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The London theatre. : a collection of the most celebrated dramatic pieces.

Print Book, English, 1815-1818
Printed for Whittingham and Arliss ..., London, 1815-1818
26 volumes : illustrations ; 13 cm
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v. 1. Rivals; Beggars opera; Venice preserved; or, A plot discovered; Irish widow
v. 2. West Indian; Bold stroke for a wife; Isabella; or the fatal marriage; Quaker
v. 3. Provoked husband; or, a journey to London; Douglas; Love in a village; Fortune's frolic
v. 4. Belle's stratagem; Gamester; Brothers; Richard Coeur de Lion
v. 5 Man of the world; Grecian daughter; Maid of the mill; High life below stairs
v. 6. She stoops to conquer; Revenge; Busy body; Rosina
v. 7. The fashionable lover; Jane Shore; Lionel and Clarissa, or, A school for fathers; Three weeks after marriage
v. 8. The beaux' stratagem; The fair penitent; The critic, or, A tragedy rehearsed; Miss in her teens, or, The medley of lovers
v. 9. Hypocrite; Cato; London merchant; or, The history of George Barnwell; Midas
v. 10. All in the wrong; Alexander the Great; Way to keep him; Comus
v. 11. Jealous wife; Mourning bride; Tancred and Sigismunda; Guardian
v. 12. Clandestine marriage; Roman father; Inconstant; or, The way to win him; Padlock
v. 13. Tamerlane; The wonder : a woman keeps a secret; Rule a wife and have a wife; The tobacconist
v. 14. Oroonoko; The Count of Narbonne; The confederacy; The devil to pay; or, The wives metamorphosed
v. 15. A trip to Scarborough; The suspicious husband; The siege of Damascus; The apprentice
v. 16. She would and she would not, or, The kind imposter; Love for Love; Mahomet, the imposter; The citizen
v. 17. Orphan of China; Every man in his humour; Recruiting officer; Mayor of Garratt
v. 18. New way to pay old debts; Duke of Milan; Orphan; or The Unhappy Marriage; Recruiting sergeant. (cont.) v. 19. Country girl; Good-natured man; Zara; Two misers
v. 20. Conscious lovers; Double dealer; Cymon; Mock doctor; or The dumb lady cured
v. 21. Distrest mother; Chapter of accidents; Lord of the manor; What next?
v. 22. Refusal; or, The ladies' philosophy; All for love; or, The world well lost; Farmer's Wife; Lying valet
v. 23. Double gallant; or The sick lady's cure; Which is the man?; Earl of Warwick; Virgin unmasked
v. 24. Way of the world; Edward the Black prince; or, The battle of Poictiers; Hit or miss; Miser; Polly Honeycombe
v. 25. The Earl of Essex; Lady Jane Grey; The Sultan; or, A peep into the seraglio; The maid of the oaks; Twenty percent; or, My father
v. 26. The merchant of Bruges; or, Beggar's bush; The tender husband; or, The accomplished fools; The constant couple; or, A trip to the jubilee; My spouse and I
Imprint changes for v. 22-26: London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
Most of the plays are preceded by a brief history of the play, dramatis personae, etc
Each play has separate title page and pagination