The First Part of Sir John Oldcastle

The First Part of Sir John Oldcastle

(the un iversity or a bic ag o FOUNDID BY J OH N D. ROCKEFELLEB T H E FIRS T PA RT OF SIR JOH N OLDCA STLE A H IS TORICAL DRAM A BY MICH ON , TH Y M H THW Y AND AN ON A A , ROBERT WILSON E E DIT D WITH AN IN TROD UCTION , CRITICAL TEXT . AND NOTES A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND LITERATURE OF THE UNIVERS ITY OF CHICAGO IN CAN DIDACY FO R T H E D E G RE E O F DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (DEPARTM EN T OF ENGLIS H ) JOHN ROBERTSON M ACARTHUR J J J J J CHICAGO S C T T F RES M AND C M P Y O , O AN O AN 1 907 E L! CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGM ENTS HIS TORY OF T H E TEXT AND ITS EDIT IONS ’ Recor ds in Henslowe . Records in the Stationers Re r . E i s : B . R giste d tion A , , C , D , etc elations of ° A B . r E i . r , , C , D Othe d tions The Second Pa t of Sir John Oldcastle . SOURCES AND GROWT H OF T H E PLAY ' The Rea l Sir John Oldcastle . Immediate Sources — h Holinshed . Causes w ich led to the Wr iting of Sir John Oldcastle : Oldcastle and Falsta ff ; Influence of r r r s Foxe ; G owth of the Oldcastle Sto y in two fo m , Catholic and Protestant ; Wr iting of Sir John Old ’ cas tle ; Wee ver s Poem ; Influence of Henry IV and V ’ — on Oldcastle ; Influence of Peele s Edward I Rela ’ tions in detail ; Relation to Gr eene s Pin ner of Wake R rr E field ; elation to the Me y Devil of dmonton . DRAM AT IC TECHNIQ UE AUT HORS HIP o r T H E PLAY r . i . D ayton Hathway Munday . W lson List of r Plays w itten by these Men . Speculation as to the — ’ Parts taken by the four Authors in the Play Flea y s ew—N Vi ega tive Results . E T o r IT ARIANT S ROM B AND . T X A , W H V F , C , D NOT ES BIBLIOGRA PHY r . Histo ical Genera l . T H E FIRS T PART 0 ? am JO HN OLD-CAS T LE Bo th pa rts a re men tione d in the followin g en try fro m th e ’ ti n e rs Re st r r d v n Au ust Sta o gi e unde the ate of the ele e th of g , 1600 Tho ma s pa vier En t re d fo r his co pies vn der t he ha n dee o f ma st e r VICARS a n d th e The fir st pa rte of the histo r y of the life o f Si r JOHN OLDCAS TELL lo r d COBH AM . ’ Ite m the sew n d a nd la et pa rte o f the hteto r y o f JOHN OLDCAS TELL lo r d COBHAM with his mar tyr do m Ite m ye histo r y o f the life a nd Bea the of Ca pta i n with his M o r ia e to ALEXANDE R THOJIAS S T UCLE Y, g U T his da u hte r a nd his va li a n t en di n e o his C R IS g , g f There were two editions of The First Part of Sir Joh n O ld ” a s ri in 1 600 . s fo r s n e n c e c tle p nted The e , the ake of conve i , - we shall designate A and B. A resuma blv r r i , p the fi st , bea s the following t tle The first pa rt o f t he t r ue ho n o l ra ble hist o ry o f th e Life - i a t o f Sir Io hn c a st e t he o o o r Co a m . As t Old l , g d L d bh I h h be n e la t ely act e d by t he Right ho n o ra ble t he Ea r le o f No t n a m o r H Admira ll o f En a n his Se ma n t e . i gh , L d igh gl d , “ W r n W s o n o n r n t e fo r itt e by illia m Sha ke pea re . L d p i d 1 T . P. 600 . ’ We have seen that the re c ords in He n slo we s diary pre ve n t o ur s r r