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==Historical Records==
==Historical Records==


===Complaint brought before the wardens of the Carpenters' Company, 15 July 1567===
'''Complaint brought before the wardens of the Carpenters' Company, 15 July 1567'''


GL. MS 4329/1
GL. MS 4329/1<br>
(transcribed here from ''Records of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters'', ed. Bower Marsh, III, 95-6 (Oxford, 1915) and qtd in Wickham, 291)
(as qtd in Wickham, 291, from the transcription in ''Records of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters'', ed. Bower Marsh, III, 95-6 [Oxford, 1915])


<blockquote>... And that the said John Brayne on saturday [19 July] next ensuing the date above written shall pay to the said William Sylvester the sum of £8 10s lawful money of England, and that after the play which is called ''The Story of Samson'' be once played at the place aforesaid the said John shall deliver to the said William such bonds as are now in his custody for the performance of the bargain. ...</blockquote>
<blockquote>... And that the said John Brayne on saturday [19 July] next ensuing the date above written shall pay to the said William Sylvester the sum of £8 10s lawful money of England, and that after the play which is called ''The Story of Samson'' be once played at the place aforesaid the said John shall deliver to the said William such bonds as are now in his custody for the performance of the bargain. ...</blockquote>


===Court of King's Bench, January/February 1569===


NA. KB 27/1229/m. 30.


==Theatrical Provenance==


''The Story of Samson'' was to be performed at the [[Red Lion]] playhouse. On 15 July 1567 John Brayne, grocer, lodged a complaint with the wardens of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters against William Sylvester, carpenter, about the quality of Sylvester's carpentry on "the house called the Red Lion in the parish of Stepney" (as qtd in Wickham, 291).


==Theatrical Provenance==
A lawsuit in the Court of King's Bench in Hilary term 11 Elizabeth (1569) provides further details about the structure of the playhouse, its workmen, and its finances but does not mention a playing company or players.


TNA. KB 27/1229/m. 30.




==Probable Genre(s)==


==Probable Genre(s)==


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==For What It's Worth==
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==Works Cited==
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<div style="padding-left: 2em; text-indent: -2em">Loengard, Janet S. "An Elizabethan Lawsuit: John Brayne, his Carpenter, and the Building of the Red Lion Theatre," ''Shakespeare Quarterly'' 34 (1983): 298-310. </div> <br>
 




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Revision as of 12:12, 14 June 2011

Anon. (>1567)


Historical Records

Complaint brought before the wardens of the Carpenters' Company, 15 July 1567

GL. MS 4329/1
(as qtd in Wickham, 291, from the transcription in Records of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters, ed. Bower Marsh, III, 95-6 [Oxford, 1915])

... And that the said John Brayne on saturday [19 July] next ensuing the date above written shall pay to the said William Sylvester the sum of £8 10s lawful money of England, and that after the play which is called The Story of Samson be once played at the place aforesaid the said John shall deliver to the said William such bonds as are now in his custody for the performance of the bargain. ...


Theatrical Provenance

The Story of Samson was to be performed at the Red Lion playhouse. On 15 July 1567 John Brayne, grocer, lodged a complaint with the wardens of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters against William Sylvester, carpenter, about the quality of Sylvester's carpentry on "the house called the Red Lion in the parish of Stepney" (as qtd in Wickham, 291).

A lawsuit in the Court of King's Bench in Hilary term 11 Elizabeth (1569) provides further details about the structure of the playhouse, its workmen, and its finances but does not mention a playing company or players.

TNA. KB 27/1229/m. 30.


Probable Genre(s)

Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

References to the Play

Critical Commentary

For What It's Worth

Works Cited

Loengard, Janet S. "An Elizabethan Lawsuit: John Brayne, his Carpenter, and the Building of the Red Lion Theatre," Shakespeare Quarterly 34 (1983): 298-310.




Site created and maintained by Roslyn L. Knutson, Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; updated 14 June 2011.