The theatre, by Sir Richard Steele; to which are added, The Anti-Theatre; the character of Sir John Edgar; Steele's case with the Lord Chamberlain; the Crisis of Property, with the Sequel, Two Pasquins, &c. &c. Illustrated with literary and historical anecdotes by John Nichols

People / Organizations

• Sir Richard Steele (Author)

Imprint

London : printed by and for the editor; and sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinson, Pater-Noster Row; J. Walter, Charing-Cross; and C. Dilly, in the Poultry, MDCCXCI. [1791]

Added name

Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729.; Nichols, John, 1745-1826.

Publication year

1791

ESTC No.

T102255

Grub Street ID

156099

Description

viii, 580, [4] p. : ill., port. ; 8°.

Note

With a half-title, and a final leaf of advertisements, followed by a leaf containing printed labels for front board, and for vols. I and II, i.e. possibly the other edition of the work

The contents are the same as in the 2 vol. edition, but the footnotes vary

'Sir John Edgar' = Sir Richard Steele

The Anti-theatre, professing to be the work of 'Sir John Falstaffe' is not attributed to Steele as it opposes the sentiments expressed in The Theatre

Below caption title of The Theatre: To be continued every Tuesday and Saturday

The first issue of The Anti-theatre exists in this edition, filmed by Adam Matthew, as a fragment

The extensive footnotes and commentary were added to the originals for this edition (Adam Matthew filmed copy).

Uncontrolled note

Adam Matthew microfilm is imperfect as filmed; the Theatre and the Anti-theatre were filmed in reverse order, lacking title pages, half-title, and other material published in this volume