The omnibus : A laughable farce, in one act : Correctly printed from the most approved acting copy, with a description of the costume, cast of the characters, entrances and exits, relative positions, and the whole of the stage business : to which are added properties and directions, as now performed in the London and American theatres : Embellished with a fine wood engraving.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pocock, I. (Isaac), 1782-1835.

Contributor:

Raymond, R. J. (Richard John).

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

New Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

Series:

Turner's dramatic library

Turner's dramatic library.

Language:

English

Genre:

Drama.

Penn Provenance:

Stanton, M. Hall (autograph) (stamp)

Burr, Charles W. (Charles Walts), 1861- (donor)

Physical Description:

24 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Frederick Turner, Publisher, [1837 or 1838]

Notes:

Series statement at head of title.

Attributed in the Dictionary of national biography to Isaac Pocock.

An adaptation from R.J. Raymond's farce entitled Cherry bounce.

Issued as no. 30 of "Turner's dramatic library of acting plays." In this series, numbers appear only on the wrappers, which are not present in the copy at hand.

Includes a printed cast list for productions at Chesnut (1833, 1837) Philadelphia and Park (1837) New York Theatres.

Local Notes:

Bound with: Morton, John Maddison. The spitfire. Philadelphia : Turner & Fisher, [1838?] (Item 3 of 14)

Cited in:

Checklist Amer. imprints 45002

Related Work:

Raymond, R. J. (Richard John). Cherry bounce.

OCLC:

191248005