The plays of William Shakespeare : in ten volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators : to which are added, notes by Samuel Johnson LL. D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Contributor:

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.

Steevens, George, 1736-1800

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Plays

Language:

English

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

10 volumes : illustrations ; 18 cm (12 mo)

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Printed for A. Leathley, C. Wynne, P. Wilson, J Exshaw, H. Saunders, J. Potts, S. Watson, J. Mitchell, and J. Williams, 1766.

Contents:

v. 1: Preface

Preface of the players

Mr. Pope's preface

Mr. Theobald's preface

Sir T. Hanmer's preface

Dr. Warburton's preface

Some account of the life, &c. of Mr. William Shakespear / written by Mr. Rowe

Tempest

Midsummer night's dream

Two gentlemen of Verona; v. 2: Measure for measure

Merchant of Venice

As you like it

Love's labour's lost; v. 3: Winter's tale

Twelfth night

Merry wives of Windsor

Taming of the shrew; v. 4: Comedy of errors

Much ado about nothing

All's well, that ends well

King John; v. 5: King Richard II

King Henry IV, part 1

King Henry IV, part 2; v. 6: King Henry V

King Henry VI, part 1

King Henry VI, part 2

King Henry VI, part 3; v. 7 : King Richard III

King Henry VIII

King Lear; v. 8: Timon of Athens

Titus Andronicus

Macbeth

Coriolanus; v. 9: Julius Caesar

Antony and Cleopatra

Cymbeline

Troilus and Cressida; v. 10: Romeo and Juliet

Hamlet

Othello.

Notes:

Edition: originally published: London, 1765.

This edition amended from the London one with further notes taken from George Stevens, see advertisement in v. 1.

Vol.3 misdated 1756.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Cited in:

ESTC T42453

OCLC:

48790613