The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 19.0255 Friday, 2 May 2008
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Date: Thursday, 01 May 2008 11:23:09 -0400
Subj: Re: SHK 19.0249 Thomas Kyd and 1 Henry 6
[2] From: John Briggs <
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Date: Thursday, 1 May 2008 16:39:39 +0100
Subj: Re: SHK 19.0249 Thomas Kyd and 1 Henry 6
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From: Hannibal Hamlin <
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Date: Thursday, 01 May 2008 11:23:09 -0400
Subject: 19.0249 Thomas Kyd and 1 Henry 6
Comment: Re: SHK 19.0249 Thomas Kyd and 1 Henry 6
This is all very useful. Thanks. No doubt, although John Briggs's letter
will not be published, there will be other responses on the TLS letters
page (nothing seems more controversial than matters of Shakespeare and
attribution!). I'm wondering, however, whether there is a consensus on
the validity of Vickers's methodology in making these arguments for
reattribution?
Hannibal Hamlin
Department of English
The Ohio State University
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From: John Briggs <
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Date: Thursday, 1 May 2008 16:39:39 +0100
Subject: 19.0249 Thomas Kyd and 1 Henry 6
Comment: Re: SHK 19.0249 Thomas Kyd and 1 Henry 6
William Proctor Williams wrote:
>Henslowe's "ne" does not necessarily mean "new." It can mean a range
>of things from newly licensed, to newly modified, to new in the
>repertory, to actually new, and, perhaps, at Newington Butts.
Well, to dispose of the last possibility, when the Admiral's Men and the
Chamberlain's Men both performed at Newington Butts from 3 June 1594 to
13 June 1594, there was only one "ne"[w] play: "Bellendon" [Bellin
Dunn]. Yes, 'Henslowe's "ne" does not necessarily mean "new" ' - but it
almost certainly does, and to pretend otherwise is probably
irresponsible, as it leads to people like Bob Grumman thinking that they
have "read that it merely meant (or could have merely meant) new for
Henslowe's theatre." It would be far better if we could all agree on the
general message that "ne" means "new", and leave the appropriate caveats
in the footnotes.
Diana Price incautiously proposes "an alternative solution - that "ne"
marks a performance at which twice the usual admission fee was charged
at the doors, whether that performance was - or was not - the premiere."
She also proposes "that Henslowe's papers contain evidence to suggest
that "ne" signifies his shorthand for "twice" the usual entry fee, and
that this theory can be tested by examining certain revenues collected
at the Rose playhouse."
As the first performance of "harey the vj" [1 Henry 6] ("ne") on 3 March
1592 collected ?3 16s 8d, and the second performance on 7 March 1592
(not "ne") collected ?3, this theory has an uphill struggle.
John Briggs
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