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[Five English plays from The London stage].
LIBRA - Rare PR1243.L7 F58 1820z
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- 16, 12, 16 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : [Sherwood, Jones, and Co.], [182-]
- Contents:
- The maid of the mill : an opera, in three acts / by Isaac Bickerstaff
- Comus : a masque, in two acts / altered from Milton ; The doctor and the apothecary : a musical entertainment, in two acts / by James Cobb
- The devil to pay, or, The wives metamorphosed : a ballad farce / by C. Coffey ; The lying valet : a farce, in two acts / by D. Garrick.
- Notes:
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Each work has caption title and illustrative vignette. Vignette of "The maid of the mill" signed: Mary Byfield St.
- Librettos only.
- "Comus" and "The doctor and the apothecary" are paged continuously (pages 1-12, second count). "The devil to pay" and "The lying valet" are paged continuously (pages 1-16, third count).
- Text printed in double columns.
- Local Notes:
- LIBRA Rare PR1243.L7 F58 1820z presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran, 2024. Bound in paper wrappers (now brown) with manuscript note ("London Stage. No 5 [struck through: Brittish Drama. Containing 1-The maid of the Mill (Opera) I. Bickerstaff 2-Comus (A Masque) altered from J. Milton 3- Docter and Apothecary (Musical Entertainment) J. Cobb. 4-The Devil to Pay (Ballad Farce) C. Coffey 5-the Lying Valet (Farce) D. Garrick") on front cover. Advertising bookmark of Common Crow Books (Pittsburgh, Pa.) laid in.
- Contains:
- Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812. Maid of the mill.
- Adaptation of: Milton, John, 1608-1674. Comus.
- Cobb, James, 1756-1818. Doctor and the apothecary.
- Coffey, Charles, -1745. Devil to pay.
- Garrick, David, 1717-1779. Lying valet.
- OCLC:
- 1583403251
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