Shelfmark
Krr.3.20(02)
Author
Title
Deaf as a post a farce, in one act. By John Poole, author of "Paul Pry."
Publication, distribution, etc.
London. : Thomas Hailes Lacy, Wellington Street, Strand,, [between 1849 and 1857].
Physical description
20 p. ; 17 cm.
Note
On title-page verso: "First performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, February 15th, 1823."; additionally, the cast of characters, costume directions, and "Time in Performance, One Hour."
Note
Title-page included in pagination.
Note
Flyleaf not included in pagination; unclear if it belongs to this item or previous (shelfmark Krr.3.20(01)).
Note
Publication date span conjectured from dates of bookseller's activity at imprint address; see ODNB.
Note
In one act.
With note
Bound with 15 other plays, shelfmarks Krr.3.20(01), (03) - (16).
Provenance
Ms. inscription on first free endpaper recto (of sammelband): "F. C. Burnand / lent to the A.D.C. [i.e. Cambridge Uuniversity Amateur Dramatic Club?]".
Binding
Sammelband. 19th-century quarter straight-grain leather with green marbled paper; pasteboard. Spine flat, divided by horizontal gilt single fillets into 6 compartments, of which the second (from head of spine) has gilt lettering "Plays". Endpapers undecorated; textblock sprinkled red. Board edges worn, exposing pasteboard.
Subject
Deafness Social aspects.
Genre/Form
Plays
Added entry--name
Lacy, Thomas Hailes, 1809 - 1873 publisher.
Added entry--name
Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), 1836 - 1917 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B50535