| 1659 | Brome, Richard | The Queen and Concubine | |
Reference InformationDEEP #:
1178
Greg #: 810a
STC/Wing #: B4881
Record Type: Single-Play Playbook
Play Type: Adult Professional
Genre (Annals): Tragicomedy
Book Edition: 1
Play Edition: 1
Format: Octavo
Leaves: 68
Date of First Publication: 1659
Date of First Production: 1635 [1635-1639]
Company of First Production: King's Revels Company
Company Attribution: n/a
Total Editions: 1 octavo (bibliographically independent and in collection)
Also appears in collection:
Five New Plays (1659)
Title-Page FeaturesTitle: THE QUEEN And CONCUBINE. A COMEDIE
Author: BY RICHARD BROME.
Performance:
Latin Motto: [in single column] Asperius nihil est Humili cum surgit in Altum. | —————— Si vis vincere, disce pati.
Imprint: LONDON: Printed for A. Crook, and Hen. Brome, at the Gun in Ivy Lane. 1659.
Paratextual MaterialCharacter List: "Drammatis Personæ" [A2r]
Errata: "Errata" [K2v]
Other Paratexts: Advertisement for "Books Printed for Hen. Brome" (including the 1659 Brome collection Five New Plays) [K2r]
Stationer InformationPrinter: Taylor, John
Publisher: Brome, Henry; Crooke, Andrew (1)
Imprint Location: C.3 (Newgate Within - Ivy Lane)
Entries in Stationers' Register: None
Additional Notes: Greg writes, "This piece is bibliographically independent, and the advertisements that occur both before and after it in the collection serve to emphasize the fact. ... It would appear, therefore, that this single piece was meant to be issued separately in advance of the collection. On the other hand, the date on the title, 1659, shows that it was actually printed later than the other four plays, which are all dated 1658; and since the collection appears to have been on the market by January ..., there can have been little time for previous issue; moreover, the fact that no copies have been met with apart from the collection makes it unlikely that any such independent issue was made" (Bibliography, 2:909).
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