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The folio collections of Ben Jonson's works published in the seventeenth century were crucial developments in the publication of English literature and English Renaissance drama. The first folio collection, issued in 1616,[1] treated stage plays as serious works of literature instead of popular ephemera—at the time, a controversial position. The 1616 folio stood as a precedent for other play collections that followed—most notably the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays in 1623, but also the first Beaumont and Fletcher folio of 1647, the first collection of Marston's plays (1633), and other collections that were important in preserving the dramatic literature of the age for subsequent generations. Year 1616 (MDCXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The title page of the First Folio with the famous engraved portrait of Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout The First Folio is the name given by modern scholars to the first published collection of William Shakespeares plays; its actual title is Mr. ...
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John Marston (October 7, 1576 - June 25, 1634) was an English poet, playwright and satirist during the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. ...
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The first folio, 1616
The first Jonson folio of 1616, printed and published by William Stansby, contained nine plays, all previously published, plus two works of non-dramatic poetry, thirteen masques, and six "entertainments." The masque was a form of festive courtly entertainment which flourished in 16th and early 17th century Europe, though it was developed earlier in Italy. ...
The first five of the masques, from Blackness through Queens, had been printed previously, as had three of the entertainments, the Panegyre, and the Epigrams. Every Man in His Humour was a 1598 play by British playwright Ben Jonson. ...
Every Man out of His Humour is a 1599 play written by British playwright Ben Jonson. ...
Volpone, or The Fox, is a black comedy by Ben Jonson first produced in 1606, and considered one of the finest comedies of the Jacobean period. ...
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The Alchemist is a comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. ...
The Masque of Blackness was first performed at the court at Whitehall on Twelfth Night, 1605. ...
The Masque of Queens, Celebrated From the House of Fame is one of the earlier works in the series of masques that Ben Jonson composed for the House of Stuart in the early seventeenth century. ...
Love Restored was a Jacobean era masque, written by Ben Jonson; it was performed on Twelfth Night, Jan. ...
The abortive 1631 addition
In 1631 Jonson planned a second volume to be added to the 1616 folio, a collection of later-written works to be published by Robert Allot.[2] Jonson, however, became dissatisfied with the quality of the printing (by John Beale), and cancelled the project. Three plays were set into type for the projected collection, and printings of those typecasts were circulated—though whether they were sold commercially or distributed privately by Jonson is unclear. The three plays are: // Events February 5 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. ...
The second folio, 1640-1
Two folio collections of Jonsonian works were issued in 1640. The first, printed by Richard Bishop for the bookseller Andrew Crooke,[3] was a reprint of the 1616 folio with corrections and emendations; it has sometimes been termed "the second edition of the first folio." The second volume, edited by Jonson's literary executor Sir Kenelm Digby and published by Richard Meighen,[4] contained later works, most of them unpublished or uncollected previously—six plays (including the three printed in 1631), two of them incomplete, and fifteen masques, plus miscellaneous pieces. In the Digby/Meighen volume, varying dates in some texts—1631, 1640, 1641—and what editor William Savage Johnson once called "irregularity in contents and arrangement in different copies" have caused significant confusion. Bartholomew Fair is a play in five acts by Ben Jonson. ...
The Devil is an Ass is a Jacobean comedy by Ben Jonson, first performed in 1616 and first published in 1631. ...
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Sir Kenelm Digby (July 11, 1603 – July 11, 1665) was born at Gayhurst, Buckinghamshire. ...
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The third folio, 1692
The single-volume third folio was printed by Thomas Hodgkin and published by a syndicate of booksellers—the title page lists H. Herringman, E. Brewster, T. Bassett, R. Chiswell, M. Wotton, and G. Converse.[5] The third folio added two works to the previous total: the play The New Inn, and Leges Convivales. Bartholomew Fair is a play in five acts by Ben Jonson. ...
The Devil is an Ass is a Jacobean comedy by Ben Jonson, first performed in 1616 and first published in 1631. ...
Two other works by Jonson were left out of the 17th-century folios but added to later editions: the plays The Case is Altered and Eastward Ho (the latter written with Marston and George Chapman). Eastward Hoe or Eastward Ho, is a play written by George Chapman, Ben Jonson, and John Marston, printed in 1605. ...
This article is about George Chapman the English literary figure; see George Chapman (murderer) for the Victorian poisoner of the same name. ...
Notes
- ^ Brady and Herendeen, pp. 11-22 and ff.
- ^ Allot was a member of the syndicate of booksellers who published the Shakespeare Second Folio in 1632.
- ^ Crooke published a number of plays in the Caroline era, notably works by James Shirley.
- ^ Meighen, like Allot, was a member of the Shakespeare Second Folio syndicate.
- ^ Herringman, Brewster, and Chiswell were members of the four-man syndicate that published the Fourth Folio of Shakespeare's plays in 1685. Herringman was one of three stationers who issued the second Beaumont and Fletcher folio in 1679.
William Shakespeares earliest published plays are referred to as folios or quartos according to the size of the book. ...
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James Shirley (or Sherley) (September 1596 - October 29, 1666), was an English dramatist. ...
William Shakespeares earliest published plays are referred to as folios or quartos according to the size of the book. ...
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The Beaumont and Fletcher folios were two large folio collections of the stage plays of John Fletcher and his collaborators. ...
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References - Brady, Jennifer, and W. H. Herendeen, eds. Ben Jonson's 1616 Folio. Newark, DE, University of Delaware Press, 1991.
- Brock, Dewey Howard. A Ben Jonson Companion. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1983.
- Harp, Richard, and Stanley Stewart, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Ben Jonson. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- Loxley, James. The Complete Critical Guide to Ben Jonson. London, Routledge, 2002.
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