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Scott McMillin summarizes the historical documents | Scott McMillin summarizes the historical documents. | ||
Grace Ioppolo compares the rates of pay with other Jonson masques and points out that Jonson may have acted in the masque too. | Grace Ioppolo compares the rates of pay with other Jonson masques and points out that Jonson may have acted in the masque too. | ||
Revision as of 18:01, 2 February 2012
Historical Records
Records at Hatfield house include bills for this entertainment, with payments to Ben Jonson (playwright), Edward Alleyn (actor), Inigo Jones (set design), and a juggler and conjurer.
Theatrical Provenance
This was performed at Salisbury House and hosted by the Earl of Salisbury. The show was performed between the 5th and 11th of May, 1608.
Probable Genre(s)
Royal Entertainment (Schoenbaum Second Supplement to Harbage)
Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues
None known.
References to the Play
None known.
Critical Commentary
Scott McMillin summarizes the historical documents.
Grace Ioppolo compares the rates of pay with other Jonson masques and points out that Jonson may have acted in the masque too.
For What It's Worth
Feel free to add thoughts.
Works Cited
Ioppolo, Grace. Dramatists and their Manuscripts in the Age of Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton and Heywood. New York: Routledge, 2006, p. 53.
McMillin, Scott. "Jonson's Early Entertainments: New Information from Hatfield House." Renaissance Drama, n.s. 1 (1968): 155-166.
Schoenbaum, S. Annals of English Drama 975-1700: A Second Supplement to the Revised Edition Evanston, IL: Northwestern U, 1970, p. 3.
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