The Complete Plays of Richard Steele

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Author

Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729

Title

Richard Steele Edited, with an Introduction and Notes by G. A. Aitken

Credits

Produced by Clare Graham and Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature (Images generously made available by the Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55922

Release Date

November 9, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE COMPLETE PLAYS OF RICHARD STEELE. — EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES, — By G. A. Aitken. — THE MERMAID SERIES. — THE BEST PLAYS OF THE OLD DRAMATISTS. — CONTENTS — RICHARD STEELE. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X.
2. 2.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.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.THE SCHOOL OF ACTION. — (A FRAGMENT). — DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. — THE SCHOOL OF ACTION. — ACT THE FIRST. — ACT THE SECOND. — ACT THE THIRD. — ACT THE FOURTH.
7. 7.THE GENTLEMAN. — (A FRAGMENT.) — THE GENTLEMAN.
8. 8.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.
9. 9.NOTES.

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