[MORRIS,
Robert.]
Fatal Necessity: or, Liberty Regain’d. A Tragedy: As it was Once acted in Rome for the Sake of Freedom and Virtue. Collected
from Vertot’s History of the Revolutions in the Roman Republick . . .
London: Printed for
R. Dodsley at Tully’s Head in Pall-Mall,
T. Amey in the Court of Requests, and
J. Brindley in New Bondstreet; and Sold by
T. Cooper at the Globe in Pater-noster-Row.
m.dcc.xlii
. [1742.]
PR1241 .L6, [punct.
sic.--
Ed.] v. 120
First Edition. 48 leaves, including the half-title; 2 lines of Erratum at the foot of the last page.
Halkett and Laing II, 272.
Baker I, 230.
Clarence, page 116.
Robert Morris, fl. 1754, was by profession an architect, and this was his only play. It was never acted. The plot is founded on the story
of Appius and Virginia, and was written after a general election in England. The play is dedicated to Charles Edwin, a recently
elected M. P. for Westminster.
For an architectural work by Morris, see no. 4219 and for Vertot’s
History of the Revolutions in the Roman Republick
, see no. 66.
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[FRANCIS,
Philip.]
Eugenia: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane. By His Majesty’s Servants.
London: Printed for
A. Millar, over-against Catharine-street, in the Strand.
m dcc lii
. (Price
1s. 6d.) [1752.]
PR1241 .L6 v. 44
First Edition. 8vo. 40 leaves. The Dedication to the Right Honourable The Countess of Lincoln is signed by Philip Francis.
Baker I, 253.
Clarence, page 136.
Philip Francis, 1708?-1773, Irish author, wrote only two plays of which neither was successful. Eugenia was an adaptation of a French comedy,
“Cenie” and was acted at Drury Lane on February 17, 1752. The prologue was written and spoken by Mr. Garrick, and the epilogue
written by Colley Cibber and spoken by Mrs. Pritchard. The Dramatis Personae consisted of Messrs. Havard, Berry, Garrick,
and Dexter, and Mesdames Bellamy, Ward, and Pritchard. Francis was better known as a translator than an original writer. For
his translation of Horace, see no. 4476.
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[HART,
Charles.]
Herminius and Espasia: A Tragedy. As it was Acted at the Theatre in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh: Printed for the Author; and sold by
G. Hamilton &
T. Balfour.
m,dcc,liv
. [1754.]
PR1241 .L6 v. 43
First Edition. 8vo. 44 leaves; list of Errata at the foot of the second leaf, under the list of Persons Represented.
Halkett and Laing III, 31.
Baker II, 298.
Clarence, page 197.
Charles Hart, fl. 1754, a Scot, was the author of this one play only, originally produced in Edinburgh in 1754.
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[HOME,
John.]
Agis: A Tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
London: Printed for
A. Millar, in the Strand.
mdcclviii
. [Price
One Shilling & Sixpence.] [1758.]
First Edition. 8vo. 38 leaves.
Halkett and Laing I, 49.
Baker II, 80.
Clarence, page 13.
John Home, 1722-1808, Scots dramatist.
Agis, a tragedy founded on the life of Agis in Plutarch, was originally written in 1747, in which year Home took it to London
and offered it to Garrick, who rejected it. In 1758, after
