| Total number of plays listed in the performance lists of Henslowe’s Diary | 113 | |||
| Plays known only through Henslowe’s Diary | 62 | 54.9% | ||
| Plays known only through the Diary and Henslowe’s Papers | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| Plays known otherwise than through Henslowe’s Diary or Papers | 24 | 21.2% | ||
| Plays which scholars have identified | ||||
| with works otherwise known | (22) | |||
| Identification is probable for | 10 | 8.9 | ||
| Identification is improbable for | 12 | 10.6 | ||
| —— | —— | |||
| Plays definitely and probably unknown but for Henslowe | 69.9% | |||
| Plays definitely and probably otherwise known | 30.1% | |||
| Of those known otherwise than through Henslowe | 34 plays gave | |||
| 403 performances | ||||
| Of those unknown but through Henslowe | 79 plays gave | |||
| 496 performances | ||||
ii. Length of Runs of Plays Listed in Henslowe’s Diary, ed. W. W. Greg, I, 13-22, 24-25, 27-28, 30, 42, 49-54
| 1. Number of Performances | |||||
| No. of Perfs. | No. of Plays between 1592–1597(a) | No. of Plays between 1594–1597(b) | No. of Perfs. | No. of Plays between 1592–1597(a) | No. of Plays between 1594–1597(b) |
| 1 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | 8 | 7 | |||
(a) Full performance list, 1592–1597: 113 plays. Average number of performances: 7.9; mean number of performances: 7.
(b) Partial performance list, June, 1594–February, 1597, limits of the most stable period. Average number of performances: 10; mean number of performances: 10.
| 2. Length of Time | |||||||||||
| 1592–1597(c) | 1594–1597(d) | 1592–1597(c) | 1594–1597(d) | ||||||||
| Years | Mos. | (No. Plays and Percentage) | Years | Mos. | (No. Plays and Percentage) | ||||||
| 1 | 30 | 26.5 | 9 | 15.8 | 1 | 0 | 2 ┐ | 2 ┐ | |||
| 2 | 16 ┐ | 5 ┐ | 1 | 1 | 2 │ | 2 │ | |||||
| 3 | 6 │ | 2 │ | 1 | 3 | 2 ├ | 8.0 | 2 ├ | 15.8 | |||
| 4 | 7 ├ | 31.0 | 3 ├ | 22.8 | 1 | 4 | 1 │ | 1 │ | |||
| 5 | 5 │ | 3 │ | 1 | 7 | 1 │ | 1 │ | |||||
| 6 | 1 ┘ | 0 ┘ | 1 | 8 | 1 ┘ | 1 ┘ | |||||
| 7 | 7 ┐ | 5 ┐ | 2 | 0 | 1 ┐ | 3.5 | 1 ┐ | 5.3 | |||
| 8 | 7 │ | 6 │ | 2 | 2 | 3 ┘ | 2 ┘ | |||||
| 9 | 3 ├ | 24.8 | 2 ├ | 33.3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .9 | 1 | 1.8 | |
| 10 | 5 │ | 4 │ | |||||||||
| 11 | 6 ┘ | 2 ┘ | Revived(e) | 6 | 5.3 | 3 | 5.2 | ||||
(c) 1592–1597, 113 plays.
(d) June, 1594–February, 1597, 57 plays.
(e) Length of run is counted continuously when a play is performed regularly, there being no more than four months between performances. Otherwise the play is considered to be a revival.