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London, England, 1828-02-23 00:00:00

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CUMBERLAND'S BRITISH
N-/ THEATRE; a Cheap, Elegant, and Correct Edi-.
tion of the ACTING DRAMA, including nearly all the
Standard and Popular New TRAGEDIES, COMEDIES,
OPERAS, FARCES,: MELODRAMES, and INTER-
LUDES, as they are produced on the Metropolitan Boards;
with Remarks, Biographical and. Critical.
The Work is accurately printed from the Prompter's
Copy, and faithfully marked with the Exits and Entrances,
the Relative positions of the Performers, and the whole of
the Stage business, and is 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, &e. Already Published.

VOL. 1.

1. Romeo and Juliet
2. She Stoops to Conquer
S. Macbeth
4. Pizarro
5. Richard 111. •
6. Douglas
7. Suspicious Husband.
veL. 11.
S. Othello
9. The Duenna
10. The Rivals
11. The Belle's Stratagem
12. Cymbeline
13. Venice Preserved
14. The West Indian•
VOL. 111.
15. Much. Ado About
Nothing.
16. The Hypocrite
17. As Yon Like It
18. The Provoked Husband
19. The Beggars' Opera
20. The Way tolceep Him
21. The Padlock. -

VOL. X.
64: The Fatal Dowry
6b. The Shepherd of Der-
went Vale
66. Father and Son
67. Wives' as they Were
68. LOfty Projects
69. Every Man in his
Humour
70. The Two GalleySlavea
VOL I.

71. Brutus
72. Ali Pacha
73. Twelfth Night
74. Henry the Fifth
76. Love in Humble Life
76. Child of Nature
77. The Sleep-Walker
VOL. XII.

78. Orestes in Argos
79. Hide and Seek
80. Tribulition
81. The Rival Valets
82. Roses and Thorns
83. Midas
84. Rule a Wife and Have
a Wife
VOL. Am.

VOL. iv.
king:Jobn
Mug ffeary IV. Patti.
The Wonder
• `Harslet
Trip to Scarborough
Tire Road to Ruin
The' Contester.
VOL. v.
The Winter's Tale
The Man of the World
The Inconstant
Love in a Village
Jane Shore
King henry Vlll.
Julius Caesar.
VOL. VI.
36. Merchant of Venice
37. Merry Wives of

83. ABoldStroke forstWife
86. TheGood-naturedMan
87. Oberon
88. The Lord of the Manor
89. The Honey-Moon
90. Doctor Bolus
91. HighLifeßelowStaire.
VOL. atty.

92. Disagreeable Surprise
93. The Stranger
94. The Village Lawyer
95. School for Scandal
96. The "Spoiled Child
97: Animal Magnetism
98. Wheel of Fortune.
VOL. XV.

Windsor

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

99. The Critic
100. Deaf and Dumb
101. The Cultic Spectre
102. The Revenge
103. Midnight Hour
104. Speed the Plough, ls,
105. Rosina.

VOL. VII.
43. New Way to Pay Old I vot. xvi.
Debts 106. Monsieur Tonson
44. Measure for Measure 107. Comedy of Errors.
(5. The Jealous 'Wife 108. Spectre Bridegroom
L 6. The Tempest 109. Cu reforHeart-ache, le.
7. Clandestine Marriage 110. Amateurs and Aotors
B. Coriolanus 111. Inkle and Yarico
9. Every One has his 112. Education:
Fault. VOL. XVII.•
VOt. VIII. 113. Children in the Wood
. The,Aloaid 114. Rendezvous
The Busy Body- 115. liarbarossi
A Tale of Mystery 116. Gambler's Fate
Know your Own Mind 117. Giovanni in London
Mayor of Garrott . 118. School of Reform, Is.
A Woman Never Vext 119. Lovers' Vows.
The Maid of the Mill VOL. XVIII.
VOL. IX. 120. The Highland Reel
57.. The Barber of Seville 121. Two Gents. of Verona
58. Isabella . 122. Taming of the Shrew
59. Charles the Second 123. Secrets Worth Know-
-60. The Fair Penitent . ing, ls.
61. George Barnwell 124. Weathercock -
62. The Fall of Algiers I 125. Artaxerxes
63. Der Freiectitz 1 126. The Serf, Is.
LIST OF PORTRAITS CONTAINED IN THE
WORK.
Mr. W. Farren--Peri-
winkle.
Mr. Harley-Billy Bern-
' bast.
Mr. Jones-Puff.
lkir. Mathews-M. f
Moe-
bleu.
! Mr. Elliston-Waltcr. .
Mr. Kean, Jun..--Selim.
Miss.Foote-Moggy 141`Gil-
pin.
Miss Paton-Mandane.

Miss F. 11. Kelly—Juliet.
Mr. Young—lago.
Miss Chester--Beatrice,
Mr. Macready—,King John.
Mrs. Bunn—Hermione.
Mrs. "V. WeSt—Portia.
Miss Saiitbson—Margaret,
Mad. Vestris—..Don
Miss M. Tree—Rosina.
Mr. Wallack—Charolois.' •
Mr. Kean—Junius Brutus..
Mr. C. Kenible—Orestes..
Miss Vincent—Oberon.

N. B. Continued once a forenight.

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44 Each Play is preceded by some remarks, evidently
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