An Edition of Jonson’s Entertainment at Britain’s Burse and a New Letter by Collier on Massinger in the Athenaeum (1857)

This article identifies two previously uncatalogued items that were published in the Athenaeum in November 1857, each of which is connected to the then-recent acquisition of the Conway Papers by the Public Record Office (now the National Archives). These include a printing of Jonson’s Entertainment...

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Published inEarly theatre Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 101 - 118
Main Author Blaine, Marlin E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hamilton McMaster University Library Press / Becker Associates 01.12.2023
Early Theatre
McMaster University Press
Subjects
Dramatists
Jonson, Ben
Literary critics
Media coverage
Payne, John
Playwrights
Printing
Stow, John
Theater
Works
United Kingdom
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Summary:This article identifies two previously uncatalogued items that were published in the Athenaeum in November 1857, each of which is connected to the then-recent acquisition of the Conway Papers by the Public Record Office (now the National Archives). These include a printing of Jonson’s Entertainment at Britain’s Burse and a letter from John Payne Collier that seems to refer to Massinger’s lost play Philenzo and Hippolyto. The former nuances the publication history of a work whose historical and dramatic importance recent scholarship demonstrates, while the latter offers evidence regarding Collier’s claim that a manuscript of Massinger’s play once lay among the Conway Papers.
ISSN:1206-9078
2293-7609
1206-9078
DOI:10.12745/et.26.2.5265