[Forwarded for Thomas Herron -- H.]

Dear Anne P. et. al.,

Absence from London would not necessarily mean absence from theatre. Sp was likely in Dublin from 1580-2 and in Co. Kildare, not too far away, from 1582-4 if not longer (indeed I forget when he finally got rid of his Dublin properties).

--The Dublin Treasurer's Book from c. 1582-3 lists paying a "david duke scole master for his paynes in playeng an enterlute vppon blackmonday; per warrantum dicti maioris & aldermannorum"

-- The same from c. 1583-4 lists a payment to "the Lord deputies mvsycians for a play, per warrantum maioris & Aldermannorum"

Alan J. Fletcher, *Drama and the Perfroming Arts in Pre-Cromwellian Ireland* (Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2001): 270, 272.

Thomas

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