Lucy Munro
@lucycmunro.bsky.social
Professional literature geek. Theatre history and weird old plays. Leyton Orient aficionada. Writing a book about the Globe and Blackfriars Playhouses. she/her
Yep - and probably more frequently revived pre 1642 than the extant records show, given its currency on the stage in the mid 1630s.
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Yep - and probably more frequently revived pre 1642 than the extant records show, given its currency on the stage in the mid 1630s.
It's interesting to look across the period because it often seems to be a question of whether a play made it into a later repertory - e.g. Bussy and The Coxcomb ending up with the King's Men; Cupid's Revenge and Heywood's Rape of Lucrece with Queen Henrietta Maria's Men and Beeston's Boys, etc.
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It's interesting to look across the period because it often seems to be a question of whether a play made it into a later repertory - e.g. Bussy and The Coxcomb ending up with the King's Men; Cupid's Revenge and Heywood's Rape of Lucrece with Queen Henrietta Maria's Men and Beeston's Boys, etc.
I find the question of which Fletcher & collaborators plays are represented here very interesting - it doesn't map coherently onto later assessments of the canon.
November 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I find the question of which Fletcher & collaborators plays are represented here very interesting - it doesn't map coherently onto later assessments of the canon.
... Custom of the Country; Volpone; Pericles; Merry Devil of Edmonton; Philaster; Maid's Tragedy; Every Man in his Humour.
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
... Custom of the Country; Volpone; Pericles; Merry Devil of Edmonton; Philaster; Maid's Tragedy; Every Man in his Humour.
On recorded revivals (e.g. court performance, records of individual playgoers, etc) plus allusions strongly suggesting theatrical currency: Spanish Tragedy; Tamburlaine; Winter's Tale; Rollo; Scornful Lady; Beggars' Bush; Coxcomb; Cupid's Revenge; Alchemist; 1 Henry IV; Bussy D'Ambois; Othello...
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
On recorded revivals (e.g. court performance, records of individual playgoers, etc) plus allusions strongly suggesting theatrical currency: Spanish Tragedy; Tamburlaine; Winter's Tale; Rollo; Scornful Lady; Beggars' Bush; Coxcomb; Cupid's Revenge; Alchemist; 1 Henry IV; Bussy D'Ambois; Othello...
The Great Ouse is clearly Britain’s greatest river.
October 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The Great Ouse is clearly Britain’s greatest river.
Hurray! I’m so pleased to see this!
August 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Hurray! I’m so pleased to see this!