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The New English theatre : containing the most valuable plays which have been acted on the London stage

Print Book, English, 1776-77
Printed for J. Rivington & Sons, London, 1776-77
Leather bindings (Binding)
12 volumes : illustrations ; 18 cm
3520306
v. 1. The busy body / written by Mrs. Centlivre
A bold stroke for a wife / written by Mrs. Centlivre
The conscious lovers / written by Richard Steele
The miser / written by Henry Fielding
The suspicious husband / written by Dr. Hoadly
v. 2. The orphan, or, The unhappy marriage / written by Mr. Otway
The fair penitent / written by Nicholas Rowe
Tancred and Sigismunda / written by James Thomson
Phaedra and Hippolitus / written by Edmund Smith
The revenge / written by E. Young
v. 3. The Spanish Fryar, or, The double discovery / written by Mr. Dryden
The old bachelor / written by Mr. Congreve
Rule a wife and have a wife / written by Beaumont and Fletcher
The recruiting officer / written by Mr. Farquhar
The provok'd wife / written by John Vanbrugh. v. 4. Merope / written by Aaron Hill
Jane Shore / written in imitation of Shakespeare's style by Nicholas Rowe
The mourning bride / written by Mr. Congreve
The gamester / written by Mr. Moore
The rival queens, or, Alexander the Great / written by Nathaniel Lee
v. 5. The way of the world / written by Mr. Congreve
The committee, or, The faithful Irishman / written by Robert Howard
Every man in his humour / written by Ben Johnson
The beaux stratagem / written by Mr. Farquhar
Love for love / written by Mr. Congreve
v. 6. Oroonoko / written by Thomas Southern
The London merchant, or, The history of George Barnwell / written by Mr. Lillo
Venice preserv'd, or, A plot discovered / written by Mr. Otway
Tamerlane / written by N. Rowe
The distrest mother / written by Amb. Philips. v. 7. The provok'd husband, or, A journey to London / written by John Vanbrugh and Mr. Cibber
The drummer, or, The haunted house / by Mr. Addison
Love makes a man, or, The fop's fortune / written by C. Cibber
The careless husband / written by Colley Cibber
The funeral, or, Grief a-la-mode / written by Richard Steele
v. 8. The Earl of Essex / written by Henry Jones
Barbarossa / [John Brown]
All for love, or, The world well lost / written by Mr. Dryden
Mahomet the Impostor / [Voltaire]
Lady Jane Gray / [Nicholas Rowe]
v. 9. Amphitryon, or, The two Sosias / [John Dryden]
The double dealer / by Mr. Congreve
The double gallant, or, The sick lady's cure / written by Colley Cibber
The inconstant, or, The way to win him / written by George Farquhar
The constant couple, or, A trip to the jubilee / by Mr. Farquhar. v. 10. Cato / written by Mr. Addison
Theodosius, or, The force of love / written by Nathaniel Lee
The siege of Damascus / by John Hughes
Douglas / by Mr. Home
The tragedy of Zara / by Aaron Hill
v. 11. The city wives confederacy / by John Vanbrugh
The minor / written by Samuel Foote
The country wife / [William Wycherley]
The chances / [John Fletcher]
The wonder / by Mrs. Centlivre
v. 12. Medea / by Mr. Glover
The brothers / written by Dr. Young
Isabella, or, The fatal marriage / [Thomas Southerne]
The Grecian daughter / written by Arthur Murphy
The Roman father / written by W. Whitehead
Each volume contains 5 plays with engraved t.p. (with varying imprints), frontispiece, separate signature marks, and paging