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Total number of records: 49

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Brotherton Collection49
English Literature49

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english drama1
phaedra (greek mythology)1

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Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)13
Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)7
Congreve, William (1670-1729)6
Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)4
Corneille, Pierre3
Corneille, Pierre (1606-1684)3
Dryden, John (1631-1700)3
Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664-1726)3
Farquhar, George (1678-1707)2
Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637)2

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The provok'd wife : a comedy; as it is acted, at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane

Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664-1726)

1735

Frontispiece, included in paging.

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The distrest mother : A tragedy

Philips, Ambrose (1674-1749); Racine, Jean (1639-1699)

1749

Frontispiece included in signatures and pagination.

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All for love : or, The world well lost. A tragedy

Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1740

Title vignette (portrait of Shakespeare).

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Tamerlane : a tragedy

Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)

1744

Recto of first leaf (frontispiece), verso of t.p. blank. Title in red and black. Head- and tail-pieces; initials; title vignette.

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The rehearsal : as it is now acted at the Theatre-Royal

Buckingham, George Villiers Duke of (1628-1687); Clifford, Martin (1677); Sprat, Thomas (1635-1713)

1747

By the Duke of Buckingham, assisted by Martin Clifford, Thomas Sprat, and others - see DNB and Cambridge Hist. of Engl. Lit., vol. 8, p. 28-9.

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The poetical works of Nicholas Rowe... [etc.]

Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)

1720

Includes memoirs of Rowe by S. Hales. Sig. E9 signed E5.

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The poetical works of Nicholas Rowe... [etc.]

Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)

1720

Includes memoirs of Rowe by S. Hales. Sig. E9 signed E5.

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Ulysses: : a tragedy

Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)

1735

With epilogue: [2] p. at end.

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The mourning bride. : A tragedy

Congreve, William (1670-1729)

1733

With engraved frontispiece facing title page which is included in pagination and signatures.

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The mourning bride. : A tragedy

Congreve, William (1670-1729)

1733

With engraved frontispiece facing title page which is included in pagination and signatures.

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Ximena, or, The heroick daughter : a tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal by His Majesty's Servants

Cibber, Colley (1671-1757); Corneille, Pierre (1606-1684)

1735

Title page in red and black. Based partly on Corneille's Cid. Dedication to Sir Richard Steele, dated 1719. Engraved frontispiece illustration by Lud. Du Guernier included in pagination and sign...

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