Krr.3.30
The universal passion. A comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants..
London: : Printed for J. Watts at the Printing-Office in Wild-Court, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields., MDCCXXXVII.. [1737]
[8], 76 [i.e.75], [5] p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Anonymous. By James Miller.
Title-page in red and black.
Page 75 misnumbered 76.
With two final leaves of advertisements.
Prologue spoken by Coley Cibber; Epilogue spoken by Mrs Clive.
Dramatis personae and advertisement on p. [8].
Price printed at foot of title-page: "One Shilling and Six Pence."
A reworking of Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing'.
Includes airs (original or borrowed) to be sung; the song 'I like the am'rous Youth that's free' by Handel.
ESTC, T50478
No provenance information recorded in the book.
20th-century plain brown paper wrappers. Textblock trimmed and sprinkled yellow (contemporary work). Six free modern endpapers sewn in following the text (none before).
?Bookseller's code on lowermost endpaper.
Ms. annotations on title-page: "'Much Ado'"; various numbers and "[?]Shakespearean [unread]" beside imprint.
Shakespeare, William, 1564 - 1616 Parodies, imitations, etc.
Musicals Librettos.
Plays.
Comedies.
Watts, John, ? - -1763 bookseller.
Cibber, Colley, 1671 - 1757 performer.
Clive, Kitty, 1711 - 1785 performer.
Handel, George Frideric, 1685 - 1759 composer.
Pritchard, Hannah, 1711 - 1768 performer.
England London.
eng
B50592