Blanche of Brandywine : an American patriotic spectacle : dramatised for, and originally performed at Laura Keene's Theatre, Thursday evening, April 22, 1858, with unbounded success : to which are added a description of the costume, cast of the characters, entrances and exits, relative positions of the performers on the stage, and the whole of the stage business.

Author
Burnett, J. G. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Samuel French, 122 Nassau Street, (up stairs), [1858]
Description
40 p. ; 19 cm.

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          Details

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          Publisher
          Related name
          Library of Congress genre(s)
          Rare books genre
          Series
          French's standard drama. Acting edition ; no. 206 [More in this series]
          Contained in
          Linking notes
          Forms part of the 19th-century Playbooks Collection.
          Notes
          • Includes cast list for performance at Laura Kene's theatre.
          • Publishers' advertisements: p. [2-4] of cover.
          • Princeton copy 1 "E.L. Davenport, Howard Ath. 1854"--Written in pen on t.p.
          • Princeton copy 1 Rehearsal copy for the character of John Walford, lightly marked in pencil. Extensive text emendations in pencil.
          • Princeton copy 2 "Prompt book, Howard Athenaeum"--Written in pen on cover. "Edw. L. Davenport, Howard Athenaeum 1851"--Written in pen on t.p.
          • Princeton copy 2 Promptbook, with almost identical text emendations as Thx copy 1; stage directions in pen and pencil; acts and scenes renumbered.
          • Princeton copy 3 "Miss Vining"--Written in pen on cover.
          • Princeton copy 3 Rehearsal copy for the character of Blanche, with almost identical text emendations as Thx copy 1.
          • "William Seymour Theatre Collection Princeton University"--Stamp on t.p.
          Binding note
          Original printed wrappers.
          Place name(s)
          United States New York (State) New York.
          In
          19th-century Playbooks Collection
          OCLC
          3815052
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