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The turnpike gate : a musical entertainment, in two acts / by T. Knight ; with a portrait of Mr. Cowell in the character of Crack ; carefully corrected from the prompt books of the Philadelphia Theatre by M. Lopez, prompter.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mazzinghi, Joseph, 1765-1844.
- Series:
- Acting American theatre
- The acting American theatre.
- Standardized Title:
- Turnpike gate. Libretto.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operas--Librettos.
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Librettos.
- Physical Description:
- 42 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 18 cm.
- Edition:
- Lopez and Wemyss' edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Published by A.R. Poole, and Ash & Mason : P. Thompson, Wash. : H.W. Bool, Baltimore : E.M. Murden, New York, for the proprietors, and to be had of all the principal Booksellers in the United States, 1826.
- Notes:
- Without the music (by Mazzinghi and Reeve).
- Music attributed to J. Mazzinghi and W. Reeve. Cf. Pre-56 NUC.
- With an added title page: Lopez and Wemyss' edition. Acting American theatre. Containing the most popular plays, as they are performed at the Philadelphia Theatre; carefully corrected and published from the prompt books; and accompanied with likenesses of distinguished performers, in characters, engraved from portraits executed for the work, by eminent artists. by M. Lopez, prompter, of the Philadelphia and Baltimore theatres.
- Frontispiece portrait from a painting by John Neagle.
- Copyright Apr. 3, 1826 by Mathias Lopez and Francis C. Wemyss.
- "Jesper Harding, printer."--T.p. verso.
- Date of publication from added title page.
- Includes printed cast list for 1826 production at Philadelphia Theatre.
- Local Notes:
- RBC copy bound with: Morton, Thomas. The school of reform, or, How to rule a husband. Philadelphia : Published by A.R. Poole, and Ash & Mason : P. Thompson, Wash. : H.W. Bool, Baltimore : E.M. Murden, New York, for the proprietors, and to be had of all the principal Booksellers in the United States, 1826. (Item 2 of 4)
- OCLC:
- 10374102
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