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The Dramatic mirror and literary companion.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Forrest Collection Folio PN2000 .D75 v.1 (1841:Aug.14)-v.2, no.11 (1842:May 7)
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- Format:
- Journal/Periodical
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--United States--Periodicals.
- Theater.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Periodicals.
- Penn Provenance:
- Forrest, Edwin, Estate of (Donor)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Weekly
- Vol. 1, no. 1 (Aug. 14, 1841)-v. 2, no. 11 (May 7, 1842).
- Continued By:
- Fireman's horn
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Turner & Fisher, [1842].
- Notes:
- This weekly, which lasted only nine months, attempted to keep readers abreast of events in the world of the theater. It listed plays currently being performed, and presented illustrated biographies of actors and actresses and articles on drama and the fine arts, as well as poetry, essays, foreign news items, and selections from plays. Cf. American periodicals, 1741-1900.
- Title from caption.
- "Devoted to the stage and fine arts."
- Publisher: John Kritser, 1842.
- Editor: 1841-1842, James Rees.
- Continued by Fireman's horn, with section entitled: Dramatic mirror.
- Local Notes:
- In U. of P. Libraries, with: Fireman's horn.
- OCLC:
- 5591895
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