Mother Redcap

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Michael Drayton and Anthony Munday (1597)


Historical Records

Henslowe's Diary

F37v / Greg 1.70:

layde owt the 22 of desemb[er] 1597 for a boocke called } iijll
mother Readcape to antony monday & mr drayton . . . . }


F43v / Greg 1.82:

layd owt the 22 of desemb[er] 1597 for a boocke called } iijll
mother Read cape to antony monday & drayton . . . . . }
layd owt the 28 of desemb[er] 1597 for the boocke called } vs
mother Read cape to antoney mondaye . . . . . . . . . . . . }


F44 / Greg 1.83:

layd owt for my lord admeralles meane as foloweth 1597
1597
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pd vnto antony monday & drayton for the laste .}
payment of the Boocke of mother Readcape the } lvs
5 of Jenewary 1597 the some of . . . . . . . . . . . .}


Theatrical Provenance

Admiral's men.


Probable Genre(s)

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Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

Greg notes that " 'Mother redd cappe her last will and Testament,' presumably a chapbook, was entered S. R. 10 Mar. 1595." (2.189).


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