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<blockquote>Until recently (Kathman 2004), the entire theater history community believed that the Plot of ''2 Seven Deadly Sins'', and thus the play which the Plot plots, belonged to Lord Strange's men. The reasons for this company assignment are given in some detail below ([[#Critical Commentary|Critical Commentary]]. Suffice it here to say that the Plot was preserved at Dulwich College, which Edward Alleyn founded and to which he gave a substantial number of documents from his theatrical career. Alleyn, in May 1593, was a member of Strange's players, even though he retained his identification as a servant of the Lord Admiral. </blockquote> | |||
===Chamberlain's Players=== | ===Chamberlain's Players=== | ||
<blockquote>In 2004, David Kathman re-examined the evidence provided by the names of players in the Plot, and based on fresh biographical evidence he argued that the Plot had belonged to the Chamberlain's players. He challenged Alleyn as the presumed source of the document, attributing its provenance instead to William Cartwright, junior. Based on the casting assignments in the Plot and the probably ages of the players, Kathman assigned the Plot (and its play) to 1597-8, which made its venue one of the Shoreditch houses, either the Theater or Curtain.</blockquote> | |||
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==Probable Genre(s)== | ==Probable Genre(s)== |
Revision as of 16:12, 17 September 2012
Anon. (Richard Tarlton?) (<1591 ?, >1597?)
Historical Records
Plot
Theatrical Provenance
Strange's Players
Until recently (Kathman 2004), the entire theater history community believed that the Plot of 2 Seven Deadly Sins, and thus the play which the Plot plots, belonged to Lord Strange's men. The reasons for this company assignment are given in some detail below (Critical Commentary. Suffice it here to say that the Plot was preserved at Dulwich College, which Edward Alleyn founded and to which he gave a substantial number of documents from his theatrical career. Alleyn, in May 1593, was a member of Strange's players, even though he retained his identification as a servant of the Lord Admiral.
Chamberlain's Players
In 2004, David Kathman re-examined the evidence provided by the names of players in the Plot, and based on fresh biographical evidence he argued that the Plot had belonged to the Chamberlain's players. He challenged Alleyn as the presumed source of the document, attributing its provenance instead to William Cartwright, junior. Based on the casting assignments in the Plot and the probably ages of the players, Kathman assigned the Plot (and its play) to 1597-8, which made its venue one of the Shoreditch houses, either the Theater or Curtain.
Probable Genre(s)
Moral playlets
Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues
Tarlton's play, The Seven Deadly Sins
References to the Play
None known; Harvey and Nashe?
Critical Commentary
Greg
McMillin
Bradley
McMillin and MacLean
Kathman
Tribble
Stern
For What It's Worth
For the fullest picture of the argumentative network concerning The Second Part of the Seven Deadly Sins, consult also the entries for The Seven Deadly Sins, Three Plays in One, Four Plays in One, Five Plays in One (Queen's, 1585), and Five Plays in One (Admiral's, 1597).
Keep an eye out for the history of Lord Strange's players, forthcoming by Lawrence Manley and Sally-Beth MacLean
Works Cited
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