The traytor. A tragedy: with alterations, amendments, and additions. As it is now acted at the Theatre Royal, by their Majesties servants. Written by Mr. Rivers.

People / Organizations

• James Shirley (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for Richard Parker at the Royal Exchange, and Sam. Briscoe in Covent Garden, over against Wills Coffee-House, 1692.

Publication year

1692-1692

ESTC No.

R10993

Grub Street ID

59318

Description

[4], 56 p. ; 4⁰

Note

In fact by James Shirley, not by Anthony Rivers.

Licensed as by Shirley and printed in 1635 under his name. Motteux (1692) ascribed the work to the Jesuit Rivers (d. 1626); but Gillow thinks Anthony Rivers, "vere Whitelock," who died in Newgate after 1635 more probable. The attribution to Rivers is discredited by Dyce and others. Cf. J. Gillow, Biog. dict. of English Catholics, v. 5, p. 428-429; A.H. Nason, James Shirley, 1915, p. 432.Citation/references Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), S3487

Woodward & McManaway, 990