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Author Bell, John, 1745-1831

Title Bell's British theatre, consisting of the most esteemed English plays.

Imprint London, Bell, 1780-1784.

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Description 25 v. illus. 19 cm.
Note Each play has special title-page.
Odd-numbered volumes, 1-20, contain comedies; even-numbered volumes contain tragedies.
CONTENTS TO BE ADDED.
Contents v.1. Zara / A. Hill. Venice preserved / T. Otway. Jane Shore / N. Rowe. Siege of Damascus / Mr. Hughes. Distressed mother / A. Phillips.--v.3. The Earl of Essex / H. Jones. Tamerlane / N. Rowe. The Mourning bride / W. Congreve. The fair penitent / N. Rowe. Cato / J. Addison.--v.5. All for love / J. Dryden. The orphan / T. Otway. Tancred and Sigismunda / Mr. Thomson. George Barnwell / Mr. Lillo. Isabella / altered from Southerne.--v.6. A bold stroke for a wife / Mrs. Centlivre. The miser / H. Fielding. The provok'd husband / J. Vanbrugh, C. Cibber. Loves makes a man / C. Cibber. She wou'd, and she wou'd not / C. Cibber.--v.7. The royal convert / N. Rowe. Alexander the Great / N. Lee. Mahomet / Mr. Miller. Theodosius / N. Lee. Lady Jane Gray / N. Rowe.--v.8. The funeral / R. Steele. Love for love / W. Congreve. The careless husband / C. Cibber. The tender husband / R. Steele. The busy body / Mrs. Centlivre.--v.9. The beggar's opera / J. Gay. Achilles / J. Gay. Polly / J. Gay. The Gentle shepherd / A. Ramsay. Comus / J. Milton.
(cont.) v.10. Merope / A. Hill. Barbarossa / Dr. Brown. Alzira / A. Hill. Phaedra and Hippolitus / Mr. Smith. Oroonoko / T. Southern.--v.11. The refusal / C. Cibber. The way of the world / W. Congreve. Amphitryon, altered from Dryden by Dr. Hawkesworth. The drummer / Mr. Addison. The relapse / J. Vanbrugh.--v.12. Troilus and Cressida / Shakespeare. The gamester / Mr. Moore. Don Sebastian / J. Dryden. Oedipus / J. Dryden and N. Lee. The revenge / Dr. Young.--v.13. The inconstant / Farquhar. The double dealer / W. Congreve. The foundling / Mr. Moore. The Spanish fryar / J. Dryden. The double gallant / C. Cibber.--v.14. The Albion queens / Mr. Banks. Anna Bullen / Mr. Banks. Mariamne / Mr. Fenton. Ximena / C. Cibber. The Brothers / Dr. Young.--v.15. The constant couple / Mr. Farquhar. Sir Harry Wildair / Mr. Farquhar. The confederacy / J. Vanbrugh. The rehearsal / Duke of Buckingham. The chances / Duke of Buckingham.--v.16. Electra / L. Theobald. Ambitious step-mother / N. Rowe. Othello / W. Shakespeare. Busiris / Dr. Young. Eurydice / Mr. Mallet.
Subject English drama

 
    
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