The theatre : by Sir Richard Steele; to which are added, The Anti-Theatre; the character of Sir John Edgar; Steele's case with the Lord Chamberlain; ... Illustrated with literary and historical anecdotes by John Nichols.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Eighteenth century collections online.
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| Online Access: | Full text online |
| Item Description: | With a half-title, and a final leaf of advertisements, followed by a leaf containing printed labels for front board, and for volumes I and II, i.e. possibly the other edition of the work. The contents are the same as in the 2 volume edition, but the footnotes vary. 'Sir John Edgar' = Sir Richard Steele. The Anti-theatre, professing to be the work of 'Sir John Falstaffe' is not attributed to Steele as it opposes the sentiments expressed in The Theatre. Below caption title of The Theatre: To be continued every Tuesday and Saturday. The first issue of The Anti-theatre exists in this edition, filmed by Adam Matthew, as a fragment. The extensive footnotes and commentary were added to the originals for this edition (Adam Matthew filmed copy). Reproduction of original from the British Library. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 580 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portrait ; 8⁰. |
| Related Items: | Includes reprint of: The Anti-theatre. Originally published in 15 semiweekly numbers (15 Feb.-4 Apr. 1720): London, England : G.G.J. and J. Robinson, J. Walter, and C. Dilly, 1791. |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain -- England -- London. |