 The play was entered into Register on November 9, 1632 and was published the following year in quarto by the bookseller William Cooke, who issued many of Shirley's plays in the 1630s, either alone or in partnership with Andrew Crooke.Shirley dedicated the volume to Edward Golding, of Colston, Northamptonshire, a personal friend.No data on the play's theatrical history has survived; it is not known when, or even if, the work was ever staged.