This article discusses Fulke Greville’s extensive revisions of Mustapha and, using circumstantial evidence, suggests that characteristics of Prince Mustapha bear some similarities to those of Prince Henry Stuart. In the course of the discussion, the parent–child relationship of Soliman and Mustapha is brought to bear on that of King James and Henry by way of a comparison between the earlier and the revised versions of the play. The article thus offers a new reading based on the perspective that Mustapha presents an elaborate response to the rumour of James’s involvement in the untimely death of Henry.
