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THE TEMPLE BEAU. A Comedy. As It Is Acted at the Theatre in Goodman's-Fields by Fielding, Henry - 1730

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THE TEMPLE BEAU. A Comedy. As It Is Acted at the Theatre in Goodman's-Fields by Fielding, Henry - 1730

THE TEMPLE BEAU. A Comedy. As It Is Acted at the Theatre in Goodman's-Fields

by Fielding, Henry

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London: Printed for J. Watts, 1730. First edition. (4),80,(4)pp. (including 2 pages of ads on the versos of the title and final leaf). Modern speckled calf with red morocco spine label (done in period style and with gilt decorated dentelles). Outer leaves lightly soiled & foxed. Fielding's scarce third published work, his second play.
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  • Publisher Printed for J. Watts
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1730
  • Keywords THEATER
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The Temple Beau. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre in Goodman's-Fields
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The Temple Beau. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre in Goodman's-Fields

by Fielding, Henry

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Used - Modern quarter calf and marbled boards, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Bernard Quartich. Contents toned, a few headlines trimmed,
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London: J. Watts, 1730. First edition, ordinary paper issue. [iv], 80, [3], [1, ads] pp., final signature correctly signed G. 8vo. Modern quarter calf and marbled boards, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Bernard Quartich. Contents toned, a few headlines trimmed, some edges rough. First edition, ordinary paper issue. [iv], 80, [3], [1, ads] pp., final signature correctly signed G. 8vo. Fielding's Second Play. First edition of Fielding's second play, written upon his return to London following nearly two years on the Continent. The Temple Beau was turned down by Drury Lane - where two years earlier Fielding, with the help of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, had staged his first play - and he was forced to take his work to Goodman's Fields, "a new playhouse with a much inferior company of actors located in the City" (ODNB). The play was nevertheless a modest success, running for nine nights and sporadic revivals thereafter: "Fielding's career as dramatist had begun in earnest" (ibid). The prologue by James Ralph… Read More
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