The wild-goose chase : a comedie as it hath been acted with singular applause at the Black-Friers : being the noble, last, and onely remaines of those incomparable drammatists, Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Gent. : retriv'd for the publick delight of all the ingenious and private benefit of John Lowin and Joseph Taylor, servants to His late Majestie /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for Humpherey Moseley ...,
1652.
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| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Item Description: | Acted at court in 1621, but not printed until 1652. In 1647 when the folio of Beaumont's and Fletcher's works was published, this play was omitted, as it had long been lost and was supposed to be irrecoverable. Cf. Preface to edition of 1647; Cambridge hist. of Eng. lit.; and Dyce, A. Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, 1845, volume 8, pages 102. Written by Fletcher alone. Cf. The dedication. "The dedication to the honour'd, few, lovers of drammatick poesie" signed: John Lowin, Joseph Taylor. First edition Cf. Wing. Copy at reel 306:1b is bound following: Beaumont, F., and Fletcher, J. Comedies and tragedies. London : For Humphrey Robinson and Humphrey Moseley, 1647. Reproduction of original in British Library and Harvard University Libraries. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([9], 56 pages) |