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1600 [i.e., 1619]	Wilson, Robert; Drayton, Michael; Munday, Anthony; Hathaway, Richard	1 Sir John Oldcastle
Reference Information DEEP #: 292 Greg #: 166b STC/Wing #: 18796 Record Type: Single-Play Playbook Play Type: Adult Professional Genre (Annals): History Book Edition: 2 Play Edition: 2 Format: Quarto Leaves: 40 Date of First Publication: 1600 Date of First Production: 1599 [Oct 16, payment] Company of First Production: Admiral's (Nottingham's) Men Company Attribution: Admiral's (Nottingham's) Men Total Editions: 2 quartos Title-Page Features Title: The first part Of the true & honorable history, of the Life of Sir Iohn Old-castle, the good Lord Cobham. Author: Written by William Shakespeare. Performance: As it hath bene lately acted by the Right honorable the Earle of Notingham Lord High Admirall of England, his Seruants. Imprint: London printed for T. P. 1600. Paratextual Material None Stationer Information Printer: Jaggard, William Publisher: Pavier, Thomas Entries in Stationers' Register: Aug 11, 1600: Entered to Thomas Pavier: "The first parte of the history of the life. of S^r Iohn Oldcastell lord Cobham." Aug 4, 1626: Transferred from the widow of Thomas Pavier to Edward Brewster and Robert Bird: "S^r Iohn old castle a play." Nov 8, 1630: Transferred from Robert Bird to Richard Cotes: "S^r Iohn Oldcastle". Additional Notes: The imprint is false; the volume was actually printed in 1619 by William Jaggard for Thomas Pavier and apparently intended to form part of Pavier's Shakespeare collection of that year.