West End, or, The Irish heiress : a comedy in five acts / by Dion L. Bourcicault ... With original casts, costumes, and all the stage business as marked by Mr. J.B. Wright, stage manager of the Holiday Street Theatre, Baltimore.

Author
Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Samuel French, 122 Nassau Street (up-stairs), [186-?]
Description
49, [1] p. : plan ; 19 cm.

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          Details

          Former owner
          Publisher
          Library of Congress genre(s)
          Rare books genre
          Series
          French's standard drama. Acting edition ; no. 236 [More in this series]
          Contained in
          Linking notes
          Forms part of the 19th-century Playbooks Collection.
          Notes
          • Acting edition.
          • Includes cast lists for performances in London, Boston (National, 1842; Federal St., 1846), Philadelphia (Walnut St.), Montreal (Theatre Royal, 1855), Buffalo (Metropolitan, 1856), New York (Wallack's; Niblo's, 1858), New Orleans (Varieties, 1859) and Baltimore (Holiday St., 1860).
          • Princeton copy 1 "Wm. Seymour"--Written in pen on label pasted down on p. [1] of cover. "Wm. Seymour, Boston Museum"--Written in pen on p. [3].
          • Princeton copy 1 Promptbook, with variously sized interleaves containing stage directions, scenery, additional dialogue and relative position of cast. Written in pen.
          • Princeton copy 2 "Boston Museum"--Written in pen on cover. "John G. Gilbert, Wallack's, New York"--Written in pen on p. [3].
          • Princeton copy 2 Promptbook, with variously sized interleaves containing stage directions, scenery, additional dialogue and relative position of cast. Changes are a close match to Thx copy 1. Written in pen.
          • Princeton copy 3 "5th Avenue Theatre, NY, Dec. 11, 1869"--Stamped on t.p.
          • Princeton copy 3 Rehearsal copy for the character of Lady Daventry, lightly marked in pencil. Text emendations written in pen.
          • "William Seymour Theatre Collection Princeton University"--Stamp on t.p.
          Binding note
          • Princeton copy 1 Original paper wrappers; 2 brass fasteners.
          • Princeton copy 2 Original paper wrappers; 2 brass fasteners.
          Place name(s)
          United States New York (State) New York.
          Other title(s)
          • West End
          • Irish heiress
          In
          19th-century Playbooks Collection
          OCLC
          31821908
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