Samuel Johnson's Prologue spoken at the opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane in 1747, with Garrick's Epilogue : a facsimile of the hitherto undiscovered first edition / with preface by Austin Dobson ; and introduction and notes by A.S.W. Rosenbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.

Contributor:

Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921

Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Prologue spoken at the opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane, 1747

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prologues and epilogues.

English drama--Poetry.

English drama.

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Haney, John Louis, 1877-1960 (bookplate) (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Rosenbach, A.S.W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952 (autograph) (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiv, 12 pages, xv unnumbered pages-xxiv pages ; 34 cm (folio)

Other Title:

First ed. has title: Prologue and Epilogue, spoken at the opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane 1747

Place of Publication:

New York : Dodd, Mead and Company, MCMII [1902]

Notes:

Johnson's Prologue was spoken by Garrick; Garrick's Epilogue was spoken by Mrs. Woffington. Cf. Pref.

"Of this facsimile reproduction one hundred and twenty copies have been printed, of which thirty are on Japan paper and ninety on Van Gelder paper"--p. [i].

Head- and tail-pieces; initials.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has bookplate and ms. inscription of John Louis Haney on front pastedown: "Presented to me by classmate and life long friend at the time of the publication [...] July 12, 1959".

Culture Class Collection copy has ms. dedication inscription: "To John Louis Haney, with the sincere regards of Abraham S. Wolf Rosenbach" on front free endpaper.

Contains:

Garrick, David, 1717-1779. Epilogue spoken at Drury Lane, 1747.

OCLC:

7995422