The Great Favourite, or the Duke of Lerma

Author(s): Howard, Robert (Sir)
Note: Robert Howard (1626 – 1698)
Date of composition:
  • 1668
Date of first performance: 1668
Date of first publication: 1668
Genre (Annals): Tragicomedy

  • 1668 quarto Herringman, Henry Printed title: The Great Favourite, or, The Duke of Lerma single-play print
      ESTC: R15573 H2996
      EEBO-TCP: - Huntington Library - EEBO record
  • 1692 folio Herringman, Henry Printed title: The Great Favourite: OR, THE DUKE OF LERMA play in print collection
      ESTC: R4733 H2993
      EEBO-TCP: A44646 for collection - Yale University Library - EEBO record – TCP HTML XML
      Observations: Title in collection: "Five new plays" (orig. title "Five nevv plays"). Second edition, corrected (ESTC)
  • 1692 folio Herringman, Henry play in print collection
  • 1700 folio Herringman, Henry play in print collection
      ESTC: R217011 H2994
      EEBO-TCP: Harvard University Library - EEBO record
      Observations: Title in collection: "Five new plays". Second edition, corrected

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Early Performances

  • Company: The King’s Company Venue: Theatre Royal in Bridges Street Date: 1668
    Cast:
      Location: Venue type: commercial theatre
      Note: 20 February. In Pepys’s “Diary”.
      Information source: Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Volume 1 Restoration Drama 1660-1700. 1952.

    Modern editions

    • Womersley, David, ed. Restoration Drama: An Anthology. Oxford: Blackwell, 2000. Blackwell Anthologies.
    • Shewring, Margaret, ed. The Great Favourite; or, The Duke of Lerma / Attributed to Sir Robert Howard. New York: Garland Pub, 1988.
    • Shewring, Margaret ‘The Great Favourite; or, The Duke of Lerma / Attributed to Sir Robert Howard. In: . Birmingham: University of Birmingham, 1977. PhD Thesis, University of Birmingham.

    Select Bibliography: Criticism

    • Oliver, H. J. Sir Robert Howard, 1626-1698: A Critical Biography. London: Cambridge University Press, 1964.
    • Scott, Florence R. "Sir Robert Howard as a Financier". PMLA: publications of the Modern Language Association of America. 1937, 52, p. 1094-1100.

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