Studien über die dramatische Behandlung der
Geschichte
von
Herodes und Mariamne in der englischen und deutschen Literatur.
Herodes und Mariamne in der englischen und deutschen Literatur.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v06
Rptd 1719 with a
second title Love and Liberty.
1624. The Renegado, A Tragøcomedie. As it hath beene often acted by
the Queenes Majesties servants, at the private Play-house in Drurye-
Lane. 1630.
1624. The Parliament of Love. A Comedy. Licensed for the stage on
3 June 1624, and acted 3 November 1624 at the Cockpit, Drury Lane.
First ptd by Gifford in 1805 from a MS belonging to Malone.
Before 1626. A New Way To Pay Old Debts. A Comodie. As it hath
beene often acted at the Phoenix in Drury-Lane, by the Queenes Majesties
servants. 1633.
1626. The Roman Actor. A Tragoodie. As it hath divers times beene, with
good allowance Acted, at the private Play-house in the Black-Friers, by
the Kings Majesties Servants. 1629.
The Maid of Honour. As it hath beene often presented with good allow-
ance at the Phoenix in Drurie-Lane, by the Queenes Majesties Servants.
1632.
1627. The Great Duke of Florence. A Comicale Historie. As it hath beene
often presented with good allowance by her Maties Servants at the
Phoenix in Drurie-Lane. 1636.
1629. The Picture. A Tragecomedie, As it was often presented with good
allowance, at the Globe, and Blacke-Friers Play-houses, by the Kings
Majesties servants. 1630.
1631. The Emperour Of The East. A Tragæ-Comoedie. The Scaena
Constantinople. As it hath bene divers times acted, at the Black-friers,
and Globe Play-houses, by the Kings Majesties Servants. 1632.
1631. Believe as yon list. A Comedy. Entered on the Stationers' books
9 September 1653 and, again, '29 June 1660 bat not printed. First
ptd in 1849 (see sec. II B post).
1632. The City Madam, A Comedie. As it was acted at the private House
in Black Friers with great applause. 1658.
1633. The Guardian, a Comical History. As it hath been acted by the Kings
players at the Private-house in Black-fryers. 1655. [This and the two
plays following were published in one volume for Humphrey Moseley
under the title: Three New Playes. )
1634. A Very Woman. A Tragi-Comedy. As it hath been often Acted at
the Private-House in Black-Friers, by his late Majesties Servants, with
great Applause. 1655.
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1636. The Bashful Lover. A Tragi-Comedy. As it hath been often Acted
at the Private House in Black-Friers, by his late Majesties Servants,
with great Applause. 1655.
(With Dekker. ) Lic. 1620. The Virgin Martir, A Tragedie, As it hath
bin divers times publickely Acted with great Applause, By the servants
of his Majesties Revels. Written by Philip Messenger and Thomas
Deker. 1622. Other editions.
(With Nathaniel Field. ) The Fatall Dowry: A Tragedy. As it hath beene
often Acted at the Private House in Blackefryers by his Majesties
Servants. Written by P. M. and N. F. 1632.
As to the plays in which Massinger cooperated with Fletcher, see Ap-
pendix and bibliography to chap. v, ante (Beaumont and Fletcher).
As to The Old Law, ptd in 1656 as by Massinger, Middleton and William
Rowley, see bibliography to chap. III, ante (Middleton and Rowley).
II. MODERN EDITIONS.
A. Collected Works.
Works. Ed. Coxeter, T. 4 vols. 1759. Re-issned 1761, with an introduction
by Davies, T.
Dramatic Works. Ed. Mason, T. M. 4 vols. 1779.
Plays. Ed. Gifford, W. 4 vols. 1805, 1813, 1850. [The Standard edition. ]
Plays. From the Text of Wm Gifford. With the Addition of Believe as
you List. Ed. Cunningham, F. 1870.
B. Selections and Single Plays.
Philip Massinger. Ed. Symons, A. (Mermaid Series. ) 2 vols. 1887-9, 1904.
