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Author Bullock, Christopher, 1690?-1724.

Title Woman is a riddle [microform] : a comedy ; as it is acted at the theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields / by Mr. Christopher Bullock.

Imprint London : Printed by T. Wood and T. Sharpe, for A. Bettesworth; W. Mears and F. Browne and T. Woodward, 1717.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Basement Library of English Literature Microfiche Cabinets  LEL 40059    ---  Available
Description vii, [1], 97 [i.e. 71], [1] p.
Series Library of English literature ; LEL 40059
Note Pages 57-71 misnumbered 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 Biographia dramatica; Dictionary of national biography.
First performed 4 December 1716.
Reproduction Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 40059)
Added Author Savage, Richard, -1743.
Price, Lucy Rodd, active 1679.
Calderon de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681.

 
    
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