Seven Days of the Week, Parts 1 and 2: Difference between revisions
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[[WorksCited|Collier]] provided a note to the entry of "Seven Days of the Week" on 3 June 1595 with which everyone who works with lost plays can sympathize; he | [[WorksCited|Collier]] provided a note to the entry of "Seven Days of the Week" on 3 June 1595 with which everyone who works with lost plays can sympathize; he said, "A new play, of which, like many more, we hear on no other authority" (p. 53, n.3). | ||
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Revision as of 10:30, 29 October 2020
Historical Records
Performance Records
Playlists in Philip Henslowe's diary
NB. In the tables below, the entries for "Seven Days of the Week" are collated; see Critical Commentary, below, for arguments identifying which entries pertain to a second part.
Fol. 12v (Greg I.24):
ye 3 of June 1595 . . . . . . . ne . . Res at the vij dayes of the weacke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijll xs ye 6 of June 1595 Res at the vij dayes of the weack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxxiiijs ye 10 of June 1595 post 83ll - 0 Res at the vij dayes of the wecke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijll vjs ye 14 of June 1595 Res at the vij dayes of the wecke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijll ixs ye 23 of June 1595 Res at the vij dayes of the wecke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijll vs
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ye 27 of aguste 1595 . . . . . . . . . Res at the weacke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . liijs ye 3 of septmbƺ 1595 Res at the vij dayes of the weacke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lijs ye 13 of septmbƺ 1595 Res at the vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxvijs
Fol. 12v (Greg, I. 25)
ye 22 of septmbƺ 1595 ———— Res at the vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxxiiijs ye 6 of octobƺ 1595 ———— Res at the vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxxs ye 14 of octobƺ 1595 Res at the vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvijs ye 17 of octobƺ 1595 Res at the vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxviijs ye 29 of octobƺ 1595 Res at the vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiijs
Fol. 14 (Greg, I. 27)
ye 15 of novmbƺ 1595 . . . . . . . . . . Res at vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviijs ye 1 of desembƺ 1595 Res at the vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiiijs ye 1 Jenewary 1595 Res at the wecke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxxijs
Fol. 14v (Greg, I. 28)
ye 22 Jenewary 1595 . . . . . . ne . . Res at the 2 wecke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijll ye 26 Jenewary 1595 Res at the 2 weake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiiijs ye 25 febreary 1595 Res at wecke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxs
Fol. 25 (Greg, I.49)
ye 11 of novmbƺ 1596 . . . . . . . . . . |R''es''| at the vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxvs ye 15 of novmbƺ 1596 |R''es''| at the vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xijs
Fol. 25v (Greg, I.50)
ye 26 of novembƺ 1596 Res at weake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvijs ye 12 of desembƺ 1596 Res at the vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ixs ye 31 of desembƺ 1596 . . . . . . . . . . Res at vij dayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vjs
Theatrical Provenance
The Admiral's men performed "Seven Days of the Week" at the Rose playhouse from August 1595 through December 1596, for 19 performances. Several of those shows may (or may not) be for a second part. See Critical Commentary, below for scholarly opinion on whether "Seven Days of the Week" was a two-part play.
Probable Genre(s)
Moral (?) Harbage; "Histories out of Scriptures," White
Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues
References to the Play
Critical Commentary
Malone had no comment on "Seven Days of the Week" except to omit a listing for Henslowe's entry of "the 2 wecke," snd thus inferring that similarly recorded entries indicated more performances of the play now considered the first part. Collier called Malone on this, adding a note to "the 2 wecke" that "Malone takes no notice of this piece" (p. 63, n.3).
Fleay, BCED introduced a red herring into the question of subject matter of "Seven Days of the Week" by referring to The Christmas Prince, 1607, which he documented only by a cryptic addition of "Halliwell" (#168, 2.304). Of the second part, he had an entry but no comment (#179, 2.305). Greg II expanded on Fleay's mention of The Christmas Prince, only to reject it, saying the 1607 piece "probably had nothing but the title in common with the Admiral's play" (#73, p. 175).
For What It's Worth
Collier provided a note to the entry of "Seven Days of the Week" on 3 June 1595 with which everyone who works with lost plays can sympathize; he said, "A new play, of which, like many more, we hear on no other authority" (p. 53, n.3).