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1632	Brome, Richard	The Northern Lass
Reference Information DEEP #: 793 Greg #: 463a STC/Wing #: 3819 Record Type: Single-Play Playbook Play Type: Adult Professional Genre (Annals): Comedy Book Edition: 1 Play Edition: 1 Format: Quarto Leaves: 46 Date of First Publication: 1632 Date of First Production: 1629 [licensed for stage, Jul 29] Company of First Production: King's Men Company Attribution: King's Men Total Editions: 1 quarto Title-Page Features Title: THE NORTHERN LASSE, A COMOEDIE. Author: Written by RICHARD BROME. Performance: As it hath beene often Acted with good Applause, at the Globe, and Black-Fryers. By his Maiesties Servants. Latin Motto: Hic totus volo rideat Libellus. Mart. Imprint: LONDON: Printed by AVG. MATHEWES, and are to be sold by NICHOLAS VAVASOVR, dwelling at the little South dore of S^t. Pauls Church. 1632. [var.: "VAVASOR"] Paratextual Material Dedication: "The Epistle Dedicatorie" to: Richard Holford (of Gray's Inn); from: Richard Brome [A2r] Commendatory Verses: 6: by "Ben. Ionson"; "F. T."; "St. Br."; "Iohn Ford"; "Tho. Dekker"; "F. T." [A3r] Character List: "The Persons in the Comedie" [A1v] Stationer Information Printer: Mathewes, Augustine Bookseller: Vavasour, Nicholas Imprint Location: A.9 (Paul's Churchyard - Little South Door / Paul's Chain) Entries in Stationers' Register: Mar 24, 1632: Entered to Nicholas Vavasour: "a Comedy called the Northerne Lasse by m^r Broome". Jul 9, 1653: Transferred from Mary Vavasour, the widow of Nicholas Vavasour, to Humphrey Moseley: "a booke or Copie called The Northerne Lasse, written by M^r Rich: Broome."