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1631	Jonson, Ben	The Staple of News
Reference Information DEEP #: 5097.04 Greg #: 456a STC/Wing #: n/a Record Type: Play in Collection Play Type: Adult Professional Genre (Annals): Comedy Book Edition: n/a Play Edition: 1 Format: Folio Leaves: 38 Date of First Publication: 1631 Date of First Production: 1626 [Feb] Company of First Production: King's Men Company Attribution: King's Men Total Editions: 1 folio in collection In Collection: The Works. Second Volume. (1631); The Works. Second [and Third] Volume. (1640) Title-Page Features Title: [2A1r] THE STAPLE OF NEWES. A COMEDIE Author: The Author BEN: IONSON. Performance: ACTED IN THE YEARE, 1625. BY HIS MAIESTIES SERVANTS. Latin Motto: [in single column] HOR. in ART. POET. \| Aut prodesse volunt, aut delectare poetæ: \| Aut simul & iucunda, & idonea dicere vitæ Imprint: LONDON, Printed by I. B. for ROBERT ALLOT, and are to be sold at the signe of the Beare, in Pauls Church-yard. 1631. Paratextual Material To the Reader: "To the Readers" [2E2v] Character List: "The Persons of the Play" [2A1v] Stationer Information Printer: Beale, John Publisher: Allott, Robert Imprint Location: A.3 (Paul's Churchyard - Northeast) Entries in Stationers' Register: Apr 14, 1626: Entered to John Waterson: "A booke Called The Staple of Newes being A Comedie.". Sep 7, 1631: Transferred from John Waterson to Robert Allott: "a booke called The stapell of Newes written by m^r [3? letters deleted] Ben: Iohnson". Jul 1, 1637: Transferred from the widow of Robert Allott to John Legat (2) and Andrew Crooke (1): "saluo Iure cuiuscunque ... Staple Newes. a Play."