[Contains: The Duke of Milan; A New Way to pay Old Debts; The
Great Duke of Florence; The Maid of Honour; The City Madam; The
Roman Actor; The Fatal Dowry; The Guardian; The Virgin Martyr;
Believe as you list. ]
Believe as you List. Now first printed. Ed. Croker, T. Crofton. Percy Soc.
Publ. , vol. xxvII. 1849.
Sir John van Olden Barnavelt [by Massinger and Fletcher). Bullen's Old
English Plays, vol. 11, pp. 201 ff.
C. Non-Dramatic Poems.
Grosart, A. B. Literary Finds in Trinity College, Dublin, and elsewhere.
Engl. Stud. vol. XXVI, pp. 1 ff. [Contains: The Copy of a Letter written
upon occasion to the Earl of Pembroke, Lord Chamberlain; A New
Year's gift presented to Lady Katherine Stanhope, now Countess of
Chesterfield, and the lines to J. S. (James Smith). ]
The Poems ptd in vol. iv of Gifford's ed. consist of the lines to Shirley on
his comedy The Gratefull Servant, the lines To his Son, J. S. (James Smith)
upon his Minerva, and the elegy addressed to Philip earl of Pembroke, on
the death of his son Charles, lord Herbert.
III. COMMENT AND CRITICISM.
Beck, C. Philip Magsinger, The Fatall Dowry. Einleitung zu einer neuen
Ausgabe. Baireuth, 1906.
Boyle, R. Beaumont, Fletcher and Massinger. Engl. Stud. , vol. v, p. 47;
vol. vii, p. 66; vol. viii, p. 39; vol. ix, p. 209; vol. x, p. 383.
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Bibliography
Casserley, A. L. A Note on Massinger. Westminster Review, vol. CLII.
Oct. 1899.
Gardiner, S. R. The Political Element in Massinger. The Contemporary
Review, August 1876, vol. XXVIII, pp. 495 ff. ; rptd in N. Shaksp. Soc.
Trans. , 1875-6, pp. 314 ff.
Gaspary, A. Allgemeine Anssprüche in den Dramen Philip Massingers.
Marburg, 1890.
Gerhardt, E. Massinger's The Duke of Milan und seine Quellen. Halle,
1905.
Grack, W.
Studien über die dramatische Behandlung der Geschichte von
Herodes und Mariamne in der englischen und deutschen Literatur.
Königsberg, 1904.
Heckmann, T. Massingers The Renegado und seine spanischen Quellen.
Halle, 1905.
Koeppel, E. Quellenstudien zu den Dramen George Chapman's, Philip
Massinger's und John Ford's. Quellen und Forschungen zur Sprach- und
Culturgeschichte der germanischen Völker, vol. LXXXII. Strassburg,
1897.
Merle, A. Massinger's The Picture und Painter. Vol. 11, nov. 28. Halle, 1905.
Morris, E. C. On the Date and Composition of The Old Law. Publications
of the Modern Language Association of America, vol. XVII, p. 1. 1902.
Oliphant, E. H. The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher. Engl. Stud.
vol. xiv, pp. 53 ff.
Phelan, J. Philip Massinger. Anglia, vol. II, p. 1. 1879. Cf. Furnivall,
ibid. p. 504.
Raebel, K. Massingers Drama, The Maid of Honour, in seinem Verhältniss
zu Painters Palace of Pleasure, vol. II, nov. 32, unter Berücksichtigung
der übrigen Quellen. Halle, 1901.
Shands, H. A. Massinger's The Great Duke of Florence, und seine Quellen.
Halle, 1902.
Stephen, Sir L. Philip Massinger. The Cornhill Magazine, October 1877;
rptd in Hours in a Library, 3rd ed. , vol. II, 1899.
Swinburne, A. C. Philip Massinger. The Fortnightly Review, July 1889,
New Series, vol. XLVI, pp. 1 ff.
Tréverret, A. de. Étude sur Massinger. Revue de l'enseignement des
langues vivantes, December 1886 and January 1887.
Wurzbach, W. von. Philip Massinger. Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. xxxv, p. 214;
vol. xxxvi, p. 128.
Cf. also Fleay's Chronicle of Stage, vol. 1, pp. 164 ff. ; Robert Boyle in
Dict. of Nat. Biogr. vol. XXXVII, pp. 10 ff. ; Ward, vol. 111, pp. 1 ff. ; Court-
hope, vol. iv, pp. 348 ff.
