WritingPermanent catalogue Work
The Thessalians
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Introduction
The Thessalians. First published in the Yellow Jacket volume XIII number 16, Howard Payne College on January 13th, 1927.
Textual states
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Characters in this Work
Counts are across exact Textual Versions currently represented. Additional textual research may add further appearances.
Actor playing the king’s jesterAn actor who substitutes a sausage for a stage weapon.1 textual stateAlgernon RepplesAn actor playing the hero who unmasks an unexpected intruder.1 textual stateAlonzo ChubAn actor playing a king whose mishaps disrupt the performance.1 textual stateArimenta GeppsThe company’s leading lady and a playwright.1 textual stateAugustus BuffA drunken scene shifter who interrupts the play disguised as its masked woman.1 textual stateAureliousThe theatrical company’s supposedly scentless skunk.1 textual stateBelle JimsonweeThe company’s star dancer, asked to shorten her encores.1 textual stateCat clinging to the stage sausageA cat flung into the audience after biting a prop sausage.1 textual stateEphraim JubeThe company’s villain actor and author of its current play.1 textual stateHank JepsonThe theatrical company’s ticket seller, known for short-changing customers.1 textual stateHipurbilee JonesThe manager of a touring theatrical company.1 textual stateHornet fired at Alonzo ChubA hornet launched at an actor by an audience member.1 textual stateMayor struck by a cat at the theaterA mayor whose front-row seat puts him in the path of a flying cat.1 textual stateSomolia StatesThe company’s resourceful property man.1 textual stateSpectator who fires a hornet at Alonzo ChubAn audience member who launches a hornet at an actor.1 textual stateUnnamed member of the Thessalian ArtistsA member of a touring theatrical company who recounts a disastrous performance.1 textual stateWild skunk that enters the theaterA skunk mistaken for the theatrical company’s animal.1 textual state
Publication appearances
The Yellow Jacket Volume XIII Number 16Howard Payne CollegeJanuary 13, 1927↗
The Howard Collector #6 (Volume 1 Number 6)Glenn LordSpring 1965↗
The Howard CollectorAceApril 1979↗
Тень ястреба (Ten' Jastreba) ( Shadow Hawk ) P ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Северо-Запад (Severo-Zapad) (North-West)1998↗
The "New" Howard Reader #4Joe & Mona MarekJanuary 1999 January 1999 ( 2nd state)↗
The Complete Yellow JacketHermanthis PressDecember 1999 (1st.), October 2001 (2nd. edition). 2002 (2nd. printint of 2nd. ed)↗
West Is West & OthersRoehm's Room PressFebruary 2006↗
West Is West & OthersRoehm's Room PressApril 2007↗
Sentiment: An Olio of Rarer WorksREH Foundation PressDecember 2009↗
School Days in the Post OaksREH Foundation PressMay 2011↗
Robert E. Howard's Collected WorksJame-BooksFebruary 2013↗
Стальной кулак (Stal-noi kulak) (Iron Fist) Cover and publication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy.Подсолнухи (Sunflowers)2020↗
Cavaleiros do Crepúsculo e Outras Histórias (Riders of the Sunset and Other Stories)Red Dragon PublisherJuly 2023↗