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Subfcribers who fend their Names to the Publi fherbefore the loch of Auguft, will be included iu the ^ V: sand coofe^uently receive moil b^aii uulIteprcffi To fihft MATRONS of FINE.PRINTING;TV BRITISH DRAMA.ASOCIBTy of private Gjentfemen., .dc fire as of obtaioing an uniform ami truly elegant Coiiedlio . i£* the Choice CLASSIC DRAMAS c£lt;3R£aT BRIT AIN, which they apprehendmnft be'aU'o highly acceptable - to » very Patronof Polite Literature, have determined to puWiftianuQ--exceptionableColleion with beautiful EmbeLilhmentis*Aa the Expences atteading this Work will far. exceed the prudent Enterprize of any Individual, above Qearlemeja * have eft^b'iflieda Fmd for the Purp Te Of.cVryWgthe Plaa *•» * :*• tttnrtnft Vigour and FfifedL i r:' 1Vi ’:1C v,n^ r ‘ Ju^,ce t0 r^c well-mown-| ^Jlvcf : A Mr-# ijtll, vih ■ firfr f'frggcfcd the Plan, ■*:jc c^c.tEj rppt/in-cd iJffi their Priuter, and Mansgerofthe Undertaking, not douuti.ig chat his Efforts and Sucte % wiil jufKfy their Partiality, and enfure the mod ex. tcafive Patronage of ’.he Public.PROSPECTUS*Mr, Bell, having undertaken the Dire£fipn wid- Manage* mentot this D -li af.i his Eroph ■) era, .prefumes to fojicit^ and hopes to attr.**i *rh- Encouragement of*the Public to W following Work., which ivfis pledged to execute in that Xe. perior Style whicn it is p re fumed may entitle it Co beyudiy ’ considered—The Pride cf the EngiiflrPreft. Under the Title* therefore, lt;*f The BRITISH THEATRE, it is:proofed t« print Ten Volumes’of Tragedies, Ten Volumes of Comedies, and Two Volumes of Engiilh Operas, to conihfc only of the ihoft efteemed and eflablilhcd Productions,. which are confi-| dered and aed as the Stock Pieces ou the London Thcatrw i exclusive of Shakefpereds.I Each'Volume will contain Five Pia^sj the ref|e£h‘ve Pieces'of each Author Co b.* cl ailed as nearly as poEiUe iitlie fame Volume,. *The Plays will be printed complete, with* the utmofFAcctw ’ rac£, from the beflr Text of the retpe£tive Authprs-y butTfeey will aifi diffingutlh the Variations obferved in pefforming them at the iheatres, by inverted Comuys* ■The Plays will be published regularly in Weekly Wumberv without any Interruption whatever, ioas Co produce a Volume of Tragedies and a Volume of Comedies alternate^ confitfU ing of Five Play*.Each. Play will contain a brief preliminary Account of Author, and his different Dramatic Woik$, with fuck other Critical Qbfervatians as may occ'ifr, and be necefLrv to elucidate the Subye of the Drama,The Plait of -the Publication is to adopt the Size and Sty le Of BefPs Edition of Uhakfp^rc, with fuch material and evident Itnp^ovuments a§ ftaSbbe pleaSng to the Purchasers.The varieties and Eli ft f CHMEKTFirft Sort—Will be printed on fine Vt'lum Pape**, nnw^ manufauring for the Purpofe, and will be enriched'with * moft beautiful Vignette Scene Print, and alfo a Charaarfftia Portrait Print of fome principal Periom*^r hn the Load Stage. Thh Sort will be fold at is, 6d. each Play.Second Sort—will be. printed o;i ordinary Paper, and on* tain only the litter Imprefiiotu of die Chsiaeiaic Port'ait Print. Price 6d. each.But, for thofe who know how tr appreciate, and c ’n rfford to pay for the jnoft txquijflte Productions-of Art, it is, meant to print a few ImpreiTions cf each' Play on Villura Paper of a ;arge Size, and very Superior Quality, with ex ten-five Margms. Thefe Cop/es to contain felecled' P;o jf Im-preffions of each of the Embelliihmems^ and to be fjld ac Five Shillings each. *By this Mode, the Work w’-ll be criucMfy calculated for an lionou^able Station, in every Princely Cabinet, in every Private Library, for the- UTs of private Theatricals, as Companions to the PUy-Houfe, and for the generalConwem-
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General Evening Post
London, Middlesex, GB
Tue, Aug 24, 1790
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