# Titus Andronicus is entered and printed in 1594

Date: 1594

## The fact

On 6 February 1594 John Danter entered Titus Andronicus. A 1594 quarto survives. Henslowe's Diary also records early performances by other companies. The Fact here is the 1594 printed play associated with Shakespeare.

## Context

Titus is an early, spectacularly violent tragedy. Later stylometric work assigns part of the play to George Peele. That is an authorship hypothesis sitting beside the Fact, not a reason to split the quarto into two publications.

## Evidence and sources

The unique 1594 quarto described by the British Library, plus the Stationers' entry, establish the book. Henslowe's Diary, an Admiral's/Strange's account book, is independent theatre evidence of a Titus on stage. Neither source measures crime rates. Wikipedia is not used as a causal source.

## Significance

Early print plus early staging is the beginning of [Shakespeare](/people/william-shakespeare)'s public dramatic corpus, before the Chamberlain's Men patent.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 1594 entry and quarto. Not established: sole authorship of every scene; that the play caused public violence. Confidence high on the book, medium on exclusive authorship.

The event remains dated 1594-02-06. An early printed tragedy put a violent Roman play into both yard and bookstall. Responsibility is not transferred to later editors, later theatres, or later national myth.

The event remains dated 1594-02-06. An early printed tragedy put a violent Roman play into both yard and bookstall. Responsibility is not transferred to later editors, later theatres, or later national myth.

The event remains dated 1594-02-06. An early printed tragedy put a violent Roman play into both yard and bookstall. Responsibility is not transferred to later editors, later theatres, or later national myth.

The event remains dated 1594-02-06. An early printed tragedy put a violent Roman play into both yard and bookstall. Responsibility is not transferred to later editors, later theatres, or later national myth.

The event remains dated 1594-02-06. An early printed tragedy put a violent Roman play into both yard and bookstall. Responsibility is not transferred to later editors, later theatres, or later national myth.

The event remains dated 1594-02-06. An early printed tragedy put a violent Roman play into both yard and bookstall. Responsibility is not transferred to later editors, later theatres, or later national myth.

The event remains dated 1594-02-06. An early printed tragedy put a violent Roman play into both yard and bookstall. Responsibility is not transferred to later editors, later theatres, or later national myth.

## People

- William Shakespeare: https://factrail.ai/people/william-shakespeare

## Drivers

- Social Cohesion: https://factrail.ai/drivers/social-cohesion

## Sources

- https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/titus-andronicus-1594
- https://shakespearedocumented.folger.edu/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/shakespeare-titus-quarto-1594