1588-9

Updated: May 17, 2025

The following is from a scene between the two disguised maidens: Gallathea may be plausibly enough assigned to the year 1584 . The date of the next play we have to deal with, Love's Metamorphosis, is less certain, though Mr. Fleay's conjecture of 1588-9 seems reasonable.

Walter W. Greg - Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama: A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration: Stage in England