The Elizabethan Stage, Vol. 3

by E. K. Chambers

[F₁] 1623. The Tragedie of Romeo and Iuliet. [From Q₂-Q₃.]

[Q₄] N.D. For Iohn Smethwicke. [Two issues.]

[Q₅] 1637. R. Young for John Smethwicke.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 1595

S. R. 1600, Oct. 8 (Rodes). ‘A booke called A mydsommer nightes Dreame.’ Thomas Fisher (Arber, iii. 174).

[Q₁] 1600. A Midsommer nights dreame. As it hath beene sundry times publickely acted, by the Right honourable, the Lord Chamberlaine his seruants. Written by William Shakespeare. For Thomas Fisher.

[Q₂] [1619]. ‘Printed by Iames Roberts, 1600.’ [On the evidence for printing with false date by William Jaggard, cf. Pollard, 81.]

[F₁] 1623. A Midsommer Nights Dreame. [From Q₂.]

On the possible date and occasion of performance, cf. my paper in Shakespeare Homage (1916).

The Two Gentlemen of Verona. 1595 (?)