DEEP: Database of Early English Playbooks

1654 Glapthorne, Henry (?) Revenge for Honor (The Parricide)

Reference Information

DEEP #: 1089
Greg #: 730a(i†)
STC/Wing #: C1949
Record Type: Single-Play Playbook
Play Type: Adult Professional
Genre (Annals): Tragedy
 
Book Edition: 1
Play Edition: 1
Format: Quarto
Leaves: 32
Date of First Publication: 1654
Date of First Production: 1640 [1637-1641]
Company of First Production: Unknown
Company Attribution: n/a
 
Total Editions: 1 quarto
 
Variants: There are three issues of this edition. Greg 730a(i*) is dated 1654 and lists Marriot as publisher. Another issue is also dated 1654 but lists no stationers in its imprint; its preliminaries exist in two states: Greg 730a(i†) does not include a dedication; in Greg 730a(ii), a dedication was inserted after the title leaf [A1]. The third issue, Greg 730a(iii), is dated 1659, lists Moseley as publisher, and does not contain a dedication. See also Greg 730a(i*); 730a(ii); 730a(iii)

Title-Page Features

Title: REVENGE FOR HONOUR. A TRAGEDIE,
Author: BY GEORGE CHAPMAN.
Performance:
Imprint: LONDON, Printed in the Yeer 1654.

Paratextual Material

Character List: "The Persons Acting" [A2r]

Stationer Information

Printer: [unknown]
Publisher: Marriot, Richard
Entries in Stationers' Register: Nov (or Dec?) 29, 1653: Entered to Richard Marriot: "several playes following (vizt) The Paraside or Revenge for honor. by Henry Glapthorne".
Jun 11, 1659: Transferred from Richard Marriot to Humphrey Moseley: "Revenge for honour a Tragedy by Geo: Chapman."