A Chronicle History of the Life and Work of William Shakespeare / Player, Poet, and Playmaker

by Frederick Gard Fleay

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Date.		For whom Entered.	Licenser.	Name of Play.
1607	April 10	Francis Burton	B.	The tragical life and death of Claudius Tiberius Nero.
	April 20	Nathanael Butter	B.	The Whore of Babilon.
		John Trundell
	April 24	Henrie Rockett	B.	The Fair Maid of the Exchange.
	May 9	Arthur Johnson	B.	The Phenix.
	May 15	Arthur Johnson	B.	Michaelmas Term. A comedy.
	May 20	Eleazar Edgar	B.	The Woman hater, as it hath been lately acted by the Children of Paul's.
		Robert Jackson
	June 3	William Aspley	B.	The tragedy of Busey D'Amboise, made by George Chapman.
	June 29	John Busbye	T.	Cupid's Whirleygigge. A comedy.
		Arthur Johnson
	June 29	John Wright	B.	The travels of the three English Brothers, as it was played at the Curtain. A play.
	July 31	George Vyncent	B.	The misery of inforced Marriage. A tragedy.
	Aug. 6	George Elde	B.	The Puritan Widow. A comedy.
	Aug. 6	George Elde	B.	Northward Ho.
	Aug. 6	Thomas Thorp	B.	What you will. A comedy.
	Oct. 7	George Elde	B.	The Revenger's Tragedy. }Two plays.
			B.	A Trick to catch the Old one.}
	Oct. 12	John Browne	B.	The Family of Love, as it hath been lately acted by the Children of His Majesty's Revels. A play.
		John Helme
	Oct. 16	John Wright	B.	The tragedy of Pope Alexander VI., as it was played before his Majesty.
1607	Oct. 22	Arthur Johnson	B.	The Merry Devil of Edmonton. A play.
	Nov. 26	Nathaniel Butter	B.	Master William Shakespeare his history of King Lear, as it was played before the King's Majesty at Whitehall upon Saint Stephen's night at Christmas last by His Majesty's servants playing usually at the Globe on the Bankside.
		John Busby
1607-8	Mar. 22	Richard Bonyon	B.	The Five Witty Gallants, as it hath been acted by the Children of the Chapel. A play.
1608	Mar. 28	Richard Moore	B.	A most witty and merry conceited comedy called Who would a' thought it, or Law Tricks.
	April 12	John Helme	B.	Humour out of Breath.
	April 21	Thomas Thorpe	B.	The characters of two Royal Masques invented by Ben. Johnson.
	April 29	Thomas Man, jun.	B.	The second part of the Converted Courtesan, or Honest Whore.
	May 2	[Thomas] Pavyer	...	A Yorkshire Tragedy, written by Wylliam Shakespere.
	May 20	Edward Blount	B.	Pericles, Prince of Tyre.
	June 3	John Busby	B.	A Roman tragedy called the Rape of Lucrece.
		Nathanael Butter
	June 5	Thomas Thorp	B.	The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles Duke of Byronn, written by George Chapman.
	Oct. 4	Walter Burre	S.	A mad World, my maysters.
		Eleazer Edgar
	Oct. 6	John Bache	B.	The Dumb Knight. A play.
1608	Nov. 25	Nathanael Butter	B.	The tragedy of Mustapha and Zangar.
1608-9	Jan. 26	Henry Walleys	S.	The Case is altered. [Bartholomew Sutton is added to the two other publishers on 20 July 1609.]
		Richard Bonion
	Jan. 27	Jeffrey Charlton	S.	Bonos Nochios. An interlude.
			S.	Craft upon Subtilty's back. An interlude.
	Jan. 28	Richard Bonion	S.	The history of Troylus and Cressida.
		Henry Walleys
	Feb. 22	Richard Bonion	S.	The masque of Queens celebrated, done by Benjamin Johnson.
		Henry Walley
	Mar. 10	John Busby, jun.	S.	The tragedy of the Turk, with the death of Borgias, by John Mason, gent.
1610	June 12	John Browne	...	Chester's Triumph in honor of the Prince, as it was performed upon S. Gregory's day in the aforesaid city.
	Sept. 20	John Browne	B.	Epiceone, or the Silent Woman, by Ben. Johnson.
		John Busby, jun.
	Oct. 3	Walter Burre	B.	The Alchemist, made by Ben Johnson.
	Oct. 31	Thomas Thorpe	B.	Histriomastix, or the Player Whipped.
	Nov. 9	Robert Wilson	B.	Ram Alley, or Merry Tricks.
1611	Sept. 14	John Stepneth	B.	The tragedy of the Atheist.
	Oct. 14	William Barrenger	B.	The Golden Age, with the lives of Jupiter and Saturn.
	Nov. 23	John Budge	B.	A Woman is a Weathercock. A comedy.