CHAPTER VII
TOURNEUR AND WEBSTER
Webster and Tourneur. Ed. Symonds, J. A. (Mermaid Series. ) 1888. [Con-
tains : The White Devil; The Duchess of Malfi; The Atheist's Tragedy;
The Revenger's Tragedy. ]
Swinburne, A. C. The Age of Shakespeare. 1908.
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I. TOURNEUR.
A. Original Editions.
(i) Plays.
The Revenger's Tragedie. As it hath beene sundry times Acted, by the
Kings Majesties Servants. 1607.
The Atheist's Tragedie: Or The honest Man's Revenge. As in divers places
it hath often beene Acted, Written by Cyril Tourneur. 1611.
(ii) Other Works.
The Transformed Metamorphosis. 1600.
A Funerall Poeme. Upon the Death of the Most Worthie and True Souldier.
Sir Francis Vere, Knight; Captaine of Portsmouth, &c. , L. Governour
of his Majesties Cautionarie Towne of Briell in Holland &c. 1609.
A Griefe On the Death of Prince Henrie. Expressed in a Broken Elegie,
according to the nature of such a Sorrow. By Cyril Tourneur. 1613.
(Part of Three Elegies on The most lamented Death of Prince Henrie:
the other two being written by John Webster and Tho. Heywood. ]
B. Modern Edition.
Ed. Collins, J. Churton. 2 vols. 1873.
Plays and Poems.
11. WEBSTER.
A. Original Editions.
(i) Plays.
The_White Divel; Or, The Tragedy of Paulo Giordano Ursini, Duke of
Brachiano, With The Life and Death of Vittoria Corombona the famous
Venetian Curtizan. Acted by the Queenes Majesties Servants. 1612.
The Tragedy of the Dutchesse Of Malfy. As it was Presented privatly, at
the Black-Friers; and publiquely at the Globe, By the Kings Majesties
Servants. The perfect and exact Coppy, with diverse things Printed,
that the length of the Play would not beare in the Presentment. 1623.
The Devils Law-case. Or, When Women goe to Law, the Devill is full of
Businesse. A new Tragecomedy. The true and perfect Copie from the
Originall As it was approovedly well Acted by her Majesties Servants.
1623.
Appius And Virginia. A Tragedy. 1654.
(ü) Plays ascribed in part or wholly to Webster.
(With William Rowley. ) A Cure for a Cuckold. A Pleasant Comedy;
As it hath been several times Acted with great Applause. 1661.
(With William Rowley. ) The Thracian Wonder. A Comical History. As
it hath been several times Acted with great Applause. 1661.
For the original editions of The Famous History of Sir Thomas Wyat,
West-Ward Hoe and North-Ward Hoe, see bibliography to chap. II,
sec. III A (i), ante; for those of The Weakest goeth to the Wall, see biblio-
graphy to vol. V, chap. XIII, and of The Malcontent, see bibliography to
chap. II, sec. II A (i), ante.
(iii) Masques.
Monuments of Honor. Derived from remarkable Antiquity and Celebrated
in the Honorable City of London, at the sole Munificent charge and
expences of the Right Worthy and Worshipfull Fraternity of the
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446
Bibliography
Eminent Merchant Taylors. Directed in their most affectionate Love
at the Confirmation of their right Worthy Brother John Gore in the
High Office of his Majesties Lieutenant over this Royall Chamber
Expressing in a Magnificent Tryumph, all the Pageants, Chariots of
Glory, Temples of Honor, besides a specious and goodly Sea Tryumph,
as well particularly to the Honor of the City, as generally to the Glory of
this our Kingdom 1624.
(iv) Elegy,
A Monumental Columne Erected to the living Memory of the ever-glorious
Henry, late Prince of Wales. 1613.
B. Modern Editions.
Works. Ed. Dyce, A. 4 vols. 1830. New ed. 1857.
Dramatic works. Ed. Hazlitt, W. 4 vols. 1857.
The White Devil and Duchess of Malfy. Ed. Sampson, M. W. Boston, 1904.
