The tempest [Electronic resource], or, The enchanted island : a comedy, as it is now acted at his Highness the Duke of York's theatre
| dc.contributor | Bond, David Project Pallas U of Exeter |
| dc.contributor.author | Dryden, John, 1631-1700 |
| dc.contributor.author | D'Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-19T14:39:13Z |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-19T14:39:13Z |
| dc.date.created | 1670 |
| dc.date.issued | 1989-08-01 |
| dc.identifier | ota:1319 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/1319 |
| dc.description.abstract | Resource deposited with the Oxford Text Archive. |
| dc.format.extent | Text data (1 file : ca. 144 KB) |
| dc.format.medium | Digital bitstream |
| dc.language | English |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Oxford Text Archive Core Collection |
| dc.rights | Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
| dc.rights.label | PUB |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Plays -- England -- 17th century |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Comedies -- England -- 17th century |
| dc.subject.other | Plays |
| dc.title | The tempest [Electronic resource], or, The enchanted island : a comedy, as it is now acted at his Highness the Duke of York's theatre |
| dc.type | Text |
| has.files | yes |
| branding | Oxford Text Archive |
| branding | Oxford Text Archive |
| files.size | 147719 |
| files.count | 1 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1600-1699 |
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THE
TEMPEST,
OR THE
Enchanted Island.
A
COMEDY.
As it is now Acted at his Highness the Duke of {York}'s
THEATRE.
{LONDON,}
Printed by {J.M.} for {Henry Herringman} at the {Blew}
{Anchor} in the {Lower-walk} of the {New-Exchange}.
MDCLXX.
PREFACE
TO THE
ENCHANTED ISLAND.
The writing of Prefaces to Plays was probably
invented by some very ambitious Poet, who
never thought he had done enough: Perhaps
by some Ape of the French Eloquence,
who uses to make a business of a Letter of gallantry, an
examen of a Farce; and in short, a great pomp and ostentation
of words on every trifle. This is certainly the . . .
