"I desyre to be paid": Interpreting the Language of Remuneration in Early Modern Dramatic Archives

‘Our devices for that solemne and Iouiall daye’

“…77 As Northway writes, it is important to 'acknowledge this larger network, [as] we could [then] begin to trace in the archives the names of less well known participants, such as painters, tailors, and upholsterers who might have moved easily among the liveries and the theaters'. 78 Exploring these 'concrete fi elds of production', in Hirschfeld's useful phrase, helps us rediscover the role of what she calls 'the material contexts as well as the personal interests that structured the choices and chances' of those most involved in the making of the Shows. 79 I'll return to the particular issue of 'personal interests' and the associated personal connections later in this chapter.…”

“…44 Munday's behaviour illustrates Northway's comment that the writers 'signed contracts written in the livery language of favors and service and took advantage of the implications of this language regarding parting gifts'. 45 As Hirschfeld points out in connection to the professional stage, relations between the various protagonists can be described as 'companionship and collegiality . .…”