Eusebius, Timotheus, Theophilus (Folger MS X.d.390)

Anon. (unknown date)

Historical Records

Folger Shakespeare Library MS fragment

Two small quarto leaves (three pages of writing) of this lost play exist (Folger MS. X.d.390 (1-2)):

Folger X.d.390, fol.1a (Click here for transcription)	Folger X.d.390, fol.1b (Click here for transcription).	Folger X.d.390, fol.2a (Click here for transcription).

Reproduced by permission of the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Fols.1a & 1b are from the play in a state of composition, with heavy deletions and irregularities. Fol.2a is a fair copy of part of the same content.

Theatrical Provenance

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Probable Genre(s)

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References to the Play

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For What It's Worth

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Works Cited

Anon. Dramatic fragment in verse [manuscript], ca. 1630. Folger MS X.d.390 (1-2).

Proudfoot, G. R. “Five Dramatic Fragments,” Collections, Volume IX. The Malone Society. Oxford: OUP, 1971 (1977). pp.52-75. Print.

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