Research Catalog

Title

The spoiled child : a farce, in two acts, printed from the acting copy / with remarks, biographical and critical ; to which are added, a description of the costume,--cast of the characters,--entrances and exits,--relative positions of the performers on the stage,--and the whole of the stage business ; as now performed at the Theatres Royal, London ; embellished with a fine wood engraving, by Mr. Bonner, from a drawing taken in the theatre, by Mr. Cruikshank.

Publication

London : J. Cumberland, 19, Ludgate Hill, [ca. 1826]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812.
• Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816.
• Ford, Richard, Sir, -1806.
• Hoare, Prince, 1755-1834.
• Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821.
• Daniel, George, 1789-1864.
• Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856.
• Bonner, G. W. (George Wilmot), 1796-1836.

Description

33 p. : ill.; 15 cm.

Series Statement

Cumberland's British theatre ; no. 96

Note

• "Remarks" signed: D-G. (i.e. George Daniel).
• "Assigned to 'the exile [Isaac] Bickerstaff' on very conjectural reasoning by James Boaden, but ascribed at the time to Mrs. [Dorothy] Jordan. Other attributions are Sir Richard Ford, Prince Hoare and Mrs. Inchbald"--NCBEL, II, col. 826.
• Published also under titles: The farce of the spoil'd child; The spoil'd child.
• Originally produced 1790 at the Drury Lane Theatre, London.
• Seven additional publishers on p. [1] of covers, incl. Carey and Lea, Philadelphia, and Murden, New York.
• Cumberland was at this address ca. 1826-1829. Cf. Brown, P.A.H. London publishers and printers, p. 50.
• Frontipiece signed: R. Cruikshank, del.; G.W. Bonner, sc.

Call Number

NCO p.v. 445, no. 8

Title

The spoiled child : a farce, in two acts, printed from the acting copy / with remarks, biographical and critical ; to which are added, a description of the costume,--cast of the characters,--entrances and exits,--relative positions of the performers on the stage,--and the whole of the stage business ; as now performed at the Theatres Royal, London ; embellished with a fine wood engraving, by Mr. Bonner, from a drawing taken in the theatre, by Mr. Cruikshank.

Imprint

London : J. Cumberland, 19, Ludgate Hill, [ca. 1826]

Series

Cumberland's British theatre ; no. 96

Local Note

Copy in NCO p.v. 445: Covers wanting; series statement wanting.

Added Author

Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812. Attributed name

Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816. Attributed name

Ford, Richard, Sir, -1806. Attributed name

Hoare, Prince, 1755-1834. Attributed name

Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821. Attributed name

Daniel, George, 1789-1864.

Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856. Illustrator

Bonner, G. W. (George Wilmot), 1796-1836. Wood engraver

Research Call Number

NCO p.v. 445, no. 8

Arents BIP (Cumberlands 1825) 99-250