Five nevv plays, viz. The Surprisal, Committee, comedies. And The Indian queen, Vestal virgin, Duke of Lerma, tragedies. As they were acted by His Majesty's servants at the Theatre-Royal. Written by the honourable Sir Robert Howard

All titles

• Five nevv plays, viz. The Surprisal, Committee, comedies. And The Indian queen, Vestal virgin, Duke of Lerma, tragedies. As they were acted by His Majesty's servants at the Theatre-Royal. Written by the honourable Sir Robert Howard
• Five new plays

People / Organizations

• Robert Howard (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for Henry Herringman, and are to be sold by Thomas Bennet, at the Half-Moon in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1692. The second edition corrected.; ..

Added name

Dryden, John, 1631-1700.; White, Robert, 1645-1703, engraver.

Publication year

1692

ESTC No.

R11321

Grub Street ID

59618

Description

[10], 252, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 2°.

Note

Title words "Suprisal, Committee," and "Indian queen, ... Lerma," are enclosed within braces

Frontis. portrait (plate) of the author signed: G: Kneller Eques pinxit R. White sculpsit

The preface contains a discussion of the use of rhyme in dramatic verse, which occasioned Dryden's Essay of dramatick poesie. Howard replied in the preface to The great favourite, or, The Duke of Lerma

"The surprisal", "The committee", "The Indian Queen" "The Vestal Virgin" and "The great favourite, or the Duke of Lerma" each has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed for Henry Herringman, and are to be sold by R. Bentley, J. Tonson, F. Saunders, and T. Bennet"; pagination and register are continuous

The Indian queen is partly by Dryden

Last leaf bears epilogue.