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Notes
My observations in this paper are based on a study of microfilms. I wish to express my appreciation to Mr. Lyle G. Wright, Head of Reference Department, Henry E. Huntington Library, for his help in corroborating my findings by an examination of the original quartos of the plays discussed here.
As cited in W. W. Greg, A Bibliography of the English Printed Drama to the Restoration, I (1939), 50.
Allen H. Stevenson, "Shirley's Publishers: the Partnership of Crooke and Cooke," The Library, 4th Ser., XXV (1945), 150.
Gerald Eades Bentley, The Jacobean and Caroline Stage, V (1956), 1095-96. Bentley observes that the two printings of the play differ considerably in text; he summarizes the problem as follows: "A rough collation shows that it [Q2] is several hundred lines longer and that some pages seem to be completely revised; more of the songs are given in 1661 than in 1640. A more thorough collation might indicate whether this text would seem to have been revised for production at the Phoenix—where the title-page says it was acted but where Shirley did not work after his return from Ireland—or revised for Restoration production. There seem to be objections to either alternative. The T. B. [Theophilus Bird?] who appears as author on the 1661 title-page is unknown. . . . If he revised for a Restoration performance, why was not the Restoration performance used for advertising on the title-page?"
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