Richard Steele / Edited, with an Introduction and Notes by G. A. Aitken
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5 works of Richard SteeleIrish writer and politician (1672-1729)This ebook presents a collection of 5 works of Richard Steele. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected.Table of Days with Sir Roger De Coverley- Isaac Bickerstaff Physician and Astrologer- The Spectator Club- The Spectator Volume I- The Spectator Volume II
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- THE COMPLETE PLAYS OF RICHARD STEELE.
- EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES,
- THE MERMAID SERIES. THE BEST PLAYS OF THE OLD DRAMATISTS.
- CONTENTS
- RICHARD STEELE.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- VII.
- VIII.
- IX.
- X.
- THE FUNERAL:
- OR
- GRIEF À-LA-MODE.
- To the Right Honourable the
- COUNTESS OF ALBEMARLE.[10]
- PREFACE.
- PROLOGUE.
- DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
- THE FUNERAL: OR, GRIEF À-LA-MODE. ACT THE FIRST.
- SCENE—Covent Garden.
- ACT THE SECOND.
- SCENE I.—Lord Hardy's Lodgings.
- SCENE II.—Lord Brumpton's House.
- SCENE III.—Lord Brumpton's House.
- ACT THE THIRD.
- SCENE I.—Lord Hardy's Lodgings.
- SCENE II.—Lady Brumpton's Room.
- ACT THE FOURTH.
- SCENE I.—Lord Brumpton's House.
- SCENE II.—Lord Hardy's Lodgings.
- SCENE III.—Covent Garden.
- ACT THE FIFTH.
- SCENE I.—Lord Brumpton's House.
- SCENE II.—Covent Garden.
- SCENE III.—Lord Brumpton's House.
- SCENE IV.—Lord Hardy's Lodgings.
- EPILOGUE.
- THE LYING LOVER:
- OR
- THE LADIES' FRIENDSHIP.
- To His Grace the
- DUKE OF ORMOND.[39]
- THE PREFACE.
- PROLOGUE.
- DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
- THE LYING LOVER: OR, THE LADIES' FRIENDSHIP. ACT THE FIRST.
- SCENE I.—St. James's Park.
- ACT THE SECOND.
- SCENE I.—Penelope's Lodgings, Covent Garden.
- SCENE II.—Covent Garden.
- ACT THE THIRD.
- SCENE I.—Victoria's Lodgings, Covent Garden.
- SCENE II.—Covent Garden.
- ACT THE FOURTH.
- SCENE I.—Covent Garden.
- SCENE II.—Penelope's Lodgings.
- SCENE III.—Covent Garden.
- SCENE IV.—Newgate.
- ACT THE FIFTH.
- SCENE I.—Newgate.
- SCENE II.—Frederick's Lodgings.
- SCENE III.—Penelope's Lodgings.
- EPILOGUE.
- THE TENDER HUSBAND:
- OR
- THE ACCOMPLISHED FOOLS.
- To
- MR. ADDISON.[78]
- PROLOGUE.
- A Song.
- Designed for the Fourth Act, but not set.
- DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
- THE TENDER HUSBAND: OR, THE ACCOMPLISHED FOOLS. ACT THE FIRST.
- SCENE II.—St. James's Park.
- ACT THE SECOND.
- SCENE.—The Park.
- ACT THE THIRD.
- SCENE I.—Mrs. Clerimont's Room.
- SCENE II.—Niece's Lodgings.
- ACT THE FOURTH.
- SCENE.—A Street.
- SCENE II.—Niece's Lodgings; two chairs and a table.
- ACT THE FIFTH.
- SCENE I.—Clerimont, Sen.'s House.
- SCENE II.—Tipkin's House.
- EPILOGUE.
- THE CONSCIOUS LOVERS.
- To
- THE KING.
- THE PREFACE.[104]
- PROLOGUE.
- DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
- THE CONSCIOUS LOVERS. ACT THE FIRST.
- SCENE I.—Sir John Bevil's House.
- SCENE II. Bevil, Jun.'s Lodgings.
- ACT THE SECOND.
- SCENE I.—Bevil, Jun.'s Lodgings.
- SCENE II.—Indiana's Lodgings.
- ACT THE THIRD.[130]
- SCENE.—Sealand's House.
- ACT THE FOURTH.
- SCENE I.—Bevil, Jun.'s Lodgings.[133]
- SCENE II.—St. James's Park.
- SCENE III.—Bevil, Jun.'s Lodgings.
- ACT THE FIFTH.
- SCENE I.—Sealand's House.
- SCENE II.—Charing Cross.
- SCENE III.—Indiana's House.
- EPILOGUE.
- THE SCHOOL OF ACTION.
- (A FRAGMENT).
- DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
- THE SCHOOL OF ACTION. ACT THE FIRST.
- ACT THE SECOND.
- ACT THE THIRD.
- ACT THE FOURTH.
- THE GENTLEMAN.
- (A FRAGMENT.)
- THE GENTLEMAN.
- APPENDIX.[143]
- I. STEELE v. RICH.
- PLAINTIFF'S BILL.[144]
- DEFENDANT'S ANSWER.
- II.
- STEELE v. WILBRAHAM, &c., 1722.
- III.
- Steele and Scurlock v. 438 Wilks, Cibber, Booth, Castleman, and Woolley, 1725-8.
- NOTES.
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