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Two strings to your bow : a farce, in one act

Title: Two strings to your bow : a farce, in one act / by Robert Jephson ; printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographical and critical, by D.--G.
Author: Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803.
Publication: London : John Cumberland, 2, Cumberland Terrace, Camden New Town : Sold by B. Steill ... [and 10 others], [1831?]

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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. XXVIII	Text	Restricted use	Arents BIP (Cumberlands 1825) 99-250 v. XXVIII	Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.		Text	Use in library	NCO p.v. 325	Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.		Text	Use in library	NCO p.v. 407	Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Description

34 p. : ill.; 15 cm.

Series Statement

Cumberland's British theatre ; no. 224

Note

"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 performed at the Theatres Royal, London. Embellished with a fine engraving, by Mr. Bonner, from a drawing taken in the theatre, by Mr. R. Cruikshank."
An alteration of the author's The hotel, or, The servant with two masters, which may be borrowed from Vaughan's The hotel, or, The double valet, which in turn is based on Goldoni's Il servitore di due padroni.
Distributor statement from p. [1] of covers. Distributors include "Clayton, New York."
Cumberland was at this address ca. 1831-1840. Cf. Brown, P.A.H. London publishers and printers, p. 50.
"Costume," "Stage directions" and "Cast of the characters ... 1831": p. [9-10].
Illustrations: 1 print : wood engraving ; full-page. Signed R. Cruikshank, del., G.W. Bonner, sc.
Issued in illustrated light brown paper covers, with series title on front cover.

Call Number

NCO p.v. 407

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Author

Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803.

Title

Two strings to your bow : a farce, in one act / by Robert Jephson ; printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographical and critical, by D.--G.

Imprint

London : John Cumberland, 2, Cumberland Terrace, Camden New Town : Sold by B. Steill ... [and 10 others], [1831?]

Series

Cumberland's British theatre ; no. 224

Local Note

Copy in NCO: Covers wanting; title page mutilated.

Added Author

Daniel, George, 1789-1864.

Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856.

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

Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803. Hotel.

Vaughan, Thomas, active 1772-1820. Hotel.

Goldoni, Carlo, 1707-1793. Servitore di due padroni.

Research Call Number

NCO p.v. 407

NCO p.v. 325

Arents BIP (Cumberlands 1825) 99-250