i. Comparison of Plays Known Only Through Henslowe with Plays

Otherwise Known

Total number of plays listed in the performance lists of Henslowe’s _Diary_ 113

Plays known only through Henslowe’s _Diary_ 62 54.9%

Plays known only through the _Diary_ and Henslowe’s _Papers_ 5 4.4

Plays known otherwise than through Henslowe’s _Diary_ or _Papers_ 24 21.2%

Plays which scholars have identified with works otherwise known (22) Identification is probable for 10 8.9 Identification is improbable for 12 10.6

Plays definitely and probably unknown but ----- ----- for Henslowe 69.9%

Plays definitely and probably otherwise known 30.1%

Of those known otherwise than through Henslowe 34 plays gave 403 performances

Of those unknown but through Henslowe 79 plays gave 496 performances

ii. Length of Runs of Plays Listed in Henslowe’s _Diary_, ed. W. W. Greg, I, 13-22, 24-25, 27-28, 30, 42, 49-54

1. Number of Performances

_No. of Plays_ _No. of Plays_ _No. of_ _between_ _between_ _Perfs._ _1592-1597_(a) _1594-1597_(b)

1 19 5 2 15 5 3 8 1 4 7 4 5 4 0 6 3 2 7 7 4 8 5 4 9 4 3 10 6 2 11 6 4 12 8 7 13 3 2 14 4 3 15 2 2 16 2 2 17 2 1 21 1 1 22 2 2 25 2 2 29 1 0 32 1 1 36 1 0

(a) Full performance list, 1592-1597: 113 plays. Average number of performances: 7.9; mean number of performances: 7.

(b) Partial performance list, June, 1594-February, 1597, limits of the most stable period. Average number of performances: 10; mean number of performances: 10.

2. Length of Time

_1592-_ _1594-_ _1597_(c) _1597_(d) (_No. Plays_ _Years_ _Mos._ _and Percentage_)

1 30 26.5 9 15.8

2 16 } 5 } 3 6 } 2 } 4 7 } 31.0 3 } 22.8 5 5 } 3 } 6 1 } 0 }

7 7 } 5 } 8 7 } 6 } 9 3 } 24.8 2 } 33.3 10 5 } 4 } 11 6 } 2 }

1 0 2 } 2 } 1 1 2 } 2 } 1 3 2 } 8.0 2 } 15.8 1 4 1 } 1 } 1 7 1 } 1 } 1 8 1 } 1 }

2 0 1 } 3.5 1 } 5.3 2 2 3 } 2 }

3 2 1 .9 1 1.8

Revived(e) 6 5.3 3 5.2

(c) 1592-1597, 113 plays.

(d) June, 1594-February, 1597, 57 plays.

(e) Length of run is counted continuously when a play is performed regularly, there being no more than four months between performances. Otherwise the play is considered to be a revival.