The gamester : a tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden
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Type of record: Book
Title: The gamester : a tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden
Classmark: BC Lt/WEN
Creator(s): Moore, Edward (1712-1757)
Additional creator(s): Garrick, David (1717-1779) (Other)
Related people: Garrick, David
Publisher: Printed for Harrison and Co.... and sold, likewise, by J. Wenman ... and all other booksellers
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1779
Language: English
Size and medium: 19 p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/427833
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991008426209705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
Printed in double columns.
"The prologue and some of the most admired passages, including the greater part of the scene between Lewson and Stukely in the fourth act, were written by Garrick."--DNB.
With plate: "Mr Reddish as Beverley" - facing title-page.
Additional description
Bound with 35 other publications in a volume lettered: PLAYS, from Wingfield family library, Onslow (v.3). Volume contents: 1. Garrick, D.: Isabella, 1779. -- 2. Addison, J.: Rosamond, 1778. -- 3. Vanbrugh, J.: The provok'd wife, 1778. -- 4. Miller, J.: Mahomet the imposter, 1778. -- 5. Farquhar, G.: The recruiting officer, 1778. -- 6. Morell, T.: Judas Macchabæus, [1778]. -- 7. Lee, N.: Alexander the Great, 1779. -- 8. Shakespeare, W.: Twelfth night, 1779. -- 9. The press-gang, [1779]. -- 10. Fielding, H.: The mock doctor, [1779]. -- 11. Shakespeare, W.: Hamlet, 1779. -- 12. Shakespeare, W.: The comedy of errors, 1779. -- 13. Milton, J.: L'allegro, ed il penseroso, [1779]. -- 14. Jones, H.: The Earl of Essex, 1779. -- 15. Howard, R.: The committee, 1779. -- 16. Humphreys, S.: Deborah, [1779]. -- 17. Shakespeare, W.: Measure for measure, 1779. -- 18. Dryden, J.: Alexander's feast, [1779?]. -- 19. Shakespeare, W.: King Lear, 1779. -- 20. Garrick, D.: The guardian, 1779. -- 21.
Fielding, H.: The lottery, [1779]. -- 22. Moore, E.: The gamester, 1779. -- 23. Foote, S.: The commissary, 1779. -- 24. Garrick, D.: The farmer's return from London, [1779]. -- 25. Rowe, N.: The royal convert, 1779. -- 26. Ramsay, A.: The gentle shepherd, 1779. -- 27. Harris, J.: Daphnis and Amaryllis, [1779]. -- 28. Johnson, C.: The country lasses, 1779. -- 29. Garrick, D.: Miss in her teens, [1779?]. -- 30. Steele, R.: The tender husband, 1779. -- 31. Garrick, D.: The lying valet, [1779]. -- 32. Shakespeare, W.: The winter's tale, 1779. -- 33. Gay, J.: Achilles, 1779. -- 34. Morell, T.: Joshua, [1779]. -- 35. Shirley, W.: Edward the Black Prince, 1779. -- 36. Hill, A.: Alzira, 1779
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