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== Historical Records ==
== Historical Records ==
===Payments for Apparel (Henslowe's ''Diary'')===
===Payments===
'''F. 43<sup>v</sup> ([https://archive.org/details/cu31924026121305/page/n137 [[WorksCited|'''Greg I''']], 82])'''
 
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====For apparel in Philip Henslowe's diary====
:Fol. 43<sup>v</sup> ([https://archive.org/details/cu31924026121305/page/n137 Greg I, 82])


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| lent vnto Robarte shaw for the company to bye viij||}
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===Henslowe's Inventory of Properties and Apparel===
===Inventories===


==== Philip Henslowe's papers in the Dulwich College Library ====


[[WorksCited|'''Greg, ''Papers'' ]]([http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowepapersbe00hensuoft#page/115/mode/1up  Appx. I, art. 1, p. 115. l. 29])''' <br>
=====List of apparel =====
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[[WorksCited|Greg, ''Papers'':]] [http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowepapersbe00hensuoft#page/115/mode/1up  (APX. I, art. 1, p. 115. l. 29)]
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:Under the heading&nbsp;“''The Enventary of the Clownes Sewtes and Hermetes Swetes, with dievers other sewtes, as follweth,'' 1598, ''the'' 10 ''of March'':<br>
:Under the heading&nbsp;“''The Enventary of the Clownes Sewtes and Hermetes Swetes, with dievers other sewtes, as follweth,'' 1598, ''the'' 10 ''of March'':<br>


:''Item'', ... branhowlttes bodeys
::''Item'', ... branhowlttes bodeys
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===Henslowe's Inventory of Playbooks===
=====List of playbooks=====


[[WorksCited|'''Greg, ''Papers'']] ([https://archive.org/details/cu31924026119705/page/n138 Appx. I, art. 1, p. 121. l. 193])''' <br><br>
[[WorksCited|Greg, ''Papers'']] [https://archive.org/details/cu31924026119705/page/n138 (APX. I, art. 1, p. 121. l. 193)] <br>
:Under the heading&nbsp;“''A Note of all suche bookes as belong to the Stocke, and such as I have bought since the 3d of Marche'' 1598:<br>
:Under the heading&nbsp;“''A Note of all suche bookes as belong to the Stocke, and such as I have bought since the 3d of Marche'' 1598:<br>


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== Theatrical Provenance ==
== Theatrical Provenance ==


"Brunhild" (modernization of "Branhowlte" by [[WorksCited|'''Harbage''']], also [[WorksCited|'''Wiggins, ''Catalogue''''']] #1089) was acquired by the Admiral's men by November 1597 and brought to the stage at the Rose soon after. [[WorksCited|'''Greg II''']] thought that the play had been acquired from Pembroke's men, recently at the Swan but broken up in the wake of (and perhaps because of) the trouble the company attracted when it offered "The Isle of Dogs" (p. 188, #118; commentary in heading to Section VIII, p. 187).  
"Brunhild" (modernization of "Branhowlte" by [[WorksCited|Harbage]], also [[WorksCited|Wiggins, ''Catalogue'']] #1089) was acquired by the Admiral's men by November 1597 and brought to the stage at the Rose soon after. [[WorksCited|Greg II]] thinks that the play had been acquired from Pembroke's men, recently at the Swan but broken up in the wake of (and perhaps because of) the trouble the company attracted when it offered "[[Isle of Dogs, The|The Isle of Dogs]]" (p. 188, #118; commentary in heading to Section VIII, p. 187).  
 
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== Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues ==
== Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues ==


[[WorksCited|'''Wiggins, ''Catalogue''''']] (#1089) suggests several continental sources including ''The History of the Franks'' by St. Gregory of Tours and ''Les antiquitiés et histoires Gauloises et Françaises'' by Claude Fauchet as well as the exactly contemporary ''Theatre of God's Judgements'' by Thomas Beard (1597).
[[WorksCited|Wiggins, ''Catalogue'']] (#1089) suggests several continental sources including ''The History of the Franks'' by St. Gregory of Tours and ''Les antiquitiés et histoires Gauloises et Françaises'' by Claude Fauchet as well as the exactly contemporary ''Theatre of God's Judgements'' by Thomas Beard (1597).
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== Critical Commentary ==
== Critical Commentary ==


Beyond modest conjecture on the identity of the titular character and the story in which she (Brunhild) features, [[WorksCited|'''Fleay, ''BCED''''']] (2.306, #203) and [[WorksCited|'''Greg II''']] (p. 188, #118) add only that a play attributed to John Fletcher, ''Thierry and Theodoret'' (1621), dramatized the same subject.  
Neither [[WorksCited|Malone]] (p. 308) nor [[WorksCited|Collier]] (p. 93) appears to have included "Branhowlte" on the playlists in their editions of Henslowe's diary. Beyond modest conjecture on the identity of the titular character and the story in which she (Brunhild) features, [[WorksCited|Fleay, ''BCED'']] (2.306, #203) and [[WorksCited|Greg II]] ( #118, p. 188) add only that a play attributed to John Fletcher, ''Thierry and Theodoret'' (1621), dramatized the same subject.  


