A Joviall Crew: or, The Merry Beggars. Presented in a Comedie, At the Cock-pit in Drury Lane, in the yeer 1641

1652 Brome, Richard (1590-1652). A Joviall Crew: or, The Merry Beggars. Presented in a Comedie, At the Cock-pit in Drury Lane, in the yeer 1641. London: Ptd. by J.Y for E.D. and N.E. Rpt. in The Dramatic Works of Richard Brome Containing Fifteen Comedies Now First Collected in Three Volumes. London: John Pearson, 1873. Vol. 3 is a rpt. of Brome’s Five Plays, Viz.: The Northern Lasse. The Sparagus Garden. The Antipodes. A Jovial Crew [341-452]. The Queen’s Exchange. London: np, nd; London: Ptd. for Henry Brome, 1661; London: Hindmarsh, 1684; and ed. Ann Haaker. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1968. See also The Jovial Crew by Richard Brome. Adapted by Stephen Jeffreys. London: Warner Chappell Plays, 1992, which was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, April 13, 1992. L, O, PSt

Comedy but presents an ideal beggars commonwealth. See also 1640 Brome.