Krr.3.09(01)
Coriolanus; or, The Roman matron : a tragedy by W. Shakspeare ; with prefatory remarks ; the only edition existing which is faithfully marked with the stage business, and stage directions, as it is performed at the Theatres Royal ; by W. Oxberry, comedian.
London : Published for the proprietors, by W. Simpkin, and R. Marshall, Stationers' Court, Ludgate-Street, and C. Chapple, 66, Pall-Mall, 1820.
[2], iii, [3], 62 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 15 cm.
(Oxberry's new English drama ; no. 39)
At head of title: Oxberry's edition.
Printer statement on title-page verso: From the press of W. Oxberry and Co. 8 White-hart-yard.
Engraved portrait of Edmund Kean as Coriolanus.
Stage diagram on p. 62: "Disposition of the characters when the curtain falls".
Annotated with stage directions and notes in the hand of W. C. Macready.
Ms. note laid down inside front cover of volume: "This book was the property of the late eminent tragedian Mr Macready & marked by himself. J.T."
Loosely inserted mid-20th-century printed admission ticket to Everyman Theatre Hampstead, bearing typescript note on verso about the loan of of the volume by Allan Wilkie, with additional ms. note "Little Theatre, Citizen House, Bath". Possibly the actor Allan Wilkie (1878-1970).
Ms. inscription at head of title: "George [?Rignold] with best wishes T. H. Lennard March 16th 1909". Possibly actor George Rignold (1839-1912).
Sammelband. Plain 19th-century card covers; spine reinforced with 20th-century tape; front cover marked "No. 23".
Imperfect: wanting the wrappers and the engraved portrait of Kean as Coriolanus.
Bound with another item, shelfmark Krr.3.09(02): Oxberry's edition of Henry VIII.
Acting editions of famous plays.
Plays.
Oxberry, W. (William), 1784 - 1824 printer.
Chapple, Clement publisher.
Macready, William Charles, 1793 - 1873 former owner, annotator.
Rignold, George Richard, 1839 - 1912 associated name.
Wilkie, Allan, 1878 - 1970 former owner.
Simpkin and Marshall publisher.
England London.
eng
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