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Notes

1 See Appendices A and B.

2 Leah Marcus suggests a different scenario: "If Henslowe followed the usual practice of the theatrical companies, he was willing to see the A version in print because it had lost its marketability on stage (Bentley, Dramatist 235-63). It is hard to imagine Henslowe, hard-headed businessman that he was, paying good money for the renovated Faustus and then letting it go to waste. It is also hard to imagine him again launching on stage in 1604 a version of the play that already existed in print or was on the verge of being printed. Almost certainly, Henslowe's 'new' Faustus was a version resembling the B Text much more than it resembled A" (Marcus 26). Although the assumption by Marcus that Henslowe was making an advantageous business venture in the printing of the play is logical, her conclusion that Henslowe wanted a modernized version of the work is incorrect. Marcus, like many proponents of the A Text, ignores the close connections among (1) the Earl of Nottingham's Men, (2) Samuel Rowley and William Birde, and (3) the A Text.

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