Toy to Please Chaste Ladies, A

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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 . . 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

Probable Genre(s)

Comedy (Harbage)

Possible Narrative and Dramatic Sources or Analogues

References to the Play

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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