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Pf nthefilea, ro that ri ; moil
of the Grecian leaders in
that war.
Ifabella ; or, The Fatal
Marriage. Play, altered
from Southerne, by David
Garrick, Efq. 8vo. 1758.
The If a?id of Slaves. Com.
of two ac"ts, 1 761. This is
Iktle more than a literal
tranilation of the IJIes des
Ejclavesof M. Marivaux.
The Ijland Princejs. Tr.
Com. by Beaumont and
Fletcher, fol. 1647*
The Ijland Princefs. Tr*
Com. by Nahum Tate, al-
tered from Beaumont and
Fletcher, and afted at the
Theatre Royal, 4 to. 16S7.
The I flan d Princefs ; or,
The Generous Portuguefe.
Opera, by P. A. Motteux,
4to. 1699. This is only the
principal parts of Fletcher's
Ijland Princefs formed into
an Opera, and performed
at the Theatre Royal. The
fcene lies in the Spice
1 (lands ; and the munc was
competed By Mr* Daniel
Purcell, Mr. Clarke, and
Mr. Leveridge.
The Ijland Queens ; or,
The Death of Mary, Queen of
Scotland, Tragedy, by J.
Banks, 4to. 1684. This
piece was prohibited the
flage, for which reafon the
author thought proper to
publiih it, in defence of
himfelf and his tragedy.
The ftory is founded on the
Scotch and EngHfh hsftoneg,
to which the author has
clofely and impartially ad-
hered, and well preserved
that power of affecting the'
paffions which appears
through all his works, and
fometimes makes ample
amends for want of poetry
and language. It was re-
printed in 1704, with the
title of the Albion Queens;
or, The Death, &c. To
this edition are the names
added of Wilks, Booth, Old-
field, Porter, &c* in the
Dramatis Perfonae. From
which it feems that it was
afterwards allowed the li-
berty of being performed.
The If, and of St. Margui-
r/te.Mufical Entertainment.
Performed at Drury-Lane,
1789. An indifferent piece*
The Iflanderst Comic
Opera, by Charles Dibdin.
Acted at Covent-Garden,
8vo. 1780.
The Ifle of Gulls. Com.
by J, Daye. Acted at Black-
Fryars, 4to. 1606. This it
a very good play, and met
with great fuccefs. The
plot is taken from Sir Ph.
Sidney's Arcadia.
The Italian Hufband. Tr.
by Edward Ravenfcroft, 4U0*
1698, Acted at Lincoln's-
Inn-Field?, The ftory of
this play is barbarous and
bloody, and the villainy
carried on to bring about
the catartrophy, deep and
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