English plays, 1660-1820
By: by A.E. Morgan ...
Series: [Plays and playwrights series]
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Published: 1935
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1157
Subjects: English drama -- Restoration, 1660-1700.; English drama -- 18th century.
Notes: With facsimile of the t.-p. of an early edition of each of the plays and brief critical sketches of the dramatists and the plays.
"First edition."
--The beaux stratagem, a comedy, by George Farquhar.--Cato, a tragedy, by Joseph Addison.--The conscious lovers, a comedy, by Sir Richard Steele.--The beggar's opera, by John Gay; with music.--The London merchant; or, The history of George Barnwell, by George Lillo.--The suspicious husband, a comedy, by Benjamin Hoadley.--Douglas, a tragedy, by John Home.--High life below stairs, a farce of two acts, by James Townley.--All in the wrong, a comedy, by Arthur Murphy.--The mayor of Garret, a comedy in two acts, by Samuel Foote.--The clandestine marriage, a comedy, by George Colman and David Garrick.--The West Indian, a comedy, by Richard Cumberland.--She stoops to conquer; or, The mistakes of a night, by Oliver Goldsmith.--The rivals, a comedy, by R.B. Sheridan.--The dramatist; or, Stop him who can! By Frederick Reynolds.--Speed the plough, a comedy, by Thomas Morton.--Luke, the labourer, a domestic melo-drama, by J.B. Buckstone.
Table of contents: title: Almanzor and Alamahide; or, The conquest of Granada by the Spaniards, by John Dryden.; title: All for love; or, The world well lost, a tragedy, by John Dryden.; title: The man of mode; or, Sr. Fopling Flutter, a comedy, by Sir George Etherege.; title: The plain-dealer, a comedy, by William Wycherley.; title: Venice preserv'd; or, A plot discover'd, a tragedy, by Thomas Otway.; title: Bury-fair, a comedy by Thomas Shadwell.; title: The relapse; or, Virtue in danger, by Sir John Vanbrugh.; title: The way of the world, a comedy, by William Congreve.