The modern theatre
Subtitle: a collection of successful modern plays, as acted at the Theatres Royal, London ...
By: Selected by Mrs. Inchbald.
Contributors: Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821, ed.
Publisher: Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Published: 1811
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: English drama.
Notes: Each play has half-title only, and continuous paging.
--v. 8. Matilda, by the author of The Earl of Warwick [Thomas Francklin] Mary, Queen of Scots, by John St. John. The fugitive, by Joseph Richardson. He would be a soldier, by Frederic Philon. England preserved, by George Watson.--v. 9. The bank note, by William Macready. The chapter of accidents, by Miss Lee. The English merchant, by George Colman [sr.] The school for wives [by Hugh Kelly] Henry the second, by Thomas Hull.--v. 10. Fashionable levities, by Leonard Macnally. Time's a tell-tale, by Henry Siddons. Which is the man? By Mrs. Cowley. What is she? [By Mrs. Charlotte Smith] Lie of a day, by John O'Keeffe.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The will, The rage, Life, How to grow rich, Nortoriety; by Frederick Reynolds.; title: v. 2. Speculation, The delinquent, Laugh when you can, Fortune's fool, Folly as it flies; by Frederick Reynolds.; title: v. 3. The votary of wealth, by J.G. Holman. Zorinski, Secrets worth knowing; by Thomas Morton. Who wants a guinea? By George Colman, Jr. Werter, by Frederick Reynolds.; title: v. 4. Duplicity, The school for arrogance, He's much to blame, Seduction; by Thomas Holcroft. The school for prejudice, by Thomas Dibdin.; title: v. 5. False impressions, The mysterious husband, The box-lobby challenge, The natural son, The Carmelite; by Richard Cumberland.; title: v. 6. The impostors, by Richard Cumberland. The wife of two husbands, Ramah Droog; by James Cobb. The law of Lombardy, Braganza; by Robert Jephson.; title: v. 7. I'll tell you what, Next door neighbours, The wise man of the East; by Mrs. Inchbald. Percy, by Hannah More. A trip to Scarborough, by R.B. Sheridan.