Mother Redcap

Michael Drayton and Anthony Munday (1597)

Historical Records

Henslowe's Diary

F37v / Greg 1.70:

layde owt the 22 of desemb[er] 1597 for a boocke called } iij^ll

mother Readcape to antony monday & m^r drayton . . . . }

F43v / Greg 1.82:

layd owt the 22 of desemb[er] 1597 for a boocke called } iij^ll

mother Read cape to antony monday & drayton . . . . . }

layd owt the 28 of desemb[er] 1597 for the boocke called } v^s

mother Read cape to antoney mondaye . . . . . . . . . . . . }

F44 / Greg 1.83:

layd owt for my lord admeralles meane as foloweth 1597

1597

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pd vnto antony monday & drayton for the laste .}

payment of the Boocke of mother Readcape the } lv^s

5 of Jenewary 1597 the some of . . . . . . . . . . . .}

Theatrical Provenance

Admiral's men.

Probable Genre(s)

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Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

Greg notes that " 'Mother redd cappe her last will and Testament,' presumably a chapbook, was entered S. R. 10 Mar. 1595." (2.189).

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