DEEP: Database of Early English Playbooks

1635 Shirley, James The Traitor

Reference Information

DEEP #: 842
Greg #: 498a
STC/Wing #: 22458
Record Type: Single-Play Playbook
Play Type: Adult Professional
Genre (Annals): Tragedy
 
Book Edition: 1
Play Edition: 1
Format: Quarto
Leaves: 40
Date of First Publication: 1635
Date of First Production: 1631 [licensed for stage, May 4]
Company of First Production: Queen Henrietta Maria's Men
Company Attribution: Queen Henrietta Maria's Men
 
Total Editions: 1 quarto

Title-Page Features

Title: THE TRAYTOR. A TRAGEDIE,
Author: WRITTEN BY IAMES SHIRLEY.
Performance: ACTED By her Majesties Servants.
Imprint: LONDON: Printed for William Cooke, and are to be sold at his Shop at Furnivals Inne-gate in Holborne. 1635.

Paratextual Material

Dedication: "The Epistle Dedicatory" to: William Cavendish (1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne); from: James Shirley [A2r]
Commendatory Verses: 1: by "Will Atkins" [A3r]
Character List: "The Persons" [A3v]

Stationer Information

Printer: Norton, John (2)
Publisher: Cooke, William
Imprint Location: V.8 (Holborn - Furnival's Inn)
Entries in Stationers' Register: Nov 3, 1634: Entered to William Cooke: "a Play called the Traytor &c. by Iames Shirley".