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However, there is a unique extant copy of the story in verse, held at the National Trust Library at Deene Park ([http://estc.bl.uk/S94734 ESTC])
However, there is a unique extant copy of the story in verse, held at the National Trust Library at Deene Park ([http://estc.bl.uk/S94734 ESTC])
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==References to the Play==
==References to the Play==

Revision as of 21:49, 9 December 2014

William Shakespeare (attrib.) (1613?)


Historical Records

Stationers' Register

4 August 1626 (S.R. 4.164-65, CLIO)

Edward Brewster Robert Birde. Assigned ouer vnto them by Mistris Pavier and Consent of a full Court of Assistantes all the estate right title and Interest which Master Thomas Pavier her late husband had in the Copies here after mencioned . . . . . . . . xxviijs./
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The history of HENRY the FIFT and the play of the same
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Master Paviers right in SHAKESPERES plaies or any of them
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Sir JOHN OLD CASTLE a play
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TYTUS and ANDRONICUS
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Historye of HAMBLETT
EURIOLUS and LUCRETIA




8 November 1630 (S.R. 4.208, CLIO)

Richard Cotes. Assigned ouer vnto him by master Bird and Consent of a full Court holden this day All his estate right and interest in the Copies hereafter menconed . . . . . . iiijs.
HENRYE the FIFT
Sir JOHN OLDCASTLE
TITUS and ANDRONICUS
EUREOLUS and LUCRETIA
YORKE and LANCASTER
Agincourt
PERSILES
HAMBLET.
Yorkeshire Tragedie



21 August 1683 (S.R.2, 3.181-89, CLIO)

Master Robt Scott. Entred then for his Bookes or Coppyes by vertue of an assignmt under the hand and seale of MRS SARAH MARTIN, relict and executrix of the last will and testamt of John Martin late Cittizen and Stationer of London, deceased, her late husband, bearing date the fourteenth day of June Anno Dom 1681, and by order of Court of the seaventh of Novemr, 1681, these severall bookes or coppyes or parts of bookes or coppyes hereafter menconed wch did formerly belong to the said John Martin decd. Salvo jure cujuscunque, viz:

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Shakespeare.
Henry the 5th
Sr John Old Castle
Titus Androneus
Eurialus & Lucretia
Yorke and Lancaster
Agincourt
Pericles
Hamlett
Yorkesheire Tragedy
The Tempest
Gentlemen of Verona
Measure for measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½.
Commedie of errors
As you like it
Alls well that ends well
Twelve nights
Winter's tale
The 3d part of Hen 6th
Hen: 8th
Coriolanus
Timon of Athens
Julius Caesar
Mackbeth
Anthony and Cleopatra
Cymbelyne


Theatrical Provenance

If this was a play, its provenance is unknown; presumably it would have been performed by the Lord Chamberlain's / King's men.


Probable Genre(s)

Romance.


Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

The Lucretia of the title is not that of Shakespeare's Rape of Lucrece (though such confusion over her identity may explain the attribution of this title to Shakespeare). This Lucretia's story was first written by Aeneas Sylvius (later Pope Pius II) in c.1440.

English translations include:

Anon. (Pope Pius II), The m[ost] excell[ent] historie, of Euryalus and Lucresia. Trans. William Braunche. London: Printed by Thomas Creede, and are to be solde by William Barley, at his shop in Gratious streete; neare Leaden Hall, 1596.

(If Shakespeare had written a play on this topic, this may have been the most convenient source text to consult for inspiration.)

The historie of Eurialus and Lucretia. Written in Latine by Eneas Sylvius; and translated into English by Charles Allen, Gent. Printed at London: By Tho. Cotes, for William Cooke, and are to be sold at his shop neere Furnivalls Inne Gate in Holborne, 1639. STC (2nd ed.) / 19973.

Neither of these might be mistaken for a play by a stationer, however, as both are in prose and do not resemble drama in any way.

However, there is a unique extant copy of the story in verse, held at the National Trust Library at Deene Park (ESTC)


References to the Play

None known; information welcome.


Critical Commentary

Harbage and Schoenbaum gave little credence to the SR entries, noting “Euriolus (i.e. Euryalus) and Lucretia, sometimes incorrectly listed as a play.” (Index, 248).


For What It's Worth

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Works Cited

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