The play was first acted about 1612.
A list of the actors' names is given on the verso of the title-page, and among them stands out that of Richard Burbage, who created the part of the Duke. The part of the Duchess was played by a boy named R. Sharpe.
It is the only play of Webster's presented on the modern stage. Miss Glyn played in it in 1851, and Miss May Rorke in 1892.
The first edition is called by Dyce, the most correct of the quartos.
Quarto.
Collation: A-N, in fours. Without pagination.
PHILIP MASSINGER
(1583-1640)
21. A New Way To Pay | Old Debts | A Comoedie | As it hath beene often acted at the Phœ- | nix in Drury-Lane, by the Queenes | Maieſties ſeruants. | The Author. | Philip Massinger. | [Printer's mark] London, | Printed by E. P. for Henry Seyle, dwelling in S. | Pauls Churchyard, at the ſigne of the | Tygers head. Anno. M.DC. | XXXIII.