Shelfmark
Krr.3.19(07)
Author
Title
The happiest day of my life: a farce, in two acts, by John Baldwin Buckstone... Printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographical and critical, by D-G. As [now] performed at the Theatres Royal, [London]..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : John Cumberland : [1829?]
Physical description
35 p. : ill. (frontis.) ; 14 cm.
Series statement
(Cumberland's British theatre)
Note
Catalogued from imperfect copy wanting title page; bibliographical information for this record derived partially from LoC source, preliminaries, and copies held by other institutions.
Note
Adapted from "Le plus beau jour de la vie", by Scribe and Varner. cf. 'Remarks', pp. [5]-6.
Note
Presumed to be on title-page: "Embellished with a fine wood engraving, by Mr. Bonner, from a Drawing taken in the Theatre, by Mr. R. Cruikshank."
Note
Directions for "Disposition of the charcters at the fall of the curtain." on p.35.
Note
Probably issued as part of Cumberland's British Theatre series, although this information is not given in the copy described.
Note
Pagination continuous but with some prelims. in roman numerals; frontispiece included in pagination.
Note
Publication date inferred from p.[8], "Cast of the Characters, ... Haymarket, July 29, 1829."
Note
D-G. = George Daniel, series editor.
With note
Bound with 11 other plays issued either by Thomas Dolby or John Cumberland, shelfmarks Krr.3.19(01) - (06), (08) - (12).
Provenance
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)).
Binding
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.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: wanting title-page.
Subject
English drama (Comedy) 19th century.
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Cumberland, John, 1787 - 1866 publisher.
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Cruikshank, Robert, 1789 - 1856 engraver.
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Bonner, G. W. (George Wilmot), 1796 - 1836 illustrator.
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Daniel, George, 1789 - 1864 editor.
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England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B50496