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King Lear, a tragedy

Title: King Lear, a tragedy / altered from Shakspeare,by Nahum Tate. With prefatory remarks.
Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Publication: London : Published for the proprietors by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall ...; and C. Chapple, 1820.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Permit needed	Pforz (Oxberry's editions of plays. V1)	Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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Description

x, [2], 71, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : port.; 20 cm. (12mo)

Subject

West, Sarah > Portraits

Note

At head of title: Oxberry's edition.
"The only edition existing which is faithfully marked with the stage business ... as it is performed at the Theatres Royal. By W. Oxberry, comedian." --T.p.
Introductory remarks by William Hazlitt (Cf. Keynes, p. 48).
Very much altered from Shakespeare, with a "happy" ending.
Illustration: 1 print : engraving ; full-page. "Mrs. W. West, as Cordelia." By Woolnoth, after Wageman.

Access (note)

Restricted access;

Call Number

Pforz (Oxberry's editions of plays. V1)

LCCN

21010941

OCLC

NYPG04-B3323

Author

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Title

King Lear, a tragedy / altered from Shakspeare,by Nahum Tate. With prefatory remarks.

Imprint

London : Published for the proprietors by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall ...; and C. Chapple, 1820.

Edition

Oxberry's edition.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy: Bound second in volume one of two-volume collection of eighteen Oxberry's editions of plays. -- Dark green cloth boards; covers detached. -- Within gray board clamshell box.

Added Author

Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.

Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830.

Wageman, Thomas Charles, approximately 1787-1863. Artist

Woolnoth, Thomas, 1785- Engraver

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