A Chronicle History of the Life and Work of William Shakespeare / Player, Poet, and Playmaker - Frederick Gard Fleay

Table II.—QUARTO EDITIONS OF OTHER PLAYS PERFORMED BY SHAKESPEARE'S COMPANY.

Date.		For whom Entered.	Name of Play.	Extant Editions.
1593-4	Jan. 7	R. Jones	A Knack to Know a Knave	1594
[1594	July 20	T. Creede	Locrine	1595]
1595	Dec. 1	C. Burby	Edward III.	1596, 1599, 1609, 1617, 1625
...		W. Jones	Mucedorus	1598, 1606, 1610, 1613, 1615, 1619, 1629, 1634, 1639, &c.
1599	Nov. 17	W. Aspley	Warning for Fair Women	1599
1600	April 8	W. Holme	Every Man out of his Humour	1600 (printed for N. Ling)
1600	May 27	J. Roberts	Cloth Breeches and Velvet Hose	These plays were stayed, sufficient authority for their printing not beingforthcoming
1600	May 29	J. Roberts	Alarum to London
1601	Aug. 14	C. Burby and W. Burre	Every Man in his Humour	1601
...		E. White	Massacre of Paris	n.d.
1600	Nov. 11	J. Barnes	Satiromastix	1602
...		W. Ferbrand	Alarum for London	1602
1602	Aug. 11	W. Cotton	Lord Cromwell	1602, 1613
1604	July 2 & 5	W. Aspley and T. Thorpe	Malcontent	1604
1604	Nov. 2	E. Blunt	Sejanus	1605
...		N. Butter	London Prodigal	1605
1607	July 31	G. Vincent	Miseries of Enforced Marriage	1607, 1611, 1629, 1637
1607	Oct. 7	G. Elde	Revenger's Tragedy	1607
1607	Oct. 22	A. Johnson	Merry Devil of Edmonton	1608, 1617, 1626
...		...	Volpone, or the Fox	1607
1608	May 2	T. Pavier	Yorkshire Tragedy	1608, 1619
...		J. Wright	Fair Em	1631

Table III.—NUMBER OF PERFORMANCES AT COURT, 1584-1616.

	I.		II.		III.		IV.		V.
1584-5	Leicester's	0	Admiral's	0	Queen's	5	Oxford's	1	Paul's	0	Total	6
1585-6		0		1		1		0		0		2
1586-7					Plague Year							0
1587-8		0		0		3		0		1		4
1588-9		0		2		2		0		3		7
1589-90	Strange's	0		2		2	Pembroke's	0		3		7
1590-1		0		2		5		0				7
1591-2		6	Hertford's	1		1		0	Sussex'	1		9
1592-3		3	...		...			2				5
1593-4					Plague Year							0
1594-5	Chamberlain's	2	Admiral's	0				0	...			2
1595-6		5		0	Total	19		0	...			5
1596-7		6		0				0	...			6
1597-8		4		2	...				...			6
1598-9		3		0	...		Total	3	...			3
1599-00		3		2	Derby's	1			...			6
1600-1		3		3		0	Chapel	1	Paul's	1		8
1601-2				Richard II. played for Essex faction.								0
1602-3		2		3	Worcester's	0		0		0		5
1603-4	King's	9	P. Henry's	4	Q. Anne's	2	I Revels	1		0		16
1604-5		4		8		1		2		0		15
1605-6		10		6		1		0		2		19
1606-7		12		6		0		0				18
1607-8		13		4		0		0	Total	10		17
1608-9		12		3		0		0				15
1609-10					Plague Year				D. of York's	1		1
1610-1		15		4		3	2 Revels	0		3		25
1611-2		22		4		4	1 L. Eliz.	1		4		35
1612-3		28		1		0	2 Revels	3		2		36
...	...		...		...		2 L. Eliz.	2	...		...
1613-4		7	Palsgrave's	0		2		2	P. Charles'	0		11
1614-5		0		0		0		1		0		1
1615-6		0		0		0		0		0		0
Totals		169		58		14		13		10		297

Table IV.—ENTRIES OF PLAYS IN THE STATIONERS' REGISTERS, 1584-1640.

