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English Literature8
Brotherton Collection6

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english drama2
ballad opera1

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Mottley, John (1692-1750)8
Mottley, John5
Jevon, Thomas (1652-1688)2
Scanderbeg, 1405-14682
Whincop, Martha2
Whincop, Thomas (1730)2
Whincop, Martha (1782)2
Jevon, Thomas2
Coffey, Charles (1745)2
Cibber, Theophilus2

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A bold stroke for a wife : a comedy

Centlivre, Susanna (1667?-1723); Mottley, John (1692-1750); Bell, John (1745-1831)

1791

In part the work of John Mottley; cf. DNB.

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Scanderbeg : or, Love and liberty. A tragedy

Whincop, Thomas (1730); Whincop, Martha (1782); Mottley, John (1692-1750)

1747

Sig. G4 recto (p.[87], part-title to the 'Compleat list of...dramatic poets') is blank and unsigned. "List of all the dramatic authors" attributed to John Mottley.

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Scanderbeg : or, Love and liberty. A tragedy

Whincop, Thomas (1730); Whincop, Martha (1782); Mottley, John (1692-1750)

1747

Sig. G4 recto (p.[87], part-title to the 'Compleat list of...dramatic poets') is blank and unsigned. "List of all the dramatic authors" attributed to John Mottley.

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Antiochus : a tragedy, as it is acted at the theatre in Lincolns-Inn Fields

Mottley, John (1692-1750)

1721

Dedication signed: John Mottley.

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The imperial captives: a tragedy : As it is acted by His Majesty's servants

Mottley, John (1692-1750)

1720

First edition. Signatures: A⁴, a⁴, B-I⁴ (G2 incorrectly signed G3).

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The widow bewitch'd. A comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre in Goodmans-Fields

Mottley, John (1692-1750)

1730

Anonymous. By John Mottley. Reproduction of original from the British Library.

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The devil to pay; or, The wives metamorphos'd. An opera. As it is perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants

Coffey, Charles (1745); Mottley, John (1692-1750); Cibber, Theophilus (1703-1758); Jevon, Thomas (1652-1688)

1732

First performed and published in 1731 in three acts. Dedication signed: Cha. Coffey. Adapted by Charles Coffey, with help from John Mottley, from Thomas Jevon's The devil of a wife. Reduced to one...

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The devil to pay, or, The wives metamorphos'd

Coffey, Charles (1745); Mottley, John (1692-1750); Cibber, Theophilus (1703-1758); Jevon, Thomas (1652-1688)

[1777]

Dropped-head title. Two columns to a page.

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