It has sometimes been identified as the seditious play, performed at the Cockpit in May 1640, which the Master of the Revels moved to have suppressed. However, the play's most recent editor, Marion O'Connor, dates it to "no earlier than the end of November 1640, and perhaps in the first months of 1641".
It has occasionally been pinpointed as the subversive play, performed at the Cockpit in May 1640, which the Master of the Revels attempted to have banned. However, the most recent editor, Marion O'Connor, places it at "no earlier than the end of November 1640, and perhaps in the first months of 1641".