Bell's edition of Shakespeare's plays
Subtitle: as they are now performed at the Theatres Royal in London; regulated from the prompt books of each house : by permission, with notes critical and illustrative
By: by the authors of the dramatic censor
Contributors: Gentleman, Francis, 1728-1784
Publisher: Printed for John Bell ... and C. Etherington at York
Published: 1774
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Other titles: Poems written by Shakespear
Work titles: Works
Notes: Each play has a separate title page dated 1773 or 1774.

Each play preceded by an engraved plate illustrating the play, dated 1773 or 1774.

Volume 1 has portrait of Shakespeare, engraved by I. Hall.

Volume 1 contains "An essay on Oratory" by the editors.

Volume 9 has title page : Poems written by Shakespear.

"Authors of the dramatic censor" identified as Francis Gentleman, C.f. Jaggard.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Introduction to Shakspeare's plays, containing an essay on oratory. Macbeth. As you like it. Othello. All's well that ends well.; title: v. 2. King Lear. Romeo and Juliet. The merchant of Venice. Much ado about nothing. Cymbeline.; title: v. 3. King Richard the Third. The merry wives of Windsor. Hamlet. The tempest. Measure for measure.; title: v. 4. King John. The first part of Henry IV. The second part of Henry IV. King Henry V. King Henry VIII.; title: v. 5. Julius Caesar. Timon of Athens. The winter's tale. Coriolanus. Twelfth night, or What you will.; title: v. 6. The two gentlemen of Verona. The taming of the shrew. Troilus and Cressida. Antony and Cleopatra.; title: v. 7. King Richard II. The first part of King Henry VI. The second part of King Henry VI. The third part of King Henry VI.; title: v. 8. Titus Andronicus. The comedy of errors. A midsummer night's dream. Love's labour lost.; title: v. 9. Poems.