The Elizabethan Stage, Vol. 3

by E. K. Chambers

[Q₂] 1619. [William Jaggard] for Arthur Johnson. [On its relation to other plays printed by Jaggard in 1619, cf. Pollard F. and Q. 81.]

[F₁] 1623. The Merry Wiues of Windsor. [Distinct text from Qq.]

S. R. 1630, Jan. 29. Transfer from Johnson to Meighen (Arber, iv. 227).

[Q₃] 1630. T. H[arper] for R. Meighen.

As You Like It. 1600 (?)

[F₁] 1623. As you Like it.

Hamlet. 1601 (?)

S. R. 1602, July 26 (Pasfield). ‘A booke called the Revenge of Hamlett Prince Denmarke as yt was latelie Acted by the Lord Chamberleyne his servantes.’ James Robertes (Arber, iii. 212).

[Q₁] 1603, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke. By William Shakespeare. As it hath beene diuerse times acted by his Highnesse seruants in the Cittie of London: as also in the two Vniuersities of Cambridge and Oxford, and elsewhere. [Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and Iohn Trundell.

[Q₂] 1604.... Newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much againe as it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie.... I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing]. [Some copies are dated 1605. Distinct text from Q₁.]