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V. Previously Unknown Publications

In the course of preparing my A Catalogue of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737, I have been attempting to establish whether or not each of the one thousand or so plays which premiered during the period was published. The following short list represents the fruits of that systematic effort. Possible publication for each piece was determined by checking the ESTC (late 1988) and numerous bibliographies. I have noted the location of only the copy I examined (when seen) for each entry.

Dorinda (10 December 1712, Queen's; LS 2.i.290)

Copy at the Folger Shakespeare Library. London: J. Gardyner, 1712.

Wenceslaus (14 March 1717, King's; LS 2.i.441)

Copy at the William Andrews Clark Library. London: J. Tonson, 1717.

Titus Manlius (4 April 1717, King's; LS 2.i.444)

Copy at the William Andrews Clark Library. London: J. Tonson, 1717.

Two Harlequins [Les Deux Harlequins] (10 December 1718, Lincoln's Inn Fields; LS 2.ii.519)

Copy at the Henry E. Huntington Library. London: Printed for W. Chetwood and W. Mears, and sold by J. Roberts, 1718.

The Royal Captives (27 March 1729, Little Haymarket; LS 2.ii.1022)

Advertised as published in the Daily Post for this date, but no copy yet located. Publisher given as E. Say.

The Coquet's Surrender (15 May 1732, Little Haymarket; LS 3.i.219)

Copy at the British Library (not seen). Advertised in the Daily Journal for 25 May 1732. London: E. Rayner, 1732.

The Disappointment (1732, Little Haymarket)

Reproduced in the Readex Microprint Series, "Three Centuries of English and American Drama," from a copy in the Harvard Library (not seen); I have examined the Huntington Library copy. London: S. Slow, 1732. First performance given in LS (3.i.405) as 8 July 1734, but I have redated the earliest performance of this play to 1732. See discussion above in Part III.

The Beggar's Pantomime (6 December 1736, Lincoln's Inn Fields; LS 3.ii.621)

Copy at the William Andrews Clark Library. Publication notice in the London Daily Post and General Advertiser for 15 December 1736. London: Printed for C. Corbett . . . and W. Warner, 1732.