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Woman is a riddle; a comedy: as it is acted at the Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. / By Mr. Christopher Bullock.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR3328.B8 W6 1717
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bullock, Christopher, 1690?-1724.
Contributor:
Savage, Richard, -1743.
Price, Lucy (Rodd), Mrs., active 1679.
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681.
Language:
English
Physical Description:
vii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 97, that is, 71 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 21 cm
Place of Publication:
London : Printed by T. Wood and T. Sharpe, for A. Bettesworth [etc.], 1717.
Notes:
Error in paging: p. 57-71 numbered 83-97.
According to Johnson, Savage wrote the play, which he afterwards turned over to Bullock, who altered it slightly and produced it as his own; but Baker claims that both authors took it from a translation of Calderon's "La dama duende" by Mrs. Price. cf. Johnson's Life of Savage; Baker's Biog. dram.; Dict. nat. biog.
OCLC:
13596325

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