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The pedlar: a farce in three acts. Written for the St. Louis Thespians, by whom it was performed with great applause. / By Alphonso Wetmore. Published by John A. Paxton.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC8 W5347 821p
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Wetmore, Alphonso, 1793-1849.
Contributor:
St. Louis Thespian Society.
Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Genre:
Promptboooks -- 19th century.
Drama.
Penn Provenance:
Caldwell, James H. (autograph)
Physical Description:
34 pages ; 14 cm
Place of Publication:
St. Louis : Printed for the publisher, by William Orr, at the Register Office, 1821.
Notes:
The first American play printed west of the Mississippi.
"Dramatis Personae"--P. [4].
Local Notes:
Culture Class Collection copy inscribed James H. Caldwell presents this to the Opelousas Thespians.
Culture Class Collection copy is a promptbook marked for performance with numerous cuts.
Cited in:
Shoemaker, 7640
Hill, F.P. Amer. plays, 318
OCLC:
80074759

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