Krr.3.19(05)
Open house; or, the twin sisters: a farce, in two acts, by John Baldwin Buckstone, esq. ... Printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographical and critical, by D-G. To which are added, a description of the costume, ... and the whole of the stage business, as now performed at the Theatres Royal, London..
London: : John Cumberland, 2, Cumberland Terrace, Camden New Town., [c.1833]
44 p. : ill. (frontis.) ; 14cm
(Cumberland's British theatre)
Pagination continuous but with some prelims. in roman numerals; frontispiece included in pagination.
Probably issued as part of Cumberland's British Theatre series, although this information is not given in the copy described.
Remarks by 'D-G' i.e. George Daniel, series editor.
Additionally on title-page: "Embellished with a fine engraving, by Mr. White, from a Drawing taken in the Theatre, by Mr. R. Cruikshank."
Directions for "Disposition of the charcters at the fall of the curtain." on p.44.
Publication date inferred from p.[8], "Cast of the Characters, ... Haymarket, 1833."
Bound with 11 other plays issued either by Thomas Dolby or John Cumberland, shelfmarks Krr.3.19(01) - (04), (06) - (12).
Ms. signature in pencil, undated and name unread, of a "Professor of [?Gl...]", on title-page recto of first item in sammelband (Krr.3.19(01)).
Sammelband. 19th-century three-quarter leather with blue marbled paper; blind-tooled dotted roll at edges of leather. Spine flat, divided into five compartments by horizontal gilt double fillets flanked by the same blind roll as on covers, with gilt lettering 'DRAMA' and 'VOL I' in second and fourth compartments thereof; blue false headbands. Textblock trimmed with some minor loss to printed text; edges sprinked red; endpapers undecorated.
English drama (Comedy) 19th century.
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789 - 1856 engraver.
Cumberland, John, 1787 - 1866 publisher.
Daniel, George, 1789 - 1864 editor.
England London.
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