts for 1573-4 include the following (Feuillerat,Revels p. 193):

		{  Predor : & Lucia. played by Therle of Leices-           }
		{  ters servauntes vpon Saint stevens daye at nighte }
		{   at whitehall aforesaide/                                                        }
		{  Alkmeon, playde by the Children of Powles on         }     vj. all fytted and ffur-
		{  Saint Iohns daye at nighte there/                                      }    nyshed with the store
		{  Mamillia. playde by therle of Leicesteres ser-           }     of thoffice and with the
		{  uauntes on Innosentes daye at nighte there/             }    woorkmanshipp and
Playes showen		{  Truth, ffaythfullnesse, & Mercye, playde by             }    provisions herein
at whytehall		{  the Children of westminster for Elderton vpon           }    expressed as followeth
videlicit		{  New yeares daye at nighte there/                                      }    hereafter orderly.
		{  Herpetulus the blew knighte & perobia playde by  }     ffirst the wages and
		{  my Lorde klintons servantes the third of Ianuary        }     then the Emptions
		{  being the sunday after Newyeares daye there/           }     with the other charges
		{  Quintus ffablus playd by the Children of wyndsor    }     incident
		{  ffor Mr ffarrant on Twelfe daye at nighte lykewise       }
		{  at whitehall.                                                                                     }

Probable Genre(s)

Romance Harbage

Critical Commentary

F. G. Fleay, BCED has no opinion on the narrative source of this play (2.289, #31). Chambers, ES offers no opinions, but he does record its performance at court (2.88, 4.89, 147). Wiggins offers ""Contemporary" as a possible category of genre.

Wiggings, #550 does not address the narrative of this play except to dismiss a possible link to Robert Greene's Mamillia, which was printed in 1583 but written earlier.

Works Cited

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