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===Folger Shakespeare Library MS fragment===
===Folger Shakespeare Library MS fragment===
 
(Reproduced by permission of the Folger Shakespeare Library)
Two small quarto leaves (three pages of writing) of this lost play exist (Folger MS. X.d.390 (1-2)):  
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Two small quarto leaves (three pages of writing) of this lost play exist as Folger MS. X.d.390 (1-2):  
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<div style="text-align: center;">''Reproduced by permission of the Folger Shakespeare Library''.</div>
 
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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.
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.
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==Theatrical Provenance==
==Theatrical Provenance==


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Unknown. Proudfoot suspects it might be a university play:
<blockquote>All three pages appear to be in the hands of a single writer using Italian forms for stage directions and speech prefixes and English with some Italian forms for the speeches. The hands resemble some found in Oxford and Cambridge manuscripts of the early seventeenth century and are undoubtedly those of an author in process of composition. The stanzaic verse of lines 43-80 suggests an occasional entertainment, either in a college or a private house, rather than a play.(59)</blockquote>




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


<List possible genres of the play: if noted by a critic, cite them, e.g. "Comedy (Harbage)". If an original speculation, simply list the genre.>
University play? (Proudfoot). Christian subject matter?




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


<Enter any information about possible or known sources. Summarise these sources where practical/possible, or provide an excerpt from another scholar's discussion of the subject if available.>
Eusebius of Caesarea (3rd-4th centuries AD) was one of the church fathers: a bishop, historian and biblical scholar in general.





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Anon. (ca.1630?)


Historical Records

Folger Shakespeare Library MS fragment

(Reproduced by permission of the Folger Shakespeare Library)

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

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

Unknown. Proudfoot suspects it might be a university play:

All three pages appear to be in the hands of a single writer using Italian forms for stage directions and speech prefixes and English with some Italian forms for the speeches. The hands resemble some found in Oxford and Cambridge manuscripts of the early seventeenth century and are undoubtedly those of an author in process of composition. The stanzaic verse of lines 43-80 suggests an occasional entertainment, either in a college or a private house, rather than a play.(59)


Probable Genre(s)

University play? (Proudfoot). Christian subject matter?


Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

Eusebius of Caesarea (3rd-4th centuries AD) was one of the church fathers: a bishop, historian and biblical scholar in general.


References to the Play

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Critical Commentary

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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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