The new British theatre. : Consisting of fifty-six tragedies and comedies, with fifty-six farces. All of them the most esteemed that are performed on the British stage. In eighteen volumes..
Edinburgh: : Printed for Charles Elliot.,
M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787]
The 4 plays in the first 14 volumes have separate title pages, pagination and register. The works in the 5 volumes of farces have caption titles.
The individual plays bear the imprint date 1774.
The first 14 volumes are a reissue of The theatre, tragic & comic published. Edinburgh : J. Robertson, 1774. Each play has its original title page but the plates have been suppressed.
The last 5 volumes are a collection of the most esteemed farces.
Vols. 17 and 18 have engraved title pages: Farces. Supplement to the British theatre.
The nineteenth volume is titled "Volume the fifth" i.e. it is the fifth volume in the collection of farces. It is dated 1788.
Vol. 1. The mourning bride; The siege of Damascus; Theodisius or, the force of love; Cato -- Vol. 2. All for love or, the world well lost; Oroonoko; The fair penitent; Oedipus. Vol. 3. Mahomet; Phaedra and Hippolitus; Tamerlane; Isabella or, the fatal marriage -- Vol. 4. Mustapha; Jane Shore; The revenge; The orphan -- Vol. 5. Barbarossa; Lady Jane Gray; Mariamne; Zara; Vol. 6. Tancred and Sigismunda; Venice preserv'd; The distress'd mother; The brothers -- Vol. 7. The London merchant or, The history of George Barnwell; The royal convert; The spanish friar; Douglas. -- Vol. 8. The beaux stratagem; Every man in his humour; The old bachelor; The suspicious husband -- Vol. 9. The conscious lovers; Rule a wife, and have a wife; The recruiting officer; The careless husband -- Vol. 10. The beggars opera; The busy body; The twin rivals; Love for love -- Vol. 11. She wou'd, and she wou'd not; The man of mode; The gentle shepherd; The funeral -- Vol. 12. The provok'd husband or, a journey to London; The double dealer; The constant couple or, a trip to the jubilee; The miser -- Vol. 13. Love makes a man or, the fop's fortune; The rehearsal; A bold stroke for a wife; The alchemist -- Vol. 14. The wonder, a woman keeps a secret; The plain dealer; The way of the world; The provok'd wife.
Vol. 15. I. The guardian; II. The apprentice; III. The anatomist; IV. Florizel and Perdita; V. High life below stairs; VI. The mock doctor; VII. Taste; VIII. The upholsterer; IX. Lethe; X. The knights; XI. The deuce is in him; XII. The sultan; XIII. The chaplet; XIV. Miss in her teens -- Vol. 16. I. The mayor of Garrat; II. The reprisal; III. The Devil to pay; IV. The lying valet; V. The virgin unmask'd; VI. The lyar; VII. The cunning man; VIII. The old maid; IX. Thomas and Sally; X. Chronononhotonthologos; XI. Neck or nothing; XII. The lottery; XIII. The musical lady; XIV. Midas -- Vol. 17. I. The citizen; II. The toy-shop; III. The golden pippin; IV. The Englishman in Paris; V. The Englishman return'd from Paris; VI. The intriguing chamber-maid; VII. Polly Honeycombe; VIII. Captain O'Blunder; IX. The author; X. The miller of Mansfield; XI. The padlock; XII. Catharine and Petruchio; XIII. The register-office; XIV. Cymon -- Vol. 18. I. The twins; II. The deserter; III. The commissary; IV. Edgar and Emmeline; V. The rival candidates; VI. Three weeks after marriage; VII. Bon ton; VIII. Comus; IX. The orators; X. All the world's a stage; XI. The contrivances; XII. Flora; XIII. The spirit of contradiction; XIV. The patron; XV. Bucks have at ye all. -- [Vol. 19]. I. The Irish widow; II. The what dy'e call it; III. Dragon of Wantley; IV. The minor; V. Trick upon trick; or, The vintner in the suds; VI. Dr Last in his chariot; VII. The boarding school; or, The sham captain; VIII. Duke and no duke; or, Trapolin's vagaries; IX. Damon and Phillida; X. The desert island; XI. He wou'd if he cou'd; or, An old fool worse than any; XII. The romance of an hour; XIII. Barnaby Brittle; or, A wife at her wit's end; XIV. Daphne and amintor.
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