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" Comedy never acted, but most negligently played by some, the King's servants ; and more squeamishly beheld and censured by others, the King's subjects, 1629. Now at last set at liberty to the readers, his Majesty's servants and subjects, to be judged,... "
Catalogue of Books in the Library of the British Museum Printed in England ... - Page 895
by British Museum. Department of Printed Books - 1884
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Catalogue of the Famous Library of Printed Books, Illuminated ..., Volumes 4-7

Henry Huth - 1914 - 986 pages
...Heart. A Comoedy. As it was neuer acted, but most negligently play'd, by some, the Kings Seruants. And more squeamishly beheld, and censured by others,...1629. Now, at last, set at liberty to the Readers, his Matle" Seruants, and Subjects, to be iudg'd, 1631. By the Author, B. lonson. (title and last leaf soiled...
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August Wilhelm von Schlegel's Vorlesungen über dramatische Kunst ..., Volume 2

August Wilhelm von Schlegel - 1923 - 356 pages
...„ekler angesehen und getadelt worden."*) Jonson war ein kritischer Dichter, im guten und im schlimmen *) As it was never acted, but most negligently play'd by some, the King's servants, and more squeamishly be held and censured by othexs tbe King' s subjects. 236 Sinne...
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Book-prices Current: A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been ..., Volume 40

1926 - 1032 pages
...Heart, a Comoedy, as it was neuer acted, but most negligently play'd, by some, the King's Seruants, and more squeamishly beheld and censured by others,...1629, now at last set at liberty to the Readers, his Maties. Seruants, and Subjects, to be jugd'd, 1631, by the Author, B. lonson, first ed., red mor. (Jansen...
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Ben Jonson: Dramatist

Anne Barton - 1984 - 394 pages
...Jonson put part of the blame on the actors. It was, as he declared on the title-page of the 1631 octavo, 'never acted, but most negligently play'd, by some,...beheld, and censured by others, the Kings Subjects'. This can scarcely have been a first-hand judgement. Presumably one of Jonson's friends gave an account...
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Ben Jonson: Dramatist

Anne Barton - 1984 - 394 pages
...Jonson put part of the blame on the actors. It was, as he declared on the title-page of the 1631 octavo, 'never acted, but most negligently play'd, by some,...the Kings Servants. And more squeamishly beheld, and censured'by others, the Kings Subjects'. This can scarcely have been a first-hand judgement. Presumably...
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Yale Studies in English, Volume 34

1908 - 444 pages
...variations from the original octavo, follows : THE ] NEW INN: | OB, | The Light Heart. | A COMEDY. | As it was never Acted, but most negligently Play'd by some, the | KINGS 8EEVANT8. i And more squeamishly Beheld and Censured by others, the KINGS SUBJECTS. | Now at last set...
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Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England, Volume 11

John Pitcher - 1999 - 412 pages
...favorable reception of the readers, who are categorized as both royal servants and subjects. It was played by some, the Kings Servants, and more squeamishly beheld and censured by others, the Kings Subjects. . . . Now. at last, set at liberty to the Readers, his Majesty's Servants, and Subjects, to be judg'd."...
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The Cambridge Companion to Ben Jonson

Richard Harp, Stanley Stewart - 2000 - 238 pages
...had actually begun in the title page to the 1631 edition, which reads in part: "THE NEW INNE . . . / As it was never acted, but most /negligently play'd,...Servants. / And more squeamishly beheld, and censu-/red by other, the Kings subjects." There were a Hurry of responses to this offensive of the poet; some of...
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Author's Pen and Actor's Voice: Playing and Writing in Shakespeare's Theatre

Robert Weimann - 2000 - 324 pages
...validation on the title-page of Jonson's The New Inn (1629), where the complaint was that the play was "never acted, but most negligently play'd, by some, the Kings Servants" (6;395). To play "negligently" was, almost three decades after Hamlet, to relapse into the style of...
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Ben Jonson and Possessive Authorship

Joseph Loewenstein - 2002 - 268 pages
...New lnne: A COMOEDY. As it was never acted. but most negligemly play'd. by some. the Kings Servams. And more squeamishly beheld. and censured by others....1629. Now. at last. set at liberty to the Readers. his Ma1e'1 Servams. and Subjects. to be judg'd. 163L By the Author. B. Jonson. A quarter of a cemury earlier....
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