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Five new plays ... : as they were acted by His Majesty's servants at the Theatre-Royal / written by the Honourable Sir Robert Howard.
Van Pelt - Microtext STC II Reel 35:6.
Mixed Availability
- Format:
- Microformat
- Author/Creator:
- Howard, Robert, Sir, 1626-1698.
- Series:
- Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 35:6.
- Standardized Title:
- Plays
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 10 unnumbered pages, 252 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : portrait
- 35 mm
- monochrome
- service copy
- positive
- Edition:
- The second edition corrected.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for Henry Herringman, and are to be sold by R. Bentley, J. Tonson, F. Saunders, and T. Bennet, 1692.
- Contents:
- (from t.p.) The Surprisal
- The committee
- The Indian-queen
- The Vestal-virgin
- The Duke of Lerma.
- Notes:
- Each play has special t.p.
- The preface contains a discussion of the use of rhyme in dramatic verse, which occasioned Dryden's Essay of dramatick poesie. Howard replied in the preface to The great favourite, or, The Duke of Lerma.
- The Indian queen is partly by Dryden.
- Reproduction of original in Yale University Library.
- Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1961. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 35:6)
- Cited in:
- Wing H2993
- OCLC:
- 11889899
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