1611-12	Feb. 1	William Barrenger	B.	A Christian turned Turk, or the tragical lives and deaths of the two famous pirates Ward and Danseker, as it hath been publicly acted. Written by Robert Daborn, gent.
	Feb. 15	Edward Blunte	B.	A play-book, being a Tragi-comedy called the Nobleman, written by Cyril Tourneur.
1611-12	Feb. 15	Edward Blunte	B.	The Twins Tragedy, written by Niccolls. A tragedy.
1612	April 17	[John] Browne	B.	The Revenge of Bussy D'Amboys. A tragedy.
			B.	The Widow's Tears. A comedy. Both written by George Chapman.
	Dec. 17	Richard Hawkins	B.	The tragedy of the Fair Mariamne, Queen of Jewry.
1614	May 23	Richard Redmer	B.	Hog hath lost his Pearl.
1614-5	Feb. 21	Robert Lownes	B.	The Valiant Welshman.
1615	April 18	Walter Burr	...	Ignoramus, Comœdia prout Cantabrigie acta coram Jacobo, &c.
	April 24	Josias Harison	B.	The Hector of Germany, or the Palsgrave "is a harmless thing." [These four words have been struck through with a pen.]
	April 24	Josias Harison	...	Cupid's Revenge.
	April 28	Nicholas Okes	...	Albumazar. A comedy acted before His Majesty at Cambridge, 10 Mar. 1614[-5].
	Aug. 14	Richard Redmere	...	The Honest Lawyer. A play. [Assigned at same date to Richard Woodriffe.]
1615-6	Mar. 19	Miles Patriche	B.	The Scornful Lady, written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher.
1618	April 20	John Parker	B.	The Marriages of the Arts, written by Barth. Holyday, M.A. A Comedy.
	June 3	Barnard Alsope	...	See me and see me not, by Dabridgcourt Belgier. A poem.
	Aug. 7	[Edward] Blounte	B.	A King and no King. A play.
1619	April 28	[Richard] Higgenbotham	B.	The Maid's Tragedy. A play.
		[Francis] Constable
	July 10	[John] Brown	B.	The Temple Masque, anno 1618.
	Oct. 17	Richard Meighen	B.	Swetnam the Women Hater arraigned by Women. A comedy.
1619-20	Jan. 10	Thomas Walkley	...	Philaster. A play.
	Jan. 15	John Trundle	...	The life and death of Guy of Warwick, written by John Day and Thomas Decker.
1620	May 22	Laurence Chapman	B.	Two Merry Milkmaids. A play.
	July 4	George Purslowe	B.	A courtly masque, or the TheWorld Tost at Tennis, acted at the Prince's Arms by the Prince his highness' servants.
		John Trundle
1621	Sept. 18	John Norton	B.	The Pilgrim of Casteell, or the Fortunes of Llamphilus and Nisa. "Not to be printed until he bringeth more sufficient authority."
	Oct. 6	Thomas Walkley	B.	The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice.
	Dec. 7	Thomas Jones	B.	The Virgin Martyr. A tragedy.
1621-2	Feb. 22	Matthew Rodes	B.	A tragedy of Herod and Antipater, by Gervase Markham.
1622-3	Jan. 20	Edward Blackmore	A.	Sforza, Duke of Millaine, made by Master Messenger. A play.
		George Norton
1623	Sept. 3	Francis Grove	A.	A book of Jigs containing three books or parts.
	Nov. 8	[Edward] Blounte	...	Master William Shakspeer's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, so many of the said copies are not formally entered to other men.
		Isaac Jaggard
	...	...	...	Comedies: The Tempest.
	...	...	...	The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
	...	...	...	Measure for Measure.
1623	Nov. 8	...	...	The Comedy of Errors.
	...	...	...	As you like it.
	...	...	...	All's well that ends well.
	...	...	...	Twelfe Night.
	...	...	...	The Winter's Tale.
	...	...	...	Histories: The third part of Henry VI.
	...	...	...	Henry VIII.
	...	...	...	Tragedies: Coriolanus.
	...	...	...	Timon of Athens.
	...	...	...	Julius Cæsar.
	...	...	...	Macbeth.
	...	...	...	Anthonie and Cleopatra.
	...	...	...	Cymbeline.
1623-4	Mar. 12	[John] Harrison	H.	The Bondman, by Phillip Messenger.
		Edward Blackmore
1624	June 28	John Wright	...	The Spanish Jepsye.
1626	April 14	John Waterson	...	The Staple of News. A comedy.
1627	April 8	Robert Milbourne	...	Apollo Shroving. A comedy.
1627-8	Feb. 27	John Marriott	H.	The tragedy of Lodovick Sforza, Duke of Millan, by Robert Gomersall.
1629	June 2	Henry Seile	H.	The Lover's Melancholy, by John Ford, gent.
	Nov. 13	Jaspar Emerye	H.	The Duchess of Suffolk, written by Thomas Drue. A play.
