An Humorous Day's Mirth

Alternative title(s): The Comedy of Humours | A Humorous Day’s Mirth
Author(s): Chapman, George
Date of composition:
  • 1597
Date of first performance: 1597
Date of first publication: 1599
Genre (Annals): Comedy

Catalogue references: Wiggins: 1073 (Vol. 3)
  • 1599 quarto Simmes, Valentine Printed title: A pleasant Comedy entituled: An Humerous dayes Myrth single-play print
      ESTC: S104936 4987 278 159a
      EEBO-TCP: A18419 - Huntington Library - EEBO record - TCP HTML XML HTML
      Observations: Sheets from Greg 159a(†) were issued in George Chapman's 1652 collection Comedies, Tragicomedies, and Tragedies (orig. title COMEDIES, Tragi-Comedies; & TRAGÆDIES:) (Wing C1940A ; DEEP 5147).
      Nichol Smith, D., ed. An Humerous Day’s Mirth, by G. C[hapman]. From the edition of 1599. Oxford: Malone Society, 1937. Malone Society Reprints 85.

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Early Performances

  • Company: The Lord Admiral’s Men Venue: The Rose playhouse Date: 1597
    Cast:
      Location: Venue type: commercial theatre
      Note: 11, 19, 31 May, 4, 7, 11, 17, 21 June, 7, 13 July, 12 October, 4 November
      Information source: Wiggins, Martin. British Drama 1533-1642: A Catalogue. Volume 3: 1590-1597. 2013.
    • Company: The Lord Admiral’s Men Venue: The Rose playhouse Date: 1599
      Cast:
        Location: Venue type: commercial theatre
        Information source: Wiggins, Martin. British Drama 1533-1642: A Catalogue. Volume 3: 1590-1597. 2013.

      Modern Productions

      • [Staged reading] Dir. James Wallace. Shakespeare’s Globe, London. 2009. ‘Read Not Dead’ series. 2009. No casting details available.

      Modern editions

      • Edelman, Charles, ed. An Humorous Day’s Mirth. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2010. The Revels Plays.
      • Parrott, Thomas Marc, ed. The Plays and Poems of George Chapman: The Comedies. London and New York: Routledge and E. P. Dutton, 1914.
      • Shepherd, Richard Herne, ed. The Works of George Chapman: Plays. Vol. 3. London: Chatto and Windus, 1874.
      • Lowe, Eleanor, ed. An Humorous Day’s Mirth. Chapman, George. University of Victoria. Digital Renaissance Edition; Internet Shakespeare Editions..

      Select Bibliography: Criticism

      • Edelman, Charles. "Chapman's An Humorous Day's Mirth". Explicator. 2006, vol. 1, 65, p. 2-4.
      • Yamada, Akihiro. "Bibliographical Studies of George Chapman's An Humorous Day's Mirth (1599), Printed by Valentine Simmes". Shakespeare Studies. 1967, 5, p. 119-149.
      • Yamada, Akihiro. "A Proof-Sheet in An Humorous Day's Mirth (1599) Printed by Valentine Simmes". Library: A Quarterly Journal of Bibliography. 1966, 21, p. 155-157.

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