[15] Baldwin Maxwell, Studies in the Shakespeare Apocrypha (New York, 1956), pp. 99-106, dates the play between 1599 and 1600.
[16] A Yorkshire Tragedy has been identified with Miseries of Enforced Marriage by F. G. Fleay and others. Mark Friedlaender, “Some Problems of A Yorkshire Tragedy,” S.P., XXXV (1938), 238-253, in his reconsideration of the evidence rejects this theory. He suggests that both plays were made from a single original play. In a more recent study Baldwin Maxwell (pp. 153 ff.) considers the plays to be independent works. Whatever the theory, it is certain that both plays were staged and must be enumerated separately.
[17] Thomas Kyd, The Works, ed. Frederick S. Boas (Oxford, 1955), p. xlii. Chambers, Elizabethan Stage, IV, p. 23, suggests that the present text was the one presented at the Globe about 1604. However, the suggestion is hedged with so many qualifications that I thought it better to exclude this piece.
[CHAPTER ONE]. THE REPERTORY
[1] The material for the succeeding pages comes from an analysis of Philip Henslowe’s Diary, ed. W. W. Greg (London, 1904–1908), the dates being based on Greg’s correction of Henslowe. Mention must be made of the new edition of Henslowe’s Diary, prepared by R. A. Foakes and R. T. Rickert (Cambridge, 1961), which appeared while the present work was in press. The editors offer slight correction of the primary evidence and some fresh interpretations of its significance.
[2] Chambers, Elizabethan Stage, IV, pp. 322-325.
[3] Henslowe, I. The list of plays from November 10, 1595–January 17, 1596 may be found on page 27. Fuller descriptions of the plays mentioned by name may be found in Volume II, pp. 167-168, 175-177.
[4] Performances: Nov. 24-25, Hercules, I and II; Nov. 26, Longshank; Nov. 27, New World’s Tragedy; Nov. 28, Henry V (new); Nov. 29, The Welshman; Dec. 1, A Toy to Please; Dec. 2, Henry V; Dec. 3, Barnardo and Fiametta; Dec. 4, Wonder of a Woman; Dec. 6, Crack Me This Nutte.
[5] Belin Dun was performed regularly from June 10 to November 15, 1594, and regularly from March 31 to June 25, 1597, yet there was an isolated performance on July 11, 1596. See Henslowe, II, p. 164.
[6] Chambers, Elizabethan Stage, II, pp. 143ff.; Henslowe, II, pp. 118-119, 124-127.