| 1613 | Anonymous | Mucedorus (and Amadine) | |
Reference InformationDEEP #:
262
Greg #: 151e
STC/Wing #: 18234
Record Type: Single-Play Playbook
Play Type: Adult Professional
Genre (Annals): Romantic Comedy
Book Edition: 5
Play Edition: 5
Format: Quarto
Leaves: 24
Date of First Publication: 1598
Date of First Production: 1590 [1588-1598; revised 1610]
Company of First Production: Unknown
Company Attribution: King's Men
Total Editions: 16 quartos
Title-Page FeaturesTitle: A Most pleasant Comedie of Mucedorus the Kings Sonne of Valencia, and Amadine the Kings daughter of Aragon. With the merry conceits of Mouse. Amplified with new additions, ... Very delectable, and full of conceited mirth.
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Performance: as it was acted before the Kings Maiestie at White-hall on Shroue-sunday night. By his Hignesse Seruants, vsually playing at the Globe.
Imprint: Imprinted at London for William Iones, dwelling neere Holborne Conduit at the signe of the Gunne. 1613.
Paratextual MaterialCharacter List: "Ten persons may easily play it" [A2v]
Stationer InformationPrinter: Eld, George (?)
Publisher: Jones, William (2)
Imprint Location: D.5 (Newgate Without - Holborn Conduit)
Entries in Stationers' Register: Sep 17, 1618: Transferred from the widow of William Jones (2) to John Wright (1): "The Comedy Called Mucedorus".
Jun 27, 1646: Transferred from John Wright (1) to Edward Wright: "The Comedie of Mucedorus." Apr 4, 1655: Transferred from Edward Wright to William Gilbertson: "The Comedy called Mucedorus." Jun 17, 1656: Transferred from William Gilbertson to Francis Coles: "the Comedie called Mucedorus". Additional Notes: Greg calls this edition a quarto-form octavo [(4°-form) 8°], but it is better described as a large-paper quarto; see G.T. Tanselle, "The Concept of Format," Studies in Bibliography 53 (2000): 67-115.
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