The playhouse pocket-companion, or theatrical vade-mecum: containing, I. A Catalogue of all the dramatic authors who have written for the English Stage, with a List of their works, shewing the dates of representation or publication. II. A Catalogue of anonymous pieces. III. An Index of Plays and Authors. In a Method entirely new, Whereby the author of any dramatic performance, and the time of its appearance, may be readily discovered on Inspection. To which is prefixed, A Critical History of the English Stage from its Origin to the present Time; With an Enquiry into the Causes of the Decline of Dramatic Poetry in England.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama--Bibliography.

English drama.

Theater--Great Britain--History.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([5],14-179,[1]p. )

Other Title:

Playhouse pocket-companion,

Place of Publication:

London : printed and sold by Messrs. Richardson and Urquhart, under the Royal Exchange, Cornhill; J. Wenman, No. 144, Fleet Street; and J. Southern, in St. James's Street, MDCCLXXIX. [1779]

Notes:

The text appears to be continuous.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T58085.

OCLC:

642635860