Reviewed by Brereton, J.
second title Love and Liberty.
1624. The Renegado, A Tragøcomedie. As it hath beene often acted by
the Queenes Majesties servants, at the private Play-house in Drurye-
Lane. 1630.
1624. The Parliament of Love. A Comedy. Licensed for the stage on
3 June 1624, and acted 3 November 1624 at the Cockpit, Drury Lane.
First ptd by Gifford in 1805 from a MS belonging to Malone.
Before 1626. A New Way To Pay Old Debts. A Comodie. As it hath
beene often acted at the Phoenix in Drury-Lane, by the Queenes Majesties
servants. 1633.
1626. The Roman Actor. A Tragoodie. As it hath divers times beene, with
good allowance Acted, at the private Play-house in the Black-Friers, by
the Kings Majesties Servants. 1629.
The Maid of Honour. As it hath beene often presented with good allow-
ance at the Phoenix in Drurie-Lane, by the Queenes Majesties Servants.
1632.
1627. The Great Duke of Florence. A Comicale Historie. As it hath beene
often presented with good allowance by her Maties Servants at the
Phoenix in Drurie-Lane. 1636.
1629. The Picture. A Tragecomedie, As it was often presented with good
allowance, at the Globe, and Blacke-Friers Play-houses, by the Kings
Majesties servants. 1630.
1631. The Emperour Of The East. A Tragæ-Comoedie. The Scaena
Constantinople. As it hath bene divers times acted, at the Black-friers,
and Globe Play-houses, by the Kings Majesties Servants. 1632.
1631. Believe as yon list. A Comedy. Entered on the Stationers' books
9 September 1653 and, again, '29 June 1660 bat not printed. First
ptd in 1849 (see sec. II B post).
1632. The City Madam, A Comedie. As it was acted at the private House
in Black Friers with great applause. 1658.
1633. The Guardian, a Comical History. As it hath been acted by the Kings
players at the Private-house in Black-fryers. 1655. [This and the two
plays following were published in one volume for Humphrey Moseley
under the title: Three New Playes. )
1634. A Very Woman. A Tragi-Comedy. As it hath been often Acted at
the Private-House in Black-Friers, by his late Majesties Servants, with
great Applause. 1655.
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1636. The Bashful Lover. A Tragi-Comedy. As it hath been often Acted
at the Private House in Black-Friers, by his late Majesties Servants,
with great Applause. 1655.
(With Dekker. ) Lic. 1620. The Virgin Martir, A Tragedie, As it hath
bin divers times publickely Acted with great Applause, By the servants
of his Majesties Revels. Written by Philip Messenger and Thomas
Deker. 1622. Other editions.
(With Nathaniel Field. ) The Fatall Dowry: A Tragedy. As it hath beene
often Acted at the Private House in Blackefryers by his Majesties
Servants. Written by P. M. and N. F. 1632.
As to the plays in which Massinger cooperated with Fletcher, see Ap-
pendix and bibliography to chap. v, ante (Beaumont and Fletcher).
As to The Old Law, ptd in 1656 as by Massinger, Middleton and William
Rowley, see bibliography to chap. III, ante (Middleton and Rowley).
II. MODERN EDITIONS.
A. Collected Works.
Works. Ed. Coxeter, T. 4 vols. 1759. Re-issned 1761, with an introduction
by Davies, T.
Dramatic Works. Ed. Mason, T. M. 4 vols. 1779.
Plays. Ed. Gifford, W. 4 vols. 1805, 1813, 1850. [The Standard edition. ]
Plays. From the Text of Wm Gifford. With the Addition of Believe as
you List. Ed. Cunningham, F. 1870.
B. Selections and Single Plays.
Philip Massinger. Ed. Symons, A. (Mermaid Series. ) 2 vols. 1887-9, 1904.
[Contains: The Duke of Milan; A New Way to pay Old Debts; The
Great Duke of Florence; The Maid of Honour; The City Madam; The
Roman Actor; The Fatal Dowry; The Guardian; The Virgin Martyr;
Believe as you list. ]
Believe as you List. Now first printed. Ed. Croker, T. Crofton. Percy Soc.
