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CHILDREN OF THE CHAPEL AT BLACKFRIARS 
Much of the document by its clear-cut authoritative declara- 
tion substantiates conditions already examined. A few items are 
found in no other record. These so harmonize with the entire 
history and so substantiate logical conclusions and are so sup- 
ported by certain conditions that the authoritativeness of. the rec- 
ord on the whole may be regarded as final. ~ 
Other considerations are significant, strongly suggesting con- 
ditions not declared outright in any document. 
The Duke and his retinue visited the Blackfriars the next day 
after dining with the Lord Mayor and being entertained at the 
Queen’s Palace at Whitehall. 
Gerschow wrote a brief history 
and description of this Children’s theatre, while in the case of 
two plays seen at the public theatres he passes them with bare 
mention,—one, no doubt at the Globe, with two lines ;+ the other, 
rious,” “remarkable,” “auffallend,” 
“merkwirdig,’ and “wertvoll.” 
Herman Hager in Englische Stu- 
dien (1893), XVIII, 315, reprints 
the English translation from Trans- 
actions of the Royal Historical So- 
ciety (u. s., 106°). After quoting 
from F. G. Fleay, A Chronicle His- 
tory of the London Stage (1890), 
125, 133, on the place of acting by 
the Children of the Chapel and by 
Paul’s Boys, he concludes, “I can- 
not find any reference to a theatre 
specially built for such a company 
by the Queen.” 
Since its first appearance in the 
parallel German-English publication 
in Transactions of the Royal His- 
torical Society (u. s., 106°), the 
German has been printed again 
from the original MS. by Professor 
Binz, of the University of Basel, 
in Beilage zur Allgemeinen Zeitung 
(Miinchen, Aug. 23, 1902). Dr. 
Binz erred in giving this out “als 
ein ineditum.” He _ prefaces his 
print of it by a single generalizing 
sentence, but gives no hint as to the 
contributive value of the document. 
C. F. Meyer in an article Eng- 
lische Komédianten am Hofe Phil- 
ipp Julius von Pommern-Wolgast, 
published in Jahrbuch der Deutsch- 
en Shakespeare-Gesellschaft (1902), 
XXXVIII, 196-211, reprints the 
document but says nothing of its 
significance. 
Edward Engle, Shakespeare in 
Pommern, in  WNational-Zeitung 
(Berlin, Sept. 27, 1902), reviewing 
Meyers’s article (uw S.), again 
prints the document. He regrets 
that the Duke of Stettin did not 
instead attend the Globe—Which 
however he certainly did do. Be- 
sides ‘recognizing it as “einen wert- 
vollen Beitrag,” Engle says no word 
on its value. 
Numerous’ other publications 
have given the matter mention. 
*“13 [Sept. 1602].—Den 13. ward 
eine comedia agirt, wie Stuhl-Weis- 
senburg erstlich von den Tutirken 
hernacher von den Christen wie- 
derum erobert.”—From the Diary in 
Transactions jof the Royal Histori- 
cal Society (New Series, 1892), 
VIG: 
As the visitors had all opportu- 
nity to inform themselves, and also 
saw the chief sights of London,— 
the Temple, Exchange, Tower, 
Westminster, St. Paul’s, Whitehall, 
&c.,—there is reason to conclude 
that they visited, not the minor, but 
the chief theatres. The Globe and 
the Fortune were the two public 
theatres of chief importance in 1602. 
On the 14th, the company attended 
a play at the Fortune (wu. 7., 109°). 
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