BRITISH THEATRE,

Confifting of the most efteemed

ENGLISH PLAY S.

VOLUME THE SEVENTEENTH.

Being the Eighth VOLUME of COMEDIES.

CONTAINING

The TWIN RIVALS, by Mr. FARQUHAR.
The COUNTRY WIFE, by Mr. WYCHERLEY.
The FAIR QUAKER OF DEAL, by Mr. SHAD-

WELL.

The ALCHYMIST, by BEN JONSON.

LOVE'S LAST SHIFT, by Mr. CHA. JOHNSON.

LONDON:

Printed for JOHN BELL, at the British Library, Strand.

M DCC LXXX.

Harvard Jollege to. wy
Apr. 13, 1908.
Curt of

Frank B gene Chase
of

Boston

Roberts del.

Publish'd for Bells British Theatre Nov. 1777.

MABINGTON in the Character of AURELLA. No, no, I'm resolved against a man that disappears all the summer like a Woodcock.