The Captives. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty’s Servants.
London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1724. First edition, first state with A4 not canceled. Rothschild 923; NCBEL II, 498; ESTC T13811. One of John Gay's lessor known works, a tragedy that met with little success and has been long overshadowed by The Beggar's Opera, but it has a clever, humorous.....