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The play dealt with the story of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora%27s_box | The play dealt with the story of Pandora's box [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora%27s_box]. Beyond this, it is difficult to go. | ||
==For What It's Worth== | ==For What It's Worth== | ||
Revision as of 04:30, 13 June 2011
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 [1]. Beyond this, it is difficult to go.
For What It's Worth
Works Cited
Adams, Joseph Quincy. “Hill’s List of Early Plays in Manuscript.” The Library 4th Ser., 20.1 (1939): 71-99.
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