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 . . . . }

Layd owt the 28 of desemb[er] 1597 to antoney monday }

toward his boocke w^ch J delyvered to thomas . . . . . . . } v^s

dowton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . }

F43v / Greg 1.82:

A Juste a cownt of all suche money as J haue

layde owt for my lord admeralles [men] players begynyng

the xj of octob[er] whose names ar as foloweth

borne gabrell shaw Jonnes dowten Jube towne

synger & the ij geffes 1597

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . .}

Henslowe Papers

Greg, Papers 117:

Under Henslowe's title, "The Enventary tacken of all the properties for my Lord Admeralles men, the 10 of Marche 1598" is:

Item, j syne for Mother Readcap; j buckler

Greg, Papers 121:

Under Henslowe's title, "A Note of all suche bookes as belong to the Stocke, and such as I have bought since the 3d of March 1598" is:

"Read Cappe."

Theatrical Provenance

Henslowe paid Drayton and Munday a total of £6 on behalf of the Admiral's men at the end of 1597 / start of 1598.

Probable Genre(s)

Comedy (?) (Harbage).

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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