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Anon. (1594)

This page is under construction.

Historical Records

Performance Records (Henslowe’s Diary)

F.10v (Greg I.20):
ye 8 of novemb[er] 1594
ne . .
R[d] at seser & pompie
iijll ijs

ye 14 of novembe[er] 1594
R[d] at sesor & pompie
xxxvs

ye 25 of novemb[er] 1594
R[d] at seser and pompey
xxxijs

ye 10 of desemb[er] 1594
R[d] at seser
xijs




F.11 (Greg I.21):
ye 18 of Jenewary 1594
R[d] at seaser
xxvs

ye j of febreary 1594
R[d] at seaser
xxiiijs




F.11v (Greg I.22):
ye 6 of marche 1595
R[d] at seaser
xxs




F.12v (Greg I.24):
ye 25 of June 1595
R[d] at the j pte of seaser
xxijs












Theatrical Provenance

It was first performed by the Admiral's Men at the Rose on Friday 8 November 1594. It was performed three more times in 1594 and four more times in 1595.


Probable Genre(s)

Classical history (Harbage).



Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues






References to the Play

None known.


Critical Commentary

Parrott (440) conjectured as follows:

The Admiral's Company in 1594 stood under the leadership of Alleyn, and were, in their choice of tragedies, dominated by the tradition of Marlowe. A glance through the pages of Henslowe's Diary for 1594 shows us what sort of tragedies they preferred; from June 3, 1594, to March 14, 1595 we have an unbroken series of plays. . . . Seser and pompie stands well up among other plays, with a record of seven performances between Nov. 8, 1594, and March 14, 1595, and was revived once more in connection with a less successful

second part on Jime 25, 1595. . . . Now, if we may argue from the known to the unknown, have we not reason to suppose that the Admiral's play was a vigorous chronicle of the wars of Caesar and Pompey with plenty of action to tickle the groundlings, and, I fancy, a

fine mouth-filling part for Alleyne as Caesar?




For What It's Worth





Works Cited

Parrott, Thomas Marc. "The 'Academic Tragedy' of Caesar and Pompey." Modern Language Review 5 (1910), 435-44.




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