A select collection of old plays
Subtitle: In twelve volumes
Contributors: Reed, Isaac, 1742-1807
Edition: The 2d ed. corrected and collated with the old copies, with notes critical and explanatory.
Publisher: Printed by J. Nichols, for J. Dodsley
Published: 1780
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: English drama
Notes: First edition edited by Robert Dodsley; cf. DNB.

Second edition edited by Isaac Reed; cf. DNB.

Vols. 7-12, printed by H. Hughs.

Pagination: cxxxiii, 292 ; c 415 ; 486 ; 499 ; 519 ; 556 ; 527 ; 514 ; 490 ; 530 ; 536 ; 456, [20] p.

A match at midnight, by William Rowley.--Fuimus Troes. The true Trojans, by Jasper Fisher.--v. 8. 'Tis pity she's a whore, by John Ford.--The heir, by Thomas May.--The bird in a cage, by J. Shirley.--The Jew of Malta, by Christopher Marlow.--The wits, by Sir. William Davenant.--v. 9. The gamester, by James Shirley.--Microcosmus, by Thomas Nabbes.--The Muses looking-glass, by Thomas Randolph.--The city-match, by Jasper Maine.--The Queen of Arragon, by William Habington.--v. 10.  The antiquary, by Shackerley Marmion.--The goblins, by Sir John Suckling.--The ordinary, by William Cartwright.--The jovial crew; or, the merry beggars, by Richard Broome.  The old couple, by Thomas May.--v. 11. Andromana, by James Shirley.--The mayor of Quinborough, by Thomas Middleton.--Grim, the collier of Croydon. The city night-cap, by Robert Davenport.--The parson's wedding, by Thomas Killegrew.--v. 12. The adventures of five hours, by Sir Samuel Tuke.--Elvira, by George Digby, earl of Bristol.--The widow, by Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, and Thomas Middleton.--Chichevache and Bycorne, by John Lydgate.--Historia histrionica, an historical account of the English stage, by James Wright.--Additional notes.--Index.

English short title catalogue, T152205

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Table of contents: title: v. 1. Prefaces. Mr. Dodsley's preface.; title: God's promises, by J. Bale.; title: The four P's, by J. Heywood.; title: Ferrex and Porrex, by Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville.; title: Damon and Pithias, by Richard Edwards.; title: New custom.; title: v. 2. Gammer Gurton's needle.; title: Alexander and Campaspe, by John Lyly.; title: Tancred and Gismunda, by Robert Wilmot.; title: Cornelia, by Robert Garnier, tr. by Thomas Kyd.; title: Edward II, by Christopher Marlow.; title: v. 3. George a Greene, the pinner of Wakefield.; title: The first part of Jeronymo.; title: The Spanish tragedy, by Thomas Kyd.; title: The honest whore, pts. 1-2, by Thomas Dekker.; title: v. 4. The mal-content, by John Marston.; title: All fools, by George Chapman.; title: Eastward hoe, by George Chapman, John Marston and Ben Jonson.; title: The revenger's tragedy, by Cyril Tourner.; title: The dumb knight, by Lewis Machin and Gervase Markham..; title: v. 5. The miseries of inforced marriage, by George Wilkins.; title: Lingua: or, The combat of the tonuge and the five senses, by Thomas Tomkis.; title: The merry devil of Edmonton.; title: A mad world, my masters, by Thomas Middleton.; title: Ram-alley: or, Merry tricks, by David Lord Barry.; title: v. 6. The roaring girle, by Thomas Middleton and T. Dekkar, 1611.; title: The widow's tears, by George Chapman.; title: The white devil, by John Webster.; title: The hog hath lost his pearl, by Robert Tailor.; title: The four prentises of London, by Thomas Heywood.; title: v. 7. Green's Tu quoque, by Jo. Cooke.; title: Albumazur, by Thomas Tomkis.; title: A woman kill'd with kindness, by Thomas Heywood.