title: The Court Secret
title_page_title: [<sup>(6)</sup>A1r] THE Court Secret, A TRAGI-COMEDY:
title_page_author: WRITTEN By J<small>AMES</small> S<small>HIRLEY</small>.
title_page_performance: <i>Never Acted</i>, But prepared for the Scene at <i>BLACK-FRIERS</i>.
title_page_imprint: <i>Never Printed before. LONDON</i>, Printed for <i>Humphrey Robinson</i> at the three Pigeons, and <i>Humphrey Moseley</i> at the Prince's Armes in Saint <i>Paul'</i>s Church-yard. 1653.
paratext_dedication: "The Epistle Dedicatory" <i>to</i>: William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford; <i>from</i>: James Shirley [<sup>(6)</sup>A2r]
paratext_charachter_list: "The Names of the Persons" [<sup>(6)</sup>A4v]
paratext_other_paratexts: Advertisement for "Plays newly printed for Humphrey Moseley" [A4v]
stationer_entries_in_register: Sep 10, 1653: Entered to Humphrey Moseley: "a Play called The Court Secret, Written by Iames Shirley."
stationer_additional_notes: This play was never acted before the theaters closed in 1642, but Shirley wrote it with the intention that it would be performed by the King's Men at the Blackfriars.
transcript_modern_spelling: The court secret a tragicomedy never acted but prepared for the scene at blackfriars written by James Shirley never printed before London printed for Humphrey Robinson at the three pigeons and for Humphrey Moseley at the prince's arms in Saint Paul's Churchyard 1653