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==Historical Records==
==Historical Records==


===Payments to Playwrights (''Henslowe's Diary'')===
===Payments===


====To playwrights in Philip Henslowe's diary====
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==Theatrical Provenance==
Fol. 86 [http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowesdiary00unkngoog#page/n195/mode/1up (Greg, I.135)]
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| Layd owte at the a poyntment of Samwell ||}
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| Rowley vnto harey chettell in p''ar''te of paymente ||} xxxx<sup>s</sup>
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| for a Boocke called al is not gold y<sup>t</sup> glesters ||}
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| the last of m<sup>r</sup>che 1601 some of . . . . . . . . ||}
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| pd vnto harey chettell the 6 of ap<sup>r</sup>ell ||}
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| 1601 in full payment of a Boocke called ||} iiij<sup>li</sup>
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| al is not gold that glisters at the a ||}
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| poyntment of Samwell Rowley some of ||}
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==Probable Genre(s)==
==Theatrical Provenance==
 
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Authorized by Rowley as a representative of the Admiral's men, the play would have been presented at the Fortune playhouse in late spring 1601.
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==Probable Genre(s)==
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Comedy? ([[WorksCited|Harbage]])
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==Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues==
==Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues==
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The proverb that doubles as title for the play is a warning "against trusting an attractive outward appearance" ([[WorksCited|Wiggins, ''Catalogue'']] #1280).


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==References to the Play==
==References to the Play==
 
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None known.
 
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==Critical Commentary==
==Critical Commentary==
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[[WorksCited|Greg II]] noted wryly that "[n]othing is known of this piece" (#216, p. 217).  
 
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[[WorksCited|Wiggins, ''Catalogue'']] adds that Abraham Hill had seen a manuscript by 1678 (#1280).
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==For What It's Worth==
==For What It's Worth==


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Chettle worked on several plays with proverbial titles: "[[Tis No Deceit to Deceive the Deceiver]]," "[[Christmas Comes but Once a Year]]," "[[Love Parts Friendship]]," and "[[Too Good to Be True]]."
 
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==Works Cited==
==Works Cited==


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Henry Chettle (1601)


Historical Records

Payments

To playwrights in Philip Henslowe's diary


Fol. 86 (Greg, I.135)

Layd owte at the a poyntment of Samwell }
Rowley vnto harey chettell in parte of paymente } xxxxs
for a Boocke called al is not gold yt glesters }
the last of mrche 1601 some of . . . . . . . . }


pd vnto harey chettell the 6 of aprell }
1601 in full payment of a Boocke called } iiijli
al is not gold that glisters at the a }
poyntment of Samwell Rowley some of }



Theatrical Provenance


Authorized by Rowley as a representative of the Admiral's men, the play would have been presented at the Fortune playhouse in late spring 1601.

Probable Genre(s)


Comedy? (Harbage)

Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues


The proverb that doubles as title for the play is a warning "against trusting an attractive outward appearance" (Wiggins, Catalogue #1280).



References to the Play


None known.

Critical Commentary


Greg II noted wryly that "[n]othing is known of this piece" (#216, p. 217).

Wiggins, Catalogue adds that Abraham Hill had seen a manuscript by 1678 (#1280).

For What It's Worth


Chettle worked on several plays with proverbial titles: "Tis No Deceit to Deceive the Deceiver," "Christmas Comes but Once a Year," "Love Parts Friendship," and "Too Good to Be True."

Works Cited



Site created and maintained by Roslyn L. Knutson, Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; updated 24 May 2016.