Bartholmew fayre : a comedie, acted in the yeare, 1614 by the Lady Elizabeths seruants, and then dedicated to King Iames, of most blessed memorie ; The diuell is an asse : a comedie acted in the yeare, 1616, by His Maiesties seruants ; The staple of newes : a comedie acted in the yeare, 1625, by His Maiesties seruants by the author, Beniamin Iohnson.
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Bartholmew fayre : a comedie, acted in the yeare, 1614 by the Lady Elizabeths seruants, and then dedicated to King Iames, of most blessed memorie ; The diuell is an asse : a comedie acted in the yeare, 1616, by His Maiesties seruants ; The staple of newes : a comedie acted in the yeare, 1625, by His Maiesties seruants by the author, Beniamin Iohnson.
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
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London :: Printed by I.B. for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at the signe of the Beare, in Pauls Church-yard,
1631.
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"Bartholmew fayre : a comedie, acted in the yeare, 1614 by the Lady Elizabeths seruants, and then dedicated to King Iames, of most blessed memorie ; The diuell is an asse : a comedie acted in the yeare, 1616, by His Maiesties seruants ; The staple of newes : a comedie acted in the yeare, 1625, by His Maiesties seruants by the author, Beniamin Iohnson." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A04633.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.
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THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY.
IOHN LITTLE WIT. A Proctor.
WIN LITTLE-WIT. His wife.
DAME PVRE CRAFT. Her mother and a widdow.
ZEAL-OF-THE-LAND BVSY. Her Suitor, a Banbury man.
WIN-WIFE. His Riuall, a Gentleman.
QVARLOVS. His companion, a Gamester.
BARTHOLMEW COKES. An Esquire of Harrow.
HVMPHREY WASPE. His man.
ADAM OVER-DOO. A Iustice of Peace.
DAME OVERDOO. His wife.
GRACE WELBORNE. His Ward.
LANT. LEATHERHEAD. A Hobbi-horse seller.
IOANE TRASH. A Ginger-bread woman.
EZECHIEL EDGWORTH. A Cutpurse.
NIGHTINGALE. A Ballad-singer.
VRSLA. A Pigge-woman.
MOON-CALFE. Her Tapster.
IORDAN KNOCK-HVM. A Horse-courser, and ranger o' Turnbull.
VAL. CVTTING. A Roarer.
CAPTAINE WHIT. A Bawd.
PVNQVE ALICE. Mistresse o'the Game.
TROVBLE-ALL. A Madman.
WHTCHMEN, three.
COSTARD-monger.
MOVSETRAP-man.
CLOTHIER.
WRESTLER.
PORTERS.
DOORE-KEEPERS.
PVPPETS.
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