| 1635 | Rutter, Joseph | The Shepherds' Holiday | |
Reference InformationDEEP #:
843
Greg #: 499a
STC/Wing #: 21470
Record Type: Single-Play Playbook
Play Type: Adult Professional
Genre (Annals): Pastoral
Book Edition: 1
Play Edition: 1
Format: Octavo
Leaves: 56
Date of First Publication: 1635
Date of First Production: 1634 [1633-1635]
Company of First Production: Queen Henrietta Maria's Men
Company Attribution: Queen Henrietta Maria's Men
Total Editions: 1 octavo
Title-Page FeaturesTitle: THE SHEPHEARDS HOLY-DAY. A PASTORALL TRAGI-COMÆDIE. ... WITH AN ELEGIE ON THE DEATH of the most noble Lady, the Lady VENETIA DIGBY.
Author: WRITTEN BY J. R.
Performance: ACTED BEFORE BOTH THEIR MAIESTIES AT WHITE-HALL, by the Queenes Servants.
Latin Motto: VIR. Nec erubuit Sylvas habitare Thalia.
Imprint: LONDON: Printed by N. and I. Okes, for Iohn Benson, and are to be sold at his shop in St. Dunstans Church-yard in Fleetstreet. 1635.
Paratextual MaterialDedication: "The Epistle" to: Kenelm Digby (natural philosopher and courtier); from: Joseph Rutter [A2r]
Commendatory Verses: 2: by "Ben. Ionson"; "Thomas May" [A3r]
Character List: "The Persons of the Play" [A4v]
Other Paratexts: "Thrysis. A Pastorall Elegie in the person of Sir Kenelme Digby, on the Death of his Noble Lady, the Lady Venetia Digby" with a Latin "Epigramma" for her tomb subscribed "Obijt 1. Maij, 1633." [H1r]
Stationer InformationPrinter: Okes, Nicholas; Okes, John
Publisher: Benson, John
Imprint Location: W.9 (Fleet St. - St. Dunstan's Church / Clifford's Inn)
Entries in Stationers' Register: Jan 19, 1635: Entered to John Benson: "a TragiComedy called the Sheapards holliday by I: Rutter."
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