Tancred and Gismunda
Contributors: Noel, Henry, d. 1597.; Hatton, Christopher, Sir, 1540-1591.
Series: Three centuries of drama; Three centuries of English and American plays, 1500-1800
Publisher: Printed by J. Nichols, for J. Dodsley
Published: 1956
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 230
Notes: Photographed from Dodsley, Robert, ed. A select collection of old plays. London, 1780. 2d ed. v.2.

Composed by gentlemen of the Inner Temple, and presented by them before the Queen in 1568. Published in 1591 "newly revised and polished according to the decorum of these daies" by Robert Welmot. From the initials he gives at the end of each act, it appears that act II was by Henry Noel, act IV by Christopher Hatton, and act V by Wilmot; the authors of act I (Rod. Staf.) and act III (G. Al.) have not yet been identified. Cf. Cambridge hist. of Eng. lit., v.5, p. 81-86 and Dict. nat. biog.

Micro-opaque of original in New York Public Library. New York, Readex Microprint, 1956. v. 2 on 5 cards. 22.6 x 14.8 cm. (Three centuries of drama: English 1751-1800) (Three centuries of English and American plays 1500-1800)