Wives as they were and maids as they are : a comedy in five acts / by Mrs. Inchbald; Printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographical and critical, by D.--G. ; 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, as performed at the Theatres Royal, London ; embellished with a fine engraving by Mr. White, from a drawing taken in the theatre by Mr. R. Cruikshank.

Author
Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : G. H. Davidson, [P]eter's [sic] Hill, Doctors Commons ... [1825?]
Description
63, [1] p. : ill. (front.) ; 15 cm.

Details

Related name
Artist
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856 [Browse]
Former owner
Boston Museum (1847-1903) [Browse]
Library of Congress genre(s)
Rare books genre
Series
Cumberland's British theatre ; no. 67 [More in this series]
Contained in
Notes
  • Includes a cast list from the Covent Garden 1825 production.
  • Acting edition.
  • Princeton copy 2 ThX copy 2 is unbound and interleaved with early sheets of composition paper.
  • Princeton copy 1 ThX copy 1 imperfect: original covers wanting.
  • Princeton copy 2 ThX copy 2 imperfect: original covers wanting.
Binding note
Princeton copy 1 ThX copy 1 is covered with stiffened linen.
Provenance
  • Princeton copy 1 ThX copy 1 is the promptbook of the Boston Museum, with the inscriptions of the Boston Museum (one of which is dated 1859) and the ink stamp of the William Seymour Theatre Collection. This copy, which is interleaved with blue paper, has stage directions in ink, blocking sketches in pencil and numbers in margins between red and blue pencilled lines.
  • Princeton copy 2 ThX copy 2 has the ink stamp of the William Seymour Theatre Collection on the recto of the first leaf.
  • Princeton copy 3 ThX copy 3 is a rehearsal copy for the character of Sir George Evelyn, marked in pencil, and includes the inscriptions of the Boston Museum (in pen) and the ink stamp of the William Seymour Theatre Collection. Further pencil markings include underscoring, passages struck through and minor annotations.
Source acquisition
Princeton copy 3 ThX copy 3 is the gift of F. Field to the William Seymour Theatre Collection, Princeton University Library.
In
19th-century Playbooks Collection
OCLC
37219239
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