8. Rapin’s De Carmine Pastorali,
translated by Creech (1684). (II, 3)
[#14495]
9. T. Hanmer’s (?) Some Remarks
on the Tragedy of Hamlet (1736).
(III, 3) [#14899]
10. Corbyn Morris’ Essay towards Fixing
the True Standards of Wit,
etc. (1744). (I, 4) [#16233]
11. Thomas Purney’s Discourse on the Pastoral (1717). (II, 4) [#15313]
12. Essays on the Stage, selected, with an Introduction
by Joseph Wood
Krutch. (III, 4) [#16335]
Third Year (1948-1949)
13. Sir John Falstaff (pseud.), The Theatre (1720). (IV, 1) [#15999]
14. Edward Moore’s The Gamester (1753). (V, 1) [#16267]
15. John Oldmixon’s Reflections on Dr.
Swift’s Letter to Harley
(1712); and Arthur Mainwaring’s
The British Academy (1712).
(VI, 1)
16. Nevil Payne’s Fatal Jealousy (1673). (V, 2) [in preparation]
17. Nicholas Rowe’s Some Account of
the Life of Mr. William Shakespear
(1709). (Extra Series, 1)
[#16275]
18. Aaron Hill’s Preface to The Creation;
and Thomas Brereton’s
Preface to Esther.
(IV, 2) [#15870]
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[Errors and Anomalies Noted by Transcriber:
Introduction (1949):
it is unreasonable to expect...
text reads is it...
Dedication:
Lord-President of Her HAJESTY’s
most / Honourable Privy-Council.
so in original
Act I
Ad I long to know their Secrets.
The word “ad”
with related forms ("adod”) occurs several times
in the play
Sir Jealousie Traffick
The name occurs twice in this
form.
Act II
Enter Mirand_._
The name occurs in this
form four times: twice where the full form
Miranda_ is expected,
twice in place of its usual abbreviation
Miran.
Sir Geo. Whate’er her Reasons
are for disliking a me
reading “a”
uncertain
Act II scene iii
(Beat’s Marplot_ all this
while he cries Thieves._
punctuation and typography
as in original
Act II scene iv
Sir Fran. No, that’s a Miracle!
But there’s one thing you want...
text reads one thing
you wan’t
Miran. The Gardner describ’d
just such another Man
text gives two consecutive
lines to Marplot
Act IV scene ii
(Isabinda throws her self down before
the Closet-door as in a Sound.
so in original:
swound?
Act IV scene iv
Enter Sir Francis_ and Marplot
text reads Marplott