r s e th con ide ing Shakspe e the autho of the play , de pit e - fact that his name appears upon the title pa ge . Thu l e r r s r r ri s in s m a n eco d a re suppo ted by late ent e the a e book , d r ff r l s also by the inte nal evidence a o ded by the p ay it elf . n r r s i d c e Certain emine t Ge man c itic , nclu ing S hl gel a n d ’ n s re b Tieck , have co fidently claimed the play as Shak pe s ; ut the reasons which they advance ca nnot be considered S ufi r - is cient . The appea ance of the name on the title pa ge easy B of explan ation . ecause of the success obta ined by the gre a t r s s r s s rs his a d amati t , un c upulou publi he placed n me upo n in fe rior works of other write rs in orde r thereby to increa se 1 : o Arbor . E. A Transc ript o f th e Registers o f th e Co mpan y o f Sta tio n ers f Lo n - do n 1 664 1 640 L. 1 6 o l 1 . 87 . V . 11 , p 63 8 1 1 57 . ; 1408 e s ; 1633 . ur nee ; 19 12 . 772 , ali ; , Cab , slan p h eete . T he spe lli n g is n o t fixed ; so we ha ve the fo llo wing vu i a n h ] r r so rs so ldie rs sh o Bi o dim “ quarr el , qua el ; uldie , s p , sh p , . - so rr so r wax wa xe ; fe ede e r sexeh min d dia el ; y, y ; , feed , ; s a ch , ; . ra re Lio ne le L o n ell Sufid k Sufio fi mo min de ; g y, g y ; . y ; e ; m . v o n v o n m rt r r r . mony ; pp . p ; u he , mu de v r r n o . in e se , in p ose , and in a combi ation of b th the last class it is sometimes dific ult to te ll just - r r r Five st ess blank ve se is employed, but is ve y We find a large number of rough and other wise R r m s lines hyme occu s about ten ti e , in s of sc e ne . The punctuation is bad . Per iods a re so metim o w me im r entirely . and so t es inse ted in the middle terroga tio u mar ks a re often wanting . " " n wo rd. sheep o ! have bee written tn . 12 T H E FIRS T PART o r S IR JOHN OLD -CAS TLE n s t a ue . 21 66 t c o r l 12 e d wi h h , l ; ca hw d , C ub 1 22 2 13 yo u, . 3 ; ro gue 1 2 K pe a ce , . 360 ; An d o s . 242 K2 L rd hip , l 5 ; n 1 K2 do e , . 2486 is r with h B is It to be noted that the catchwo d , w ich in r a r m r 1 142 ls pla ced ightly fte the line nu be ed in A , is a o r r rr r . found in the latte (A) , whe e it is not the co ect wo d B is r r s ti n The punctuation in ve y bad as a ule , consi g T h l chiefly of commas . e spel ing shows no m a ritie s . ’ r ki n o r kin m rk n k s s is The wo d g a i g the ing speeche , m ca z . 1526 r rin te unifor ly pitali ed to l , whe e it begins to be p d m r n c n f with a s all lette , and so co tinues , with the ex eptio o 57 0 1 572 1 583 e n d r . 11. 1 , , , to the of the pa t m r w B r s s m n r f When co pa ed ith A , p e ent any i te esting ea h s s r . tu res . Some of these we all now con ide B r h n . 1 . The text of is longe t a that of A (0 ) Some thirty-nine o r forty lines altogether have be e n r r f n n s : 1786 1 8 1 6 added , and occu afte the ollowi g li e of A , , 5 19 7 1 1 9 1 3 , 1 9 1 8 , 1 932, 1 945, 1 9 8 , 61 , 1 9 , 1982, 2057 , 2060 , 3 5 7 21 9 1 , 221 1 , 2221 , 22 4 , 224 , 2248 , 2272, 232 , 2360 , 239 1 , 6 450 532 2536 254 7 560 .

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