DEEP: Database of Early English Playbooks

1653 Brome, Richard The Court Beggar

Reference Information

DEEP #: 5153.03
Greg #: 720a
STC/Wing #: n/a
Record Type: Play in Collection
Play Type: Boys Professional; Adult Professional
Genre (Annals): Comedy
 
Book Edition: n/a
Play Edition: 1
Format: Octavo
Leaves: 46
Date of First Publication: 1653
Date of First Production: 1640 [1639-1640]
Company of First Production: Beeston's Boys
Company Attribution: King's Men
 
Total Editions: 1 octavo in collection
 
In Collection: Five New Plays (1653)

Title-Page Features

Title: [N3r] THE COURT BEGGER. A COMEDIE.
Author: WRITTEN By RICHARD BROME.
Performance: Acted at the Cock-pit, by his MAjESTIES Servants, Anno 1632.
Latin Motto: MART. Hic totus volo rideat Lîbellus.
Imprint: LONDON. Printed for RICHARD MARRIOT, and THO. DRING, and are to be sold at their Shops in Fleet-street, 1653.

Paratextual Material

Character List: "Drammatis Personæ" [N4r]

Stationer Information

Publisher: Marriot, Richard; Dring, Thomas (1)
Imprint Location: W.9 (Fleet St. - St. Dunstan's Church / Clifford's Inn)
Entries in Stationers' Register: Jun 11, 1659: Transferred from Richard Marriot to Humphrey Moseley: "Five new Playes. vizt ... The Court Beggar. ... by Rich: Broome. One 3d parte."
 
Additional Notes: This play was performed by Beeston's Boys, but the title-page company attribution is to the King's Men; DEEP therefore classifies it under both Boys Professional and Adult Professional.