Rangers Comedy, The

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Anon. (1594)


Historical Records

Henslowe's Diary

F. 9 (Greg I.17)

Under the play list for "the Quenes men & my lord of Susexe to geather" for Easter 1594:


Rd at the Rangers comodey 2 of [marche] Aprell 1593 iijli


Under the play list for "my lord admierals men" on 14-16 May 1594:


Rd at the Rangers comodey the 15 of maye 1594 xxxiijs


F. 9 (Greg I.17)

In the play lists beginning 15 June 1594, the date on which W. W. Greg decided that the Admiral's players had returned to the Rose after their 10-day run at Newington with the Chamberlain's players:


ye 18 of June 1594 Rd at the Rangers comodey xxijs
ye 22 of June 1594 Rd at the Rangers comodey lviiijs


F. 9v (Greg I.18)


ye 5 of Julye 1594 Rd at the Rangers comodey xviijs
ye 17 of Julye 1594 Rd at the Rangers comodey xvs
ye 1 of aguste 1594 Rd at the Rangers comodey xiijs vjd
ye 20 of aguste 1594 Rd at the Rangers comodey xiiijs vjd


F. 10 (Greg I.19)

ye 16 of septmb[er] 1594 Rd at the Rangers comodey xvs
ye 2 of octob[er] 1594 Rd at the Rangers comodey xs


F. 11 (Greg I.21)

ye 19 of Jenewary 1594 Rd at the Rangers comodey xvs


Theatrical Provenance

The play was introduced at the Rose beginning 2 April 1594 (Easter Week), as an offering by the Queen's men and Sussex's men playing together. It was not marked "ne." It had not appeared among the offerings of Sussex's men during their recorded run at the Rose, 27 December through 6 February 1594. It passed on from the repertory of the combined companies to the holdings of the Admiral's men, who gave it 9 performances on their return to the Rose in mid-June 1594.


Probable Genre(s)

Comedy (Harbage)


Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

No one has suggested a narrative source or dramatic analogue for this play.


References to the Play

None known.


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