The British theatre, or, A collection of plays which are acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, Haymarket, and Lyceum : printed under the authority of the managers, from the prompt books / with biographical and critical remarks by Mrs. Inchbald ; in twelve volumes ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821, ed.

Contributor:

Hurst, Robinson, and Co., Publisher.

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama.

Physical Description:

12 v., [60] leaves of plates ; 16 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Hurst, Robinson, and co., [ca. 1825]

Contents:

v. 1. Inkle and Yarico ; The jealous wife / G. Colman. A new way to pay old debts / P. Massinger. Measure for measure / W. Shakespeare. The gamester / E. Moore

v. 2. The duenna / R. B. Sheridan. Othello ; Hamlet / W. Shakespeare. Lovers' vows / A. Kotzebue. The belle's stratagem / H. Cowley

v. 3. The country girl / D. Garrick. The merry wives of Windsor ; King Henry V / W. Shakespeare. Know your own mind / A. Murphy. The poor gentleman / G. Colman

v. 4. Douglas / J. Home. The busy body / S. Centlivre. All in the wrong / A. Murphy. Oroonoko / T. Southerne. The clandestine marriage / G. Colman & D. Garrick

v. 5. The Jew / R. Cumberland. George Barnwell ; Fatal curiosity / G. Lillo. The rival queens / N. Lee. King Lear / W. Shakespeare

v. 6. The rivals / R. B. Sheridan. The beggar's opera / J. Gay. The surrender of Calais ; The heir at law / G. Colman. Rule a wife and have a wife / F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher

v. 7. A cure for the heart-ache / T. Morton. King John ; Romeo and Juliet ; Julius Caesar / W. Shakespeare. The deserted daughter / T. Holcroft.

v. 8. King Henry VIII ; King Richard III ; Twelfth night ; Much ado about nothing / W. Shakespeare. A bold stroke for a husband / H. Cowley

v. 9. Isabella / T. Southerne. The conscious lovers / R. Steele. A bold stroke for a wife / S. Centlivre. First love / R. Cumberland. The beaux stratagem / G. Farquhar

v. 10. The tempest / W. Shakespeare. The siege of Damascus / J. Hughes. Barbarossa / J. Brown. The suspicious husband / B. Hoadly. De Monfort / J. Baillie

v. 11. The way to get married / T. Morton. The honey moon / J. Tobin. King Henry IV / W. Shakespeare. The brothers / R. Cumberland. The maid of the mill / I. Bickerstaffe

v. 12. The goodnatured man / O. Goldsmith. Fontainbleau / J. O'Keefe. Cymbeline ; The winter's tale ; The comedy of errors / W. Shakespeare.

Notes:

A collection of 60 plays, each with special t.p. and separate paging; engraved frontispieces, variously dated from 1807 to 1825, accompany the plays.

OCLC:

8714081