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Massinger, Philip (1583-1640) The Roman Actor. A Tragaedie.
London: Printed by B[ernard] A[lsop] and T[homas] F[awcet] for Robert Allot, 1629.
First edition, quarto, this issue with the corrected text on H3 verso and H4 recto; fore-margins of signature A repaired, the title page sustains the most damage; signature F supplied from a smaller copy with margins made up, this signature stained, headlines cropped; bound in half green morocco and textured cloth boards; 7 1/4 x 5 3/8 in.
STC 17642; Greg II 424; Pforzheimer 680; ESTC S112428.
The Roman Actor is considered one of Massinger's best plays. It was performed by the King's Men at Blackfriars Theatre in fall of 1626. This edition contains the names of all actors in the production. The work itself is based on Suetonius's account of the life of Emperor Domitian (likely from Holland's 1606 English translation), with supplemental material from other ancient sources, including Tacitus, Horace, and Dio Cassius. The Roman Actor was produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2002 at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, and revived at the American Shakespeare Center in 2010.
