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[http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowesdiary00unkngoog#page/n211/mode/1up Fol.95 / Greg 1.151]:
<blockquote>
:Lay owt for the company to bye buckerom <span style="color: white">. . . . . .</span>}
:for a sewt for the playe of the nvtte to the<span style="color: white">. . . . . .</span>}v<sup>s</sup>
:littell tayller the 4 of desemb[er] 1601 the some of  }
</blockquote>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowesdiary00unkngoog#page/n213/mode/1up F.96 / Greg 1.155]:
<blockquote>
:pd at the apoyntment of the copmanye the<span style="color: white">. . . . . . .</span>}
:18 of Janewary 1601 vnto E Alleyn for iij boockes<span style="color: white">. . . </span>}
:w<sup>ch</sup> were played called the french docter the<span style="color: white">. . . . . </span>} vj<sup>ll</sup>
:massaker of france & the nvtte the some of . . . . .<span style="color: white">. </span>}
</blockquote>





Revision as of 16:40, 25 February 2011

Anon. (1595)


Historical Records

F.12v / Greg 1.24:
ye 1 of septmb[er] 1595 ne . . R[d] at cracke me this nvtte . . . . . . . . . . iijll js
ye 12 of septmb[er] 1595 . . . . . . . . R[d] at cracke me this nutte . . . . . . . . . . iijll
. . . . . . .
F.13 / Greg 1.25:
ye 24 of septmb[er] 1595 R[d] at cracke me this nvtte . . . . . . . . . . xxxxijs
ye 2[7]8 of septmb[er] 1595 ________ ________ R[d] at crack me this nvtte . . . . . . . . . . iijllvjs
ye 8 of octob[er] 1595 R[d] at cracke me this nvtt . . . . . . . . . . xxvjs
ye 24 of octob[er] 1595 R[d] at cracke me this nvtte . . . . . . . . . . xxiijs
ye 5 of novmb[et] 1595 R[d] at cracke me this nvtt . . . . . . . . . . xxiiijs
. . . . . . .
F.14 / Greg 1.27:
ye 18 of novmb[er] 1595 ________ ________ R[d] at cracke me this nvtte . . . . . . . . . . . xxiiijs
ye 6 of desemb[er] 1595 [_______ ________] R[d] at Crack me this nvtt . . . . . . . . . . xvs
ye 2 of Jenewary 1595 R[d] at cracke me this nvtt . . . . . . . . . . ixs
ye 14 of Jenewary 1595 R[d] at cracke me this nvtte . . . . . . . . . . xxiijs
. . . . . . .
F.14v / Greg 1.28:
ye 7 of febreary 1595 R[d] at crack me this nvtt . . . . . . . . . . xixs
. . . . . . .
F.15v / Greg 1.30:
ye 7 of maye 1596 R[d] at cracke me this nvtte . . . . . . . . . . xviijs
. . . . . . .
F.21v / Greg 1.42:
ye 7 of June 1596 ___mr pd___ ________ R[d] at cracke me this nvtte . . . . . . . . . . xxviijs
ye 23 of June 1596 R[d] at cracke me this nvtt . . . . . . . . . . xijs


Fol.95 / Greg 1.151:

Lay owt for the company to bye buckerom . . . . . .}
for a sewt for the playe of the nvtte to the. . . . . .}vs
littell tayller the 4 of desemb[er] 1601 the some of }

F.96 / Greg 1.155:

pd at the apoyntment of the copmanye the. . . . . . .}
18 of Janewary 1601 vnto E Alleyn for iij boockes. . . }
wch were played called the french docter the. . . . . } vjll
massaker of france & the nvtte the some of . . . . .. }


Theatrical Provenance

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Probable Genre(s)

Comedy (?) (Harbage); tragedy? (see For What It's Worth below)


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Critical Commentary

Greg 2.1176 notes that "[t]he phrase was proverbial. It was the sub-title of Pap with a Hatchet, one of the anti-Martinist tracts. It is no doubt the tract and not the play that is alluded to in Old Fortunatus".


For What It's Worth

A hitherto unconsidered possibility is that Crack Me This Nut may not have been a comedy at all, but a King Lear style tragedy. An entry in the Stationers' Register for 20 January 1595/96 reads:

Master Ponsonby. Entred for his copie vnder the hands of the Wardens A booke
Intitled The Paragon of pleasaunt histories . . . vjd
Or this Nutt was neuer Cracked Contayninge a Discourse of a
nobl[e] kinge and his Three sonnes /

(S.R.1, 3.57 / Fol.7)

Unfortunately, like the play, this text appears to be lost.


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