Hill's List of Early Plays in Manuscript
The following list of early plays in manuscript was recorded by book collector Abraham Hill (1635-1721). It is reproduced from pages 73-74 of
Joseph Quincy Adams, “Hill’s List of Early Plays in Manuscript.” The Library 4th Ser., 20.1 (1939): 71-99. Print.
1 | ………. | The Conquerors custome or the fair prisoner | Tho Middleton | |
2 | The white Moor | Tho Decker | ||
3 | Christianetta or Marriage & hanging goe by destiny | Chapman & Brome | ||
4 | The wrongd Widows tragedy | |||
5 | The Lovers holiday or the Beare | |||
6 | All is not Gold that glisters | |||
7 | Look on me & Love me or marriage in the dark | |||
8 | The Witch of Edmonton | Will. Sh | ||
9 | The painted Lady | |||
10 | Spanish preferment | |||
11 | disguises or love in disguise, a pettycoat voyage | Th. Decker | ||
12 | mull sack or the looking glass the Bachelor or the Hawk | |||
13 | the Welch Embassador or a Comedy in disguises | Tho Dekker | ||
14 | Your 5 gallants (is in print) | |||
15 | The Wandring Jew | |||
16 | a Citty shew on the L. Mayors day | Tho Dekker | ||
17 | Roxolana or the Ambitious stepdame | |||
18 | Osman the Turk or the Ottoman custome | |||
19 | More then 9 days wonder Two constant women | |||
20 | The fatal banquet | |||
21 | Valentinian or Rapes Revenge | |||
22 | a match without money or the Wiues prise | |||
23 | The younger Brother or male Curtesan | |||
24 | the widdow captain | |||
25 | the white witch of Westminster or Love in a Lunacy | |||
26 | the Dutch painter & the french brawle | |||
27 | a Gentleman no Gentleman a metamorphosed Courtier | |||
Actors Eustace, frampole, friswood &c | ||||
28 | Philip of macedon | |||
29 | the Triumph of Jnnocence | |||
30 | 2 Christmas tale or the Knight & the Cobbler | Philip Lane | ||
31 | a Court Purge | |||
32 | The Cloudy Queen & singing moor. | (2 Copies) | ||
33 | The City night cap. | |||
34 | Tereus with a pastoral | M.A | ||
Actors. Agnostus Eupathus &c | ||||
Actors Mufti Nassuf &c | ||||
35 | the 2 Spanish Gentlemen | |||
36 | Challenge for beauty (is in print) | Tho Heywood | ||
37 | The unfaithfull wife | |||
38 | a way to make a knaue honest. | |||
39 | the ambitious brother | G. Buc | ||
40 | Mustpaha | |||
41 | the noble husbands | Henry Glapthor[ne] | ||
Actors Cataloche le dirard &c | ||||
42 | the widdows prise or the woman Captain | |||
43 | Believe it is so & tis so | Th. Decker | ||
44 | the Lovers holyday | |||
45 | Loves infancy | |||
46 | The marriage night | |||
47 | the tragedy of Tomerania | |||
48 | the false friend | |||
49 | Tradeways Tragedy | |||
50 | Pandorae Pyxis | } Latin. | ||
51 | Aleumista | } |