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Brotherton Collection13
English Literature12

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irish drama (in english)18
music2
english drama1
opera1
theater1

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Southerne, Thomas (1660-1746)5
Congreve, William (1670-1729)4
Dryden, John2
Dryden, John (1631-1700)2
Garrick, David (1717-1779)2
Southerne, Thomas2
Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)2
Abingdon, Frances, 1737-18151
Behn, Aphra1
Behn, Aphra (1640-1689)1

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The old batchelour : a comedy

Congreve, William (1670-1729); Southerne, Thomas (1660-1746); Marsh, J E (1860-); Higgins, Bevil; Cary, Anthony Viscount Falkland (1656-1694)

1710

Signatures: A-F⁸, G².

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The double-dealer : a comedy

Congreve, William (1670-1729); Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1711

Signatures: A-G⁸, H⁴.

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The way of the world : a comedy

Congreve, William (1670-1729)

1711

Signatures: A-H⁸.

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The wandering Jew; or, Love's masquerade: a comedy, in two acts as performed ... at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane

Franklin, Andrew (1845); Cawthorn, George; Roth, Cecil (1899-1970)

1797. Price one shilling

Fourth edition.

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Neglected virtue: : or, The unhappy conquerour. A play, acted at the Theatre-Royal; by His Majesty's Servants

Horden, Hildebrand (1696); Motteux, Peter Anthony (1660-1718); Rhodes, Henry; Parker, Richard (fl. 1696); Briscoe, Samuel; Hopkins, Charles (1664?-1700?)

1696

Epistle dedicatory signed: H. Horden. Epilogue by P. A. Motteux. Sometimes ascribed to C. Hopkins; in the epistle dedicatory, Horden states that the play is the work of a friend.

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Injur'd love: : or, The cruel husband. A tragedy. Design'd to be acted at the Theatre Royal

Tate, Nahum (1652-1715); Wellington, Richard (fl. 1693-1709)

1707

Indexed in: Stratman 6204.

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Isabella; or, The fatal marriage. A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden

Garrick, David (1717-1779); Southerne, Thomas (1660-1746)

1779

The alterations were by David Garrick. Illustrations: unsigned engraved portrait of Mary Ann Yates as Isabella. A-B⁴.

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The recruiting officer: : a comedy. As it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden

Farquhar, George (1678-1707)

1778

Edition: first issued: London, 1706. Two columns to a page. Illustrations: unsigned engraved plate of Mrs. Lessingham as Sylvia. Paper: watermarked: fleur de lys/IV.

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The Earl of Essex: : a tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden

Jones, Henry (1721-1770)

1779

Illustrations: plate of Charlotte Melmoth as Queen Elizabeth engraved by Terry, dated April 1, 1779. Signatures: A-B⁴. Two columns to a page.

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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...

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The fate of Capua. : A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields. By His Majesty's Servants

Southerne, Thomas (1660-1746); Orrery, Charles Boyle Earl of (1676-1731); Codrington, Christopher (1668-1710)

1700

Prologue by Charles Boyle; epilogue by C. Codrington. First edition. Tooke's advertisements L2. Paper watermarked: star/-. Indexed in: Stratman 5913.

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The funeral; or, Grief a-la-mode: a comedy, as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden

Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)

1780

Illustrations: engraved plate of Frances Abingdon as Lady Harriet by Isaac? Taylor after Dodd dated 1 June 1780.

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