The disappointment: or, The force of credulity. : A new comic-opera, in three acts. / By Andrew Barton, Esq.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forrest, Thomas, 1747-1825.

Contributor:

Leacock, John, 1729-1802.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operas--Librettos.

Operas.

Penn Provenance:

Ross, James (autograph)

Physical Description:

iv pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 8-94 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm (12mo)

Edition:

Second edition, revised and corrected, with large additions by the author. [Four lines of verse].

Other Title:

Force of credulity

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: : Printed for and sold by Francis Shallus no. 40, Vine-Street., 1796.

Notes:

Without music.

The authorship is disputed. Variously attributed to Andrew Barton (probably a pseudonym), John Leacock, and Thomas Forrest. The attribution to Forrest is most commonly accepted. Cf. the critical edition of this work, edited by David Mays (University Presses of Florida, 1976, p. 8-12).

Signatures: [A]6 B-H6 (H6 verso blank).

Frontispiece engraved by Joseph H. Seymour. Though numbered "II", it is the only plate.

Local Notes:

Imperfect: frontespiece wanting.

Cited in:

Evans 30036

Hill, F.P. Amer. plays, 13

OCLC:

9186466