DEEP: Database of Early English Playbooks

1638 Berkeley, William The Lost Lady

Reference Information

DEEP #: 887
Greg #: 534b(*)
STC/Wing #: 1902
Record Type: Single-Play Playbook
Play Type: Adult Professional
Genre (Annals): Tragicomedy
 
Book Edition: 2
Play Edition: 2
Format: Folio
Leaves: 28
Date of First Publication: 1638
Date of First Production: 1637 [1637-1638]
Company of First Production: King's Men
Company Attribution: n/a
 
Total Editions: 2 folios
 
Variants: There are two issues of this edition: Greg 534b(*) is dated 1638; Greg 534b(†) is dated 1639. See also Greg 534b(†)

Title-Page Features

Title: THE LOST LADY A Tragy COMEDY.
Author:
Performance:
Imprint: Imprinted at LONDON by Jo. Okes, for John Colby, and are to be sold at his Shop, at the Signe of the Holy Lambe on Ludgate hill. 1638.

Paratextual Material

None

Stationer Information

Printer: Okes, John
Publisher: Colby, John
Imprint Location: Q.4 (Ludgate - Without and Ludgate Hill)
Entries in Stationers' Register: Mar 5, 1638: Entered to John Okes: "a Play called The Lost Ladie".
Sep 24, 1638: Transferred from John Okes to John Colby: "the Play called The lost Ladie. by mr Wm. Berkeley."
Sep 5, 1640: Transferred from John Colby to Richard Royston: "a Play called the Lost Lady."