Four new plays : viz: The surprisal, committee, comedies. The Indian-queen, Vestal-virgin, tragedies. As they were acted by His Majesties Servants at the Theatre-Royal. Written by the honourable Sir Robert Howard. Imprimatur, March 7. 1664/5. Roger L'Estrange.

Four new plays : viz: The surprisal, committee, comedies. The Indian-queen, Vestal-virgin, tragedies. As they were acted by His Majesties Servants at the Theatre-Royal. Written by the honourable Sir Robert Howard. Imprimatur, March 7. 1664/5. Roger L'Estrange.

Plays. Selections

London : Printed for Henry Herringman, and are to be sold at his shop at the Blew-Anchor in the lower walk of the New-Exchange, 1665.

[12], 242, [2] p. ; (fol.)

Each play has separate title page.

"To the reader" 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 Indian queen" is partly by Dryden. Cf. DNB.

Microopaque only contains "The surprisal" and "The committee".

DFONOTE jre: "surprisal...committee," and "Indian...virgin" are bracketed together on title page; add 510 for Woodward & McManaway, no. 650

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992-1993. New World of Wonders (catalog entry 74)

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), H2995
Macdonald, H. Dryden, 68a
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R21413

Great Britain -- England -- London.

H2995 (folio)

cs76. Half bound in goatskin, signed Club Bindery. Provenance: gilt and leather label of Marshall Clifford Lefferts