Shelfmark
Krr.3.19(08)
Author
Title
Reform; or, John Bull triumphant: a patriotic drama, in one act, by W.T. Moncrieff, esq. ... Printed from the acted copy, with remarks, to which are added, a description of the costume, ... and the whole of the stage business..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Thomas Richardson, 245, High Holborn., [c.1831-1832?]
Physical description
28 p. : ill. (frontis.) ; 14 cm.
Note
Pagination continuous but with some prelims. in roman numerals; frontispiece included in pagination.
Note
Additionally on title-page: "Embellished with a fine wood-engraving, by Mr. Hughes, from a drawing taken in the Theatre, by Mr. Seymour."
Note
'Remarks', pp. v-vii, dated April 1831.
Note
Quotation from Shakespeare (Henry VI, I.i.33) on title-page: "Never came Reformation in a flood, with such a heady current."
Note
Directions for "Disposition of the charcters at the fall of the curtain." on p.28.
Note
Performed at the Royal Coburg Theatre [i.e. Old Vic].
With note
Bound with 11 other plays issued either by John Cumberland, Thomas Dolby, or Thomas Richardson, shelfmarks Krr.3.19(1) - (7), (9) - (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.
Subject
Great Britain Representation of the People Act (1832).
Subject
Great Britain Drama.
Added entry--name
Richardson, Thomas, active 1821 - 1845 publisher.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B50497