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The postilion: an opera, in three acts / by Gilbert Abbott A Beckett ; printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographical and critical, by D.-G.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Forrest Collection PR1243.C85 1849 v.18 no.1
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856.
- Language:
- English
- Penn Provenance:
- Forrest, Edwin, Estate of (Donor)
- Lewis, George W. (Autograph)
- Physical Description:
- 46 pages: illustrations ; 16 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : G.H. Davidson, [between 1850 and 1859?].
- Notes:
- English version of Le postillon de Lonjumeau by Adolphe de Leuve and Leon Lherie.
- "To which are added, a description of the costume, cast of the characters ... and the whole of the stage business, as performed at the Theatres Royal, London."
- Remarks by George Daniel, editor of the original series.
- Reissue of Cumberland's British theatre, no. 346 (v.43, [no. 1]).
- Includes cast list for March 13, 1837 performance at St. James' Theatre.
- In Davidson's shilling volume of Cumberland's plays. London : G.H. Davidson, [ca. 1849-1855]. Vol. 18, [no. 1].
- OCLC:
- 35254194
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