Six new playes, viz. The brothers. Sisters. Doubtfull heir. Imposture. Cardinall. Court secret. The five first were acted at the Private House in Black Fryers with great applause. The last was never acted. All written by James Shirley. Never printed before.
Shirley, James,1596-1666.
Marshall, William,active 1617-1650,engraver.
London : printed [by William Wilson and Thomas Warren] for Humphrey Robinson at the Three Pigeons, and Humphrey Moseley at the Prince's Armes in St. Paul's Curch-yard [sic],
1653.
The words "Brothers. .. Court secret." are bracketed together on title page.
The portrait of the author is signed: W. Marshall sculpsit. 1646.
Contains "The brothers", "The sisters", "The doubtful heir", "The imposture", "The cardinal", and "The court secret", each with separate pagination, register, and title page (all but the last dated 1652). According to Greg, William Wilson printed the first, fourth, and sixth plays, Thomas Warren the others. "Although individual plays from the collection sometimes occur singly, there is no evidence that they were ever separately issued, unless it be that in Thomason's copy .. the plays do not appear in the order given in the title"--Greg.
Includes bibliography.
Variant lacks comma after title word "playes".
Annotation on Thomason copy: "ffebu. 8.", "1652"; 3 in imprint date crossed through.
Locations:  E  Copy notes: Matched from printed catalog.
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996),
Greg,
Thomason,
Woodward & McManaway,
ESTC
Microfilm.
Microfilm.
Microopaque.