Excerpt from The Tragedy of Hoffmann: Or a Revenge for a Father After the issue of the quarto, 1631, the play seems to have fallen into oblivion; other plays were re printed, but Hofmann was neglected and passed by in silence. In 1852 - more than two hundred years after the first printing - an octavo reprint was made and edited by H. B. L. Here is the title-page Hoffman or, A Revenge for a Father. A Tragedy, by Henry Chettle. Acted, A. D. 1602. Printed, 1631. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Tragedy of Hoffmann: Or a Revenge for a Father The Tragedy of Hoffmann was entered on the books of the Stationers' Company, Feb. 26, for J. Grove, as Hoffmann, the Revengeful Father. Shirley's Grateful Servant was entered to him at the same time. Judging by the entries in the Stationers' Registers, Grove does not appear to have had any extensive dealings in plays ; in that direction his business activity seems to have been confined to Hoffmann, and an interest in one or two of Shirley's plays. In 1637, Sep. 25, Grove assigned his right in Hoffmann and The Grateful Servant, with two other plays, to W. Leake. Leake did not dabble very deeply in play-dealing, but I find as early as 1600, he had an interest in two plays, one of which is connected with Chettle; for on Dec. 1, of that year he entered the First and Second Farts of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon, in the Second Part of which Chettle had a hand. In 1617, Feb. 16, Leake disposed of his right in the Huntingdon plays to Barret. No further mention of Hoffmann occurs in the Stationers' books. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.