Oldys, William. The history of the English stage : including the lives, characters and amours of the most eminent actors and actresses : with instructions for public speaking : wherein the action and utterance of the bar, stage and pulpit are distinctly considered

Folger bibliographic ID: 86611
Folger call number: PN2592 .B5 1814 Cage
Folger holdings ID: 88810
Accession Number: cs114

Edition

Rev. / with additional notes by Charles L. Coles

General notes

Not written by Thomas Betterton. Authorship usually ascribed to William Oldys; attributed also to the publisher Edmund Curll, cf. Dict. nat. biog First edition published in 1741, by Edmund Curll, London With: Memoirs of Miss Anne Oldfield / William Oldys. [Boston : William S. & Henry Spear, 1814] A compilation by William Oldys and others, partly based on Betterton's papers Portrait of Betterton bound in as front

Item information about Folger PN2592 .B5 1814 Cage

Stamp: Bound by R.W. Smith

Extended title: The history of the English stage : including the lives, characters and amours of the most eminent actors and actresses : with instructions for public speaking : wherein the action and utterance of the bar, stage and pulpit are distinctly considered / by Thomas Betterton

Oldfield, Anne, 1683-1730 Theater Actors

attributed name: Oldys, William, 1696-1761
subject: Oldfield, Anne, 1683-1730
dubious author: Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710
attributed name: Curll, Edmund, 1675-1747
editor: Coles, Charles L.