Details

Related name

• Adelphi Theatre (London, England) [Browse]

Library of Congress genre

Drama [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Printed wrappers (Binding) [Browse]
• Promptbooks [Browse]
• Acting editions [Browse]
• Publishers' advertisements—England—London—19th century [Browse]

Related work(s)

Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891. Two Buzzards, or, Whitebait at Greenwich. [Browse]

Series

Lacy's acting edition ; 175 [More in this series]

Contained in

19th-century playbooks collection, 1794-1946 (bulk 1800-1920)

Notes

• Acting edition.
• Published also as: The two Buzzards, or, Whitebait at Greenwich.
• Colophon reads: Printed by Thomas Scott, Warwick Court, Holborn.
• "First Performed at the Royal Adelphi Theatre, on Monday, November 13th, 1853"--t.p. verso.
• Includes cast list.
• Publishers' advertisements: p. [3-4] of cover and p. [2-3] at end.
• ThX copy imperfect: almost all of upper cover wanting.

Provenance

ThX copy is a promptbook, with the early autograph signature of Tom Brady on the t.p. and stage directions and annotations in ink and graphite.

In

19th-century Playbooks Collection

OCLC

54852051

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