Publ. , vol. xxvII. 1849.
Sir John van Olden Barnavelt [by Massinger and Fletcher). Bullen's Old
English Plays, vol. 11, pp. 201 ff.
C. Non-Dramatic Poems.
Grosart, A. B. Literary Finds in Trinity College, Dublin, and elsewhere.
Engl. Stud. vol. XXVI, pp. 1 ff. [Contains: The Copy of a Letter written
upon occasion to the Earl of Pembroke, Lord Chamberlain; A New
Year's gift presented to Lady Katherine Stanhope, now Countess of
Chesterfield, and the lines to J. S. (James Smith). ]
The Poems ptd in vol. iv of Gifford's ed. consist of the lines to Shirley on
his comedy The Gratefull Servant, the lines To his Son, J. S. (James Smith)
upon his Minerva, and the elegy addressed to Philip earl of Pembroke, on
the death of his son Charles, lord Herbert.
III. COMMENT AND CRITICISM.
Beck, C. Philip Magsinger, The Fatall Dowry. Einleitung zu einer neuen
Ausgabe. Baireuth, 1906.
Boyle, R. Beaumont, Fletcher and Massinger. Engl. Stud. , vol. v, p. 47;
vol. vii, p. 66; vol. viii, p. 39; vol. ix, p. 209; vol. x, p. 383.
## p. 444 (#462) ############################################
444
Bibliography
Casserley, A. L. A Note on Massinger. Westminster Review, vol. CLII.
Oct. 1899.
Gardiner, S. R. The Political Element in Massinger. The Contemporary
Review, August 1876, vol. XXVIII, pp. 495 ff. ; rptd in N. Shaksp. Soc.
Trans. , 1875-6, pp. 314 ff.
Gaspary, A. Allgemeine Anssprüche in den Dramen Philip Massingers.
Marburg, 1890.
Gerhardt, E. Massinger's The Duke of Milan und seine Quellen. Halle,
1905.
Grack, W.
Studien über die dramatische Behandlung der Geschichte von
Herodes und Mariamne in der englischen und deutschen Literatur.
Königsberg, 1904.
Heckmann, T. Massingers The Renegado und seine spanischen Quellen.
Halle, 1905.
Koeppel, E. Quellenstudien zu den Dramen George Chapman's, Philip
Massinger's und John Ford's. Quellen und Forschungen zur Sprach- und
Culturgeschichte der germanischen Völker, vol. LXXXII. Strassburg,
1897.
Merle, A. Massinger's The Picture und Painter. Vol. 11, nov. 28. Halle, 1905.
Morris, E. C. On the Date and Composition of The Old Law. Publications
of the Modern Language Association of America, vol. XVII, p. 1. 1902.
Oliphant, E. H. The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher. Engl. Stud.
vol. xiv, pp. 53 ff.
Phelan, J. Philip Massinger. Anglia, vol. II, p. 1. 1879. Cf. Furnivall,
ibid. p. 504.
Raebel, K. Massingers Drama, The Maid of Honour, in seinem Verhältniss
zu Painters Palace of Pleasure, vol. II, nov. 32, unter Berücksichtigung
der übrigen Quellen. Halle, 1901.
Shands, H. A. Massinger's The Great Duke of Florence, und seine Quellen.
Halle, 1902.
Stephen, Sir L. Philip Massinger. The Cornhill Magazine, October 1877;
rptd in Hours in a Library, 3rd ed. , vol. II, 1899.
Swinburne, A. C. Philip Massinger. The Fortnightly Review, July 1889,
New Series, vol. XLVI, pp. 1 ff.
Tréverret, A. de. Étude sur Massinger. Revue de l'enseignement des
langues vivantes, December 1886 and January 1887.
Wurzbach, W. von. Philip Massinger. Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. xxxv, p. 214;
vol. xxxvi, p. 128.
Cf. also Fleay's Chronicle of Stage, vol. 1, pp. 164 ff. ; Robert Boyle in
Dict. of Nat. Biogr. vol. XXXVII, pp. 10 ff. ; Ward, vol. 111, pp. 1 ff. ; Court-
hope, vol. iv, pp. 348 ff.
