Five new 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.

People / Organizations

• Robert Howard (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for Henry Herringman, and are to be sold by Jacob Tonson, Daniel Browne, Thomas Bennet, and Richard Wellington, 1700.

Publication year

1700-1700

ESTC No.

R217011

Grub Street ID

91853

Description

[10], 252, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 2⁰

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" and "The great favourite, or the Duke of Lerma" each has separate title page, with imprint "printed for Henry Herringman, and are to be sold by R. Bentley, J. Tonson, F. Saunders, and T. Bennet. MDCXCII."; pagination and register are continuous.