Six new playes, viz. The brothers. Sisters. Doubtfull heir. Imposture. Cardinall. Court secret. The five first were acted at the Private House in Black Fryers with great applause. The last was never acted. All written by James Shirley. Never printed before.

All titles

• Six new playes, viz. The brothers. Sisters. Doubtfull heir. Imposture. Cardinall. Court secret. The five first were acted at the Private House in Black Fryers with great applause. The last was never acted. All written by James Shirley. Never printed before.
• Brothers Sisters Doubtful heir Imposture Cardinal Court secret

People / Organizations

• James Shirley (Author)

Imprint

London: printed [by William Wilson and Thomas Warren] for Humphrey Robinson at the Three Pigeons, and Humphrey Moseley at the Prince's Armes in St. Paul's Curch-yard [sic], 1653.

Publication year

1653-1653

ESTC No.

R20878

Grub Street ID

85002

Description

[8], 72; [8], 58, [2]; [8], 74, [2]; [8], 78, [2]; [8], 69, [3]; [8], 78, [1] p., plate : port. ; 8⁰

Note

The words "Brothers. .. Court secret." are bracketed together on title page.

The portrait of the author is signed: W. Marshall sculpsit. 1646.

Contains "The brothers", "The sisters", "The doubtful heir", "The imposture", "The cardinal", and "The court secret", each with separate pagination, register, and title page (all but the last dated 1652). According to Greg, William Wilson printed the first, fourth, and sixth plays, Thomas Warren the others. "Although individual plays from the collection sometimes occur singly, there is no evidence that they were ever separately issued, unless it be that in Thomason's copy .. the plays do not appear in the order given in the title"--Greg.

Includes bibliography.

Uncontrolled note

Verify 1652 variant; reported by Wise, as mentioned by Greg (no printed source given) note 1. - In case of matching problems cf. Greg note 2