Toy to Please Chaste Ladies, A: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 17:44, 8 February 2021
Historical Records
Performance Records
Playlists in Philip Henslowe's diary
- Fol. 14 (Greg, I. 27)
ye 14 of novembʒ 1595 . . . . ne . . Rd at a toye to please my ladey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ljs ye 21 of novembʒ 1595 . . . . . . . . Rd at a toye to please chaste ladeyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxjs ye 31 of novembʒ 1595 . . . . . . . . Rd at the toye to please chaste ladeyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xijs ye 10 of Jenewary 1595 . . . . . . . . Rd at a toye to please chaste ladeyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviijs
- Fol. 15v (Greg 1.30):
ye 13 of aprell 1596 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rd at toye to please chaste ladeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxixs
- Fol. 21v (Greg 1.42)
ye 9 of June 1596 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rd at the chaste ladye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviijs ye 12 of July 1596 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rd at the toye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xs
Theatrical Provenance
"A Toy to Please Chaste Ladies" was performed by the Admiral's men at the Rose over the span of a year, from November 1596 to November 1597.
Probable Genre(s)
Comedy
(Harbage)
Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues
None known.
References to the Play
None known.
Critical Commentary
For What It's Worth
Works Cited
Gurr, Andrew. Shakespeare's Opposites: The Admiral's Company 1594-1625. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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