1629-30	Jan. 1	Ephraim Dawson	H.	The Collonell, written by William Davenant, gent.
1629-30	Jan. 10	John Waterson	H.	The Crewel Brother, written by William Davenant.
			H.	The Just Italian, by the same.
	Feb. 26	John Grove	H.	Hoffman, the Revengeful Father. A play.
			H.	The Grateful Servant, by James Shirley. A play.
	Feb. 27	Raph Mabbe	H.	The Spanish Bawd. A play.
	Mar. 22	John Waterson	H.	The Runegado, by Philip Messenger. A play.
1630	Mar. 26	John Mariott	H.	Aristippus and the Pedler.
	April 8	[Francis] Constable	H.	The Chast Mayd of Chepeside. A play.
	April 8	—— Allcott	H.	The Pedler, by R. Davenport. A comedy.
	April 16	[Francis] Constable	H.	The Battle of the Affections, or Love's Lodestone. A play.
	June 29	[Nathaniel] Butter	H.	The second part of the Honest Hoore, by Thomas Decker.
	Sept. 13	Andrew Crooke	H.	A comedy in Latin called Loyola, by Doctor Hackket.
	Nov. 8	[Henry] Seile	H.	Match me in London, by Thomas Decker. A play.
1630-1	Feb. 9	[Robert] Milborne	H.	A comedy in Latin called Pedantius.
	Feb. 25	[Francis] Constable	H.	The School of Complement, by James Shirley.
1631	April 17	Thomas Alchorne	H.	New Inn, written by Ben. Johnson. A comedy.
	April 25	William Sheeres	H.	Scicelides, acted at Cambridge. A play.
	May 16	John Jackman	H.	The Wonder of a Kingdom, by Thomas Decker. A comedy. [Entered again under 24 Feb. 1635-6 to N. Vavasor, "dated 7 May 1631.">[
	May 16	John Jackman	H.	The Noble Spanish Souldier, by Thomas Deckar. A tragedy. [Entered again under 9 Dec. 1633 to N. Vavasor, "anno 1631.">[
	May 18	[Thomas] Harper	H.	Cæsar and Pompey, by George Chapman. A play.
	June 16	Richard Royston	H.	The Fair Maid of the West, 1st and 2d part. A comedy.
	Sept. 7	[Richard] Meighen	H.	Amarath the Turk. A play.
1631	Sept. 7	[Richard] Meighen	H.	The tragedy of Bajazet II., or the Raging Turk.
	Sept. 28	[Richard] Thrall	H.	Ffraus honesta.
	Nov. 12	[Michael] Sparkes	H.	A flora show at Norwich.
	Nov. 19	John Waterson	H.	The Emperor of the East. A playbook.
	Nov. 24	[Francis] Constable	H.	A new wonder, or a Woman never vexed. A comedy by William Rowley.
1631-2	Jan. 16	[John] Waterson, jun.	H.	The Maid of Honor, by Philip Massinger. A play.
	Jan. 26	John Grove	H.	The Leaguer. (The reformations to be strictly observed: may be printed not otherwise expressed by the foresaid words) [sic]. A comedy.
	Feb. 9	William Cooke	H.	The Changes, or Love in a Maze, by Master Sherley. A comedy.
	Mar. 24	Nicholas Vavasor	H.	The Northern Lass, by Master Broome. A comedy.
1632	Mar. 30	Francis Constable	H.	The Fatal Dowry. A tragedy.
	May 9	Andrew Crooke	H.	A tragedy in Latin called Roxana.
	June 13	[Humfrey] Robinson	H.	The Rival Friends, by Peter Hausten. A comedy.
	Sept. 27	[Thomas] Harper	H.	All's lost by Lust, by William Rowley. A tragedy.
	Nov. 2	William Sheares	H.	The Costly Whore. A Comedy.
	Nov. 9	William Cooke	H.	A dialogue of Riches and Honor, by J. S.
	Nov. 10	[Henry] Seile	H.	Alaham, by Fulke Lord Brooke. A tragedy.
			H.	A new way to pay old debts, by Philip Massinger. A comedy.
	Nov. 20	Nicholas Vavasor	H.	The Jew of Malta. A tragedy.
1632-3	Jan. 15	William Sheares	H.	A match at Midnight. A play.
1632-3	Jan. 15	William Cooke	H.	The witty fair one, by James Shirley. A play.
	Jan. 21	Hugh Beeston	H.	Love's Sacrifice, by John Ford. A tragedy.
	Mar. 19	William Cooke	H.	The Bird in the Cage, by James Shirley. A comedy.
1633	Mar. 28	Hugh Beeston	H.	The Broken Heart, by John Ford. A tragedy.
	June 15	[Richard] Meighen	H.	The Fine Companion, by Shakerley Marmyon. A play.
	July 15	Nicholas Okes	H.	The Traveller, by Master Heywood. A comedy.
