Front cover image for Bell's edition of Shakespeare's plays : as they are now performed at the Theatres Royal in London : regulated from the prompt books of each house by permission with notes critical and illustrative by the authors of the dramatic censor

Bell's edition of Shakespeare's plays : as they are now performed at the Theatres Royal in London : regulated from the prompt books of each house by permission with notes critical and illustrative by the authors of the dramatic censor

Print Book, English, 1774-[1777]
Printed for John Bell ..., London, 1774-[1777]
Early works
1 volume (volume 2) : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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Each volume has engraved title page with date 1774
Complete in 9 volumes
v. 1. Introduction to Shakespeare's plays, containing an essay on oratory. Macbeth. As you like it. Othello. All's well that ends well
v. 2. King Lear. Romeo and Juliet. The merchant of Venice. Much ado about nothing. Cymbeline
v. 3. King Richard the Third. The merry wives of Windsor. Hamlet. The tempest. Measure for measure
v. 4. King John. The first part of Henry IV. The second part of Henry IV. King Henry V. King Henry VIII
v. 5. Julius Caesar. Timon of Athens. The winter's tale. Coriolanus. Twelfth night, or What you will
v. 6. The two gentlemen of Verona. The taming of the shrew. Troilus and Cressida. Antony and Cleopatra
v. 7. King Richard II. The first part of King Henry VI. The second part of King Henry VI. The third part of King Henry VI
v. 8. Titus Andronicus. The comedy of errors. A midsummer night's dream. Love's labour's lost
v. 9. Poems
Each play has separate t.p. Date varies: v. 6 has date 1776, v. 7 and 8 have date 1777