The disappointment: or, The force of credulity. : A new American comic-opera, of two acts. / By Andrew Barton, Esq; ; [Four lines of verse].

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791, author.

Contributor:

• Forrest, Thomas, 1747-1825.
• Leacock, John, 1729-1802.

Series:

• Early American imprints. First series ; no. 10554.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Operas--Librettos.

Genre:

• Plays -- 1767.
• Librettos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 10-58 pages)

Place of Publication:

New-York [id est, Philadelphia] : : Printed [by John Dunlap?], in the year, M,DCC,LXVII. [1767]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

• The first musical work composed for the stage in the North American colonies.
• Without music.
• The authorship has long been disputed. Variously attributed to Andrew Barton (probably a pseudonym), John Leacock, and Thomas Forrest. Most recently and most convincingly attributed to Francis Hopkinson. Cf. Shepard, Mary D. "Forrest's Curious Old Play: or, Hopkinson's Disappointment" in: Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 88 (1994): pages 37-52.
• Ascribed to the Philadelphia press of John Dunlap by Shepard. Earlier ascribed to the press of William Goddard, also of Philadelphia, by Evans.
• "Epilogue."--p. [57]-58. Errata note, pages 58.
• Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 10554).

Cited in:

• Evans 10554
• Hill, F.P. Amer. plays, 13

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