1734 The Tragedy of Locrine, All's Well That Ends Well, and The History of John Oldcastle

Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding, Rebound

Three of William Shakespeare's noted works, bound together in a single volume. All from J. Tonson's published series of 'Shakepear's Plays'. 

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an Elizabethan playwright, poet, and actor. He is often referred to as the greatest writer of all time, and during the course of his life wrote at least thirty-eight plays and over one-hundred-and-fifty poems. His works include Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry IV, Henry VI, Richard III, and more. 

Included are the following works: 

The Tragedy of Locrine, The Eldest Son of King Brutus, originally published in 1595 and depicting the story of the Trojan founders of  the English nation. 

ESTC Citation No. T53697

All's Well That Ends Well, A Comedy, originally published in 1623. It is a play about two women who perform the 'bed trick' in order to trick a young count into marrying one of them. It is one of Shakespeare's 'problem plays', in which there are complex ethical dilemmas that often have more than one resolution. Including an engraved frontispiece. 

ESTC Citation No. T21273

The History of Sir John Oldcastle, the Good Lord Cobham, originally published anonymously in 1600. It is an Elizabethan play about a controversial medieval rebel and Lollard who was later depicted as a proto-Protestant martyr. Including an engraved frontispiece. 

ESTC Citation No. T54739 

Collated, and lacking the engraved frontispiece to The Tragedy of Locrine.