Renaissance Drama — Topics · seed 42

The Royal Entertainment at Bisham Abbey

Anonymous, published 1592 · entertainment; royal entertainment or entry · Occasional;Nonprofessional

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Metadata

TitleThe Royal Entertainment at Bisham Abbey
AuthorAnonymous
Publication year (edition)1592
Genre (British Drama)entertainment; royal entertainment or entry
Genre group (comparison)other/multi — no single main genre in British Drama or Annals → outside the single-genre comparison · Annals: entertainment
Play typeOccasional;Nonprofessional
Work / edition / TCP / DEEPwork 111.1 · edition 200 · TCP A21246 · DEEP 5026.01
Edition roleRepresentative edition — used in the analysis
First performance / composition (Annals)1592 [Aug 21]
First performance (BritDrama)1592 [Aug 11 or 21 ]
FormatQuarto
Greg111a(1)
Genre (Annals)Royal Entertainment
Genre (BritDrama)Entertainment
BritDrama no.933
Title page[HT; A2r] At the top of the Hill going to Bissam, the Cornets sounding in the Woods, a wilde man came forth and vttered this speech.
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10–1505T22 Shepherds, flocks and Pan0.76I Followed this sound, as enchanted; neither knowing the reason why, nor how to bee rid of it: unusual to thes…
22–20377T22 Shepherds, flocks and Pan0.68Alas poor Pan, look how he looketh Sister, fitter to draw in a harvest wain, then talk of love to chased Virgi…
321–27434T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs0.76This way cometh the queen of this island, the wonder of the world, and natures glory, leading affections in fe…
428–48474T21 Cupid, Venus and the nymphs0.69conceit doth make me smile whilst I am thinking, How every one doth red my story, How every bough on Ceres low…
549–51459T24 Apollo, Phoebus and the Muses0.81Nescis temeraria; nescis, Quem fugias; idioque fugis. A short tale, but a sorrowful, a just complaint, but rem…
652–87457T24 Apollo, Phoebus and the Muses0.73SIng you, play you, but sing and play my truth, This three my Lute, these sighs my notes of ruth: The laurel l…