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The disappointment; or, The mother in fashion: a play as it was acted at the Theatre Royal
Southerne, Thomas (1660-1746); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Stafford, J (fl. 1684); Hindmarsh, Joseph (fl. 1678-1696); E. B; Ormonde, James Butler Duke of (1665-1745)
1684
First edition. Pforzheimer Library 954. For printing history of gathering E see F. Bowers, The supposed cancel in Southerne's The disappointment reconsidered, The Library, 5th series v. 5, (1951), 140...
Four new plays, viz: : // The Surprisal,/Committee, Comedies. // The Indain-queen,/Vestal-virgin, Tragedies. // As they were acted by His Majesties servants at the Theatre-Royal
Howard, Sir Robert (1626-1698); Dryden, John (1631-1700)
1665
The titles of the two comedies are bracketed together on the title-page, as are those of the two tragedies. Each play has special t.-p. "To the reader" contains a discussion of the use of rime in ...
Five new plays, viz. The Surprisal; The Committee; And The Indian-Queen; The Vestal-virgin; The Duke of Lerma; As they were acted by His Majesty's servants at the Theatre-Royal
Howard, Sir Robert (1626-1698); Dryden, John (1631-1700)
1700
Signatures: A-2K⁴. The titles of the two comedies are bracketed together on the title-page, as are those of the three tragedies. A reissue of the "Five new plays" published in 1692; this collect...
Title: [unknown]
Author: Dryden, John
Date(s): 1670 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 54
Contents: Verses on fate and fortune, from Act 3 of Dryden's play "The Tempest"
Tamerlane the Great : a tragedy : as it is acted by Their Majesties servants at the Theatre Royal
Saunders, Charles (fl. 1681); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Banks, John (1706)
1681
"... I drew the design of this play, from a late novell, call'd Tamerlane and Asteria..."--Pref. In the Preface, the author states that the play 'had received some rules for correction from Mr. Dryd...
Title: [unknown]
Author: Dryden, John
Attribution: Dryden
Date(s): 1694 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 48
Contents: On the suffering that jealousy causes lovers, abridged from a song in
Dryden's play "Love Triumphant"
Tamerlane the Great : a tragedy : as it is acted by Their Majesties servants at the Theatre Royal
Saunders, Charles (fl. 1681); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Banks, John (1706)
1681
"... I drew the design of this play, from a late novell, call'd Tamerlane and Asteria..."--Pref. In the Preface, the author states that the play 'had received some rules for correction from Mr. Dryd...
Title: [unknown]
Author: Dryden, John
Date(s): 1667 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 86
Contents: Lines extracted, with some variations, from Dryden's play "The Indian Emperour", to produce a love poem
Title: [unknown]
Author: Dryden, John
Date(s): 1681 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 34
Contents: Song in which a woman complains of being abandoned by her lover, and of men's
unfaithfulness in love in general. From Dryden's play, "The Spanish Friar",
V.
Title: On the conquest of Mexico
Author: Dryden, John
Date(s): 1664
Manuscript: Lt 15
Contents: Part of the prologue to Dryden and Howard's play "The Indian Queen", in which
the natives of Mexico realise that the Spanish conquest has brought their
idyllic paradisal life to an end
Title: A letter from Mr Dreyden to Sir George Etherige
Author: Dryden, John
Attribution: Mr Dreyden
Date(s): 1686
Manuscript: Lt 54
Contents: Lighthearted epistle answering Etherege's two verse epistles to the Earl of
Middleton (BCMSV 422, 424), praising his accomplishments and urging him,
while in Ratisbon, to write another play
Title: Prologue to The Prophetess [1690 May, Mr Dridens Prologue to The
Prophetesse. Verses Misc. Cupbd (?) (verso)].
Author: Dryden, John
Attribution: Mr Dryden
Date(s): 1690 (published)
Manuscript: Lt q 11
Contents: Dryden's prologue to the musical play "The Prophetess" by Thomas Betterton,
alluding critically to current affairs, especially the expense of William
III's Irish wars; with the men away, the theatre will depend on the support of
women.