A select collection of old plays. : In twelve volumes. The second edition, corrected and collated with the old copies, with notes critical and explanatory. ... .
Dodsley, Robert,1704-1764.
London, : Printed by J. Nichols; for J. Dodsley, Pall Mall.,
MDCCLXXX. [1780]
Printer of volumes 7-12 is H. Hughs.
Compiled by Robert Dodsley.
Volume 1 has a frontispiece.
Another issue of this work appeared in 1780 with the additional statement ' ... with notes critical and explanatory. By Isaac Reed'.
v. 1. Prefaces. God's promises, by John Bale. The four P's, by John Heywood. Ferrex and Porrex, by Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst, and Thomas Norton. Damon and Pithias, by Richard Edwards. New custom -- v. 2. Gammer Gurton's needle. Alexander and Campaspe, by John Lyly. Tancred and Gismunda, by Robert Wilmot. Cornelia, by Thomas Kyd. Edward the Second, by Christopher Marlow -- v. 3. George A Greene, the pinner of Wakefield. The first part of Jeronymo. The Spanish tragedy, by Thomas Kyd. The honest whore, part I. By Thomas Dekker. The honest whore, part II. By the same -- v. 4. The mal-content, by John Marston. All fools, by George Chapman. Eastward hoe, by George Chapman, Ben Jonson, John Marston. The revenger's tragedy, by Cyril Tourner. The dumb knight, by Lewes Machin -- v. 5. The miseries of inforced marriage, by George Wilkins. Lingua, by Anthony Brewer. The merry devil of Edmonton. A mad world my masters, by Thomas Middleton. Ram Alley, or Merry tricks, by Lodowick Barry -- v. 6. The roaring girl, or Moll Cutpurse, by Tho. Middleton and Tho. Dekker. The widow's tears, by George Chapman. The white devil, or Vittoria Corombona, by John Webster. The hog hath lost his pearl, by Robert Tailor. The four prentises of London, by Thomas Heywood -- v. 7. Green's tu quoque, or The city gallant, by Jo. Cooke. Albumazur, by ___ Tomkis. A woman kill'd with kindness, by Thomas Heywood. A match at midnight, by William Rowley. Fuimus troes, the true Trojans, by Jasper Fisher -- v. 8. 'Tis a pity she's a whore, by John Ford. The heir, by Thomas May. The bird in a cage, by James Shirley. The Jew of Malta, by Christ. Marlow. The wits, by Sir William Davenant -- v. 9. The gamester, by James Shirley. Microcosmus, by Thomas Nabbes. The muses looking-glass, by Thomas Randolph. The city match, by Jasper Maine. The Queen of Arragon, by William Habington -- v. 10. The antiquary, by Shakerly Marmion. The goblins, by Sir John Suckling. The ordinary, by William Cartwright. The jovial crew, or The merry beggars, by Richard Broome. The old couple, by Thomas May -- v. 11. Andromana, or The merchant's wife, by James Shirley. The mayor of Quinborough, by Thomas Middleton. Grim, the collier of Croydon. The city night-cap, by Robert Davenport. The parson's wedding, by Thomas Killegrew -- v. 12. The adventures of five hours, by Sir Samuel Tuke. Elvira, by George Digby, Earl of Bristol. The widow, by Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, and Thomas Middleton. Chichevache and Bycorne. Historia histronica, an historical account of the English stage. Additional notes. Index.
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