The Poems of William Shakspeare, containing his Venus and Adonis, Rape of Lucrece, Sonnets, Passionate Pilgrim, and A Lover's Complaint, printed from the authentick copies, by Malone, in octavo, in 1780.

Do. Second Edition, with the author's plays, crown octavo, 1790.

Spurious Editions of Shakspeare's Poems have also been published by Gildon, Sewell, Evans, &c. MALONE.

PLAYS ascribed to SHAKSPEARE, either by the Editors of the two later Folios, or by the Compilers of ancient Catalogues.

1. Arraignment of Paris, 1584, Henry Marsh. 2. Birth of Merlin, 1662, Tho. Johnson, for Francis Kirkman and Henry Marsh.

3. Edward III. 1596, for Cuthbert Burby, 2. 1599, Simon Stafford, for Do.

4. Fair Em, 1631, for John Wright.

It appears from an epistle prefixed to Greene's Arcadia, that The Arraignment of Paris was written by George Peele, the author of King David and fair Bethsabe, &c. 1599.

See the preceding extracts from the books at Stationers' Hall.

Fair Em,] In Mr. Garrick's Collection is a volume, formerly belonging to King Charles II. which is lettered on the

5. Locrine, 1595, Thomas Creede.

6. London Prodigal, 1605.

7. Merry Devil of Edmonton, 1608, Henry Ballard, for Arthur Johnson. 2. 1617, G. Eld, for Do.

3.-1626, A. M. for Francis Falkner. 4. 1631, T. P. for D°. 5. 1655, for W. Gilbertson.

8. Mucedorus, 1598, for William Jones. 2. 1610, for D. 3. 1615, N. O. for D°. 4. 1639, for John Wright. 5. no date, for Francis Coles. 6. 1668, E. O. for Do.

9. Pericles, 1609, for Henry Gosson. 2. 1619, for T. P. 3. 1630, J. N. for R. B. 4. 1635, Thomas Cotes.

10. Puritan, 1600,7 and 1607, G. Eld.

11. Sir John Oldcastle, 1600, for T. P.

12. Thomas Lord Cromwell, 1613, Tho. Snodham. 13. Two Noble Kinsmen, 1634, Tho. Cotes, for John Waterson.

14. Yorkshire Tragedy, 1608, R. B. for T. Pavyer. D° 1619, for T. P. STEEVENS.

back, "SHAKESPEARE, Vol. I." This volume consists of Fair Em, The Merry Devil, &c. Mucedorus, &c. There is no other authority for ascribing Fair Em to our author.

7. The existence of this edition has been doubted. REED.

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LIST OF PLAYS

ALTERED FROM

SHAKSPEARE.

INVENIES ETIAM DISJECTI MEMBRA POETAE.

Tempest.

The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island. A Comedy, acted in Dorset Garden. By Sir W. D'Avenant and Dryden. 4to. 1669.

The Tempest, made into an Opera by Shadwell in 1673. See Downes's Roscius Anglicanus, p. 34, The Tempest, an Opera taken from Shakspeare. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. By Mr. Garrick. 8vo. 1756.

An alteration by J. P. Kemble. Acted at Drury Lane. 8vo. 1790.

Two Gentlemen of Verona.

The Two Gentlemen of Verona. A Comedy written by Shakspeare, with Alterations and Additions, as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. By Mr. Victor. 8vo. 1763.

Midsummer-Night's Dream.

The Humours of Bottom the Weaver, by Robert Cox. 4to.

The Fairy Queen, an Opera, represented at the Queen's Theatre by their Majesties Servants. 4to.

1692.

Pyramus and Thisbe, a comick Masque, written by Richard Leveridge, performed at Lincoln's Inn Fields. 8vo. 1716.

Pyramus and Thisbe, a mock Opera, written by Shakspeare. Set to musick by Mr. Lampe. Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. 8vo. 1745.

The Fairies, an Opera, taken from a Midsummer-Night's Dream written by Shakspeare, as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. By Mr. Garrick. 8vo. 1755.3

A Midsummer-Night's Dream, written by Shakspeare, with Alterations and Additions, and several new Songs. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. 8vo. 1763.

A Fairy Tale, in two Acts, taken from Shakspeare. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. 8vo. 1763.

Merry Wives of Windsor.

The Comical Gallant, or the Amours of Sir John Falstaffe. A Comedy, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, by his Majesties Servants. By Mr. Dennis. 4to. 1702.

"Garrick has produced a detestable English Opera, which is crowded by all true lovers of their country. To mark the opposition to Italian Operas, it is sung by some cast singers, two Italians, and a French girl, and the Chapel boys; and to regale us with sense, it is Shakespeare's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, which is forty times more nonsensical than the worst translation of any Italian opera-books."

Letter from Lord Orford to Richard Bentley, Esq. Feb. 23, 1755. See his Lordship's Works, Vol. V. p. 312.

Twelfth-Night.

In the preface to Love Betray'd, or the Agreeable Disappointment, a Comedy, by Charles Burnaby, 1703, that author appears to have taken part of the tale of this play, and about fifty lines from it.

Much Ado about Nothing.

The Law against Lovers. By Sir W. Davenant. Fol. 1673.

The Universal Passion. A Comedy, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, by his Majesties Servants. By James Miller. 8vo. 1737.

Measure for Measure.

The Law against Lovers, by Sir W. D'Avenant. Fol. 1673.

Measure for Measure, or Beauty the best Advocate. As it is acted at the Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields; written originally by Mr. Shakspeare, and now very much altered: with additions of several Entertainments of Musick. By Mr. Gildon,

4to. 1700.

An alteration by J. P. Kemble, acted at Drury Lane, 8vo. 1789.

Love's Labour's Lost.

The Students, a Comedy, altered from Shak speare's Love's Labour's Lost, and adapted to the stage. 8vo. 1762.