The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 18.0377  Friday, 15 June 2007

From: 		Tom Reedy <
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Date: 		Thursday, 14 Jun 2007 17:32:11 -0500
Subject: 	How long to write a play?

I've just begun reading Stanley Wells's *Shakespeare and Co.: 
Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middleton, John 
Fletcher and the Other Players in His Story*. Early on (p. 25) he makes 
a statement that the average time to write a play was between four to 
six weeks. I'm assuming he's calculating from information taken from 
Henlowe's "Diary." Does anybody know of other references supporting this?

Tom Reedy

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