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== References to the Play ==
== References to the Play ==


It is a good guess that Thomas Heywood was remembering one or more commercial plays featuring Hercules when he referred in "An Apology for Actors" to actions he had seen dramatized. This pair is the only one known now, but of course there could have been others, given the popularity of the Herculean character.
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== Critical Commentary ==
== Critical Commentary ==

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Historical Records

Performance Records

Playlists in Philip Henslowe's diary


Fol. 11v (Greg I.22)
ye 7 of maye 1595 . . . . . . . . . ne . . Rd at the firste ꝑte of herculous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijl xiijs


Fol. 12v (Greg I.24)
ye 20 of maye 1595 Rd at hercolas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijl ixs
ye 23 of maye 1595 . . . . . ne . . Rd at 2 ꝑ of hercolas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijl xs
ye 27 of maye 1595 Rd at j ꝑte of herculos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iil
ye 28 of maye 1595 Rd at 2 ꝑte of herculas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijl ijs
ye 12 of June 1595 Rd at the j ꝑt of herculos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijl js
ye 13 of June 1595 Rd at the 2 ꝑt of herculos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijl ijs
ye 1 of septmbʒ 1595 ————— Rd at j ꝑte of hercvlos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijl iiijs
ye 2 of septmbʒ 1595 Rd at 2 ꝑte of hercvlos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijl


Fol. 13 (Greg I.25)
ye 22 of septmbʒ 1595 ————— Rd at j ꝑte of herculos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxjs
ye 23 of septmbʒ 1595 Rd at 2 ꝑt of herculos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiijs
ye 12 of octobʒ 1595 ————— Rd at j ꝑte of herculos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxixs
ye 13 of octobʒ 1595 ————— Rd at 2 ꝑte of herculus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvs
ye 25 of octobʒ 1595 ————— Rd at j ꝑte of herculos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxijs
ye 2 of novmbʒ 1595 ————— Rd at the 2 ꝑt of hercolas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxviijs


Fol. 14 (Greg, I. 27)
ye 24 of novmbʒ 1595 ———— Rd at j herculos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxs
ye 25 of novmbʒ 1595 Rd at 2 ꝑt of herculos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvjs
ye 18 of desembʒ 1595 . . mr pd . . Rd at j ꝑt of herculos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiijs
ye 6 of Jenewary 1595 Rd at hurculos the j ꝑte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxs

Theatrical Provenance

Probable Genre(s)

Classical Harbage

Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

No doubt the traditional resources for stories of ancient mythology and heroic legend provided the narrative material for both parts of the "Hercules" plays.



References to the Play

It is a good guess that Thomas Heywood was remembering one or more commercial plays featuring Hercules when he referred in "An Apology for Actors" to actions he had seen dramatized. This pair is the only one known now, but of course there could have been others, given the popularity of the Herculean character.

Critical Commentary

Malone asserted without supporting evidence that "Hercules" was "written by Martin Slaughter" (p.297, n.7).


Collier also attributes the authorship of both parts to Martin Slaughter (p. 51, n.3). He claimed that the authorship was confirmed "[i]n another part of the Diary," but did not specify which


Fleay, BCED

Greg II


Gurr



Wiggins, Catalogue



For What It's Worth

Works Cited




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