FARQUHAR,
George.
The Beaux Stratagem: A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, By Her Majesty’s Servants.
London: Printed for
J. Rivington,
James Rivington and
James Fletcher,
S. Crowder and Co.,
T. Caslon,
T. Lowndes,
H. Woodgate and
S. Brookes,
m dcc lx
. [1760.]
12mo. 48 leaves, the advertisements of the various publishers on 5 pages at the end (
S. Crowder,
Thomas Caslon,
T. Lownds,
Henry Woodgate and
Samuel Brookes).
This play was first produced in 1707, and was written during the last illness of the author who died during the run of the
piece. His Advertisement at the beginning reads: “The Reader may find some Faults in the Play which my Illness prevented the
amending of; but there is great Amends made in the Representation, which cannot be match’d, no more than the friendly and
indefatigable Care of Mr. Wilks, to whom I chiefly owe the Success of the Play.” The Dramatis Personæ at the beginning include
both Wilks and Cibber.
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29
dō. [i.e. Plays by several hands.]
1. v.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 151, no. 14, 2 v 12mo.
1839 Catalogue, page 622, no.
J. 11. Plays, 12mo, viz: Provoked Husband, by J. Vanbrugh and C. Cibber; London, 1760.--Relapse, by J. Vanbrugh; London, 1761.--Mar-Plot,
by Susanna Centlivre; London, 1737.--Busie-Body, by S. Centlivre; London, 1759.--Careless Husband, by C. Cibber.
VANBRUGH,
Sir John and CIBBER,
Colley.
The Provok’d Husband; or, A Journey to London. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal, By His Majesty’s Servants. Written
by the late Sir John Vanbrugh and Mr. Cibber . . .
London: Printed for
T. Lownds at his Circulating Library,
m dcc lx
. [1760.]
12mo. 60 leaves, engraved frontispiece by Vander-Gucht after I. Vanderbank. The List of Dramatic Personae 1759 includes Mr. Garrick.
This play was first acted at Drury-Lane in 1728. It was “begun by Sir John Vanbrugh, but left by him imperfect at his death;
when Mr. Cibber took it in hand and finished it . . .”--Baker. It is dedicated to the Queen by Colley Cibber, and the preliminary
address to the Reader is dated from the Theatre-Royal, January 27, 1727/8.
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VANBRUGH,
Sir John.
The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger. A Comedy. As it is acted at both Theatres. Written by Sir John Vanbrugh.
London: Printed by
J. and R. Tonson,
G. Kearsly; and the rest of the Proprietors,
1761.
12mo. 42 leaves; a copy of this edition was not seen.
See Baker III, page 200, no. 65 and Clarence, page 379.
This play is a continuation of Colley Cibber’s
Love’s Last Shift; or, The fool in fashion
. It was first acted at Drury Lane in 1697, and printed in quarto in that year, a second quarto was printed in the following
year, and many times reprinted in duodecimo and in octavo.
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CENTLIVRE,
Susanna.
The Busie Body, A Comedy. Written by Mrs. Susanna Centlivre . . .
London: Printed for
J. Robinson,
T. Caslon,
S. Crowder and Co.,
H. Woodgate and
S. Brookes, and
T. Lownds.
mdcclix
. [1759.]
