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Brotherton Collection15
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boxing1
creusa, daughter of erechtheus (greek mythology)1
english drama1
english poetry1
ion (greek mythology)1

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Whitehead, William (1715-1785)7
Whitehead, Paul (1710-1774)4
Brereton, William1
Brereton, William (1751-1787)1
Euripides1
Everard, Edward Cape1
Everard, Edward Cape (1755-)1
Garrick, David1
Garrick, David (1717-1779)1
Mottley, John1

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Scanderbeg : or, Love and liberty. A tragedy

Whincop, Thomas (1730); Whincop, Martha (1782); Mottley, John (1692-1750)

1747

Sig. G4 recto (p.[87], part-title to the 'Compleat list of...dramatic poets') is blank and unsigned. "List of all the dramatic authors" attributed to John Mottley.

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Crėu̇sa, queen of Athens : A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane by His Majesty's servants

Whitehead, William (1715-1785); Euripides

1754

[Longe, F. Collection of plays. v. 43, no. 4].

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Honour : A satire

Whitehead, Paul (1710-1774)

1747

Verse. With a half-title.

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Satires

Whitehead, Paul (1710-1774)

1739

Continuous pagination. Each poem has special title-page, with imprint as given above. Catalogued from half-title (no general title-page). Signatures: [A]⁴ B-E⁴.

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Poems on several occasions, with The Roman father, a tragedy

Whitehead, William (1715-1785); Whitehead, William (1715-1785)

1754

Erratum: verso of half-title. Indexed in: Stratman, C. J. English printed tragedy 6593.

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A charge to the poets

Whitehead, William (1715-1785)

1762

Indexed in: ESTC T030491.

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The goat's beard : a fable

Whitehead, William (1715-1785)

1777

Anonymous. Attributed to William Whitehead by ESTC, NUC. Verse. Signatures: [A]-E⁴. "A free expression of one of Phaedrus's fables, which playfully discusses the question of equality between t...

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A trip to Scotland : as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane

Whitehead, William (1715-1785); Garrick, David (1717-1779); Everard, Edward Cape (1755-); Parsons, William (1736-1795); Pope, Jane (1742-1818); Brereton, William (1751-1787)

1770

Author's name from NUC pre-1956. Printed dedication of the author to David Garrick. Printed cast list for the Drury Lane production. Partial cast: Cupid: Master Cape; Mr. Griskin: Mr. Parsons; Mis...

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Variety : A tale, for married people

Whitehead, William (1715-1785)

1776

Anon. by William Whitehead. Cf. NUC pre-1956. First edition. There are at least two states of this edition known to exist. Variant press figures; State A: 7-9 and 15-5; state B: 7-7 and 15-6. Cf. ...

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