MARC Record from Western Washington University

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040 $aLibrary Resources, inc.$cIUL$dLEL
049 $aXFFA
090 $aPR1101$b.L5 LEL 40047
100 1 $aTheobald,$cMr.$q(Lewis),$d1688-1744.
245 10 $aDouble falshood, or, The distrest lovers$h[microform] :$ba play, as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane /$cwritten originally by W. Shakespeare ; and now revised and adapted to the stage by Mr. Theobald, the author of Shakespeare restor'd.
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted by J. Watts,$c1728.
300 $a[16], 64 p.
500 $a"Dramatis personae:" p. [16]
500 $aPrologue by Philip Frowde.
500 $aDecorative initials, head- and tailpieces.
500 $aFirst acted 13 December 1727 and published 1728.
500 $aStatement on verso of half-title page records the granting of 14 year rights to Theobald for Double falshood, a play in manuscript form which he professed to be by Shakespeare.
500 $aThe possibility of Fletcher as the author is mentioned in the "Preface of the editor" (p. [9-11]) More likely an old play of uncertain authorship recast by Theobald, but by some regarded as entirely his. cf. Cambridge bibliography of English literature. Also attributed to Shirley and others. For discussion of its authorship and connection with the lost "History of Cardenio" ascribed to Shakespeare and Fletcher, cf. Bradford, in Modern language notes, vol. 25 (1910) p. 51-56, and Lounsbury's First editors of Shakespeare, p. 146-152.
533 $aMicrofiche.$bChicago, Ill. :$cLibrary Resources, inc.,$d1976.$e1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm.$f(Library of English literature ; LEL 40047)
600 10 $aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616$xSpurious and doubtful works.
700 1 $aShirley, James,$d1596-1666.
700 1 $aFletcher, John,$d1579-1625.
700 1 $aFrowde, Philip,$dd. 1738.
830 0 $aLibrary of English literature ;$vLEL 40047.
907 $a.b16171755$bmulti$c-
902 $a070705
998 $b1$c970723$dm$ea$f-$g0
910 $aMAJOR MICROFORMS