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Doubtful and Lost Plays

Chettle's hand has been suggested in the anonymous Trial of Chivalry (vide infra) and The Weakest Goeth to the Wall. The following is a complete list of the plays, wholly or partly by Chettle, recorded in Henslowe's diary. (a) Plays for the Admiral's, 1598-1603

(i), (ii) 1, 2 Robin Hood.

With Munday (q.v.), Feb.-Mar. and Nov. 1598.

(iii) The Famous Wars of Henry I and the Prince of Wales.

With Dekker (q.v.) and Drayton, Mar. 1598.

(iv), (v) 1, 2 Earl Godwin and His Three Sons.

With Dekker, Drayton, and Wilson, March-June 1598.

(vi) Pierce of Exton.

With Dekker, Drayton, and Wilson, April 1598, but apparently not finished.

(vii), (viii) 1, 2 Black Bateman of the North.

With Wilson, and for Part 1, Dekker and Drayton, May-July 1598.

(ix) The Funeral of Richard Cœur de Lion.

With Drayton, Munday, and Wilson, June 1598.

(x) A Woman's Tragedy.

July 1598, but apparently unfinished.

(xi) Hot Anger Soon Cold.

With Jonson and Porter, Aug. 1598.

(xii) Chance Medley.

By Chettle or Dekker, Drayton, Munday, and Wilson, Aug. 1598.

(xiii) Catiline's Conspiracy.

With Wilson, Aug. 1598, but apparently not finished.

(xiv) Vayvode.

Apparently an old play revised by Chettle, Aug. 1598.

(xv) 2 Brute.

Sept.-Oct. 1598.

(xvi) 'Tis no Deceit to Deceive the Deceiver.

Nov. 1598, but apparently not finished.

(xvii) Polyphemus, or Troy's Revenge.

Feb. 1599.

(xviii) The Spencers.

With Porter, March 1599.

(xix) Troilus and Cressida.

With Dekker (q.v.), April 1599.

(xx) Agamemnon, or Orestes Furious.

With Dekker, May 1599.

(xxi) The Stepmother's Tragedy.

With Dekker, Aug.-Oct. 1599.