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<dl><dd>An adaptation and alteration of Shakespeare's King Lear by Nahum Tate</dd>
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<dd>Signatures: A-D́þ F-H́þ I℗ø</dd>
<dd>Pages 6, 7 &amp; 14 misnumbered 56, 57 &amp; 41</dd>
<dd>English short title catalogue</dd>
<dd>Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy is the second of three items bound together in a single volume titled "Tate's Lear." This volume contains [1]: The history of King Lear acted at the Duke's Theatre / N. Tate [1681] -- [2]: The history of King Lear acted at the Queens Theatre / N. Tate [1702] -- [3]: The history of King Lear as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden / [George Colman] 1768</dd></dl><br>Subjects:</div>
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<dl><dd>Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715</dd>
<dd>Wellington, Richard, -1715, bookseller</dd>
<dd>Rumball, Edmund, -1702 or 1703, bookseller</dd>
<dd>Osborne, Thomas, -1743, bookseller</dd>
<dd>Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear</dd>
<dd>Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner. MB</dd></dl></div>
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