DEEP: Database of Early English Playbooks

1597 Shakespeare, William Richard the Second

Reference Information

DEEP #: 217
Greg #: 141a
STC/Wing #: 22307
Record Type: Single-Play Playbook
Play Type: Adult Professional
Genre (Annals): History
 
Book Edition: 1
Play Edition: 1
Format: Quarto
Leaves: 38
Date of First Publication: 1597
Date of First Production: 1595
Company of First Production: Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men
Company Attribution: Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men
 
Total Editions: 6 quartos, 2 folios in collection

Title-Page Features

Title: THE Tragedie of King Richard the second.
Author:
Performance: As it hath beene publikely acted by the right Honourable the Lorde Chamberlaine his Seruants.
Imprint: LONDON Printed by Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, and are to be sold at his shop in Paules church yard at the signe of the Angel. 1597.

Paratextual Material

None

Stationer Information

Printer: Simmes, Valentine
Publisher: Wise, Andrew
Imprint Location: A.3 (Paul's Churchyard - Northeast)
Entries in Stationers' Register: Aug 29, 1597: Entered to Andrew Wise: "The Tragedye of Richard the Second".
Jun 25, 1603: Transferred from Andrew Wise to Matthew Law: "iij enterludes or playes. ... The second of Richard the .2. ... all kinges."