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The history and fall of Caius Marius. A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal. By Thomas Otway.

General note: The author acknowledges in the Prologue that half of the play is taken from Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet). With this are combined reminiscences of Plutarch's Life of Marius. In this setting, imprint has "Russel-Street" and A2v line 10 begins "*Genius". Another setting has "Russel-street" and "*Mr. Waller" respectively. A-I4; foxed throughout; bound with two other plays in a volume labelled "Alterations to Shakespeare" UK-SuSCL Cited in: Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), O550 Ownership and custodial history: Donated by F.W. Fairholt UK-SuSCL