"thou shalt not steal." : The School for ingratitude: a comedy, in five acts. Presented - to a manager of Drury-Lane, in March 1797: * Curtailed-by his Direction, and returned to him in May: Finally-And after the Comedy, or Farce in Five Acts, called ``cheap Living'' (so like it, in many Points!-in one, so unlike it!) had been produced at Drury-Lane, Returned;-With a Note from A Prompter; which the Author has not perused- * Further curtailments being avowedly reserved for the day which-ought to have come.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama.

Physical Description:

xxix pages, 2 unnumbered pages,x-xvi pages, 2 unnumbered pages,83 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for-the Curious in Literary-Shall we say- Coincidence - - See the Preface-And then-the Play. to be had of J. Bell, No. 148, Oxford-Street, [1798]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Attributed to Fisher.

The preface accuses Frederick Raynolds of having stolen his play 'Cheap living' from this comedy.

The imprint includes the phrase "Printed for - the curious in literary - shall we say-? coincidence!".

With a half-title.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T64440.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.