Amphitryon, or The two Socias : a comedy / as altered from Dryden by Dr. Hawkesworth ; adapted for theatrical representation, as performed at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden ; regulated from the promt-book, by permission of the managers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dryden, John, 1631-1700.

Contributor:

Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773.

Molière, 1622-1673.

Plautus, Titus Maccius.

Covent Garden Theatre.

Language:

English

Genre:

Drama.

Penn Provenance:

Lewis, John Frederick (donor)

Physical Description:

108 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 15 cm (12mo)

Other Title:

Two Socias

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for the Proprietors, under the direction of John Bell, British Library, Strand, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1792.

Notes:

"This subject had occupied the rugged Plautus, who has built upon it a Latin comedy from which the play of Molière is translated. Dryden ... took up this play as Moliere had left it, and added, besides its English dress, much that was strictly his own." -- p. vii.

Also issued as part of: 'Bell's British theatre', London 1797, vol.21.

With an additional titlepage, engraved.

Includes printed cast list for production at Covent Garden.

Local Notes:

Bound with: Foote, Samuel. The minor. London : Printed for the Proprietors, under the direction of John Bell, British Library, Strand, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1791. (Item 2 of 4)

Cited in:

ESTC N15132

OCLC:

9109280