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"What manner o'thing is your crocodile?": July 2018

This month’s Crocodile Mystery is a group affair. Share your thoughts on what these items have in common in the comments section! (Answers of “on paper” or “beige,” although true, don’t count).

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I suppose “plays” doesn’t count either?

Elisabeth Chaghafi — June 26, 2018

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That’s a great first step! They’re about a special kind of play…

Meaghan J. Brown — June 26, 2018

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Well, if it weren’t for the third image, I would have guessed “comedies”, but that one clearly contains several tragedies (and the fifth one probably does as well). So I think I’ll have to stick with “plays” for now!

Elisabeth Chaghafi — June 26, 2018

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… plays performed during Christmas-season festivities staged by The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn ?

elisabeth bruxer — June 27, 2018

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Are they lost plays?

Philip Allfrey — June 27, 2018

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No, I spy a lot of extant titles.

Rebecca Maxfield — June 27, 2018

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looks like it was right – I guess it was that each image *contains* a lost play title

Rebecca Maxfield — July 3, 2018

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With Meaghan’s hint, I’m going to guess they all contain a reference to a revenge tragedy.

Deborah J Leslie — June 28, 2018

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I’m not 100% certain, but I don’t think the John Day play mentioned in the first source is a revenge tragedy. How about plays with sequels / plays consisting of more than one “part”?

Elisabeth Chaghafi — June 29, 2018

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Or plays featuring kings, come to think of it. I’m pretty sure there’s at least one in every document.

Elisabeth Chaghafi — June 29, 2018

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Written pages look like a hodgepodge of plays that were finally all published alphabetically in a printed text

Michele Garrick — June 29, 2018

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