Hello Dave,
I continue to be impressed by what a great amount of information
you have at your fingertips. Thank goodness you’re in theatre history, where
you’re sorely needed, rather than off in some other discipline.
Bill
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Actually, the Freemans (on p. 262 of their John Payne
Collier; see my previous e-mail) mention the Middleton epitaph on Burbage
as a forgery. Specifically, they mention it as being one of five
"novelties" for which Collier gave no location or source in his New
Facts Regarding the Life of Shakespeare (1835), and which have never been
seen since then, so that "posterity has judged them to be
fabrications". Collier did say that he found the Middleton epitaph
on Burbage "in a MS miscellany of poetry belonging to the late Mr.
Heber", but such a poem has never been found in the Heber MSS.
Nungezer was somewhat credulous, and his "Dictionary of Actors"
includes a number of items described by Collier that are now thought to be
forgeries.
Dave Kathman
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On 10/19/2010 7:06 AM, A.J.Gurr wrote:
I believe that Middleton wrote a verse when Burbage and
Queen Anne both died, in which he commented that the actor's death evoked more
grief than the queen's. That is probably what collier was talking about. I
think it's quoted in Nungezer's DICTIONARY.
I hope that's a useful guide.
Andy Gurr.
On Oct 18 2010, Abigail Ann Young wrote:
PLease copy responses to Tanya
as well since she is not subscribed to the list. Thanks! Abigail
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Subject: a question for REED-L
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:52:31 -0400
From: Tanya Hagen <[log in to unmask]>
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REED's London Theatres Bibliography crew would be most grateful for any
assistance in tracking down an original source. In /Memoirs of the Principal
Actors in the Plays of Shakespeare/, p 19, Collier refers to a manuscript
epitaph entitled 'De Burbagio et Regina,' but provides no further information.
As far as we understand, this is not one of Collier's notorious forgeries. Anyone
knowing anything will be doing us a huge favour by getting in touch.
Kind thanks,
Tanya Hagen