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Additional authors

1. Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.
2. Congreve, William, 1670-1729

Description

1. 4 p. ¡., 84, [2] p.; 21 cm.

Subject

1. Slavery > Suriname > Drama

Call number

1. Sc Rare 822-S (Southerne, T. Oroonoko)

Note

1. Based on Mrs. Behn's novel of the same name, which was partly founded on fact.
2. Epilogue by Congreve.

Source (note)

1. of Sidney Lapidus;

Provenance (note)

1. Copy in Sc Rare E 16-36 (Lapidus Collection) inscribed: in ink, on upper free end leaf, "Oroonoko by Southerne 1696."

Binding (note)

1. Copy in Sc Rare E 16-36 (Lapidus Collection) bound in brown wrappers.

Author

1. Southerne, Thomas, 1660-1746.

Title

1. Oroonoko: a tragedy as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal, by His Majesty's servants. Written by Tho. Southerne. [Four lines in Latin]

Imprint

1. London: Printed for H. Playford in the Temple-Change. B. Tooke at the Middle-Temple-Gate. And S. Buckley at the Dolphin against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street. 1696.

Local note

1. Also available on microfilm in: Sc Micro R-6409.

Provenance

1. Copy in Sc Rare E 16-36 (Lapidus Collection) inscribed: in ink, on upper free end leaf, "Oroonoko by Southerne 1696." NN

Binding

1. Copy in Sc Rare E 16-36 (Lapidus Collection) bound in brown wrappers. NN

Source

1. Gift; of Sidney Lapidus; 2016. Copy in Schomburg Center, Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books

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Added author

1. Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.
2. Dramatization of (work): Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Oroonoko.
3. Congreve, William, 1670-1729, writer of supplementary textual content.
4. Lapidus, Sidney, 1937- donor.

LCCN

1. 27005537

Research call number

1. Sc Rare 822-S (Southerne, T. Oroonoko)
2. Sc Rare E 16-36 (Lapidus Collection)