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.
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
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