The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06
by John Dryden
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- WORKS
- JOHN DRYDEN,
- IN EIGHTEEN VOLUMES.
- WITH NOTES,
- A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,
- WALTER SCOTT, Esq. VOL. VI. LONDON:
- 1808.
- CONTENTS
- VOLUME SIXTH.
- LIMBERHAM;
- THE KIND KEEPER. A COMEDY.
- LIMBERHAM.
- TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN, LORD VAUGHAN, &c[1].
- PROLOGUE.
- DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
- LIMBERHAM;
- KIND KEEPER.
- ACT I. SCENE I.—An open Garden-House; a table in it, and chairs.
- A SONG.
- ACT II. SCENE I.
- SCENE changes to Limberham's apartment.
- LIMBERHAM SINGING.
- ACT III.—SCENE I.
- A SONG FROM THE ITALIAN.
- SCENE II.—Mr Woodall's Chamber.
- ACT IV.—SCENE I.
- SCENE opens to Brainsick's Apartment.
- SCENE II.—Woodall and Tricksy discovered in the Garden-house.
- ACT V.—SCENE I.
- EPILOGUE. SPOKEN BY LIMBERHAM.
- ŒDIPUS.
- A TRAGEDY.
- ŒDIPUS.
- PREFACE.
- PROLOGUE.
- DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
- ŒDIPUS.
- ACT I. SCENE I.—The Curtain rises to a plaintive Tune, representing the present condition of Thebes; dead Bodies appear at a distance in the Streets; some faintly go over the Stage, others drop.
- ACT II. SCENE I.—An open Gallery. A Royal Bed-chamber being supposed behind. The Time, Night. Thunder, &c.
- SONG TO APOLLO.
- ACT III. SCENE I.—A dark Grove.
- ACT IV. SCENE I.
- ACT V.—SCENE I.
- EPILOGUE.
- CARDINAL NORFOLK.
- PLEBEIANS.
- TROILUS AND CRESSIDA:
- TRUTH FOUND TOO LATE. A TRAGEDY.
- TROILUS AND CRESSIDA.
- TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ROBERT, EARL OF SUNDERLAND[1], PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE, ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY-COUNCIL, &C.
- THE PREFACE.
- PROLOGUE SPOKEN BY MR BETTERTON, REPRESENTING THE GHOST OF SHAKESPEARE.
- DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
- TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
- ACT I. SCENE I.—A Camp.
- SCENE II.—Troy.
- ACT II. SCENE I.—Troy.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.—The Camp.
- ACT III. SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- ACT IV. SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- ACT V. SCENE I.
- SCENE II—The Camp.
- EPILOGUE, SPOKEN BY THERSITES.
- SPANISH FRIAR;
- THE DOUBLE DISCOVERY.
- THE SPANISH FRIAR.
- TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN, LORD HAUGHTON[1].
- PROLOGUE.
- DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
- SPANISH FRIAR:
- DOUBLE DISCOVERY.
- ACT I.—SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- ACT II. SCENE I.—The Queen's Antechamber.
- SCENE II.—A Chamber. A Table and Wine set out.
- SCENE III.—A Chamber.
- ACT III. SCENE I.—The Street.
- SCENE II.—Elvira's Chamber.
- SCENE III.—A Bed Chamber.
- ACT IV. SCENE I.—Before Gomez's Door.
- SCENE II.—The Court.
- ACT V. SCENE I.—A Bed-Chamber.
- SONG.
- SCENE II.—The Palace-Yard. Drums and Trumpets within.
- EPILOGUE. BY A FRIEND OF THE AUTHOR'S.
- END OF THE SIXTH VOLUME.
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