CHAPTER VII
TOURNEUR AND WEBSTER
Webster and Tourneur. Ed. Symonds, J. A. (Mermaid Series. ) 1888. [Con-
tains : The White Devil; The Duchess of Malfi; The Atheist's Tragedy;
The Revenger's Tragedy. ]
Swinburne, A. C. The Age of Shakespeare. 1908.
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Chapter VII
445
I. TOURNEUR.
A. Original Editions.
(i) Plays.
The Revenger's Tragedie. As it hath beene sundry times Acted, by the
Kings Majesties Servants. 1607.
The Atheist's Tragedie: Or The honest Man's Revenge. As in divers places
it hath often beene Acted, Written by Cyril Tourneur. 1611.
(ii) Other Works.
The Transformed Metamorphosis. 1600.
A Funerall Poeme. Upon the Death of the Most Worthie and True Souldier.
Sir Francis Vere, Knight; Captaine of Portsmouth, &c. , L. Governour
of his Majesties Cautionarie Towne of Briell in Holland &c. 1609.
A Griefe On the Death of Prince Henrie. Expressed in a Broken Elegie,
according to the nature of such a Sorrow. By Cyril Tourneur. 1613.
(Part of Three Elegies on The most lamented Death of Prince Henrie:
the other two being written by John Webster and Tho. Heywood. ]
B. Modern Edition.
Ed. Collins, J. Churton. 2 vols. 1873.
Plays and Poems.
11. WEBSTER.
A. Original Editions.
(i) Plays.
The_White Divel; Or, The Tragedy of Paulo Giordano Ursini, Duke of
Brachiano, With The Life and Death of Vittoria Corombona the famous
Venetian Curtizan. Acted by the Queenes Majesties Servants. 1612.
The Tragedy of the Dutchesse Of Malfy. As it was Presented privatly, at
the Black-Friers; and publiquely at the Globe, By the Kings Majesties
Servants. The perfect and exact Coppy, with diverse things Printed,
that the length of the Play would not beare in the Presentment. 1623.
The Devils Law-case. Or, When Women goe to Law, the Devill is full of
Businesse. A new Tragecomedy. The true and perfect Copie from the
Originall As it was approovedly well Acted by her Majesties Servants.
1623.
Appius And Virginia. A Tragedy. 1654.
(ü) Plays ascribed in part or wholly to Webster.
(With William Rowley. ) A Cure for a Cuckold. A Pleasant Comedy;
As it hath been several times Acted with great Applause. 1661.
(With William Rowley. ) The Thracian Wonder. A Comical History. As
it hath been several times Acted with great Applause. 1661.
For the original editions of The Famous History of Sir Thomas Wyat,
West-Ward Hoe and North-Ward Hoe, see bibliography to chap. II,
sec. III A (i), ante; for those of The Weakest goeth to the Wall, see biblio-
graphy to vol. V, chap. XIII, and of The Malcontent, see bibliography to
chap. II, sec. II A (i), ante.
(iii) Masques.
Monuments of Honor. Derived from remarkable Antiquity and Celebrated
in the Honorable City of London, at the sole Munificent charge and
expences of the Right Worthy and Worshipfull Fraternity of the
## p. 446 (#464) ############################################
446
Bibliography
Eminent Merchant Taylors. Directed in their most affectionate Love
at the Confirmation of their right Worthy Brother John Gore in the
High Office of his Majesties Lieutenant over this Royall Chamber
Expressing in a Magnificent Tryumph, all the Pageants, Chariots of
Glory, Temples of Honor, besides a specious and goodly Sea Tryumph,
as well particularly to the Honor of the City, as generally to the Glory of
this our Kingdom 1624.
(iv) Elegy,
A Monumental Columne Erected to the living Memory of the ever-glorious
Henry, late Prince of Wales. 1613.
B. Modern Editions.
Works. Ed. Dyce, A. 4 vols. 1830. New ed. 1857.
Dramatic works. Ed. Hazlitt, W. 4 vols. 1857.
The White Devil and Duchess of Malfy. Ed. Sampson, M. W. Boston, 1904.
Reviewed by Brereton, J.
