The publication of plays in London: 1660 - 1800 ; playwrights, publishers and the market
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
PREFACE X*
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS XIV
ILLUSTRATIONS
XV
TABLES
XXII
ABBREVIATIONS XXIV
AN EXPLANATION OF PRE-DECIMAL ENGLISH CURRENCY
XXV
POLICY ON NAMES AND TITLES XXVI
PROLOGUE PLAY PUBLICATION BEFORE 1660
I
SCHOLARSHIP ON EARLY SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH PLAY PUBLICATION 3
D ID THEATRE COMPANIES BLOCK PUBLICATION OF THEIR PLAYS? 6
WHY D ID SO MANY PLAYS FAIL TO REACH PRINT? 8
HOW MANY PLAYS WERE PUBLISHED * AND HOW MANY WERE PERFORMED? 11
LITERARINESS
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ANONYMITY
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AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORSHIP 13
THE ATTRIBUTION OF PUBLISHED PLAYS 1 9
HOW PLAYS GOT TO PUBLISHERS 11
THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE PLAYWRIGHT IN PUBLICATION
16
ADDENDUM SEPTEMBER 2 0 1 3
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PART I THE PUBLICATION OF NEW PLAYS AFTER 1660 31
1 THE AGE OF THE QUARTO, 1660.1715 33
1 WHAT A PLAYBOOK CONTAINS 3 3
II. PERFORMANCE RIGHTS AND P U B L I A I 4 3
THE TANGLED HISTORY OF PUBLICATION RIGHTS AND *PLAY RIGH* 45
III. PLAYWRIGHTS AND THE PUBLICATION PROCESS 4 7
SALE OF COPY 48
LICENSING 51
THE INVOLVEMENT OF PLAYWRIGHTS IN PUBLICATION 5 2
TIME LAPSE BETWEEN PERFORMANCE ^ 54
IV. THE BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING 5 7
WHAT GETS PUBLISHED AND BY WHOM? 57
BOOKSELLER-PUBLISHER SHOP L O A 58
COST
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PRICE
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AND POTENTIAL PROSITS
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ADVERTISING 63
FALSE IMPRINTS
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PIRACY
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AND FORGERY
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THE PUBLICATION OF PLAYS IN LONDON CIRCA
1710
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2 THE ERA OF OCTAVO AND DUODECIMO, 1715*1800 * *
1 THE FORMAT REVOLUTION 7 9
3 INCOME LEVELS
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THE VALUE OF MONEY
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AND THE PRICE OF PLAYS
1 INCOME LEVELS ACCORDING TO KING, MASSIE
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AND COLQUHOUN
GREGORY KING AND THE SOCIAL TABLE FOR 1688
JOSEPH MASSIE AND THE SOCIAL TABLE OF 1759
PATRICK COLQUHOUN AND THE SOCIAL TABLE OF 18
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1-1803
II. THE VALUE OF MONEY
III. THE PRICE OF PLAYS
THE CIBBER COLLECTION OF 171
JOHN GAY*S POLLY
THE ECONOMICS OF THE FIRST FOUR TONSON EDITIONS OF SHAKESPEARE
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THE IMPACT OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT
(1710)
AND THE LICENSING ACT
(1737) 83
THE STATUTE OF ANNE 83
WALPOLE*S LICENSING ACT 88
III. THE BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING
91
WHO WERE THE BOOKSELLER-PUBLISHERS? 94
PUBLISHERS* LOCATIONS 96
PRICES AND PRINT RUNS 98
*PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR* AND COST IMPLICATIONS 100
ADVERTISING
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PUBLICITY
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AND DISSEMINATION OF TEXTS IN THE THEATRE 103