Date.		For whom Entered.	Name of Play.
1584	April 6	Thomas Cadman	Sappio by Lyllye: "if he get ye comedy lawfully allowed to him."

	Nov. 12	Thomas Hackett	Fedele et Fortuna. The deceits in lovediscoursed in a Commedia of il Italian gent, and translated into English.

1585	April 1	Gabriel Cawood	Tityrus and Galaten. A Comedy.

1588	Oct. 28	Richard Jones	Pageant before Martin Calthrop, L. Mayor, 29th Oct. 1588, by G. Peele. "Uponcondition that it may be licensed."

1590	July 31	Richard Jones	A comedy of the pleasant and stately moral of the three Lords of London.

	Aug. 14	Richard Jones	The two comical discourses of "Tomberlein the Cithian shepparde."

1591	July 26	Richard Jones	The Hunting of Cupid, by G. Peele, M.A. of Oxford. "Provided always that,if it be hurtful to any other copy before licensed, then this to be void."

	Oct. 4	Mrs. Broome, widow of William Broome	Endimion, Galathea, Midas: three comedies played before herMajesty by the children of Paul's.

1592	April 3	Edward White	The tragedy of "Arden of Faversham and Blackwall."

	Oct. 6	Abel Jeffes	The Spanish Tragedy of "Don Horatio and Bellmipeia."

	Nov. 20	Edward White	The tragedy of "Salamon and Perceda."

1593	July 6	William Jones	The troublesome reign and lamentable death of Edward II. King of England, with thetragical fall of proud Mortimer.

1593	Oct. 8	Abel Jeffes	The Chronicle of K. Edward I. Longshank, with his return outof the Holy Land: with the life of "Leublen," rebel inWales, with the sinking of Queen Elinour. An enterlude.

	Oct. 19	Symond Waterson	The tragedy of Cleopatra.

	Oct. 23	John Danter	The life and death of Jack Straw. An enterlude.

	Dec. 7	John Danter	The history of Orlando Furioso, one of the 12 peers of France. A playbook.

1593-4	Jan. 7	Richard Jones	A Knack to Know a Knave, newly set forth as it hath sundrytimes been played by Ned Allen and his company, with Kempe'sapplauded merriments of the men of Goteham. A comedy.

	Jan. 26	Nicholas Ling and John Busbye	Cornelia: Thomas Kydd being the author.

	Feb. 6	John Danter	A noble Roman history of Tytus Andronicus.

	Mar. 5	Thomas Creede	The looking glass for London, by Thomas Lodg and Robert Greene, gent.

	Mar. 12	Thomas Myllington	The first part of the Contention of the two famous houses ofYork and Lancaster, with the death of the Duke of Suffolk,and the tragical end of the proud Cardinal of Winchester,with the notable rebellion of Jack Cade and the Duke of York'sfirst claim unto the crown.

1594	May 2	Peter Shorte	A pleasant conceited history called the "Tayming of a Shrowe."

	May 13	Thomas Creede	The Pedlar's Prophesy. "A pleabook."

	May 14	Thomas Creede	The Famous Victories of Henry V., containing the honourable battle of Agincourt.

	May 14	Thomas Creede	The Scottish story of James IV., slain at Flodden, intermixt with a pleasant comedypresented by Oboron King of Fairies.

1594	May 14	Edward White [previously entered to Adam Islip, whose name is crossed out]	The History of Friar Bacon and Friar Boungaye.
			The most famous Chronicle History of Leire King of England and his three daughters.
			The famous history of John of Gaunte, son to King Edward III.,with his Conquest of Spain and marriage of his two daughtersto the Kings of Castile and Portugale, &c.
			The Book of David and Bethshaba.
			A Pastoral pleasant comedy of Robin Hood and Little John.

