The school for scandal, a comedy, in five acts. / By Richard Brinsley Sheridan. With a portrait of Mr. Warren, in the character of Sir Peter Teazle. The plays carefully corrected from the prompt books of the Philadelphia theatre, by M. Lopez, prompter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.

Contributor:

James E. Murdoch Collection of Promptbooks (University of Pennsylvania)

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Acting American theatre

The acting American theatre

Language:

English

Genre:

Promptbooks -- 19th century.

Drama.

Penn Provenance:

Murdoch, James Edward, 1811-1893 (autograph) (former owner)

Kendrick, Murdoch (donor)

Physical Description:

102 pages : frontispiece (portrait) ; 18 cm.

Edition:

Lopez and Wemyss' edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Published by F.C. Wemyss, and Thomas T. Ash ; Baltimore H.W. Bool; New York: G.M. Bourne, 359, Broadway, sole agent for the proprietor in that city: and to be had of all the principal booksellers in the United States., [1827]

Notes:

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.

Cast of characters for the Philadelphia, 1827 production on p. [5].

Date of publication from added title page.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has title cut from the t.p.

Culture Class Collection copy imperfect: portrait wanting.

Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of James E. Murdoch.

Culture Class Collection copy is a promptbook belonging to James E. Murdoch, marked for performance with stage directions.

OCLC:

81608151