	Aug. 1	—— Allott	H.	Fuimus Troes, or the True Troians, represented by the gentlemen students of Magdalen College in Oxford.
1633-4	Feb. 24	Hugh Beeston	H.	Perkin Warbeck, by John Ford. "Observing the caution in the license." A tragedy.
1634	April 8	John Waterson	H.	The two Noble Kinsmen, by John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. A tragi-comedy.
	April 17	John Spenser	H.	Bellum grammaticale, by Master Spense.
	June 25	Nicholas Oakes	Bl.	A maidenhead well lost. A play.
	Oct. 28	Benjamin Fisher	H.	The Witches of Lancashire. A play.
	Nov. 3	William Cooke	H.	The Traytor, by James Shirley. A play.
1634-5	Jan. 19	John Benson	H.	The Shepherd's Holiday, by J. Rutter. A tragi-comedy.
1635	Sept. 30	John Crouch	Bl.	The Queen's Masque, or Love's Mistress, by Master Haywood. A play.
	Dec. 7	[John] Marriott	H.	The Great Duke of Florence. A comical history, by Philip Massinger.
1635-6	Feb. 4	[Richard] Meighen	H.	The Platonic Lovers, by William Davenant. A play.
	Feb. 4	[Richard] Meighen	H.	The Wits, by William Davenant. A play.
1636	June 17	Robert Raworth	H.	A challenge for Beauty, by Haywood. A play.
	Aug. 6	Charles Greene	Bl.	The history of Anniball and Scipio, by Thomas Nabbes. A play.
			Bl.	A moral masque, by Thomas Nabbes.
1636-7	Mar. 29	[John] Waterson	T.	The Elder Brother, written by John Fletcher. A comedy.
	[? 23]	John Benson
	Mar. 25	James Beckett	T.	The Royal King and the Loyal Subjects, by Master Heywood. A comedy.
			T.	Hide Park, by James Shirley. A comedy.
1637	April 13	Andrew Crooke	T.	The Lady of Pleasure.} By James Shirley. Two plays.
		William Cooke	T.	The Young Admiral. }
	April 26	[John] Waterson	T.	The Valiant Scot. A tragedy.
	Oct. 18	Andrew Crooke	...	The Example, by Master Shirley. A play.
		William Cooke
	Nov. 15	William Cooke	...	The Gamester, by James Shirley. A play.
	Nov. 28	John Okes	...	A Shoemaker is a gentleman, with the life and death of the Cripple that stole the weathercock of Paul's, by William Rowley. A comedy.
1637-8	Jan. 29	Thomas Walkley	H.	The Cid, a tragi-comedy translated out of French by Master Rutter.
	Feb. 3	[Henry] Seile	...	The Fancies, by John Ford. A play.
	Feb. 15	John Okes	...	The Martyred Soldier, with the life and death of Purser Clinton, by H. Shirley.
	Mar. 5	John Okes	...	The Lost Lady. A play.
	Mar. 12	Henry Sheapard	...	The wisewoman of Hogsden, by Thomas Haywood. A play.
	Mar. 13	[Andrew] Crooke	...	The Duke's Mistress, by James Shirley. A play.
		William Cooke
	Mar. 13	[Andrew] Crooke	...	The Conspiracy. A play.

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Date.		For whom Entered.	Name of Play.
1637-8	Mar. 13	[Andrew] Crooke	The Royal Master, by James Shirley. A play.
		John Crooke
		Richard Searger
	Mar. 14	[Henry] Seile	A Latin Comedy called Naufragium Joculare, by Abraham Cowley.
			A Pastoral Comedy called Love's Riddle, by Abraham Cowley, whilst he was King's Scholar in Westminster School.
1638	Mar. 30	[Thomas] Harper	A Latin Comedy called Cornelianum Dolium, by T. R.
		[Thomas] Slater
	April 5	Charles Greene	Tottenham Court, by Thomas Nabbes. A play.
	April 18	Thomas Walkley	Aglaura, by Sir John Sucklin, Knight. A play.
	May 28	Charles Greene	Covent Garden, by Thomas Nabbes. A play.
	June 23	Charles Greene	The Spring's glory, by Thomas Nabbes. A book.
	July 13	John Oakes	The Seven Champions of Christendom, with the life and death of Jack Straw and Wat Tyler, by John Kirke. A play.
	Oct. 24	[Andrew] Crooke	Phillip Chalbott, Admiral of France, and the Ball, by James Shirley. A book.
		William Crooke
	Oct. 26	John Crooke	Arviagus and Philicia, first and second parts. A play.
		Richard Serger
	Oct. 26	Thomas Walkley	The Tragedy of Cleopatra, and Julia Agripina, Emperess of Rome. Two plays.
	Nov. 6	Henry Sheapard	The Lady's Trial, by John Ford. A play.
	Nov. 7	[Humphry] Mozeley	The Sophister. A comedy.
