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The school of reform, or, How to rule a husband : A comedy, in five acts / By Thomas Morton, Esq. ; With a portrait of Mr. Hilson, in the character of Tyke ; The plays carefully corrected from the prompt books of the Philadelphia Theatre by M. Lopez, prompter.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection 822C L883 v.2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morton, Thomas, 1764-1838.
- Series:
- Acting American theatre
- The acting American theatre.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tasker, L.H. (autograph, 1850) (RBC 822C L883a v.2)
- Physical Description:
- 75 pages : frontispiece (portrait) ; 19 cm.
- Edition:
- Lopez and Wemyss' edition.
- Other Title:
- How to rule a husband
- 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:
- Edition statement and series title at head of title page.
- 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.
- Last page blank.
- Includes printed cast list for production at New-York Theatre.
- Local Notes:
- RBC 822C L883 v.2 bound with: Mazzinghi, Joseph. The turnpike gate. 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. -- Kenney, James. Sweethearts and wives. 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, 1827. --- Rowley, William. A woman never vext, or, The widow of Cornhill. 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, 1827.
- RBC 822C L883a v.2 bound with: Kenney, James. Sweethearts and wives. 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, 1827. (Item 4 of 8)
- OCLC:
- 16914783
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