The tragedy of Tancred and Gismund : 1591-2
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Type of record: Book
Title: The tragedy of Tancred and Gismund : 1591-2
Other titles: Tancred and Gismund
Classmark: BC Gen MAL
Creator(s): R. W (1568-1608)
Additional creator(s): Stafford, Rodger (Other); Noel, Henry (1597) (Other); Hatton, Sir Christopher (1540-1591) (Other); Greg, W W (1875-1959) (Other)
Related people: Tancred, approximately 1075-1112
Publisher: [Printed for the Malone society by F. Hall at the Oxford university press]
Publication city: [Oxford]
Date(s): 1914
Language: English
Size and medium: viii, 72 unnumbered pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/276813
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991000419159705181
Description
Revised by Wilmot from and earlier piece, probable acted before the Queen in 1567 or 1568. (cf. Pref. and Dict. nat. biog.) "The abbreviated names of five different writers are appended to the five acts of the printed text. They are Rod. Staf[ford]., Hen. No[el., G. Al., Ch. Hat[ton]., and R. W[ilmot]"--Pref.
"This reprint... has been prepared under the direction of the genral editor [W. W. Greg]".
"The only known edition is a quarto printed by Thomas Scarlet for sale by R. Robinson. Copies vary in that the date appears either as 1591 or 1592."--Pref.
With facsimile reproductions of original title-pages (1591 and 1592) and of sig. *3 recto and A2 verso. Original title: The Tragedie of Tancred and Gismund. Compiled By The Gentlemen of the Inner Temple, and by them presented before her Maistie. Newly reuiued and polished according to the decorum of these daies. By R. W.
Spine title: Tancred and Gismund.
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