Information and IdeasVery hardEvidence that a play predates its printing
Information and Ideas practice question
A literary historian argues that an anonymous play was written before 1600, not after 1610 as its first printing suggests.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?
- A. A diary entry of 1598 describes a performance whose plot matches the play scene for scene, and the play's text contains no words first recorded after 1600, although the printed prologue does.Correct
- B. The play's first printing is dated 1612.
- C. Many plays of the period were printed years after they were written.
- D. The play's author is unknown.
Answer: A. A diary entry of 1598 describes a performance whose plot matches the play scene for scene, and the play's text contains no words first recorded after 1600, although the printed prologue does.
Seen in 1598, and no later words in the text.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The play's first printing is dated 1612.
- Restates the printing date.
- C. Many plays of the period were printed years after they were written.
- A general possibility, no evidence about this play.
- D. The play's author is unknown.
- Anonymity dates nothing.
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