Jones's British theatre
Publisher: Printed by John Chambers, for William Jones, No. 86, Dame-Street
Published: 1795
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: English drama; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Complete British theatre
Notes: Also has title: The complete British theatre.

Vols. 4-6 have continuous pagination and registers apart from: 'The governess. A comic opera. By R. B. B. Sheridan. Esq.' in vol. 6, which is separately paginated.

Each of the plays in vols. 1-3, 7-10 have separate pagination and register; all plays have separate titlepages bearing the imprint (1-4, 6): Dublin: printed by Graisberry and Campbell, for William Jones; (5): Dublin: printed by William Porter, for William Jones; (7-10): Dublin: printed by J. Chambers for William Jones.

The plays are variously dated 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 or 1795.

Rare Book copy: From the library of A. L. Hamilton, with his ownership stamp in each volume.

English short title catalogue (ESTC), T29184

Gift of Elizabeth Peltz Hamilton
Table of contents: title: v.1. Love in a village. The maid of the hill. Lionel and Clarissa. Comus.; title: v.2. The fair penitent. The mourning bride. Zara. Venice preserved.; title: v.3. The Beggar's Opera. Rule a wife and have a wife. Every man in his humour. She stoops to conquer.; title: v.4. The distrest mother. Douglas. Jane Shore. The Earl of Essex.; title: v.5. The school for scandal. The critic. The rivals. A trip to Scarborough.; title: v.6. The man of the world. The true Born Irishman.; title: v.7. The Beaux stratagem. Love makes a man. The careless husband.; title: v.8. Lord of the Manor. The heiress. The maid of the oaks. Richard Coeur de Lion.; title: v.9. The way to keep him. The suspicious husband. The wonder. the clandestine marriage.; title: v.10. The provoked husband. All in the wrong. the jealous wife. The West Indian.