The cobler of Preston : as it is acted at the Theatres of London and Dublin / Written by Mr. Johnson ; Dramatis Personae. Sir Charles Briton, a Country Gentleman. Capt. Jolly, his Friend. Servants to Sir Charles Briton, dress'd in Spanish Habits. by the Names of Lorenzo, Diego, Bartolino, and Pedro. Huntsman. Constable. Butler to Sir Charles. Kit Sly, alias Toby Guzzle, a drunken Cobler. Alice. Betty, Chamber-Maid to Sir Charles, dress'd for a Spanish Princess. Cicely Gundy, a Country Ale Wife. Joan, alias Dorcas Guzzle, Kit Sly's Wife ; Scene. Sir Charles's House, and the Road before it, with the Cobler's Hovel, and the Constable's House ; Time of Action, from Nine in the Morning till Ten at Night.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Charles, 1679-1748.

Contributor:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Language:

English

Genre:

Drama.

Penn Provenance:

Elias, Archibald C. (donor)

Physical Description:

28 pages ; 17 cm (12mo)

Fingerprint:

s.w, o.l! ndes Kibo (3) 1770 (Q)

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Printed for J. Hunter, in Sycamore-Alley, and J. Williams, in Skinner-Row, [1770?]

Notes:

The character Christopher Sly and the story of his deception in the Induction of Shakespeare's The taming of the shrew form the basis of this farce. Its setting is the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715.

Local Notes:

Bound with: V. 2 of Wycherley, William. Plays. London : Printed for B. Tooke at the Middle-Temple-Gate, and M. Wellington, and sold by A. Bettesworth in Pater-Noster-Row, and F. Clay without Temple-Bar, 1720. (Item 5 of 8)

Cited in:

ESTC T167095

Related Work:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Taming of the shrew.

OCLC:

48899245