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Playford Edition: ‘The Night Piece, or the Shaking of the Sheets’ can be located in the 4th edition of The [English] Dancing Master. (1670) The initial appearance of ‘The Night Peece’ is located in the 1st edition of The English Dancing Master (1651). Documentation Between 1603-167-: Information to follow. Documentation Prior to 1603: In Act 1; Scene 1, of Thomas Heywood's A Woman Killed with Kindness (written 1603; published 1607) Sir Francis and Sir Charles have the following exchange:
‘Shaking of the Sheets’ is mentioned in Act 2; Scene 3, in A Pleasant Conceited Comedy; Wherein is Shewed How a Man May Chuse a Good Wife from a Bad.
There is some debate regarding the publication date of the play. While the inscription states 1602, the publication year of the first edition states 1605.
In 1589, John Lyly
wrote a short tract called, Pappe with a Hatchet, where it
states:
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Works Cited:
1. Heywood, Thomas (1603) A Woman Killed with Kindness. London.
2.
Heywood, Thomas (1602) A Pleasant conceited Comedie, Wherein is shewed how a
man may chuse a good Wife from a bad. London. Book provided by
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3.
Collier, J. Payne (1849) Extracts from the Registers of The Stationer’s
Company of Works Entered for publication Between the Years 1570-1587.
London: Printed for the Shakespeare Society. Book provided by
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4. Gosson, Stephen (1577) The School of Abuse. London: F.
Shoberl.
5. Lyly, John (1589) Pappe with a Hatchet.