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Fletcher, John (1579-1625)14
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The tempest: or, The enchanted island : A comedy
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The tempest: or, The enchanted island : A comedy

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668)

1735

Extracted from v. 2 of the 1735 edition of The dramatick works of John Dryden. Signatures: I-M12 (I1 frontispiece). Title in red and black.

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The tempest: or, The enchanted island : A comedy

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668); Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692)

1701

Signatures: A-H⁴, I. An adaptation and alteration of Shakespeare's "Tempest" by John Dryden and Sir William Davenant. All editions of the Dryden/Davenant version from 1674-1800 also contain some a...

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The island-princess : as it is acted at the theatre royal

Tate, Nahum (1652-1715); Fletcher, John (1579-1625)

1687

Revived and altered from the work by John Fletcher. Indexed in: Woodward & McManaway 1204.

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Memoirs of a certain island adjacent to the kingdom of Utopia (v.1)

Haywood, Eliza Fowler (1693?-1756)

1726

"A key": v. 1, p. 291-294 and v. 2, p. 1-4 (last count).

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Poems upon several occasions; with A voyage to the island of love

Behn, Aphra (1640-1689); Behn, Aphra (1640-1689)

1684

First edition. Pp. 126-7 of "A voyage to the island of love" wrongly numbered 110-111.

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Mr. Taste's tour from the island of politeness to that of dulness and scandal

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

1733

Purports to have been written by Alexanderr Pope.--cf. Introduction. In verse. Signatures: B[*]² B-D² chi¹. Anon.

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The island princess, or, The generous Portuguese : made into an opera : as it is perform'd at the Theatre Royal

Motteux, Peter Anthony (1660-1718); Fletcher, John (1579-1625)

1734

An alteration of Fletcher's Island princess. Without the music. Dedicated to: Popham Conway. Includes author's preface, "To the reader".

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The tempest, or, The enchanted island : A comedy. As it is now acted at Their Majesties theatre in Dorset-Garden

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668)

1690

An adaptation of Shakespeare's "Tempest" by John Dryden and Sir William Davenant. All editions of the Dryden/Davenant version from 1674-1800 also contain some additions and alterations by Thomas Shadw...

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The tempest, or, The enchanted island : A comedy. As it is now acted at Their Majesties theatre in Dorset-Garden

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668)

1690

An adaptation of Shakespeare's "Tempest" by John Dryden and Sir William Davenant. All editions of the Dryden/Davenant version from 1674-1800 also contain some additions and alterations by Thomas Shadw...

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The tempest, or The enchanted island : A comedy as it is now acted at His Highness the Duke of York's theatre

Dryden, John (1631-1700); D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692)

1676 [1692?]

Preface signed (leaf A2 verso): John Driden. Numerous errors in paging. An adaptation and alteration of Shakespeare's "Tempest" by John Dryden and Sir William Davenant. All editions of the Dryden/...

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The Purple island : or, The isle of man : together with Piscatorie eclogs and other Poeticall miscellanies

Fletcher, Phineas (1582-1650)

1633

Title in red and black with printer's device, within narrow border (verso blank); head and tail pieces. "The Piscatorie eclogs" and "Elisa" have special title pages. An elaborate allegorical poem ...

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The tempest : or, The enchanted island. A comedy. As it is now acted at His Highness the Duke of York's Theatre

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692); D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1676

An adaptation and alteration of Shakespeare's "Tempest" by Dryden and Sir William Davenant. All editions of the Dryden/Davenant version from 1674-1800 also contain some additions and alterations by Th...

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