Appendix A
i. Comparison of Plays Known Only Through Henslowe with Plays Otherwise Known
ii. Length of Runs of Plays Listed in Henslowe’s Diary, ed. W. W. Greg, I, 13-22, 24-25, 27-28, 30, 42, 49-54
| 1. Number of Performances | |||||
| No. of Perfs. | No. of Plays between 1592–1597(a) | No. of Plays between 1594–1597(b) | No. of Perfs. | No. of Plays between 1592–1597(a) | No. of Plays between 1594–1597(b) |
| 1 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | 8 | 7 | |||
(a) Full performance list, 1592–1597: 113 plays. Average number of performances: 7.9; mean number of performances: 7.
(b) Partial performance list, June, 1594–February, 1597, limits of the most stable period. Average number of performances: 10; mean number of performances: 10.
| 2. Length of Time | |||||||||||
| 1592–1597(c) | 1594–1597(d) | 1592–1597(c) | 1594–1597(d) | ||||||||
| Years | Mos. | (No. Plays and Percentage) | Years | Mos. | (No. Plays and Percentage) | ||||||
| 1 | 30 | 26.5 | 9 | 15.8 | 1 | 0 | 2 ┐ | 2 ┐ | |||
| 2 | 16 ┐ | 5 ┐ | 1 | 1 | 2 │ | 2 │ | |||||
| 3 | 6 │ | 2 │ | 1 | 3 | 2 ├ | 8.0 | 2 ├ | 15.8 | |||
| 4 | 7 ├ | 31.0 | 3 ├ | 22.8 | 1 | 4 | 1 │ | 1 │ | |||
| 5 | 5 │ | 3 │ | 1 | 7 | 1 │ | 1 │ | |||||
| 6 | 1 ┘ | 0 ┘ | 1 | 8 | 1 ┘ | 1 ┘ | |||||
| 7 | 7 ┐ | 5 ┐ | 2 | 0 | 1 ┐ | 3.5 | 1 ┐ | 5.3 | |||
| 8 | 7 │ | 6 │ | 2 | 2 | 3 ┘ | 2 ┘ | |||||
| 9 | 3 ├ | 24.8 | 2 ├ | 33.3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .9 | 1 | 1.8 | |
| 10 | 5 │ | 4 │ | |||||||||
| 11 | 6 ┘ | 2 ┘ | Revived(e) | 6 | 5.3 | 3 | 5.2 | ||||
(c) 1592–1597, 113 plays.
(d) June, 1594–February, 1597, 57 plays.
(e) Length of run is counted continuously when a play is performed regularly, there being no more than four months between performances. Otherwise the play is considered to be a revival.
iii. Summary of Court Performances, 1590–1642
| Total number of plays that were or may have been presented at Court, 1590–1642 | 144 | |
| 1. Plays definitely produced publicly before appearance at Court | 67 | 46.5% |
| 2. Plays where initial performance is uncertain (Notice of Court performance is only or first reference to play.) | 39 | 27.1% |
| 3. Plays for which there is evidence public playing preceded Court performance | 8 | 5.5% |
| 4. Uncertain. Title pages indicate performances in public and at Court | 6 | 4.2% |
| 5. Plays the title pages of which refer only to public performance | 4 | 2.8% |
| 6. Plays which received licenses shortly before Court performances | 8 | 5.5% |
| 7. Old plays revived, possibly with additions for Court | 4 | 2.8% |
| 8. Plays definitely presented at Court first | 7 | 4.9% |
| 9. Plays probably presented at Court first | 1 | .1% |
The total number of plays presented at Court is calculated from the lists appearing in E. K. Chambers, The Elizabethan Stage and Mary Steele, Plays and Masques at Court. The investigation of the circumstances under which the plays received their first presentations employed a wide variety of primary and secondary sources. It is beyond the scope of this book to give the evidence for each conclusion.