IMPORTS
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LOCAL PIRACIES
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AND F O RG EE 107
IV. CHANGING THEATRES AND THEIR IMPACT ON PLAYS
113
WHAT QUALIFIES AS A PLAY? 115
DELAYING OR PREVENTING PUBLICATION 117
THE CHANGING NATURE OF THE DRAMA 120
PART H FINANCIAL CONTEXTS 123
4 PLAYWRIGHTS* REMUNERATION 163
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THE SALE OF COPY AND WHAT IT BROUGHT THE PLAYWRIGHT
164
SALE OF COPY IN THE LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 165
SALE OF COPY BETWEEN 1700 AND 1714 167
COPY PRICES FROM 1715 TO THE LICENSING ACT OF 1737 167
COPY PRICES FROM 1737 TO 1776 170
COPY PRICES FROM 1776 TO 1800 173
II. DEDICATIONS, SELF-PUBLICATION, AND OTHER ISSUES
175
DEDICATIONS 175
PURCHASE OF COPYRIGHT BY THE THEATRE 182
SELF-PUBLICATION BY THE PLAYWRIGHT 186
A SPECIAL CASE: MACKLIN.S LOVE A LA MODE 188
III. THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLICATION TO PLAYWRIGHTS EARNINGS
195
TWO CONTEXTUAL ISSUES 198
ANALYTIC OBSERVATIONS 201
IV. COULD AN AUTHOR MAKE A LIVING FROM PLAYS?
101
PART III CATALOGUES
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REPRINTS
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COLLECTS
ILLUSTRATIONS 1
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5 PLAYLISTS
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1 CATALOGUES AND .LIVES OF THE ENGLISH DRAMATICK POETS
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USED BOOKS AND AUCTION SALES
FRACTIONALIZED COPYRIGHT AND RISK MANAGEMENT
III. PLAYWRIGHT COLLECTIONS
IV. COLLECTED EDITIONS OF SHAKESPEARE FROM
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SCHOLARLY EDITIONS OF SHAKESPEARE FROM HANMER (1743-1744) TO MALONE
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V. THOMAS JOHNSON AND EARLY COLLECTIONS
THOMAS JOHNSON OF THE HAGUE
THREE EXPERIMENTAL COLLECTIONS
VI. SPECIALTY COLLECTIONS
OLD PLAYS
A CURIOSITY
ANNOTATED COLLECTIONS
G ENE COLLECTIONS
VII. NEW DIRECTIONS: JOHN BELL*S THREE EDITIONS OF SHAKESPEARE,
1 7 7 3 - 1 7 7 4 , 1 7 7 5 - 1 7 7 6 ,
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BELL*S *SCENIC* SHAKESPEARE
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BELTS *SERIAL
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VIII. GENERAL DRAMA SERIES: JOHN BELL, HIS PREDECESSORS, AND COMPETITORS
COLLECTIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON CANONICITY
BELL VERSUS LOWNDES AND OTHERS
SOME FIGURES ON COST
*
WHOLESALE PRICE
*
AND PRINT RUNS
6 ILLUSTRATIONS IN LIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH PLAYBOOKS
1 BRIEF HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
II. NEW DIRECTIONS IN PLAY ILLUSTRATION
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JOHN BELL*S INNOVATION AND RESPONSES TO IT
THE PRODUCTION PROCESS AND STYLE
THE SEVERAL EARLY PORTRAIT SERIES: PROCEDURAL ISSUES
LIFE-DRAWING
PRIVILEGED PERSONNEL
IDEALIZATION AND ITS EFFECT ON DRAWING FROM LIFE
III. CHANGES IN P A *E R N S OF ILLUSTRATION
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BELL*S 1785 *LITERARY* SHAKESPEARE
ADJUSTMENTS TO PROCEDURE
COMPETITION
THE SECOND ITERATION OF BELTS BRITISH THEATRE: CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES
REPERTORY CHANGES
VARIATIONS IN THE NEW SERIES AND UPHEAVALS IN BUSINESS
IMPLICATIONS OF THE CHANGED CONDITIONS
PROCESS
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EPILOGUE PRINT AND THEATRE IN THE LONG EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 361
APPENDIX I COPYRIGHT PAYMENTS FOR PLAYS 365
APPENDIX II PLAYS INCLUDED IN MAJOR MULTI-AUTHOR COLLECTIONS PUBLISHED
IN
LONDON *ROM T. JOHNSON (1710) TO JOHN BELL (1773-78 AND 1791-97) 375
APPENDIX III LINTOTT*S COPYRIGHT TRANSFER AGREEMENTS WITH AUTHORS AS
REPORTED
BY NICHOLS 387
APPENDIX IV AUTHOR-PUBLISHER COPYRIGHT TRANSFER AGREEMENTS IN THE UPCOTT
COLLECTION 397
APPENDIX V THE PUBLICATION ORDER OF BELL*S BRITISH THEATRE
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 425
PRIMARY SOURCES (IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER)
415
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GENERALINDEX 453
AUTHOR-TITLE INDEX TO APPENDIXES III AND IV 477
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