Almida, a Tragedy, as It is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By a Lady.

ID 9740
Title Almida, a Tragedy, as It is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By a Lady.
Contributors
Signed Author A Lady
Pseudonym
Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 68
Date of Publication 1771
Edition Statement
Edition Number 1
Date of First Publication 1771
Imprint Printed for T. Becket and Co. in the Strand.
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing London GB
Format Octavo (8vo)
Length (cm) 20
Width (cm) 12
Price (pound)
Price (shilling) 1
Price (pence) 6.0
Total Price (in pence) 18
Non-UK Price
Genre
Sources
Shelfmarks
  • BL 11777.f.8
Notes A lady = Dorothea Celesia. Based on Voltaire's 'Tancrède', with a few alterations by David Garrick. With a half-title, and a final leaf of epilogue. Press figure on third recto: 4. Variant: no press figure on third recto
Hand-Verified No
Verified Yes
Attempted Verification No

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Arouet, Francois-Marie (Voltaire), Celesia, Dorothea. Almida, a Tragedy, as It is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By a Lady.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 9740, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/9740. Accessed 2025-11-05.

Arouet, Francois-Marie, (., and Dorothea Celesia. Almida, a Tragedy, as It is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By a Lady. London: Thomas Becket and Co., 1771. 

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  author={Arouet,Francois-Marie (Voltaire) and Celesia,Dorothea},
  year={1771},
  title={Almida, a Tragedy, as It is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By a Lady.},
  publisher={Thomas Becket and Co.},
  address={London},    }

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