(ca. 1560-1634)
English dramatist, poet, and classical scholar. He was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire,
about 1560.
PLAYS
The plays were first performed in London.
- The Blind Beggar of Alexandria. Comedy, 10 scenes. Published 1598 (Stationers'
Register, 15 August, 1598). Produced Rose Theatre (Lord Admiral's Men),
12 February, 1596.
- An Humourous Day's Mirth. Comedy, 14 scenes. Published 1599. Produced
Rose Theatre (Lord Admiral's Men), 1 May, 1597.
- All Fools. Comedy, 5 acts. Written 1599(?), as The World Runs on Wheels.
Published 1605. Produced Blackfriars Theatre, 1604?
- Charlemagne, or The Distracted Emperor. Play. (Sometimes doubtfully attributed
to Chapman). Exists in Egerton manuscript. Produced ca. 1600. Cyril Tourneur,
John Marston, and Thomas Dekker also have been suggested as possible authors.
- The Gentleman Usher. Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1606 (Stationers' Register,
26 November, 1605). Produced ca. late 1602?
- Sir Giles Goosecap. Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1606 (Stationers' Register,
10 January, 1606). Produced Children of St. Paul's Chapel, ca. late 1601/early
1603.
- Alphonsus, Emperor of Germany. Tragedy, 5 acts. Written before 1604?,
revised before 1630? (Attribution to Chapman seriously questionable). Published
1654. Produced Blackfriars Theatre (King's Men), 1630?
- Bussy d'Ambois. Tragedy, 5 acts. Published 1607 (Stationers' Register,
3 June, 1607. Produced Children of St. Paul's Chapel, 1604.
- Monsieur d'Olive. Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1606. Produced Blackfriars
Theatre (Children of the Queen's Revels), 1604.
- Eastward Ho! Comedy, 5 acts. (With Ben Jonson and John Marston). Published
1605 (Stationers' Register, 4 September, 1605). Produced Blackfriars Theatre
(Children of the Queen's Revels), 1605.
- The Conspiracy and the Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron, Part I, conspiracy,
5 acts. Part II, tragedy, 5 acts. Published 1608 (Stationers' Register,
June 5, 1608). Produced Blackfriars Theatre, 1608.
- May Day. Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1611. Produced Blackfriars Theatre,
ca. 1609.
- The Widow's Tears. Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1612 (Stationers' Register,
17 April, 1612). Produced Blackfriars or Whitefriars Theatre (Children
of the Queen's Revels), 1603/09.
- The Revenge of Bussy d'Ambois. Tragedy, 5 acts. Published 1613 (Stationers'
Register, 17 April, 1612). Produced Whitefriars Theatre, ca. 1610.
- The Wars of Pompey and Caesar. Tragedy, 5 acts. Written ca. 1612/ 13.
Published 1631. (Stationers' Register, May 18, 1631).
- The Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn Masque. Stationers' Register, 27
February, 1613. Produced Whitehall, 15 February, 1613.
- Chabot, Admiral of France. Tragedy, 5 acts. Written 1621/22?, revised
1635. (With James Shirley). Published 1639 (Stationers' Register,r 24 Octobe,
1638). Produced Phoenix Theatre (Queen's Men), 1635 (licensed April 29,
1635).
CRITICISM
- E. S. Rees, Jr., The Tragedies of George Chapman: Renaissance Ethics
in Action, Cambridge, Mass., 1955;
- G. de F. Lord, Homeric Renaissance: The Odyssey of George Chapman, New
Haven, Conn., 1956;
- E. M. Waith, The Herculean Hero in Marlowe, Chapman, Shakespeare and
Dryden, New York, 1962;
- M. MacLure, George Chapman, Toronto, 1966;
- C. Spivak, George Chapman, New York, 1967;
- J. W. Wieler, George Chapman: The Effect of Stoicism upon His Tragedies,
New York, 1969;
- M. C. Bradbrook, George Chapman, Harlow, 1977.
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