	May 17	Thomas Gosson	The Famous Chronicle of Henry I., with the life and death of Bellin Dunn,the first thief that ever was hanged in England.

	May 17	Thomas Millington	The famous tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta.

	May 24	John Danter	The wounds of Civil War lively set forth in the True Tragedies of Marius and Scilla.

	May 28	Cuthbert Burbye, by consent of John Danter	The history of Orlando Furioso, "So often as the same book shall be printed,the said John Danter to have the imprinting thereof."

	June 8	Cuthbert Burbey	The Cobbler's Prophesy.

	June 18	Cuthbert Burby	Mother Bumbye. An enterlude.

	June 19	John Danter	Godfrey of Bulloigne, with the Conquest of Jerusalem. An enterlude.

	June 19	John Danter	The life and death of Heliogabilus. An enterlude.

	June 19	Thomas Creede	The tragedy of Richard III., wherein is shown the death ofEdward IV., with the smothering of the two princes in the Tower,with a lamentable end of Shores' wife and the conjunction of the two housesof Lancaster and York. An enterlude.

1594	July 20	Thomas Creede	The lamentable tragedy of Locrine, the eldest son of KingBrutus, discoursing the wars of the Britons, &c.

1595	April 1	Cutbert Burbye	The Pynder of Wakefeilde. An enterlude.

	April 16	Raphe Hancock	A pleasant conceipt called an Owlde Wife's tale. An enterlude.

	May 10	John Hardye	The tragedy of Ninus and Semiramis, the first monarchs of the world.

	May 23	Thomas Gosson	Valentine and Orsson, played by her Majesty's players. An enterlude.
	May 23	Raffe Hancock

	Sept. 22	Robert Fynche	A woman in the moon.

	Nov. 24	William Blackwell	The true tragical history of King Rufus I., with the lifeand death of Belyn Dun, the first thief that ever was hanged in England.

	Nov. 26	Cutbert Burbye	The most rare and pleasant history of A Knack to know an honest man.

	Dec. 1	Cutbert Burbye	Edward III. and the Black Prince, their wars with King John of France.

1595-6	Jan. 20	Thomas Gosson	The first part of the famous history of Chinan of England.
1595-6	Jan. 20	John Danter	The first part of the famous history of Chinan of England.

1597	Aug. 29	Andrew Wise	The tragedy of Richard II.
	Oct. 20	Andrew Wise	The tragedy of King Richard III., with the death of Duke of Clarence.

1597-8	Feb. 25	Andrew Wise	The history of Henry IV., with his battle of Shrewsburyagainst Henry Hottspurre of the North, with the conceitedmirth of Sir John Ffalstoff.

1598	July 22	James Robertes	The Marchaunt of Venyce, or otherwise called the Jewe ofVenyce. Provided it be not printed without license first had from the Lord Chamberlain.

	Aug. 15	William Jones	The blinde begger of Alexandrya. "Upon condition that it belong to no other man."

1598	Oct. 5	William Aspley	The tragic comedy of Celestina, wherein are discoursed in most pleasant style many philosophical sentences and advertisements very necessary for young gentlemen, discovering the sleights of treacherous servants and the subtle carriages of filthy bawds.

	Oct. 5	[William] Ponsonbye	The tragi-comedy of the Vertuous Octavia, by Samuell Brandon.

1599	Aug. 28	John Oxonbridge	The first and second part of Edward IV. and the Tanner ofTamworth, with the history of the life and death of MasterShore and Jane Shore his wife, as it was lately acted by the right honorable the Earl of Derby his servants. Two plays.
1599	Aug. 28	John Busbie

	Nov. 17	William Aspley	A Warning for Fair Women.

1599-1600	Feb. 20	William Aspley	Old Fortunatus in his new livery. A comedy.

