Shelfmark
MS 252
Author
Title
Out of the frying-pan into the fire. A tragi-comi-operatical farce. manuscript.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Eton, between 1774 and 1778.
Physical description
1 item (12 leaves) : paper ; 24 x 19 cm.
Note
Caption title.
Note
Author name taken from accompanying letter. This manuscript is referred to in the ODNB entry for Porson.
Note
Place of production taken from the accompanying letter and the ODNB entry; date of production inferred from Porson's recorded years at Eton College.
Note
Written in black ink. Leaves bearing text have been given contemporary page numbers.
Note
Dramatis personae given on first page. These are Dr Faustus, Satan, Lucifer, Vulcan, and Punch and Judy.
Note
Inscription on front wrapper: Written by Porson when at Eton and given by him to J.H. Michell.
Note
Inscription on grey wrapper: M.S. play written by R. Porson and performed in Long Chamber at Eton. This copy with another in the possession of the Provost of Eton is in Porson's handwriting. J.H.M. Sept. 8 1826, Buckland.
Note
Accompanying letter to A.C. Benson from Henry Wagner making donation to College Library, dated 1902 March 14.
Binding
Loose sheets within a 19th century paper wrapper; grey paper wrapping with traces of seals in green and red wax.
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Added entry--place
England Eton
Identifier
B49686