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The miser : a comedy / written by Thomas Shadwell.

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Format:
Microformat
Author/Creator:
Shadwell, Thomas, 1642?-1692.
Contributor:
Molière, 1622-1673.
Series:
Three centuries of drama. English, 1642-1700.
Three centuries of English and American plays, 1500-1830.
Language:
English
Physical Description:
8 unnumbered pages, 92 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm
6x9 in.
monochrome
positive
Place of Publication:
London : Printed for Hobart Kemp, 1672.
Notes:
For a listing of titles in each box consult Three centuries of English and American plays.
Based on: L'avare / Molière.
"Acted by His Majesties servants, at the Theater Royal."
Collation: Title (verso blank); To the Right Honourable Charles Lord Buckhurst, A2; reader, [A3] (verso Prologue); The actors names, [A4] (verso blank); Text B-M4, N3 ([N3] Epilogue, verso blank)
The main plot is almost a translation of Molières L'Avare, but many new characters and scenes have been added. cf. "Reader," 3d prelim. leaf; Miles, Influence of Molière, p. 234.
For description of another edition of same year, "Printed for Thomas Collins and John Ford," see Hoe's Catalogue of books by English authors ... before 1700.
Book plate: Ex mvso Hvthii.
Master microform held by: Readex.
Microopaque. New York, N.Y. : Readex Microprint Corporation, 1953. 2 microopaques ; 15 x 23 cm. (Three centuries of drama. English, 1642-1700) ; (Three centuries of English and American plays, 1500-1830).
Cited in:
Woodward & McManaway 1083
OCLC:
10000011

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