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The royal slave [manuscript] : a tragi-comedy, ca. 1636.

Cartwright, William, 1611-1643, author.; Cartwright, William, 1611-1643. Royall slave.; Dobell, Bertram, 1842-1914, former owner.
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Title
The royal slave [manuscript] : a tragi-comedy, ca. 1636.
Description
26 leaves.
Associated name
Cartwright, William, 1611-1643, author.
Dobell, Bertram, 1842-1914, former owner.
Scope and content
Play by William Cartwright. Brief descriptions of the scenes are added in a second hand. Text includes prologues and epilogues to the King and Queen and to the University, the play being first acted at Christchurch, Oxford, August 30, 1636.
Note
Verse listed in Folger index of first lines.

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Publications about material
First printed 1639 (STC 4717); Manuscript shows variations, see description in G.B. Evans' edition of Cartwright, 1951, p. 167 (facimile of leaf 25).
Provenance
Formerly Folger MS 7044.
B. Dobell manuscript.
Includes
Cartwright, William, 1611-1643. Royall slave.
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Plays (performing arts compositions)
Songs.
Prologues and epilogues

Call number
V.b.212
Folger accession
7044