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'''Gurr''', puzzling over the payment of 10s. to William Haughton on 5 November 1597 that directly precedes the payment for the cloth of gold for "Branholt," muses that "it is not possible to identify what play Haughton was being paid for unless it was ''Branholt'' (p. 230 n.72).
'''Gurr''', puzzling over the payment of 10s. to William Haughton on 5 November 1597 that directly precedes the payment for the cloth of gold for "Branholt," muses that "it is not possible to identify what play Haughton was being paid for unless it was ''Branholt''" (p. 230 n.72).


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[[WorksCited|'''Wiggins, ''Catalogue''']] observes that the Admiral's men acquired several plays along with ''Brunhild'' that required "striking women's costumes" (for example, "[[Black Joan|Black Joan]]" #1108 and "[[Alice Pierce|Alice Perrers]]" #1091); see his commentary for further conjecture on possible repertorial consequences of these acquisitions (#1089).  
[[WorksCited|Wiggins, ''Catalogue'']] observes that the Admiral's men acquired several plays along with ''Brunhild'' that required "striking women's costumes" (for example, "[[Black Joan|Black Joan]]" #1108 and "[[Alice Pierce|Alice Perrers]]" #1091); see his commentary for further conjecture on possible repertorial consequences of these acquisitions (#1089).  
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Historical Records

Payments

For apparel in Philip Henslowe's diary

Fol. 43v (Greg I, 82)
lent vnto Robarte shaw for the company to bye viij }
yr of clothe of gow[e]lde for the womones gowne in bran } iiijli
howlte the 26 of novmbʒ 1597 the some of }


Inventories

Philip Henslowe's papers in the Dulwich College Library

List of apparel

Greg, Papers: (APX. I, art. 1, p. 115. l. 29)

Under the heading “The Enventary of the Clownes Sewtes and Hermetes Swetes, with dievers other sewtes, as follweth, 1598, the 10 of March:
Item, ... branhowlttes bodeys



List of playbooks

Greg, Papers (APX. I, art. 1, p. 121. l. 193)

Under the heading “A Note of all suche bookes as belong to the Stocke, and such as I have bought since the 3d of Marche 1598:
Brunhowlle.


Theatrical Provenance

"Brunhild" (modernization of "Branhowlte" by Harbage, also Wiggins, Catalogue #1089) was acquired by the Admiral's men by November 1597 and brought to the stage at the Rose soon after. Greg II thinks that the play had been acquired from Pembroke's men, recently at the Swan but broken up in the wake of (and perhaps because of) the trouble the company attracted when it offered "The Isle of Dogs" (p. 188, #118; commentary in heading to Section VIII, p. 187).

Probable Genre(s)

Tragedy ? (Harbage)

Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

Wiggins, Catalogue (#1089) suggests several continental sources including The History of the Franks by St. Gregory of Tours and Les antiquitiés et histoires Gauloises et Françaises by Claude Fauchet as well as the exactly contemporary Theatre of God's Judgements by Thomas Beard (1597).

References to the Play

Information welcome.

Critical Commentary

Neither Malone (p. 308) nor Collier (p. 93) appears to have included "Branhowlte" on the playlists in their editions of Henslowe's diary. Beyond modest conjecture on the identity of the titular character and the story in which she (Brunhild) features, Fleay, BCED (2.306, #203) and Greg II ( #118, p. 188) add only that a play attributed to John Fletcher, Thierry and Theodoret (1621), dramatized the same subject.


Gurr, puzzling over the payment of 10s. to William Haughton on 5 November 1597 that directly precedes the payment for the cloth of gold for "Branholt," muses that "it is not possible to identify what play Haughton was being paid for unless it was Branholt" (p. 230 n.72).


Wiggins, Catalogue observes that the Admiral's men acquired several plays along with Brunhild that required "striking women's costumes" (for example, "Black Joan" #1108 and "Alice Perrers" #1091); see his commentary for further conjecture on possible repertorial consequences of these acquisitions (#1089).

For What It's Worth


Information welcome.



Works Cited

Gurr, Andrew. Shakespeare’s Opposites: The Admiral’s Company 1594-1625. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.



Site created and maintained by Roslyn L. Knutson, Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; 1 July 2019.