LET THE GAMES BEGIN! It's time for the first round of the Not-Shakespeare Cup. The 9 qualifiers join the 55 automatically qualified teams. The outsiders and the big guns (Malfi, Pestle, Faustus et al) are all in the draw. Some of the big teams face off in the first round! https://twitter.com/eoin_price/status/1252937741807083520

First up, it's Championship PHILASTER v the Premier League's THE REVENGERS’ TRAGEDY. Middleton's play one of the bookmaker's favourites for the cup

After battling through the Qualifiers EASTWARD HO! comes up against Jonson's Championship team THE DEVIL IS AN ASS

Marlowe's TAMBURLAINE, one of the big Premier League clubs, comes up against lower league battlers THE DEVIL’S CHARTER. Can Barnes pull of a cup shock?

Championship side THE ATHEIST’S TRAGEDY also aims to pull off a shock against Premier League rivals. Tourneur plays Webster's THE WHITE DEVIL

Next up, it's the tie of the round as two of the pre-tournament favourites face off. Can the controversial ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM beat the Premier League runner up THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE?

Something went wrong with this tweet so sending again. VOLPONE suffered the ignominy of relegation from the Premier League but can he find better days in the cup? Jonson plays off against Lyly's Championship outfit ENDYMION

Premier League big boys THE CHANGELING play Henry Chettle's HOFFMAN. We know HOFFMAN packs a punch but does the higher league team have too much?

Championship side THE HONEST WHORE PART 1 take on the qualifier A JOVIAL CREW in an intriguing, if less high profile match-up

Fresh from promotion to the Premier League, Massinger's THE ROMAN ACTOR takes on CAMPASPE, who battled through a very tough qualifier to get here.

OOOO look: two of the highest profile qualifiers play off! Middleton's A YORKSHIRE TRAGEDY and Heywood's A WOMAN KILLED WITH KINDNESS in the battle of the Domestic Tragedies Set Ooop North

Potential banana skin alert! Fletcher's THE TAMER TAMED plays off against up and coming THE BIRTH OF MERLIN. Will the famously fervent Merlin support prove decisive here?

A battle of two very different tragedies! The qualifier
THE INSATIATE COUNTESS plays Chapman's unfancied BUSSY D’AMBOIS

A fascinating match-up this one: Peel's only entry in the competition, THE OLD WIVES’ TALE plays another of Middleton's teams: A CHASTE MAID IN CHEAPSIDE (7)

Another all top-division clash: the highly-fancied THE ROARING GIRL takes on THE WITCH OF EDMONTON.

An interesting all Championship affair: THE WITCH plays THE MALCONTENT.

Relegated from the Premier League, THE JEW OF MALTA aims for solace in the cup. Today's opponent is Championship battlers THE SEA VOYAGE

Another of the big boys enters the draw. 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE plays qualifying outsider THE ISLAND PRINCESS

Can League 1 MUCEDORUS spring a surprise? The outsiders take on Championship team THE BROKEN HEART.

It's the moment some of you feared and some of you wanted. Jonson on Jonson action: Championship EPICENE v newly promoted SEJANUS.

Interesting: two League 1 sides play off. Mary Sidney's THE TRAGEDY OF ANTONY plays Richard Brome's THE ANTIPODES

Premier League plays League 1 as THE SHOEMAKER’S HOLIDAY hosts ANTONIO’S REVENGE at the Leadenhall arena.

Can there be a big shock (please, please?) Underrated Championship strugglers PERKIN WARBECK take on the might of Middleton's WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN

Another big all Premier League clash. One of the pre-tournament favourites will make an early exit. Get ready: Kyd's THE SPANISH TRAGEDY plays Jonson's THE ALCHEMIST

Rated by some pundits as the dark horse of the competition Aphra Behn's THE ROVER plays off against OLD FORTUNATUS

THE DUCHESS OF MALFI is the overwhelming favourite for a League and Cup double. Surely THE FAIR MAID OF THE WEST will not stand in her way?

An interesting lower league match-up. Margaret Cavendish's THE CONVENT OF PLEASURE takes on John Lyly's THE WOMAN IN THE MOON.

The qualifier A KING AND NO KING has lots of work to do against one of the cup favourites, EDWARD II.

Middleton appears again with MICHAELMAS TERM. His opponent is Robert Greene, making his only entry in the cup with FRIAR BACON AND FRIAR BUNGAY

An intriguing match. Elizabeth Cary's THE TRAGEDY OF MARIAM plays against Marlowe's newly promoted DIDO, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE.

The qualifier WESTWARD HO! has lots of work to do to get past Premier League big gun DOCTOR FAUSTUS. Surely not?

By qualifying from the playoffs THE MASSACRE AT PARIS ensured that all of Marlowe's solo(ish) plays are present in the cup. But can he spring a shock against Premier League BARTHOLOMEW FAIR? The fans are calling it the battle of the Bartholomews

An exiting one to end. Premier League GALATEA will hope for a good run in the cup but can Beaumont & Fletcher spring an upset with THE MAID'S TRAGEDY?