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Garrick, David (1717-1779)3
Lillo, George (1693-1739)3
Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)2
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Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616)2
Dibdin, Charles (1745-1814)2
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Cymbeline: : a tragedy

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Garrick, David (1717-1779); Watts, R; Whitestone, William (fl.1745-1792)

1762

Edition: first printed London 1623; in this version London 1762. Indexed in: Stratman not recorded [1882+]. Indexed in: Stockwell p.34.

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The jovial crew: : a comic opera, as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden

Brome, Richard (1652); Roome, Edward (1729); Concanen, Matthew (1701-1749); Yonge, Sir William (1755); Bates, William (fl. 1750-1780)

1780

The alterations were by E. Roome, M. Concanen, and Sir William Yonge. Music by William Bates not included. Illustrations: Portrait of Anne Catley as Rachel, engraved by G. Terry.

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The old batchelor : a comedy

Congreve, William (1670-1729)

1733

Frontispiece included in signatures and pagination.

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The second part of Mr. Waller's poems : containing his alteration of The maid's tragedy : and whatever of his is yet unprinted : together with some other poems, speeches, etc. that were printed severally and never put into the first collection of his poems

Waller, Edmund (1606-1687); Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616); Fletcher, John (1579-1625); Atterbury, Francis (1662-1732)

1690

Possibly edited by Francis Atterbury. First edition. This is the unauthorized edition which was ensured in the prefatory note of the authorized edition, the maid's tragedy altered, 1690. "The ma...

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The Christian hero : a tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane

Lillo, George (1693-1739); Gray, John (fl.1728-1741); Hoffman, Francis (fl. 1706-1728?)

1735

[A]², B-H⁴, I⁴ (-I4). Pages 41-48 omitted in pagination sequence. Title in red and black. Several woodcut ornaments signed F.H. (i.e. Francis Hoffman).

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The comical history of Don Quixote : As it is acted at the Queen's Theatre in Dorset-Garden, by Their Majesties servants. Part I

D'Urfey, Thomas (1653-1723); Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616); Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)

1694

A play based on Cervantes' 'Don Quixote'. "Certain of the songs in the first and second parts of D'Urfey's 'Don Quixote' (1694) were by [Henry] Purcell,..." -- DNB. At the foot of p.50 are some ad...

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Tamerlane: : a tragedy, as it is acted at the New Theater in Little Lincolns-Inn-Fields, by Her Majesty's Servants

Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718); Tonson, Jacob (1656?-1736)

1703

First printed London, 1702. Dedication 'To... William, Lord Marquiss of Hartington'. 'Prologue. Spoke by Mr. Betterton'. 'Epilogue. Spoke by Mrs. Bracegirdle'. Tamerlane was intended as a portra...

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Cato. : A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden

Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)

1777

Two columns to a page.

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Mahomet the imposter: : a tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury Lane and Covent-Garden

Miller, James (1706-1744)

1778

Printed in two columns. Illustration: unsigned engraved portrait of J. Bannister as Zaphna. Paper: watermarked: fleur de lys/IV. A-B⁴.

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The committee; or, The faithful Irishman. A comedy. As it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden

Howard, Sir Robert (1626-1698)

1779

Illustrations: portrait of John Moody as Teague engraved by Terry. Signatures: [A]¹ B-C⁴ D².

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