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'''F. 43<sup>v</sup> ([http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowesdiary00unkngoog#page/n142/mode/1up Greg, I.82])'''
'''F. 43<sup>v</sup> ([http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowesdiary00unkngoog#page/n142/mode/1up Greg, I.82])'''


:layd owt vnto Robarte shawe to by a boocke for the
:companey the 21 of octob''er'' 1597 the some of ………… xxxx<sup>s</sup>
:called the cobler<span style="color: white;">…………  </span style="color: white;">  wittnes<span style="color: white;">…………  </span style="color: white;"> E Alleyn
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===Henslowe's Inventory of Playbooks===
===Henslowe's Inventory of Playbooks===


''A Note of all suche bookes as belong to the Stocke, and such as I have bought since the 3<sup>d</sup> of March'' 1598 ([http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowepapersbe00hensuoft#page/121/mode/1up Greg, ''Papers'', 121])
:''A Note of all suche bookes as belong to the Stocke, and such as I have bought since the 3<sup>d</sup> of March'' 1598 ([http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowepapersbe00hensuoft#page/121/mode/1up Greg, ''Papers'', 121])


::Cobler quen hive.
::Cobler quen hive.
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==Theatrical Provenance==
==Theatrical Provenance==


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==Probable Genre(s)==
==Probable Genre(s)==


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Comedy (Harbage)




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==Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues==
==Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues==


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Unknown.
 
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==References to the Play==
==References to the Play==


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None known.
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==Critical Commentary==


Greg adds the duplicate entries in the diary (F. 37, F. 43<sup>v</sup>) to the entry in Henslowe's inventory to get the title, "The Cobbler of Queenhithe" (II.188, item 116); he considers it "[p]robably an old play." He takes the spelling, "Queenhithe" from George Peele's ''Edward I''. Harbage spells the word "Queenheath."
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==Critical Commentary==
'''Knutson''', following Chambers, classifies "The Cobbler of Queenhithe" as a secondhand play (119, 160).
 
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'''Gurr'''




==For What It's Worth==
==For What It's Worth==
 
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==Works Cited==
==Works Cited==
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Revision as of 17:21, 9 October 2012

Anon. (1597)


Historical Records

Henslowe's Diary


F. 37 (Greg, I.69)

Lent vnto Robarte shawe the 23 of october 1597
to by a boocke for the company of my lorde admirals
men & my lord penbrockes the some of ………… xxxxs
called the cobler ………… wittnes
E Alleyn


F. 43v (Greg, I.82)

layd owt vnto Robarte shawe to by a boocke for the
companey the 21 of october 1597 the some of ………… xxxxs
called the cobler………… wittnes………… E Alleyn



Henslowe's Inventory of Playbooks

A Note of all suche bookes as belong to the Stocke, and such as I have bought since the 3d of March 1598 (Greg, Papers, 121)
Cobler quen hive.



Theatrical Provenance

Probable Genre(s)

Comedy (Harbage)


Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

Unknown.

References to the Play

None known.

Critical Commentary

Greg adds the duplicate entries in the diary (F. 37, F. 43v) to the entry in Henslowe's inventory to get the title, "The Cobbler of Queenhithe" (II.188, item 116); he considers it "[p]robably an old play." He takes the spelling, "Queenhithe" from George Peele's Edward I. Harbage spells the word "Queenheath."

Knutson, following Chambers, classifies "The Cobbler of Queenhithe" as a secondhand play (119, 160).

Gurr


For What It's Worth




Works Cited

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