Ben Jonson's 'Villanous Guy'

On the title page of ‘Guy of Warwick’, printed in 1661, the play is ascribed to ‘B. J.’. To date, scholars have agreed in seeing the initials as a spurious ascription to Ben Jonson. However, in this paper I argue that Jonson may indeed have had a hand in ‘Guy of Warwick', satirising Shakespeare as a Clown in response to Shakespeare’s own satirising of Jonson in ‘The Two Gentlemen of Verona’

The Lady of Edgecliff

An exploration of how post-modernity can inform our understanding of street art and graffit

Why a Dog? A Late Date for The Two Gentlemen of Verona

In this paper I argue that the characters of Lance and his dog Crab were a late addition to Shakespeare’s ‘The Two Gentlemen of Verona’, and are partly a satire on the Isle of Dogs affair. If this correct, the play as we now have it was probably first performed in late 1597 or early 1598

Links between Mucedorus and The Tragical History, Admirable Atchievments and Various Events of Guy Earl of Warwick

This paper examines connections between two anonymous plays, 'Mucedorus' and 'Guy of Warwick', and suggests that those connections increase the possibility that 'Guy of Warwick' contains a sustained satire on Shakespeare

‘Surprised into Sonneteering’: Shakespeare’s Sonnets and the Gray’s Inn Revels of 1594–5

This article argues that the Gray's Inn Revels of 1594-5, and their young Christmas Prince, Mr. Henry Helmes, may have inspired Shakespeare to write many of his 1609 Sonnets to a young man, rather than a woman

Urban Goods Movement and Sydney’s Economy

Freight transport is a key component of the role for roads in the national economy, particularly in urban areas, but our understanding of the urban freight transport system is very limited. Until recently there were minimal recent data available on urban goods movement in Australia, but data collection in several States and Sydney has partially relieved this situation. This paper discusses analysis of freight data collected in the Sydney Commercial Vehicle Survey (CVS). Broad analysis of the 1991/92 CVS of the Greater Sydney Metropolitan Region was undertaken to determine the patterns and behaviour of freight carrying vehicles. The survey was in the form of a mail-out, mail-back self-completion questionnaire and was undertaken by the Transport Data Centre, a section within the Department of Transport, NSW. The majority of the paper is drawn from the principal author’s thesis on Urban freight activities in Sydney, undertaken at Monash University. Results of the CVS are discussed with specific reference to temporal patterns, trip lengths, trip durations, and the temporal distributions of pick-ups and deliveries. These factors are also discussed in the context of the Sydney network and economy, and particularly in relation to the implications for transport planning and policy

Previously Unrecorded Verbal Parallels Between Histriomastix and The Acknowledged Works of John Marston

Discusses the authorship of the play Histrio-masti