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1638	Nabbes, Thomas	Tottenham Court
Reference Information DEEP #: 899 Greg #: 540a(i) STC/Wing #: 18344 Record Type: Single-Play Playbook Play Type: Adult Professional Genre (Annals): Comedy Book Edition: 1 Play Edition: 1 Format: Quarto Leaves: 40 Date of First Publication: 1638 Date of First Production: 1634 [1633-1634] Company of First Production: Unknown Company Attribution: n/a Total Editions: 1 quarto (bibliographically independent and in collection) Variants: There are three issues of this edition. Greg 540a(i) contains the original title leaf dated 1638, which lists "Richard Oulton" as printer and Green as publisher. The second issue contains a cancel title leaf dated 1639, which lists "R. Oulton" as printer, no publisher, and a slightly different author attribution; it exists in two states; Greg 540a(ii) names Queen Henrietta Maria's Men, while Greg 540a(ii†) does not name a playing company. Copies of both Greg 540a(i) and Greg 540a(ii†) were also issued in the 1639 Nabbes collection (STC 18337). See also Greg 540a(ii); 540a(ii†) Also appears in collection: Plays, Masques, Epigrams, Elegies, and Epithalamiums (1639) Title-Page Features Title: TOTENHAM COVRT. A PLEASANT COMEDIE: Author: The Author THOMAS NABBES. Performance: Acted in the YEARE MDCXXXIII. At the private House in Salisbury-Court. Imprint: AT LONDON, Printed by RICHARD OVLTON, for CHARLES GREENE; and are to be sold at the Signe of the White Lyon, in PAVLS Church-yard. 1638. Paratextual Material Dedication: "The Epistle" to: William Mills (Esquire); from: Thomas Nabbes [A3r] Character List: "The Persons" [A4v] Stationer Information Printer: Oulton, Richard Publisher: Greene, Charles Imprint Location: A.2 (Paul's Churchyard - Great North Door) Entries in Stationers' Register: Apr 5, 1638: Entered to Charles Greene: "a Play Called Tottenham Court. by Thomas Nabbs."