The Ambitious Slave: or, a Generous Revenge, A Tragedy, Acted at the Theatre Royal.
London: Printed for A. Roper, and E. Wilkinson, at the Black-Boy in Fleetstreet, 1694. [8], 54 pp. Sm. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Text block separated from binding, last leaf lacking, a few leaves closely cropped, some scattered foxing, soiling to edges, overall still a good copy Wing S2654. ESTCR10530. CBEL II, 427. Item #27224
Lacking the final leaf, H4, with epilogue and advertisement. Epilogue provided in facsimile. Written in the 1680’s but not produced until 1694, The Ambitious Slave was a tragedy of revenge, "... a morass of impenetrable intrigue, subplots and multiple conflicts of emotion tarted up with Settle’s by then cliche oriental settings, heroic love, ambition, imprisonment, ghosts, madness and death,” Don-John Dugas, Companion to Restoration Drama, p384.
Price: $250.00