1638-9	Jan. 11	[Daniel] Pakeman	Argalus and Parthenia, by Henry Glapthorne. A play.
	Jan. 22	[John] Waterson	Monsieur Thomas, by Master John Fletcher. A comedy.
	Feb. 14	[John] Waterson	The unnatural Combat, by Phillip Massinger. A tragedy.
	Mar. 1	[Thomas] Harper	Imperiale. A tragedy.
1639	Mar. 28	Humphrey Blundon	A new trick to cheat the Devil, by Master Damport. A book or comedy.
1639	April 12	William Cooke	The Maid's Revenge, by James Shirley. A play.
	April 25	[Andrew] Crooke William Cooke	Nightwalkers.Opportunity.Love's Cruelty.The Coronation.Wit without money. 5 plays.
	June 18	John Okes	The Knave in Grain, or Jack Cottington. A play.
	July 8	Laurence Blaicklock	The Bride, by Thomas Nabbes. A play.
	July 29	William Cooke	The Humorous Courtier, by James Shirley. A play.
	Sept. 23	George Hutton	Albertus Wallenstein, late Duke of Friedland, by Henry Glapthorne. A tragedy.
	Oct. 3	Daniel Frere	Messalina, the Roman Empress, by N. R. A tragedy.
	Oct. 4	John Crooke	The Bloody Brother, by J. B. A tragedy.
		Richard Sergier
	Nov. 4	Daniel Frere	Unfortunate Mother, a tragedy by Thomas Nabbes. A play.
	Nov. 20	Daniel Frere	The Rebellion, by Thomas Rawlins. A play.
	Nov. 29	John Williams Francis Egglestone	The Arcadia. A Pastoral. Love's Cruelty, by James Shirley. A Tragedy. Entered before to Master Crooke.
1639-40	Jan. 31	[William] Leake	The Strange Discovery, by J. G., gent. A tragi-comedy.
	Feb. 14	William Cooke	The Tragedy of Saint Albons, by Master James Shirley. A play.
	Feb. 20	John Benson	The Masque of the Gypsies, by Benjamin Johnson.
1639-40	Mar. 11	John Williams Francis Egglestone	The Antiquary. A comedy. Look to the Lady, by James Shirley. A comedy.
	Mar. 19	[Francis] Constable	Sparagus Garden.The Antipodes. Wit in a Madness. Three plays, by Rich. Brome.
	Mar. 20	[Andrew] Crooke Richard Seirger	The Masque of Augurs.
			Time Vindicated.
			Neptune's Triumphs.
			Pan's Anniversary, or The Shepherd's Holiday. Four masques, by Benjamin Jonson.
1640	April 2	William Cooke	The Queen of Arragon, by William Habington, Esquire.
	April 2	[Andrew] Crooke	The Swaggering Damosell, by Master Chamberlayne. A comedy.
			The Prisoner, by Master Killegrey. A tragedy.
	April 4	[Francis] Constable	The Lady's Privilege, by Henry Glaphthorne. A play.
	April 27	[Francis] Constable	Wit in a Constable, by Henry Glapthorne. A comedy.
	April 28	[Richard] Whitaker	Saint Patrick for Ireland.The Constant Maid. Two plays, by James Shirley.
	May 22	Widow Wilson	The Hollander, by Henry Glapthorne. A comedy.
	May 22	John Okes	Love's Masterpiece, by Thomas Haywood. A comedy.
	Aug. 4	[Andrew] Crooke	Claracilla, by Master Killegray. A play.
			Christianetta. The Jewish Gentleman.A New Academy or Exchange. The Lovesick Count. The Covent Garden. The English Moor, or Mock Marriage. Six plays, by Richard Broome.

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Table V.—TRANSFERS OF COPYRIGHT IN PLAYS, 1584-1640.

Date.		Name of Play.	To whom Transferred.
1584		Campaspe	1591, Oct. 4, Galathea re-entered. 1597, April 12, Sappho and Campaspe transferred from T. Cadman to Joan Brome. 1601, Aug. 23, Sappho, Campaspe, Endymion, Midas, Galatea, from Mrs. Brome, deceased, to G. Potter. 1632, all six published together by E. Blount.
1585	April 1	Galatea
1584	April 6	Sappho
1591	Oct. 4	Midas
		Endymion
1594	Jan. 18	Mother Bombie
1592	Oct. 6	Spanish Tragedy	1599, Aug. 13, Spanish Tragedy and Edward Longshanks assigned from A. Jeffes to W. White. 1600, Aug. 14, Henry V., Spanish Tragedy, Edward Longshanks, Jack Straw, Looking-glass for London, "formerly printed," set over to T. Pavier. 1602, April 19, 1 & 2 Henry VI. assigned from T. Millington to T. Pavier. 1626, Aug. 4, Henry V., Spanish Tragedy, Sir John Oldcastle, and "Master Pavier's right in Shakespeare's plays, or any of them," assigned by Mrs. Pavier to E. Brewster and R. Bird. 1630, Nov. 8, his interest in Henry V., Sir John Oldcastle, York and Lancaster, and Yorkshire Tragedy assigned by Mr. Bird to J. Cotes.
