The Little French Lawyer
Note:
Date of performance from Wiggins, vol. 7, p. 257. Source: Mateo Alemán’s Guzmán de Alfarache (1604); it was translated into French by Jean Chapelain in 1619, and into English by James Mabbe in 1622.
Date of composition:
- 1620 (best guess, Wiggins, vol. 7, p. 254)
- 1619 -1623 (Annals, p 112; Wiggins, vol. 7, p. 254)
Date of first performance: 1620 approx.
Genre (Annals): Comedy
Catalogue references: Wiggins: 1941 (Vol. 7)
HIERONIMO/EMOTHE text(s): 1647 folio transcript
- 1647 folio Raworth, Ruth; Warren, Thomas (1); White, Robert (1); Islip, Susan; Griffin, Edward (2); Macock, John Moseley, Humphrey; Robinson, Humphrey Printed title: THE LITTLE FRENCH LAWYER play in print collection
- STC/WING:
- ESTC:
- DEEP:
- Greg:
- Wiggins:
Early Performances
- Company: The King’s Men Venue: Date: 1620 approx,
Cast:- Benfield, Robert
- Eccleston, William
- Holcombe, Thomas
- Lowin, John
- Taylor, Joseph
Information source: - Company: The King’s Men Venue: The Blackfriars Date: 1641
Cast:
Note: Reported in 1669 to have been performed by the King's Men at the Blackfriars before 1642 (Wiggins, vol. 7, p. 254). Indoor “private” theatre
Information source: Wiggins, Martin. British Drama 1533-1642: A Catalogue. Volume 7: 1617-1623. 2017.
Modern editions
- Fletcher, John; Massinger, Philip The Little French Lawyer. In: Turner, Robert Kean, ed. The Dramatic Works in the Beaumont and Fletcher Canon. Vol. 9. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, pp. 323–459
- Fletcher, John; Massinger, Philip The Little French Lawyer. In: Brett, Cyril, ed. Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. Vol. 4. London: G. Bell & Sons, 1912, pp. 91–206
- Waller, A. R, ed. The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. Vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1906.
Select Bibliography: Criticism
- Rigaud, N. J. "Mental cruelty in Fletcher's 'The Little French Lawyer'". Cahiers élisabéthains. 1982, 22, p. 35-9.
- Evans, G. Blakemore. "Note on Fletcher and Massinger's 'Little French Lawyer'". MLN: modern language notes. 1937, 52, p. 406-7.
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