The evil eye : a melo-drama, in two acts / written by Jonas B. Phillips ... ; printed from the acting copy ; to which are added, the cast of the characters, entrances and exits, relative position of the performers on the stage, and the whole of the stage business ; as performed at the Bowery Theatre, New-York (first performed April 4, 1831).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Jonas B., author.

Contributor:

Jones, George, 1810-1879, actor.

Neal, Christiana, 1778-1856, publisher.

Clayton, Edwin B., 1791?-1853, publisher.

Bowery Theatre (Theater company : New York, N.Y.), host institution.

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Genre:

Drama.

Penn Provenance:

Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939- (donor) (Kaplan Collection copy)

Kaplan, Deanne (donor) (Kaplan Collection copy)

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 (autograph) (Kaplan Collection copy)

Physical Description:

27 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 14 cm

Edition:

Clayton's edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Published by E.B. Clayton, 1831.

Philadelphia : C. Neal.

Notes:

Edition statement at head of title page.

Written in conjunction with George Jones. cf. Brown, Hist. of New York stage.

Founded on the story of Evil eye, published in London Keepsake of 1830. cf. page [6].

Printed cast list for Bowery production on page [6].

Local Notes:

Kaplan Collection copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2019 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan (purchased at Neal's Auction, on April 13, 2019)

Kaplan Collection copy has autograph of Edgar Allen Poe on page [5], book was his personal property.

Kaplan Collection copy has partial bookplate on cover: Geo: T. Ro (the rest torn off).

Kaplan Collection copy Collectify ID 2019.05.05.00003.

Cited in:

Checklist Amer. imprints 8737.

OCLC:

13143776