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Total number of records: 1719

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Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)1719
Shakespeare, William102
Shakespeare, William, 1564-161690
Steevens, George (1736-1800)81
Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)69
Gollancz, Sir Israel (1864-1930)68
Steevens, George59
Gollancz, Israel55
Reed, Isaac (1742-1807)52
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Timon of Athens, by William Shakespeare: an acting version made for the Leeds University Union Theatre Group by G. Wilson Knight

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1948

Signature: on t.p., C. Kingham. Miscellaneous annotations on ff. 7, 8, 16, 36, 38 and 39

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Macbeth' by William Shakespeare

1976

Contains a prompt script which is almost certainly from this production, not the earlier one by Leeds Playhouse in 1972

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Annotated copy of an edition of William Shakespeare's play 'The Merchant of Venice'.

Forsyth, David (1844-1934)

1877-1880?

A small 1877 Clarendon Press Series edition of 'The Merchant of Venice', cut up and interleaved within a larger bound notebook on which extensive notes about the play have been written in manuscript (...

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Songs of Shakespeare: |bfor tenor voice and piano /|cF.S. Mumby.

Mumby, F S

1946

A music score for a cycle of eight songs with lyrics from Shakespeare's plays: 1. Dumain's ode (Love's labour's lost. Act 4, Sc.3) dated Sept 13th 1945; 2. Sonnet dated June 27th 1946; 3. Autolycus's ...

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The first sketches of the second and third parts of King Henry the Sixth

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Halliwell-Phillipps, J O (1820-1889); Shakespeare Society (Great Britain)

1843

With reproductions of the original title-pages: The First part of the Contention betwixt the two famous houses of Yorke and Lancaster, with the death of the good Duke Humphrey... London, Printed by Th...

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Falstaff's wedding : a comedy

Kenrick, W (1725?-1779); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1795

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Romeo and Juliet
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Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Garrick, David (1717-1779)

[1766?]

Bound in volume with overall title page: "The English theatre in eight volumes, containing the most valuable plays which have been acted on the London stage. Vol. VIII".

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Richard the Third : a tragedy

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Cibber, Colley (1671-1757); Oxberry, William Henry (1804-1871)

1818

At head of title: Oxberry's edition.

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King Lear : A tragedy

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Jennens, Charles (1700-1773)

1770

Error in paging: numbers 191-192 repeated. Edited by Richardson.

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The Greek and Latin prize poems of the University of Cambridge, from 1814 to 1837

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); University of Cambridge

1837

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