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Titus Andronicus, or the Rape of Lavinia. Acted at the Theatre Royall, a Tragedy, Alter’d from Mr Shakespears Works. Licensed, Dec. 21. 1686. R.L.S.

1687

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Titus Andronicus, or the Rape of Lavinia. Acted at the Theatre Royall, a Tragedy, Alter’d from Mr Shakespears Works. Licensed, Dec. 21. 1686. R.L.S.

Title-page Attribution: By Mr. Edw. Ravenscroft.
In this variant, the sig. on leaf B2 lines with up the spaces between ‘brought’ and ‘to’ and ‘to’ and ‘Rome,’ in the line above and on leaf B3, the ‘B’ of the sig. is under the space beween ‘here’ and ‘my’ in the line above
Other Copies: 2 (Birmingham, Edinburgh)
[And 32 copies of another variant, also Wing S2949]

1687

Author: Ravenscroft, Edward
Title: Titus Andronicus, or the Rape of Lavinia. Acted at the Theatre Royall, a Tragedy, Alter’d from Mr Shakespears Works. Licensed, Dec. 21. 1686. R.L.S.
Publication Location: London
Editor: Printed by J[oseph].B[ennet]. for J. Hindmarsh, at the Golden-Ball in Cornhill, over against the Royal-Exchange.
Date: 1687
Language: English
No of scans: 93
Type: Print
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