A new opera; called, Brutus of Alba: or, Augusta's triumph..
Powell, George,1658?-1714.
Verbruggen, John,-1708?.
Tate, Nahum,1652-1715.
London: : Printed by W. Onley, for Sam. Briscoe, at the Corner of Charles-street, near Russel-street, Covent-garden.,
MDCXCVII. [1697].
"As it is acted at the Theatre, in Dorset-Garden, by His Majesty's Servants." -- t.p.
Anonymous. By George Powell; "written in collaboration with John Verbruggen"--Woodward & McManaway. Cf. also Nicoll, A.  A hist. of Eng. drama, 1660-1900, 1961, v. 1, p. 425.
'To Sam. Briscoe, bookseller' is signed and dated: Monday, Octob. 16, 1699 [i.e. 1696]. George Powell, John Verbruggen".
Based on the tragedy of the same name by Nahum Tate.
In verse.
With an advertisement for "A second volume of familiar letters, written by the late Lord Rochester, the Duke of Buckingham, and Sir George Etherege" at foot of title.
Without the music.
The pagination and register are irregular; text is continuous.
The same sheets were reissued in the same year, with the imprint partially reset, with the addition of a singleton (signed A2) containing prologue and epilogue, corrections to the register and pagination, and the correction of the date at the end of the dedication (Wing P3053).
Wing (2nd ed.)
Woodward & McManaway
ESTC
Microopaque.
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