DEEP: Database of Early English Playbooks

1640 Fletcher, John; Shirley, James The Night Walker, or The Little Thief

Reference Information

DEEP #: 947
Greg #: 574a
STC/Wing #: 11072
Record Type: Single-Play Playbook
Play Type: Adult Professional
Genre (Annals): Comedy
 
Book Edition: 1
Play Edition: 1
Format: Quarto
Leaves: 38
Date of First Publication: 1640
Date of First Production: c.1611(?) [revised by Shirley and re-licensed for stage, May 11, 1633]
Company of First Production: Lady Elizabeth's Men
Company Attribution: Queen Henrietta Maria's Men
 
Total Editions: 1 quarto

Title-Page Features

Title: THE NIGHT-WALKER, OR THE LITTLE THEIFE. A COMEDY,
Author: Written by John Fletcher. Gent.
Performance: As it was presented by her Majesties Servants, at the Private House in Drury Lane.
Imprint: LONDON, Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Andrew Crooke, and William Cooke. 1640.

Paratextual Material

Dedication: Epistle to: William Hudson (Esquire; presumably of Gray's Inn); from: Andrew Crooke [A2r]
Character List: "The Actors Names" [A2v]

Stationer Information

Printer: Cotes, Thomas
Publisher: Cooke, William; Crooke, Andrew (1)
Entries in Stationers' Register: Apr 25, 1639: Entered to Andrew Crooke (1) and William Cooke: "these five playes vidlt Night walters ...".