Play about the Duke of Florence (BL Add MS 88878)

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Anon. (Webster?) (1630s)


Historical Records

BL Add MS 88878 (images)

This play exists only as a manuscript fragment, being a single sheet of paper (2 folios / 4 pages) in length (BL Add MS 88878):

BL Add MS 88878 1r sml.jpg BL Add MS 88878 1v sml.jpg
BL Add MS 88878, fol.1r. BL Add MS 88878, fol.1v.
BL Add MS 88878 2r sml.jpg BL Add MS 88878 2v sml.jpg
BL Add MS 88878, fol.2r. BL Add MS 88878, fol.2v.

All images (c) British Library. Reproduced by permission.


NB. The above images have been cropped into pages to display the text in order. The following openings illustrate the sheet of paper itself:

BL Add MS 88878 2v-1r thumb.jpg BL Add MS 88878 1v-2r thumb.jpg
BL Add MS 88878, fol.2v-1r. BL Add MS 88878, fol.1v-2r.




BL Add MS 88878 (transcription)





Theatrical Provenance

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Probable Genre(s)

Tragedy.


Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

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References to the Play

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Critical Commentary

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For What It's Worth

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Works Cited

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