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The Prompter.
- Format:
- Journal/Periodical
- Series:
- 17th-18th century Burney Collection newspapers
- Standardized Title:
- Prompter (London, England : 1734)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry--18th century--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- Theater--Great Britain--History--18th century--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- Intellectual life.
- Theater.
- History.
- English poetry.
- Great Britain--Intellectual life--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Periodicals.
- Physical Description:
- 173 volumes.
- Semiweekly
- Numb. I. (Tuesday, November 12. 1734.)-CLXXIII. (Friday, July 2. 1736.).
- Other Title:
- Burney Collection
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : Printed for J[ohn]. Peele, at Locke's Head, in Amen-Corner, Paternoster Row: where letters to the author are taken in, 1734-1736.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- A proposed collected ed. announced in final issue, in which contributors are to be identified.
- Below colophon in square brackets: Price Two-pence.
- Below title: To be continued Tuesdays and Fridays.
- Editor: Aaron Hill, with assistance from William Popple; Eustace Budgell's name was also associated with this publication. Cf. DNB.
- Imprint from undated colophon.
- Imprints vary; from no. 10: Printed for T[homas]. Cooper, at the Globe in Ivy-Lane, near Pater-noster Row.
- Includes topics of general social interest including women's nature and position in society, with theatrical criticism, performance and acting criticism. Some issues include poetry.
- Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).
- Title from caption.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. 2009 miunns
- No more published; note on no. CLXXIII refers to closure of publication.
- Issues reprinted in Dublin.
- Local Notes:
- Images from the source library are selected or scattered issues as well as various editions of the cataloged title and related titles (where indicated in the MARC record) as representative of the general publishing history of the title during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Cited in:
- Crane & Kaye, 752
- NCBEL, II:1278
- Times handlist, p. 40
- OCLC:
- 643152532
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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