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


===Performance Records===
===Performance Records===


==== Playlists in Philip Henslowe's diary====
====Playlists in Philip Henslowe's diary====


:Fol. 14 [http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowesdiary00unkngoog#page/n87/mode/1up (Greg, I. 27)]
:Fol. 14 [http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowesdiary00unkngoog#page/n87/mode/1up (Greg, I. 27)]
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| y<sup>e</sup> 14 of novembʒ 1595
|y<sup>e</sup> 14 of novembʒ 1595
| . . . .  ne . .
|. . . .  ne . .
| R''d'' at a toye to please my ladey
|R''es'' at a toye to please my ladey
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  lj<sup>s</sup>  
|. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  lj<sup>s</sup>
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| y<sup>e</sup> 21 of novembʒ 1595
|y<sup>e</sup> 21 of novembʒ 1595
| . . . . . . . .
|. . . . . . . .
| R''d'' at a toye to please chaste ladeyes
|R''es'' at a toye to please chaste ladeyes
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  xxj<sup>s</sup>  
|. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  xxj<sup>s</sup>
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| y<sup>e</sup> 31 of novembʒ 1595
|y<sup>e</sup> 31 of novembʒ 1595
| . . . . . . . .
|. . . . . . . .
| R''d'' at the toye to please chaste ladeyes
|R''es'' at the toye to please chaste ladeyes
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  xij<sup>s</sup>  
|. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  xij<sup>s</sup>
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| y<sup>e</sup> 10 of Jenewary 1595
|y<sup>e</sup> 10 of Jenewary 1595
| . . . . . . . .
|. . . . . . . .
| R''d'' at a toye to please chaste ladeyes
|R''es'' at a toye to please chaste ladeyes
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  xviij<sup>s</sup>  
|. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  xviij<sup>s</sup>
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| y<sup>e</sup> 13 of ap<sup>r</sup>ell 1596
|y<sup>e</sup> 13 of ap<sup>r</sup>ell 1596
| . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
|. . . . . . . . . . . . .
| R''d'' at toye to please chaste ladeys
|R''es'' at toye to please chaste ladeys
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  xxxix<sup>s</sup>  
|. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  xxxix<sup>s</sup>
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:Fol. 21<sup>v</sup> [http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowesdiary00unkngoog#page/n102/mode/1up (Greg 1.42)]
:Fol. 21<sup>v</sup> [http://www.archive.org/stream/henslowesdiary00unkngoog#page/n102/mode/1up (Greg 1.42)]
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| y<sup>e</sup> 9 of June 1596
|y<sup>e</sup> 9 of June 1596
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|. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| R''d'' at the chaste ladye
|R''es'' at the chaste ladye
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviij<sup>s</sup>  
|. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviij<sup>s</sup>
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| y<sup>e</sup> 12 of July 1596
|y<sup>e</sup> 12 of July 1596
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
| R''d'' at the toye
|R''es'' at the toye
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x<sup>s</sup>  
|. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x<sup>s</sup>
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==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.
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== Theatrical Provenance ==
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== Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues ==
==Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues==
None known.
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==References to the Play==


== References to the Play ==
None known.
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==Critical Commentary==


== Critical Commentary ==
Neither [[WorksCited|Malone]], [[WorksCited|Collier]], [[WorksCited|Fleay, ''BCED'' (2.304 #175)]], [[WorksCited|Greg II (#81, p. 177 )]], nor '''Gurr''' has hazarded a guess about the story line of this play. Fleay does mention a play associated with [[Shirley, James|James Shirley]] called "[[Toy, The|The Toy]]" and dated 1638, and [[WorksCited|Greg II]] picks up the echo, only to observe that it is "unlikely that the two plays were connected" (p. 177 #81).


[[WorksCited|Wiggins, ''Catalogue'' (#1018)]] doesn't guess at the story but does suggest that scholars have referred to it as "evidence for the view that the Rose repertory included 'soft pornography'" without attributing the claim. For his further musings on the possibilities suggested by Henslowe's change of phrasing from "please my lady" to "please chaste ladies," see #1018.
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== For What It's Worth ==
==For What It's Worth==


Who discusses the "soft pornography" of the Admiral's men's repertory?
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== Works Cited ==
==Works Cited==
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<div style="padding-left: 2em; text-indent: -2em">Gurr, Andrew. ''Shakespeare's Opposites: The Admiral's Company 1594-1625''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.</div>
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Historical Records

Performance Records

Playlists in Philip Henslowe's diary

Fol. 14 (Greg, I. 27)
ye 14 of novembʒ 1595 . . . . ne . . Res at a toye to please my ladey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ljs
ye 21 of novembʒ 1595 . . . . . . . . Res at a toye to please chaste ladeyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxjs
ye 31 of novembʒ 1595 . . . . . . . . Res at the toye to please chaste ladeyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xijs
ye 10 of Jenewary 1595 . . . . . . . . Res at a toye to please chaste ladeyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviijs
Fol. 15v (Greg 1.30):
ye 13 of aprell 1596 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Res at toye to please chaste ladeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxixs


Fol. 21v (Greg 1.42)
ye 9 of June 1596 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Res at the chaste ladye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviijs
ye 12 of July 1596 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Res 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

Neither Malone, Collier, Fleay, BCED (2.304 #175), Greg II (#81, p. 177 ), nor Gurr has hazarded a guess about the story line of this play. Fleay does mention a play associated with James Shirley called "The Toy" and dated 1638, and Greg II picks up the echo, only to observe that it is "unlikely that the two plays were connected" (p. 177 #81).

Wiggins, Catalogue (#1018) doesn't guess at the story but does suggest that scholars have referred to it as "evidence for the view that the Rose repertory included 'soft pornography'" without attributing the claim. For his further musings on the possibilities suggested by Henslowe's change of phrasing from "please my lady" to "please chaste ladies," see #1018.

For What It's Worth

Who discusses the "soft pornography" of the Admiral's men's repertory?

Works Cited



Site created and maintained by Roslyn L. Knutson, Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; 5 February 2021.