1593	Oct. 8	Edward Longshanks
1593	Oct. 23	Jack Straw
1593-4	Mar. 5	Looking-glass for London
1593-4	Mar. 12	i York and Lancaster
1595		ii York and Lancaster
1600	Aug. 11	Sir John Oldcastle
1600	Aug. 4	Henry V. "stayed"
1608	May 2	Yorkshire Tragedy
1600	July 24	Maid's Metamorphosis	1600, Oct. 23, Jack Drum assigned from F. Norton to R. Oliff. 1615, Nov. 6, Jack Drum, Weakest to the Wall, and Maid's Metamorphosis, from Mrs. Oliff to P. Knight. 1617, Oct. 18, Weakest to Wall and Maid's Metamorphosis assigned from P. Knight to R. Hawkins. 1627-8, Mar 1, King and no King, Philaster, and Orthello assigned from T. Walkley to R. Hawkins. 1629, Oct. 27, Maid's Tragedy from Heggenbotham and Constable to R. Hawkins. 1638, May 29, all the group except Jack Drum from Hawkins to Mead and Meredith. 1638-9, Jan. 25, the same from them to Leake.
1600	Sept. 8	Jack Drum's entertainment
1600	Oct. 23	Weakest goeth to the wall
1618	Aug. 7	King and no King
1619	April 28	Maid's Tragedy
1619-20	Jan. 10	Philaster
1621	Oct. 6	Othello
1599	Aug. 28	1 & 2 Edward IV.	1599-1600, Feb. 23, his moiety in 1 & 2 Edward IV. assigned from J. Busby to H. Lownes. 1627, May 30, his share in Poetaster and Anthonie and Mellida assigned by T. Lownes to H. Lownes and R. Young, 1628, Nov. 6, his interest in Poetaster, 1 & 2 Jane Shore, and Anthony and Melida assigned by H. Lownes to G. Cole and G. Latham. 1630, Dec. 6, their interest in the same play assigned by them to R. Young.
1601	Oct. 24	Antonio and Mellida
1601	Dec. 21	Poetaster
1597	Aug. 29	Richard II.	1603, Jan. 25, set over from A. Wise to M. Low.
1597	Oct. 20	Richard III.
1597-8	Feb. 25	1 Henry IV.
1600	Aug. 14	Every Man in his humor	1605, Aug. 6, Sejanus assigned by E. Blunt to T. Thorpe. 1610, Oct. 3, Sejanus and Vulpone assigned by T. Thorpe to W. Burre. 1612, Sept. 28, Silent Woman assigned by J. Browne to W. Burre. 1622-3, Feb. 17, D'Ambois' Revenge assigned by Mrs. Browne to J. Marriott. 1630, July 3, Narcissus, Mad World, Alchemist, Silent Woman, Ignoramus, assigned by Mrs. Bur to J. Spencer. 1630, July 20, Ignoramus entered for G. Edmondson and J. Spenser (with Spencer's consent). 1635, July 4, all the seven plays by Jonson were entered for Stansby by virtue of a note bearing date 1621, June 10, under the hands of W. Burre and M. Lownes. N.B. Stansby printed the Jonson folios 1616, 1631.
1601	May 23	Cynthia's Revels (Narcissus)
1604	Nov. 2	Sejanus
1607		Volpone
1608	Oct. 4	A mad world, my Masters
1610	Sept. 20	Silent Woman
1610	Oct. 3	Alchemist
1611		Catilina
1612	April 17	D'Ambois' Revenge
1615	April 18	Ignoramus
1594	May 2	Taming of a Shrew	1606-7, Jan 22, the first three were entered for N. Ling, with C. Burby's consent. 1607, Nov. 19, all four were set over to J. Smythick. Mr. Halliwell in his Outlines omits the Shrew entry.
1598		Love's Labour's Lost
1599		Romeo and Juliet
1602	July 26	Hamlet
1594	May 28	Orlando	1609, Oct. 16, assigned by Mrs. Burby to Welby. 1617-8, Mar. 2, by Welby to Snodham. 1625-6, Feb. 23, by Mrs. Snodham to W. Stansby. 1638-9, Mar. 4, the first four by Mrs Stansby to Bishop. Only half shares in the two last plays are concerned in these entries.
1595	April 1	George a Greene
1595	Dec. 1	Edward III.
1600	Aug. 14	Every man in his humour
1600	Oct. 28	Summer's last Will and T.
1600		The Shoemaker's Holiday	1610, April 19, assigned from V. Symms to J. Wrighte, and agreed that "Symms shall have the workmanship of the printing thereof for the use of the said J. Wrighte during his life, if he have a printing house of his own."
