Details

Related name

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England) [Browse]

Former owner

Boston Museum (1847-1903) [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Printed wrappers [Browse]
• Acting editions [Browse]
• Promptbooks [Browse]

Related work(s)

Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine), 1650 or 51-1705. Fortunée. [Browse]

Contained in

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

Biographical/​Historical note

"First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Easter Monday, April 17th, 1843."

Notes

"Correctly printed from the prompt book, with exits, entrances, &c."

Binding note

• Princeton copy 1 ThX copies 1-2 are bound in early cardboard bindings over the original printed paper wrappers of the S. G. Fairbrother's edition.
• Princeton copy 2 ThX copies 1-2 are bound in early cardboard bindings over the original printed paper wrappers of the S. G. Fairbrother's edition.

Provenance

• Princeton copy 1 Thx copy 1 is a prompt book of the Boston Museum, with the inscriptions of the museum and the ink stamp of the William Seymour Theatre Collection. This copy, which is interleaved, has ms. additions to the cast list, stage directions, sound cues, revisions to the text, passages struck through and underescoring in ink; other markings in graphite.
• Princeton copy 2 Thx copy 2 is a prompt book for the Boston Museum, with the inscriptions of the museum, the inscriptions of [''WHSS?'']--possibly William H. (Sedley) Smith, a stage manager (and occasional actor) at the museum for 18 years--and the ink stamp of the William Seymour Theatre Collection. This copy, which is interleaved, has stage directions, cuts, passages struck through, underscoring and revisions to the text in ink, as well as ms. additions to the cast list and some annotations in graphite. Cf. The memorial history of Boston, IV, p. 371; Bordman, G.M. Oxford companion to the American theatre, p. 573.

In

19th-century Playbooks Collection

OCLC

38211281

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