Five Restoration adaptations of Shakespeare.
By: Edited with an introd. by Christopher Spencer.
Contributors: Spencer, Christopher, ed.; D'Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.; Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.; Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.; Lansdowne, George Granville, Baron, 1667-1735.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1965
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 475
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Adaptations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Macbeth (1674) [adapted by Sir W. Davenant]; title: The tempest; or, The enchanted island (1674) [adapted by J. Dryden]; title: The history of King Lear (1681) [adapted by N. Tate]; title: The tragical history of King Richard III (1700) [adapted by C. Cibber]; title: The Jew of Venice (1701) [adapted by G. Granville]