Dramatic miscellany with extracts from verse plays by Dryden, Orrery and others [manuscript], ca. 1690.

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Dramatic miscellany with extracts from verse plays by Dryden, Orrery and others [manuscript], ca. 1690.

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Compiled by William Deedes. Quotations, written continuously, from 13 plays listed on endleaves at both ends of the manuscript: Dryden's The Indian Emperour, The conquest of Granada, Aureng-Zebe, Oedipus, and The rival ladies; Orrery's The Black Prince, Tryphon, The history of Henry the Fifth, and Mustapha; Denham's The Sophy; Settle's Pastor Fido; and Shadwell's Timon of Athens.

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