1600-1	Jan. 7	Dr. Faustus	1610, Sept. 13, assigned from T. Bushell to J. Wright.
1593	July 6	Edward II.	1611, Dec. 16, Edward II. assigned from W. Jones to R. Barnes. 1615-6, Jan. 5, Dr. Doddipoll from Mrs. Oliffe to H. Bell. 1617, April 17, Edward II. from R. Barnes to H. Bell. 1638, Sept. 4, both plays from Henry and Moses Bell to Haviland and J. Wright.
1600	Oct. 7	Dr. Doddypoll
1600	Dec. 1	1 & 2 Robin Hood	1616-7, Feb. 16, all assigned from Leake to Barrett. 1626, April 3, Cromwell and Fawn from Mrs. Barrett to Parker. 1638, Sept. 4, all the plays from Parker to Haviland and J. Wright.
1602	Aug. 11	Lord Cromwell
1605-6	Mar. 12	The Fawn
1598		Mucedorus	1618, Sept. 17, assigned by Mrs. Jones to J. Wright.
1605	June 26	Dutch Courtesan	1613, April 19, "a half part" in the two last plays, all Edgar's interest in the Courtesan (which was entered originally to Hodgetts), and the whole of Sophonisba assigned from E. Edgar to J. Hodgetts.
1605-6	Mar. 17	Sophonisba
1607	May 20	Woman hater
1608	Oct. 4	A Mad World, my M.
1615	Aug. 14	The Honest Lawyer	1622-3 Jan. 11, assigned by R. Woodriffe to T. Barlow.
1607	April 24	Fair Maid of Exchange	1616, April 9, assigned by Mrs. Rocket to N. Bourne. 1635-6, Feb. 27, by Bourne to G. Edwards.
1615	April 24	Cupid's Revenge	1617, May 8, Scornful Lady assigned by M. Patrich to T. Jones. 1619, April 15, Cupid's Revenge and the Palsgrave by J. Harrison to T. Jones. 1633, Oct. 24, all six plays by T. Jones to Matthews.
		The Palsgrave
1615-6	Mar. 19	Scornful Lady
1621	Dec. 7	Virgin Martyr
1624		Nero
1633		The Heir
1600	Oct. 28	Merchant of Venice	1619, July 8, L. Hayes, inherited from T. Hayes, his father.
1607	Oct. 12	Family of Love	1621, Sept. 2, Tu quoque and Fair Quarrel assigned by J. Trundle to T. Dewe. 1627, Dec. 3, all four plays by Mrs. Helme (and T. Dewe?) to W. Washington. 1628, May 21, the last three by him to Flesher.
1608	April 12	Humor out of Breath
1614		Greenes's Tu Quoque
1617		Fair Quarrel
1607	Oct. 22	Merry Devil of Edmonton	1624, June 21, Assigned by A. Johnson to F. Faulkner.
1592	April 3	Arden of Feversham	1624, June 29, assigned by Mrs. White to E. Aldee. [The Leire entered with these was not the old play, but a prose history now lost] 1640, April 22, Bacon, Robin Hood, and The Owl assigned from Mrs. Aldee to Oulton.
1592	Nov. 20	Salomon and Bersheba
1594	May 14	F. Bacon and F. Bungay
		Robin Hood and Little John
	?	The Owl (not extant; written 1613)
1608	Oct. 6	The Dumb Knight	1610, Nov. 19, assigned by J. Bache to R. Wilson.
1603		Nero (in Latin)	1626, Sept. 4, Nero and Woman's a Weathercock transferred from J. Budge to Allott. 1630, Nov. 16, Blount's interest in Shakespeare assigned to Allott. 1631, Sept. 7, Staple of News assigned by J. Waterson to Allot. 1637, July 1, all the group from Mrs Allott to Legatt and A. Crook. [N.B. 1 Henry VI, is called 3 Henry VI., Troylus is omitted, and Anthony included in the 1630 entry]
1611	Nov. 23	Woman's a Weathercock
1614		Bartholomew Fair
1622		Share in Shakespeare Folio
1626	April 14	Staple of News
1629		Roman Actor
1630	Mar. 26	Aristippus
1633	Aug. 1	True Trojans
1623	Nov. 8	Share in Shakespeare Folio	1627, June 19, Jaggard's share assigned by Mrs. Jaggard to T. Cotes and R. Cotes.
1609		Faithful Shepherdess	1628, Dec. 8, H. Walley's share assigned to R. Meighen.
1606	Nov. 12	Wily Beguiled	1629, Oct. 12, assigned by C. Knight to T. Knight. 1635-6, Mar. 8, by T. Knight to Alchorn.
1601-2	Jan. 18	Merry Wives of Windsor	1629-30, Jan. 29, assigned by A. Johnson to Meighen.
