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UMBERLAND'S BRITISH
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with Remarks, Biographical and CI itical.
The Work is accurately printed from the Prompter's
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the Relative positions of the Performers, and the whole of
the Stage business, and in embellished with fine full-length
Portraits of celebrated Performers, and upwards of One
Hundred Engravings of the most interesting Scenes.
LIST OF THE ACTING PLAYS, &c.

VOL. I,

ALREADY PUBLISHED.
66. Father and Son
67. Wives as they Were
68. Lofty Projects
69. Every Man in his
Humour
70. The Two GalloySlaves
VOL XI.
71. Brutus, Is.
72. Ali Pacha
73. Twelfth Night
74. Henry the Fifth
75. Love in Humble Life
76. Child of Nature
77. The Sleep-Walker
VOL. xii.
78. Orestes in Argos
79. Hide and Seek
80. Tribulation
81. The Rival Valets
82. Roses and Thorns
83. Midas
84. Rule a Wife and Have
a Wife
VOL. Alit.

I. Romeo and Juliet
2. She Stoops to Conquer
3. Macbeth
4. Pizarro
5. Richard 111.
6. Douglas
7. Suspicious Husband.

VOL. H.

S. Othello
9. The Duenna
10. The.• Rivals
11. The Belle's Stratagem
12. Cymbeline
IS. Venice Preserved
14. The. West Indian

VOL. 111.
15. Much Ado About
Nothing.
16. The Hypocrite
17. As You Like It
18. The Provoked Husband
19. The Beggars' Opera
20. The Way to Keep Him
21. The Padlock.

85. ABoldStroke foralSrife
86. TheGood-naturedMan
87. Oberon
88. The Lord of the Manor
89. The Honey-Moon
90. Doctor Bolus
91. HighLifcßelowStairs.
VOL. XIV.

VOL. IV.
22. King John
23. King Henry IV. Part I.
24. The Wonder
25. Hamlet
26. Trip to Scarborough
27. The Road to Ruin
28. The Gamester.

92. Disagreeable Surprise
93. The Stranger

TOL. v.
29. The Winter's Tale
30. • The Man of the World
31. The Inconstant
32. Love in a Village
33. Jane Shore
34. King Henry VIII.
35. Julius Caesar.
voL.
36. Merchant of Venice
37. Merry Wives of

94. The Village Lawyer
95. School for Scandal

96. The Spoiled Child
97. Animal Magnetism
98. Wheel of Fortune.

VOL. iv.
99. The Critic
100. Deaf and Dumb
101. The Castle Spectre
102. The Revenge
103. Midnight Hour
104. Speed the Plough, Is.
105. itoiina.
VOL. VII.
106. Monsieur Tonson
107. Comedy of Error,.
108. Spectre Bridegroom
109. CureforHeart-ache,ls.
110. Amateurs and Actors
II I. Inkle and Yarico
112. Education.
VOL. Ivrr.
113. Children in the Wood
114. Rendezvous
115. liarbarossa
116. Gambler's Fate
117. Giovanni in'London
119. School of Reform, Is.
119. Lovers' Vows.
VOL. XVIII.

Windsor

38. Virginius, Is.
39. Caine Gracchus
40. All in the Wrong
41. King Lear
42. Cato.

VOL.

43. New Way to Pay Old

Debts
44. Measure for Measure
45. The Jealous Wife
46. The Tempest
47. Clandestine Marriage
Coriolanus
49 Every One has his
Fault.

VOL. VIII.

50. The Alcaid
51. The Busy Body
52. A Tale of Mystery
53. Know your Own Mind
54. Mayor of Garratt
55. A Woman Never Vest
56. The Maid of the Mill

120. The Highland Reel
121. Two Gents. of Verona
122. Taming of the Shrew
123. Segreta Werth Know-
ing, 15.
124. Weathercock
125. Somnambulist
126. All's Well that Enda
Well
VOL. XIX.

VOL. ix.
57. The Barber of Seville
58. Isabella
59. Charles the Second
60. The Fair Penitent
61. George Barnwell
62. The Fall of Algiers
63. Der Freischotz
VOL. x.
64. The Fatal Dowry
65. The Shepherd of Der-
went Vale
LIST OF PORTRAITS CONTAINED IN THE WORK.
Miss F. H. Kelly—Juliet. Mr. W. Farren—Pert-
Mr. Young.lago. winkle.
Miss Chester--,Beatrice. Mr. Harley—Billy Born-
Ma Macready—King John. bast.
Mrs. Bunn—Hermione. Me. Jones—Puff.
Mrs. W. West—Portia. Mr. Mathews—M. Mor-
Miss Smithson=Margaret. bleu.
Mad. Vestrie—Don Felix. Mr. Elliston—Walter.
Miss M. Tres—Rosins. Mr. Kean, Jun.—Se
Mr. Wallack—Charolois. Miss Foote—Moggy
Mr. Kean—Junius Brume. pin.
Mr. C. Kemble—Orestes. Miss Paton—Mandane.
Miss Vincent—Oberon..
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127. Artaxerxes
128. The Serf, Is.
129. The Lancers
130. Love for Love
131. Merchant'sWedding,l