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 R. Bentley, J. Tonson, F. Saunders, and T. Bennet, MDCXCII. [1692] The second edition corrected.; ..

Added name

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

Publication year

1692

ESTC No.

R4733

Grub Street ID

125163

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, or The Roman Ladies" and "The Great favourite, or the Duke of Lerma" each have separate dated title pages; pagination and register are continuous

The Indian queen is partly by Dryden

With an epilogue.

Uncontrolled note

Wing erroneously gives format as 4?