At the new theatre in Little Lincolns-Inn Fields, to morrow being Thursday the 28th of October, will be reviv'd, a play call'd Troilus and Cresida, or, Truth found too late ... / by His Majesties Servants.
1697
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Title
At the new theatre in Little Lincolns-Inn Fields, to morrow being Thursday the 28th of October, will be reviv'd, a play call'd Troilus and Cresida, or, Truth found too late ... / by His Majesties Servants.
Created/published
[London] : [Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre], [1697]
Description
1 sheet ([1] p.) : coat of arms ; 32 x 43 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre.
Note
Playbill for a performance of John Dryden's adaptation of Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida.
The earliest known Shakespeare-related playbill (Halliwell-Phillipps).
At head of title: "Not acted these 16 years," with royal arms of William III of England.
During William III's reign, October 28 fell on Thursday in 1697.
"No person to stand on the stage, nor any money to be after return'd [sic] the curtain is drawn up."
Not in ESTC, 6 July 2011, or Wing (2nd ed).
The earliest known Shakespeare-related playbill (Halliwell-Phillipps).
At head of title: "Not acted these 16 years," with royal arms of William III of England.
During William III's reign, October 28 fell on Thursday in 1697.
"No person to stand on the stage, nor any money to be after return'd [sic] the curtain is drawn up."
Not in ESTC, 6 July 2011, or Wing (2nd ed).
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2008-2009. Breaking News (catalog entry 69)
Cited/described in
Halliwell-Phillipps, J.O. Calendar of the Shakespearean rarities, drawings & engravings formerly preserved at Hollingbury Copse (1891), 229
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library Z.e.37
Genre/form
Playbills.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
Z.e.37 p.3
Folger-specific note
Large hole, affecting part of decorated initial and the word "to" in title; reinforced with paper backing.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present