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The Entertainment at Sir William Cokayne's in Easter Week (The Cock)

Middleton, Thomas, published 1621 · entertainment; civic play · Occasional;Nonprofessional

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TitleThe Entertainment at Sir William Cokayne's in Easter Week (The Cock)
AuthorMiddleton, Thomas
Publication year (edition)1621
Genre (British Drama)entertainment; civic play
Genre group (comparison)other/multi — no single main genre in British Drama or Annals → outside the single-genre comparison · Annals: civic pageant
Play typeOccasional;Nonprofessional
Work / edition / TCP / DEEPwork 369 · edition 828 · TCP A07502 · DEEP 5078.01
Edition roleRepresentative edition — used in the analysis
First performance / composition (Annals)1621 [1620-1621]
First performance (BritDrama)1620 [Apr 17 or 18]
FormatOctavo
Greg369a
Genre (Annals)Entertainment
Genre (BritDrama)Civic Entertainment
BritDrama no.1937
Title page[HT; B1r] the first Entertainment,
Title-page performance noteOn Monday and Tuesday in Easter weeke, 1620. ... at the house of the right Worthy, Sr. William Cokaine then L. Mayor: Which on the Saturday following was fashioned into seruice for the Lords of his Maiesties most Hoble. Priuy Councell; vpon which day, that noble Marriage was celebrated betwixt the Right Hoble. Charles L. Howard Baron of Effingham, and Mary, eldest Daughter of the said, Sr. William Cokaine, then L. Mayor of London, and L. Generall of the Military forces.
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10–47336T19 Virtue, Fortune and Vice as abstractions0.74room, room, make room, You Friends to Fame, Officers of worth and Name, Make room, make room, Behold the Bird …
248–89308unassignedMy reverence next to you, to you, that are The Fathers of this City; by whose care, Wisdom & watchfulness, the…