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Brotherton Collection13
English Literature13

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english drama1
english drama (tragedy)1
masques with music1
merchants1

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Lillo, George (1693-1739)11
Carey, Henry1
Carey, Henry (1687?-1743)1
Cibber, Colley1
Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)1
Gray, John1
Gray, John (1741-)1
Hoffman, Francis1
Hoffman, Francis (Fl. 1706-1728?-)1
Lilliput, John1

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The London merchant, or, The history of George Barnwell : as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's servants

Lillo, George (1693-1739); Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)

1740

Includes: Epilogue written by Colley Cibber. Also appears under the titles: The merchant; and George Barnwell. A play.

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Elmerick: or, Justice triumphant. : A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane

Lillo, George (1693-1739)

1740

First edition. The titlepage bears an ornament with a stylised urn and foliage, and has the price at the foot.

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Elmerick: or, Justice triumphant. : A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane

Lillo, George (1693-1739)

1740

First edition. The titlepage bears an ornament with a stylised urn and foliage, and has the price at the foot.

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The Lilliputian widow. A poem address'd to the Chester-ladies

Squire, Sir John Collings (1884-1958)

1729

Answered by "King John", 1729, which suggests that the author was John Squire. Anon., by John Squire?.

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Silvia; or, the country burial. An opera : As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn Fields. With the musick prefix'd to each song

Lillo, George (1693-1739)

1731 [i.e. 1730]

Issue with the price ("[Price 1s. 6d]") at bottom right of the title-page and the inserted leaf at [a2] dated 1730. With the music of 63 airs in the text.

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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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Britannia and Batavia : a masque

Lillo, George (1693-1739); Carey, Henry (1687?-1743)

1740

Without the music, by Henry Carey; cf. NUC pre-1956.

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Marina : a play of three acts. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Convent [sic]-Garden. Taken from Pericles prince of Tyre

Lillo, George (1693-1739); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1738

Based on the last two acts only of Pericles.

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Silvia; or, the country burial. An opera : As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn Fields. With the musick prefix'd to each song

Lillo, George (1693-1739)

1731 [i.e. 1730]

Issue with the price ("[Price one shilling and six pence]") at bottom of the title-page and the inserted leaf at [a2] dated 1730. With the music of 63 airs in the text.

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Fatal curiosity : a true tragedy of three acts, as it is acted at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market

Lillo, George (1693-1739)

1737

Prologue by Henry Fielding. First ed.; first performed 1736 under title Guilt its own punishment and revised by Fielding; cf. W.L.Cross, The history of Henry Fielding, v.3, p. 300.

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