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==Theatrical Provenance== | ==Theatrical Provenance== | ||
This play is not known except on Hill's List, and therefore cannot be ascribed to a particular company or dated beyond Bentley's usual formula: "The list seems to have been Hill's record of the stock of some bookseller, set down between 1677 and 1703, but it is notable that nearly all the identifiable plays and playwrights of the list are Jacobean or Caroline" (Bentley, 5.1283). | This play is not known except on Hill's List, and therefore cannot be ascribed to a particular company or dated beyond Bentley's usual formula: "The list seems to have been Hill's record of the stock of some bookseller, set down between 1677 and 1703, but it is notable that nearly all the identifiable plays and playwrights of the list are Jacobean or Caroline" (Bentley, 5.1283). | ||
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==Probable Genre(s)== | ==Probable Genre(s)== | ||
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==Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues== | ==Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues== | ||
None known | None known | ||
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==References to the Play== | ==References to the Play== | ||
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==Critical Commentary== | ==Critical Commentary== | ||
The play dealt with the story of Pandora's box | The play dealt with the story of Pandora's box. Beyond this, it is difficult to go. | ||
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Adams noted that "The story of Pandora's box might well have served an academic dramatist, but no record of a Latin play on the theme is | |||
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==For What It's Worth== | ==For What It's Worth== | ||
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==Works Cited== | ==Works Cited== | ||
Adams, Joseph Quincy. “Hill’s List of Early Plays in Manuscript.” ''The Library'' 4th Ser., 20.1 (1939): 71-99. | Adams, Joseph Quincy. “Hill’s List of Early Plays in Manuscript.” ''The Library'' 4th Ser., 20.1 (1939): 71-99. | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:02, 1 August 2018
Historical Records
The fiftieth and fifty-first items on Hill's List of Early Plays in Manuscript are:
- Pandorae Pyxis
- Aleumista
They are covered with a brace, and the annotation "Latin".
Theatrical Provenance
This play is not known except on Hill's List, and therefore cannot be ascribed to a particular company or dated beyond Bentley's usual formula: "The list seems to have been Hill's record of the stock of some bookseller, set down between 1677 and 1703, but it is notable that nearly all the identifiable plays and playwrights of the list are Jacobean or Caroline" (Bentley, 5.1283).
Probable Genre(s)
Unknown
Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues
None known
References to the Play
None known
Critical Commentary
The play dealt with the story of Pandora's box. Beyond this, it is difficult to go.
Adams noted that "The story of Pandora's box might well have served an academic dramatist, but no record of a Latin play on the theme is
to be found. (Killigrew's Pandora, acted in 1663 and printed in 1664, was in English)" (98).
For What It's Worth
(Information welcome)
Works Cited
Adams, Joseph Quincy. “Hill’s List of Early Plays in Manuscript.” The Library 4th Ser., 20.1 (1939): 71-99.
Site created and maintained by Matthew Steggle, Sheffield Hallam University; updated 13 June 2011.