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Microform

Author

Dryden, John, 1631-1700.

Title Cleomenes, the Spartan heroe [microform] : a tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal / written by Mr. Dryden ; to which is prefixt The life of Cleomenes.

Imprint

London : Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1692.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Basement Library of English Literature Microfiche Cabinets	LEL 40074	---	Available

Description	[16], 28, 72 p., advertising matter.
Series	Library of English literature ; LEL 40074
Note	"To Mr. Dryden, on his Cleomenes," by Theophilus Parsons: p. [11-12]
	"Persons represented:" p. [16]
	Prologue, epilogue and Dramatis personae precede the Life instead of the play.
	The life of Cleomenes was translated from Plutarch by Thomas Creech, and owing to Dryden's illness, the fifth act of the play was completed by Thomas Southerne. cf. Dictionary of national biography.
	First acted some time after May 1688; not performed again until mid-April 1692. cf London stage, 1660-1800.
Reproduction	Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 40074)
Subject	Cleomenes III, King of Sparta, -219 B.C. -- Drama.
Added Author	Southerne, Thomas, 1660-1746.
	Plutarch. Lives
	Creech, Thomas, 1659-1700