The history of the English stage, from the restauration to the present time. Including the lives, characters and amours, of the most eminent actors and actresses. With instructions for public speaking; wherein the action and utterance of the bar, stage, and pulpit are distinctly considered
By: By Mr. Thomas Betterton. Adorned with cuts
Contributors: Oldys, William, 1696-1761; Curll, Edmund, 1675-1747
Publisher: Printed for E. Curll
Published: 1741
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Theater
Notes: First edition.

Signatures: 3 leaves unsigned, B-L8, M4.

Authorship usually ascribed to William Oldys; also ascribed to the publisher, Edmund Curll.-Cf. Dict. nat. biog.

Issued with: Memoirs of Mrs. Anne Oldfield [by William Oldys] London, 1741.

Clark, W.A. Modern Eng. lit. 1920-1928. v.3, p.4-5.