1607	May 19	Phœnix
1607	May 15	Michaelmas Term
1607	June 29	Cupid's Whirligig
1594	June 19	Four London Prentises	1630, Aug. 2, assigned by N. Okes to J. Okes.
1611-12	Oct. 14	Golden Age
1613		Silver Age
1632		Iron Age
1615	April 28	Albumazar
1611		Roaring Girl	1630-1, Feb. 10, assigned by T. Archer to H. Perrey. 1634, Sept. 15, White Devil and Insatiate Countess assigned by H. Perrey to H. Taunton.
1612		White Devil
1613		Insatiate Countess
1621-2	Feb. 22	Herod and Antipater	1633, May 9, assigned by M. Rhodes to F. Smith. 1633, Aug. 3, by F. Smith to T. Lambert. 1633-4, Jan. 2, by T. Lambert to F. Smith again.
1606-7	Feb. 23	Lingua	1635, Aug. 19, assigned by S. Waterson to J. Waterson.
1607	July 31	Misery of enforced M.	1637, April 28, assigned by Mrs. Vincent to R. Thraile.
1607	Oct. 22	Merry Devil of E.	1624, June 21, assigned by A. Johnson to F. Faulkner.
1608	Nov. 26	Mustapha.	1632, Nov. 10, assigned by N. Butter to J. Seile.
1619-20	Jan. 15	Guy of Warwick	1620, Dec. 13, assigned by J. Trundle to T. Langley.
1620	May 22	Two Merry Milkmaids	1623, Sept. 13, assigned by L. Chapman to M. Walbanke.
1622-3	Jan. 20	Duke of Milan	1623, May 5, Norton's share assigned to Blackmore.
1639	June 18	Knave in grain	1639, Oct. 22, assigned by J. Okes to J. Nicholson as "new vampt" [which is not part of the title, as Mr. Haliwell supposes].
1630		Picture	1634, Aug. 8, assigned by T. Walkey to J. Waterson.
1600	April 8	Every Man out of his Humor	1638, April 28, assigned by Smethwick to Bishop.
1629		Wedding	1637, Sept. 25, assigned by J. Grove to W. Leake.
1629-30	Feb. 26	Grateful Servant
		Hoffmann
1631-2	Jan. 26	Holland's Leaguer
1637-8	Mar. 5	Lost Lady	1638, Sept. 24, assigned by J. Okes to J. Coleby. 1640, Sept. 5, by J. Coleby to R. Roiston.
1604-5	Feb. 12	Henry VIII. (When you see me, &c.)	1639, May 21, assigned by N. Butter to Flessher.
1605	July 5	1. If you know not me, &c.
1605	Sept. 14	2. If you know not me, &c.
1607	Nov. 26	Lear
1608	June 3	Lucrece, Roman tragedy
1630	June 29	2. Honest Whore

At this point we lose the aid of Mr. Arber's reprint of "The Stationers' Registers," which does not extend beyond 1640. It is, however, necessary to continue our notes to 1660, the date of the reopening of the theatres, because even at that date entries were made attributing plays to Shakespeare. The following memoranda have no pretence to completeness, and are compiled (pending an opportunity of examining the registers themselves) from the much-abused Biographia Dramatica, which is, nevertheless, much more useful than the abbreviated compilation made from it (retaining nearly all its errors) by the scissors of Mr. Halliwell, and published by him as A Dictionary of Old English Plays. Two of these entries are so important for dramatic history that they are printed in parallel columns, with the list of MSS. once in the possession of John Warburton, the Somerset Herald, but mostly destroyed by his cook. From these it will be seen at a glance that three-fifths of his collection consisted of the remainder of Moseley's stock, which contained the majority of old unprinted MSS. extant in 1660.

From these S. R. entries, taken as a whole, the reader will find that the total number of extant plays originally produced between 1576, when theatres were first opened, and their closing in 1642, is less than 500. Nor have we reason to believe that they ever numbered more than 2000 or so. Nearly all worth preserving has been preserved. The gross exaggerations of Halliwell and Collier on this matter depend on their estimating the number of contemporaneous theatres and companies at some fifteen. They really never exceeded five. They also neglect the facts that many so-called new plays were mere revisions of the old ones, "new vamped" versions slightly altered; and that the inferior theatres depended largely on extemporaneous performances, of which only the plots were committed to writing. In the palmy days of the Admiral's company, Henslow brought out a new play once a fortnight, but this was undoubtedly an exceptional instance. The best companies, such as the King's, and after them the Queen's, produced one in about two months. Taking all this into consideration, 2000 is a liberal estimate; 20,000 is a number that could only be dreamed of by an inaccurate writer intent on effect rather than truth. And of this 2000 not more than a quarter would be worth preserving: indeed, of those preserved many are quite valueless. The few good ones lost are such as The Jeweller of Amsterdam, suppressed for political reasons; or the original Henry VIII., destroyed by fire or other accident.