The wild-goose chase. A comedie. As it hath been acted with singular applause at the Black-Friers: being the noble, last, and onely remaines of those incomparable drammatists, Francis Beaumont, and John Fletcher, gent. Retriv'd for the publick delight of all the ingenious; and private benefit of John Lowin, and Joseph Taylor, servants to His late Majestie. By a person of honour.
Fletcher, John,1579-1625.
Beaumont, Francis,1584-1616,attributed name.
Lowin, John,1576-1659.
Taylor, Joseph,1586?-1653?.
London : printed [by William Wilson] for Humpherey Moseley, and are to be sold at the Princes Armes in St Paules Church-yard,
1652.
In fact by Fletcher alone. Cf. the dedication.
Acted at court in 1621, but not printed until 1652. In 1647 when the folio of Beaumont's and Fletcher's works was published, this play was omitted, as it had long been lost and was supposed to be irrecoverable. Cf. Preface to edition of 1647; Cambridge hist. of Eng. lit.; and Dyce, A. Works of Beaumont & Fletcher, 1845, v. 8, p. 102.
"The dedication to the honour'd, few, lovers of drammatick poesie" signed: John Lowin, Joseph Taylor.
Printer's name from Pforzheimer catalogue, which adds "It is apparent .. that the copy was divided between two compositors, if not shops".
Locations:  E  Copy notes: Matched from printed catalog.
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996),
Pforzheimer,
ESTC
Microfilm.
Microopaque.