A select collection of old plays
- Bib ID:
- 1000935
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764
- Description:
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- London : printed for R. Dodsley, 1744
- 12 v. ; 18 cm. (12mo).
- Full contents:
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- v. 1: Prefaces. The promises of God, by John Bale. New custom. The four P's. by John Heywood. Grammer Gurton's needle. The pinner of Wakefield. Damon and Pithias, by Richard Edwards.
- v. 2: Gorboduc, by Lord Buckhurst. Campaspe, by John Lilly. Edward the Second, by Marlowe. Mustapha, by Lord Brooke.
- v. 3: Green's tu quoque, by Joseph Cooke. The honest whore, by Decker. The hog hath lost his pearl, by Robert Tailor. Fuimus Troes. The white devil, by Webster.
- v. 4: The malcontent, by Marston. A woman kill'd with kindness, by Heywood. Eastward ho, by Jonson. The widow's tears, by Chapman. The revenger's tragedy, by Tourneur.
- v. 5: Lingua. A mad world my masters, by Middleton. 'Tis pity she's a whore, by Ford. Grim the collier of Croydon. Microcosmus, by Nabbs.
- v. 6: The widow, by Jonson, Fletcher, & Middleton. A match at midnight, by Rowley. The dumb knight, by Lewis Machin. The muses looking-glass, by Thomas Randolph. The jovial crew, by Broome.
- v. 7: The heir, by May. The old couple, by May. The antiquary, by Marmion. The goblins, by Suckling. The shepherd's holiday, by Rutter.
- v. 8: The city madam. A new way to pay old debts. The guardian. The unnatural combat. The picture [all by Massinger].
- v. 9: Albumazar. The gemester, by Shirley. The bird in a cage, by Shirley. The city night-cap, by Davenport. The parson's wedding, by Killigrew.
- v. 10: The city-match, by Jasper Maine. The lost lady, by Sir William Barclay. The ordinary, by Cartwright. The Queen of Aragon, by Habington. The marriage night, by Lord Falkland.
- v. 11: A dialogue on plays and players. Tancred and Gismunda, by Robert Wilmot. Cornelia, [by Robert Garnier]. The merry devil of Edmonton. Andromana; or, The merchant’s wife; a tragedy, by J.S. The mayor of Quinborough, by Thomas Middleton.
- v. 12. Elvira; or, The worst not always true, by George, lord Digby [i.e. earl of Bristol]. Love will find out the way by [James Shirley]. All mistaken; or, The mad couple, by James Howard. The adventures of five hours, by Samuel Tuke. The revenge; or, A match in Newgate [by John Marston].
- Notes:
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- Title vignette.
- The two last volumes were issued in March, 1745, although they are dated 1744 (Straus).
- Titles in red and black.
- Cited In:
- C & C 3381.
- Subject:
- English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
- Also Titled:
- Old plays
- Copyright:
-
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1764
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1744
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