Kinwelmershe of Grayes Inne, and there by them presented. 1566.
Henry Bynneman for Richard Smith. [Part of Collection, 1573; also in 1575, 1587. Argument; Epilogue 'Done by Chr. Yeluerton'.] Editions by F. J. Child (1848, Four Old Plays) and J. W. Cunliffe (1906, B. L., and 1912, E. E. C. T.).—Dissertation: M. T. W. Foerster, Gascoigne's J. a Translation from the Italian (1904, M. P. ii. 147). A blank-verse translation of Lodovico Dolce's Giocasta (1549), itself a paraphrase or adaptation of the Phoenissae of Euripides (Creizenach, ii. 408). After Acts I and IV appears 'Done by F. Kinwelmarshe' and after II, III, V 'Done by G. Gascoigne'. Before each act is a description of a dumb-show and of its accompanying music.
Supposes. 1566
1573. Supposes: A Comedie written in the Italian tongue by Ariosto, and Englished by George Gascoyne of Grayes Inne Esquire,
and there presented. [Part of Collection, 1573; also in 1575 (with addition of '1566' to title) and 1587. Prologue.] Editions by T. Hawkins (1773, O. E. D. iii), J. W. Cunliffe (1906, B. L.), and R. W. Bond (1911, E. P. I.). A prose translation of Ludovico Ariosto's I Suppositi (1509). There was probably a revival at Trinity, Oxford, on 8 Jan. 1582, when Richard Madox records, 'We supt at y^e presidents lodging and after had y^e supposes handeled in y^e haul indifferently' (Boas, 161).
The Glass of Government. c. 1575
1575. The Glasse of Governement. A tragicall Comedie so entituled, bycause therein are handled aswell the rewardes for Vertues, as also the punishment for Vices. Done by George Gascoigne Esquier. 1575. Seen and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Queenes
Maiesties Injunctions. For C. Barker. [Colophon] H. M. for Christopher Barker. [Epistle to Sir Owen Hopton, by 'G. Gascoigne', dated 26 Apr. 1575; Commendatory verses by B. C.; Argument; Prologue; Epilogue. A reissue has a variant colophon (Henry Middleton) and Errata.] Edition by J. S. Farmer (1914, S. F.).—Dissertation: C. H. Herford, G.'s G. of G. (E. S. ix. 201). This, perhaps only a closet drama, is an adaptation of the 'Christian Terence' (cf. Mediaeval Stage, ii. 216), with which Gascoigne may have become familiar in Holland during 1573-4. The prologue (cf. App. C, No. xiv) warns that the play is not a mere 'worthie jest', and that
Who list laye out some pence in such a marte, Bellsavage fayre were fittest for his purse.
MASK Montague Mask. 1572
1573. A Devise of a Maske for the right honourable Viscount Mountacute. [Part of Collection, 1573; also in 1575, 1587.]