1600	Mar. 28	Cuthbert Burby	The play of Patient Grissell.

	Mar. 31	William White	A famous history called Valentine and Orsson, played by her majesty's players.

	April 8	William Holme	A comical satire of Every man out of his Humour.

	May 27	[James] Robertes	A moral of Cloth Breeches and Velvet Hose, as it is acted by my Lord Chamberlain's servants. "Provided that he is not to put it in print without further and better authority" [than the Wardens'].

	May 29	[James] Robertes	The Allarum to London. "Provided that it be not printed without furtherauthority."

	Jul 24	Richard Oliff	Two plays or things; the one called The Maid's Metamorphosis: the other Give a man luck and throw him into the Sea.

1600	Aug. 11	Thomas Pavier	The first part of the history of the life of Sir John Oldcastell, Lord Cobham.
			The second and last part of the history of Sir John Oldcastell,Lord Cobham, with his martyrdom.
			The history of the life and death of Captain Thomas Stucley, with his marriage to Alexander Curtis his daughter, and his valiant ending of his life at the battle of Alcazar.

	Aug. 14	[Cuthbert] Burby	Every man in his humour. A book.
	Aug. 14	Walter Burre	Every man in his humour. A book.

	Aug. 23	Andrew Wise	Much Ado about Nothing
	Aug. 23	William Aspley	The second part of the history of King Henry IV.,with the humours of Sir John Ffallstaff. Written by Master Shakespere.Two books.

			[The following entries occur in another part of the Registers:—My Lord Chamberlain's men's plays entered.
	May 27	[James] Robertes	A moral of cloth breeches and velvet hose.
	May 27	J[ames] Robertes	Allarum to London.
	Aug. 4	...	As you like it. A book. Henry V. A book. Every man in his humour. A book. The comedy of Much Ado about nothing. A book. To be stayed.]

	Sept. 8	Ffelix Norton	Jack Drum's entertainment, a comedy, as it hath been divers times acted by the Children of Paul's.

	Oct. 7	Richard Olyffe	The Wisdom of Doctor Dodepole, played by the children of Paul's.

	Oct. 8	Thomas Ffyssher	A Midsummer Night's Dream.

	Oct. 23	Richard Oliffes	The weakest goeth to the walls.

	Oct. 28	Thomas Haies	A book called The book of the Merchant of Venice.! "By consent of Mr. Roberts."

1600	Oct. 28	[Cuthbert] Burby Walter Burre	Sommer's last Will and Testament, presented by William Sommers.

	Nov. 25	William Wood	Love's Metamorphosis, written by Master John Lylly, and played by the Children of Paul's.

	Dec. 1	[William] Leake	The Downfal of Robert Earl of Huntingdon, after called Robin Hood.

	Dec. 1	[William] Leake	The Death of Robert Earl of Huntingdon, with the lamentable tragedy of Chaste Mathilda.

1600-1	Jan. 7	Thomas Busshell	The play of Doctor Faustus.

	Mar. 1	John Harrison, jun.	God speed the plough.

1601	May 23	Walter Burre	Narcissus, the fountain of Self Love.

	July 3	Edward Alde	The true history of George Scanderbarge, as it was lately played by the right hon. the Earl of Oxenford his servants.

	Aug. 3	William White	A comedy of A Woman will have her Will.

	Oct. 24	Matthew Lownes	The first and second parts of the play called Anthonio can Melida. "Provided that he get lawful license for it."
	Oct. 24	Thomas Ffyssher

	Nov. 11	John Barnes	The untrussing of the Humorous Poets, by Thomas Decker.

	Dec. 21	Mathewe Lownes	Poetaster, or his arraignment.

1601-2	Jan. 18	John Busby	An excellent pleasant and conceited comedy of Sir John Ffaulstof and the merry wives of Windesor [assigned to Arthure Johnson at same date].

