Records of Drama Early English The Records PLEASERETURNTO RECORDSOFEARLYENGLISHDRAMA 150CHARLESSTREETWEST TORONTO,ONT.M5S1K9. ATTN:SALLY-BETHMACLEAN 416-585-4504 ECORDS OF EARLY ENGLISH DRAMA Records of Drama Early English SOMERSET EDITED BYJAMES STOKES Including BATH EDITEDBYROBERT ALEXANDER J. 1 The Records UNIVERSITYOFTORONTOPRESS TORONTO BUFFALO LONDON UniversityofTorontoPress1996 Toronto Buffalo London PrintedinCanada ISBN 0-8020-0459-8 CanadianCataloguinginPublicationData Mainentryundertitle: Somerset (RecordsofearlyEnglishdrama) Contents: 1. Therecords 2. Editorialapparatus. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN 0-8020-0459-8(set) I. Performingarts-England-Somerset-History- Sources. 2. Performingarts-England-Bath- History-Sources. 3. Theater-England-Somerset- History-Sources. 4. Theater-England-Bath- History-Sources, i. Stokes,James(James,David). II. Alexander,RobertJoseph,1944- . HI. Series. PN2595.5.S65S651996 790.2094238 C96-931368-3 Theresearchandtypesettingcostsof RecordsofEarlyEnglishDrama havebeenunderwrittenbythe NationalEndowmentfortheHumanitiesandthe SocialSciencesandHumanitiesResearchCouncilofCanada Contents VOLUME 1 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Vll SYMBOLS 2 THERECORDS 3 Records of Drama Early English TheaimofRecordsofEarlyEnglishDrama(REED)istofind,transcribe,andpublish e1x6t4e2r.naTlheeviedxeenccuetiovfederdaimtaotriwco,ucledrebmeongiraalt,efaulndfomricnsotmrmelenatctsivointyainndGrcoerartecBtriiotnasintobetfhoere presentvolumesandforhavinganyrelevantadditionalmaterialdrawntoherattention. ALEXANDRAF.JOHNSTON UniversityofToronto DIRECTOR SALLY-BETHMACLEAN UniversityofToronto EXECUTIVEEDITOR EXECUTIVEBOARD EDITORIALADVISORYBOARD PETERCLARK UniversityofLeicester J.J.ANDERSON UniversityofManchester c.EDWARDMCGEE UniversityofStJeromes HERBERTBERRY College,Waterloo DAVIDBEVINGTON UniversityofChicago PETERMEREDITH UniversityofLeeds L.M.CLOPPER IndianaUniversity DAVIDMILLS UniversityofLiverpool JOANNADUTKA UniversityofToronto A.H.NELSON UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley IANLANCASHIRE UniversityofToronto BARBARAPALMER MarthaWashingtonCollege RICHARDPROUDFOOT KingsCollege, J.A.B.SOMERSET UniversityofWesternOntario London ROBERTTITTLER ConcordiaUniversity JOHNM.WASSON GLYNNEWICKHAM EDITORIALSTAFF LAETITIAYEANDLE FolgerShakespeare Library WILLIAMCOOKE AssociateEditor SHEENALEVITT AdministrativeAssistant ARLEANERALPH PatronsResearcher WILLIAMROWCLIFFE GraphicArtist/Typesetter MIRIAMsKEY Bibliographer/CopyEditor ABIGAILANNYOUNGAssociateEditor