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The distrest mother : a tragedy
- Title
- The distrest mother : a tragedy / by Ambrose Philips.
- Author
- Philips, Ambrose, 1674-1749.
- Publication
- London : Published for the proprietors, by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall ... and C. Chapple ..., 1819.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Permit needed | Pforz (Oxberry's editions of plays. V2) | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- v, [3], 46, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.; 18 cm. (12mo)
- Subject
- Note
- At head of title: Oxberry's edition.
- Translated, with alterations, from Racine's Andromaque.
- "The only edition existing which is faithfully marked with the stage business ... as it is performed at the Theatres Royal. By W. Oxberry, comedian." --T.p.
- Introductory remarks by William Hazlitt (Cf. Keynes, p. 48).
- Illustration: 1 print : engraving ; full-page. "Mr. Macready, as Orestes." By Hopwood, after DeWilde.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Call Number
- Pforz (Oxberry's editions of plays. V2)
- OCLC
- 20288366
- NYPG04-B3260
- Author
- Philips, Ambrose, 1674-1749.
- Title
- The distrest mother : a tragedy / by Ambrose Philips.
- Imprint
- London : Published for the proprietors, by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall ... and C. Chapple ..., 1819.
- Edition
- Oxberry's edition.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Local Note
- Pforzheimer copy: Bound sixth in volume two of two-volume collection of eighteen Oxberry's editions of plays. -- Dark green cloth boards; covers detached. -- Within gray board clamshell box.
- Added Author
- Racine, Jean, 1639-1699. Andromaque.Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830.Oxberry, W. (William), 1784-1824.De Wilde, Samuel, 1748-1832. ArtistHopwood, James, 1795- Engraver