1602	June 7	Edward Aldee	Blurt Master Constable.

	July 26	James Robertes	The Revenge of Hamlett Prince Denmark, as it was lately acted by the Lord Chamberlain his servants.

1602	Aug. 11	William Cotton	The life and death of the Lord Cromwell, as it was lately acted by the Lord Chamberlain his servants.

1602-3	Feb. 7	[James] Robertes	Troilus and Cresseda, as it is acted by my Lord Chamberlain's men. "When he hath gotten sufficient authority for it."

1604	April 30	Edward Blunt	The works of William Alexander of Menstrie, containing the Monarchic Tragedies.

	July 5	William Aspley	The Malcontent, Tragicomædia. An interlude. [Crossed out and re-entered.]
	July 5	Thomas Thorpe

	Nov. 2	Edward Blunt	The tragedy of Sejanus, written by Benjamin Johnson.

	Nov. 9	Thomas Man, jun.	The humours of the Patient Man, the Longing Wife, and the Honest Whore.

	Nov. 29	[Simon] Waterson	The tragedy of Philotus, written by Samuel Daniell.
	Nov. 29	Edward Blunt	The tragedy of Philotus, written by Samuel Daniell.

	Dec. 4	Nathaniel Butter	The life and death of Cavaliero Dick Boyer.

1604-5	Feb. 8	Thomas Pavyer	The history of Richard Whittington, his low birth, his great fortune, as it was played by the Prince's servants.

	Feb. 8	Thomas Pavyer	The Fair Maid of Bristoe, played at Hampton Court by His Majesty's players.

	Feb. 12	Nathanaell Butter	King Henry VIII. An enterlude. "If he get good allowance before he begin to print it."

	Mar. 2	Henrie Rockett	Westward Hoe, presented by the children of Paul's. A comedy. "Provided that he get further authority before it be printed." [Crossed out.]

1605	May 8	Simon Stafford	The Tragical history of King Leir and his three daughters, as it was lately acted. Assigned [at the same date] to John Wright, "provided that Simon Stafford shall have the printing of this book."

	June 26	John Hodgetes	The Dutch Courtesan, as it was lately presented at the Blackfriars. "Provided that he get sufficient authority before it be printed."

1605	July 5	Nathaniel Butter	If you know not me you know nobody.

	Sept. 4	William Aspley	Eastward Ho. A comedy.
	Sept. 4	Thomas Thorp	Eastward Ho. A comedy.

	Sept. 14	Nathanael Butter	The second part of If you know not me you know [no]body, with The Building of the Exchange.

	Oct. 16	John Wright	The Return from Pernassus, or the Scourge of Simony, publicly acted by the Students in Saint John's College, in Cambridge. An enterlude.

	Nov. 26	[Simon] Waterson	The Queen's Arcadia, presented by the University of Oxon in Christchurch.

1605-6	Jan. 10	Edward Blounte	A comedy called Sir Gyles Goosecap, "provided that it be printed according to the copy whereunto Master Wilson's hand is at."

	Mar. 12	John Trundell	Nobody and Somebody.

	Mar. 12	William Cotton	The Ffanne. A play. "Provided that he shall not put the same in print before he get allowed lawful authority."

	Mar. 17	Eliazar Edgar	The Wonder of Women, or the tragedy of Sophonisba.

1606	May 13	John Trundell	The Fleare. A comedy. "Provided that they are not to print it till they bring good authority and license for the doing thereof." [Trundel's share was transferred to A. Johnson, Nov. 21, and Buck's license obtained to print.]
1606	May 13	John Busbye

	June 5	John Wright	Julius Cæsar's Revenge.
	June 5	Nathanael Ffossbrook	Julius Cæsar's Revenge.

	Nov. 12	Clement Knighte	Wily Beguiled.

1606-7	Feb. 23	[Simon] Waterson	Lingua. A comedy. [Assigned to J. Waterson, 19th Aug. 1635.]