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The spoiled child : a farce, in two acts, printed from the acting copy

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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v. XIIITextRestricted use Arents BIP (Cumberlands 1825) 99-250 v. XIIISchwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328
TextUse in library NCO p.v. 445Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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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
OCLC
41302384
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
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