A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 08
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A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 08
English drama
Henslowe's list of plays, with the authors' names attached, as [edited
by Mr Collier], begins [in February 1591-2;] and there the first mention
of Chettle is in February 1597-8: between that date and March 1602-3, a
period of little more than five years, he wrote, or assisted in writing,
all the dramatic performances with which his name is associated; a fact
of itself sufficient to show, if Henslowe be accurate, that in many of
them his share must have been very inconsiderable, perhaps only
amounting to a few alterations. They are the following, exclusive of
those pieces already enumerated,[253] in which he was concerned with
Munday:--
1. The Valiant Welchman, by Michael Drayton and Henry Chettle, February
1597-8. Printed in 1615.[254]
2. Earl Goodwin and his Three Sons, Part I., by Michael Drayton, Henry
Chettle, Thomas Dekker, and Robert Wilson, March 1598. Not printed.
3. Earl Goodwin, Part II., by the same authors, and under the same date
in Henslowe's papers. Not printed.
4. Piers of Exton, by the same authors, same date. Not printed.
5. Black Batman of the North, Part I., by Henry Chettle, April 1598. Not
printed.
6. Black Batman of the North, Part II., by Henry Chettle and Robert
Wilson. Same date. Not printed.
7. The Play of a Woman, by Henry Chettle, July 1598. Not printed.[255]
8. The Conquest of Brute with the first finding of the Bath, by John
Day, Henry Chettle, and John Singer. Same date. Not printed.
9. Hot Anger soon Cold, by Henry Porter, Henry Chettle, and Ben Jonson,
August 1598. Not printed.
10. Catiline's Conspiracy, by Robert Wilson and Henry Chettle. Same
date. Not printed.
11. 'Tis no Deceit to Deceive the Deceiver, by Henry Chettle, September
1598. Not printed.
12. Aeneas' Revenge, with the Tragedy of Polyphemus, by Henry Chettle,
February 1598-9. Not printed.
13. Agamemnon, by Henry Chettle and Thomas Dekker, June 1599. Not
printed. Malone thought that this was the same play as "Troilus and
Cressida" before mentioned.
14. The Stepmother's Tragedy, by Henry Chettle, August 1599. Not
printed.
15. Patient Grissel, by Thomas Dekker, Henry Chettle, and William
Haughton, December 1599. Printed in 1603.
16. The Arcadian Virgin, by Henry Chettle and William Haughton. Same
date. Not printed.
17. Damon and Pithias, by Henry Chettle, January 1599-1600. Not
printed.[256]
18. The Seven Wise Masters, by Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, William
Haughton, and John Day, March 1599-1600. Not printed.
19. The Golden Ass and Cupid and Psyche, by Thomas Dekker, John Day, and
Henry Chettle, April 1600. Not printed.
20. The Wooing of Death, by Henry Chettle. Same date. Not printed.
21. The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green, by Henry Chettle and John Day.
Same date. Printed in 1659.
22. All is not Gold that Glisters, by Samuel Rowley and Henry Chettle,
March 1600. Not printed.
23. Sebastian, King of Portugal, by Henry Chettle and Thomas Dekker,
April 1601. Not printed.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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