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==Theatrical Provenance==
==Theatrical Provenance==


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The sum paid by Henslowe suggests the play was new and completed; it would therefore presumably have been performed in the late summer of 1598 by the Admiral's at the Rose.
 
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==Probable Genre(s)==
==Probable Genre(s)==

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Thomas Dekker, Michael Drayton, and Robert Wilson (1598)

NB. sometimes referred to as "Part 1" or as "Worse Afeared than Hurt", owing to a series of alterations in Henslowe's diary (see below).

Historical Records

Payments to Playwrights (Henslowe's Diary)

F.47v (Greg 1.90)

lent vnto mr willsone the 17 of July 1598 }
in earneste of a comodye called haneballe & } xs
hearmes the some of . . . . . . . . . . }
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li s d lent vnto mr willson mr drayton & mr dickers }
101 -12 -8 the 17 of July 1598 for a Boocke called Haneballe } iijll
& hermes the some of . . . . . . . . . . }



F.48 (Greg 1.91)

lent vnto mr willsone the 26 of July 1598 vpon }
a Boocke called Haneballe & hermes the some of } xxs
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Lent vnto mr willso drayton & mr dickers the }
27 of July 1598 in pt of a Boocke called Haneballe } xxxs
& Hermes the some of . . . . . . . . . . }
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pd vnto mr drayton & mr deckers the 28 of July }
1598 in full payment of a boocke called haneball } xs
& hermes other wisse called worsse feared then hurte }


NB. At this point in Henslowe's records, a total of £6 10s had already been paid to Wilson, Drayton and Dekker for their play -- a figure which corresponds approximately to the price of an entirely new play being purchased in full. However, the final entry on 28 July 1598 supplies an alternative title for the play, "worsse feared then hurte". The following entries may therefore be relevant in that they refer to a play of that alternative name, but given the expenditure for that title (£5) it seems more likely to be a discrete play altogether (see, therefore, the entry for "Worse Afeared Than Hurt").

F. 50 (Greg 1.95)

Lent vnto the company the 30 of aguste 1598 }
to geue in earneste of a boocke called bad } ls
may a mende worse a feard than hurte vnto mr drayton & dickers }
the some of . . . . . . . . . . }



Lent vnto the company the 4 of aguste [sic, September] 1598 }
to paye in fulle payment for a Boocke called } ls
worse a feared then hurte vnto mr drayton }
& mr dickers the some of . . . . . . . . . . }



NB. Henslowe also mistakenly applied the alternative "Worse Afeared Than Hurt" title to another play, "Chance Medley", but realised his error and corrected it:
F. 49v (Greg I.94)

pd vnto mr. drayton the 24 of aguste 1598 }
in fulle payment of a Boocke called chance } xxxvs
medley [or worse a feared then [hurte] the] some of . . }

File:HADP f49v snippet.jpg
(Henslowe-Alleyn Digitisation Project, MSS 7, fol.49v)


Theatrical Provenance

The sum paid by Henslowe suggests the play was new and completed; it would therefore presumably have been performed in the late summer of 1598 by the Admiral's at the Rose.


Probable Genre(s)

Comedy (Henslowe); Unknown (Harbage).


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