The history of the English stage
Subtitle: 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 e bar, stage, and pulpit are distinctly considered
By: By Mr. Thomas Betterton. Adorned with cuts.
Contributors: Oldys, William, 1696-1761.; Curll, Edmund, 1675-1747.; Egerton, William.
Series: Library of English literature -- LEL 12106.
Publisher: Printed for E. Curll
Published: 1741
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Oldfield, Anne, -- 1683-1730; Theater -- Great Britain -- History; Actors -- England
Other titles: Memoirs of Mrs. Anne Oldfield
Notes: Pages 30 and 31 (2d seq.) misnumbered 31 and 30 respectively.

Includes table of contents.

Decorative initials, head- and tailpieces.

Dedication signed: E. Curll.

"A compilation by Oldys et al, partly based on Betterton's papers."--Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature.

Authorship ascribed to William Oldys and also to the publisher, Edmund Curll. cf. Dictionary of National Biography.

"Memoirs of Mrs. Anne Oldfield" has special title page and separate pagination.

Memoirs is an abridgment of William Egerton's Faithful memoirs of the life, amours, and performances of ... Mrs. Anne Oldfield, 1731. cf. Dictionary of National Biography. Also attributed to William Oldys. cf. Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature.

Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 12106)

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