APPENDIX A

i. Comparison of Plays Known Only Through Henslowe with Plays Otherwise Known

Total number of plays listed in the performance lists of Henslowe’s Diary 113
Plays known only through Henslowe’s Diary 62 54.9%
Plays known only through the Diary and Henslowe’s Papers 5 4.4
Plays known otherwise than through Henslowe’s Diary or Papers 24 21.2%  
Plays which scholars have identified
with works otherwise known (22)
Identification is probable for 10 8.9
Identification is improbable for 12 10.6
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Plays definitely and probably unknown but for Henslowe 69.9%
Plays definitely and probably otherwise known 30.1%
Of those known otherwise than through Henslowe 34 plays gave
403 performances
Of those unknown but through Henslowe 79 plays gave
496 performances