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Five Restoration adaptations of Shakespeare / Edited with an introd. by Christopher Spencer.

Spencer, Christopher, author.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; D'Avenant, William, 1606-1668.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.; Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.; Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.; Lansdowne, George Granville, Baron, 1667-1735.
1965
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Title
Five Restoration adaptations of Shakespeare / Edited with an introd. by Christopher Spencer.
Created/published
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1965.
Description
475 p. : facsims. ; 24 cm
Associated name
Spencer, Christopher, author.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
D'Avenant, William, 1606-1668.
Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Lansdowne, George Granville, Baron, 1667-1735.
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Macbeth (1674) [adapted by Sir W. Davenant]
The tempest; or, The enchanted island (1674) [adapted by J. Dryden]
The history of King Lear (1681) [adapted by N. Tate]
The tragical history of King Richard III (1700) [adapted by C. Cibber]
The Jew of Venice (1701) [adapted by G. Granville]

Call number
PR2877 .S6

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