Caius Marius : a tragedy : manuscript, 1830.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Smith, Richard Penn, 1799-1854

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872.

Forrest, Edwin.

Forrest, Catherine Norton Sinclair, 1817-1891.

Forrest, Catherine Norton Sinclair.

Genre:

tragedies.

plays (document genre)

scripts (documents)

clippings (information artifacts)

Manuscripts, American -- 19th century.

Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Sold at auction at Swann Galleries (New York), 26 April 1956, to Seven Gables Bookshop (New York) for the University of Pennsylvania Library.

Physical Description:

1 item (200 leaves)

Contained In:

Richard Penn Smith Papers. Box 2

Place of Publication:

1830.

Summary:

Unpublished draft manuscript of the tragedy Caius Marius, which was reportedly written expressly for the 19th-century actor Edwin Forrest. Includes newspaper clippings regarding Edwin Forrest and his wife Catherine, located at the end of the book.

Notes:

Formerly classified as Ms. American 73.

Publications about:

Smith, Richard Penn. Caius Marius: a tragedy. Edited and with an introduction by Neda McFadden Westlake. Philadelphia, Pa: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1968.

OCLC:

232636139