A select collection of old plays : in twelve volumes (v.1)
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Type of record: Book
Title: A select collection of old plays : in twelve volumes (v.1)
Classmark: BC Gen/DOD
Creator(s): Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)
Additional creator(s): Reed, Isaac (1742-1807) (Other); Gilchrist, Octavius (1779-1823) (Other); Collier, John Payne (1789-1883) (Other)
Related people: Reed, Isaac; Gilchrist, Octavius; Collier, John Payne
Publisher: S. Prowett
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1825-27
Language: English
Size and medium: 12 v
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/280967
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991001288539705181
Description
Third edition, edited by John Payne Collier.
Four plays included in earlier editions -- Ford's 'Tis a pity she's a whore, and Shirley's Bird in a cage, Gamester, and Andromana -- are omitted, and replaced by Lodge's Wounds of civil war, Greene's Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, Nash's Summer's last will and testament, and Peele's Edward I. "Two very early and rare dramatic specimens," The Worlde and the Chylde, and The tragicall comedie of apius and Virginia, have also been added.
Contents: v. 1. Advertisement to the present edition; Mr. Reed's preface; Mr. Dodsley's preface; Historia histrionica; God's promises; The four P's; Ferrex and Porex; Damon and Pithias; New custome -- v. 2. Gammer Gurton's needle; Alexander and Campaspe; Tancred and Gismunda; Cornelia; Edward II -- v. 3. George a Greene, the pinner of Wakefield; The first part of Jeronimo; The Spanish tragedy; The honest whore, pt. I-II -- v. 4. The malcontent; All fools; Eastward hoe; The revenger's tragedy; The dumb knight -- v. 5. The miseries of inforced marriage; Lingua or, The combat of the Tongue and the Five Senses; The merry devil of Edmonton; A mad world, my masters; Ram-alley or, Merry tricks -- v. 6. The roaring girle; The widow's tears; The white devil; The hog hath lost his pearl; The foure prentises of London -- v. 7. Greenes Tu quoque; Albumazar; A woman kill'd with kindness; A match at midnight; Fuimus Troes. The true Trojans -- v. 8. The wounds of civil war; The heir; Friar Bacon and Friar
Bungay; The Jew of Malta; The wits -- v. 9. Summer's last will and testament; Microcosmus; The Muse's looking-glass; The city-match; The Queen of Arragon (cont.).
(cont.) v. 10. The antiquary; The goblins; The ordinary; The jovial crew or, the Merry beggars; The old couple -- v. 11. The chronicle of Edward the First; The mayor of Quinborough; Grim, the collier of Croydon; The city night-cap; The parson's wedding -- v. 12. The adventures of five hours; Elvira; The widow; Chichevache and Bycorne; The Worlde and the Chylde; Apius and Virginia; Chronological list of the plays in this collection; Additional notes; Index.
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