Manuscript of 'Jack Drum's Entertainment'

This material is held atUniversity of Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library, Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 150 MS618
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1830
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume

Scope and Content

An anonymous manuscript version of the late Elizabethan play 'Jack Drum's Entertainment' or 'the comedie of Pasquill and Katherine' by John Marston with later notes and corrections in a different hand.

Administrative / Biographical History

John Marston (1576-1634), English dramatist and satirist.
Jack Drum's Entertainment was first published in 1601 by the bookseller Richard Olive and first performed by the Children of Paul , one of the troupes of boy actors popular at the time (Source: www.wikipedia.org accessed 31Apr 2008)

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Custodial History

Former location: MSS 9/iv/13