Famous Wars of Henry I and the Prince of Wales
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Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Michael Drayton (1598)
Historical Records
Payments to Playwrights (Henslowe's Diary)
F. 45 (Greg, I.85)
- Lent vnto drayton & cheattell the 13 of marche 1598
- in parte payments of a boocke wher in is a parte of
- a weallche man written wch they have promysed to delyuer
- by the xx day next followinge J saye lent R money ............. } xxxxs
- lent vnto the company to paye drayton & dyckers
- & chetell ther full payment for the boocke called
- the famos wares of henry the first & the prynce
- of walles the some of ........................................ } iiili vs
Payments, Miscellaneous (Henslowe's Diary)
F. 45 (Greg, I.85)
- lent at that tyme vnto the company for to spend
- at the Readynge of that boocke at the sonne in
- new fyshstreate ................................................. } vs
Theatrical Provenance
Probable Genre(s)
Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues
References to the Play
Critical Commentary
Greg assumed that the play addressed the conflicts of Henry I with either Gruffydd ab Rhys, Prince of South Wales, or Gruffydd ab Cynan, Prince of North Wales (II.191-2, #130). He was inclined to follow Fleay's lead
For What It's Worth
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