The plays and poems of William Shakespeare
By: with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators: comprehending a life of the poet, and an enlarged history of the stage, by the late Edmond Malone, with a new glossarial index ...
Contributors: Boswell, James, 1778-1822.; Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812.; Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.; Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.; Capell, Edward, 1713-1781.; Steevens, George, 1736-1800.; Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797.; Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.
Series: Three centuries of drama
Publisher: F.C. and J. Rivington [etc.]
Published: 1955
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [microform],
Number of pages: 21
Notes: Edited by James Boswell, the younger, to whom Malone left his materials for a new edition (Malone's first edition appeared in 1790 in 10 vols.) "ʻBoswell's Maloneʼ is generally known as the ʻthird variorumʼ edition of Shakespeare". cf. Dict. Nat. biog., v. 35, p. 487.

Micro-opaque of original in Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum, Columbia University. New York. Readex Microprint. 1955-56. 138 cards ; 22.6 x 14.8 cm. (Three centuries of drama: English 1516-16 41) (Three centuries of English and American plays 1500-1800.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Prolegomena: Advertisement to the present edition, by Boswell. A biographical memoir of Edmond Malone, by Boswell. Pope's preface. Theobald's preface. Sir Thomas Hanmer's preface. Dr. Warburton's preface. Dr. Johnson's preface. Steeven's advertisement, 1766. Capell's introduction. Steeven's advertisement, 1773. Reed's advertisement, 1785. Malone's preface, 1790. Steeven's advertisement, 1793. Reed's advertisement, 1803. Steeven's advertisement, 1803. Preface to Richardson's proposals. Richardson's proposals and supplement. Dr. Farmer on the learning of Shakespeare. Appendix to Colman's translation of Terence. Ancient translations from classical authors. List of detached criticisms on Shakspeare, &c. Shakespeare, Ford and Jonson. Rowe's life of Shakspeare. Additional anecdotes. Commendatory poems on Shakspeare. Essay on phraseology and meter. --; title: v. 2. Malone's life of Shakspeare, comprehending an essay on the chronological order of his plays. Appendix. Shakspeare's coat of arms. Conveyance from Walker to Shakspeare. Shakspeare's mortgage. Declaration of trust, by Heminge, &c. Shakspeare's will. Extracts from Stratford register. Entries on the stationers' books. List of the early editions of Shakspeare. Dedication of the players, 1623. Preface of the players. Modern editions. Plays ascribed to Shakspeare. Plays altered from Shakspeare. Character of Aubrey, the antiquary. --; title: v. 3. Malone's history of the stage. Additions from Henslowe's register. Additions by Steevens. Appendix from Malone's papers. Further account of the stage, from Chalmers. Addenda from the same. Markland's dissertation on the Chester mysteries. (cont.) v. 4. Two gentlemen of Verona ; Comedy of errors ; Love's labour's lost --; title: v. 5. Merchant of Venice ; Midsummer-night's dream ; Taming of the shrew --; title: v. 6. Romeo and Juliet ; As you like it --; title: v. 7. Much ado about nothing ; Hamlet --; title: v. 8. Merry wives of Windsor ; Troilus and Cressida --; title: v. 9. Measure for measure ; Othello --; title: v. 10. King Lear ; All's well that ends well --; title: v. 11. Twelfth-night ; Macbeth --; title: v. 12. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra --; title: v. 13. Cymbeline ; Timon of Athens --; title: v. 14. Coriolanus ; Winter's tale --; title: v. 15. Tempest ; King John. Essay on The tempest --; title: v. 16. King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1 --; title: v. 17. King Henry IV, part 2 ; King Henry V --; title: v. 18. King Henry VI ; Malone's dissertation. --; title: v. 19. King Richard III ; King Henry VIII --; title: v. 20. Venus and Adonis ; Rape of Lucrece ; Sonnets ; Lover's complaint ; Passionate pilgrim ; Memoirs of Lord Southampton. --; title: v. 21. Pericles ; Titus Andronicus. Addenda. Indexes. Errata.