Shelfmark
Krr.3.20(14)
Author
Title
My friend in the straps : a farce, in one act / by Charles Selby, comedian, ... ; correctly printed from the prompter's copy, with the cast of characters, scenic arrangements, sides of entrance and exit, and relative positions of the dramatis personae ; illustrated with an engraving by Mr. Wall, taken during the representation of the piece.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Published at the National Acting Drama Office, 19, Suffolk Street, Pall Mall East ; W. S. Johnson, "Nassau Steam Press," 60, Saint Martin's Lane ; Messrs. Piper & Co., and W. Strange, Paternoster Row ; Vickers and Berger, Holywell Street ; Allen, Warwick Lane ; John Heywood, Manchester ; Wiseheart, Suffolk Street, Dublin ; John Sutherland & Co., Edinburgh ; Fetridge, Boston U.S. ; and all good booksellers, [1850?]
Physical description
23, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (frontispiece) ; 17 cm.
Note
Date of publication suggested by date of first performance; see title-page verso: "First Performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, on Thursday, 24th October, 1850."
Note
Includes diagrammatic directions for the disposition of characters at curtain close (p. 23).
With note
Bound with 15 other plays, shelfmarks Krr.3.20(01) - (13), (15) - (16).
Provenance
Ms. inscription on first free endpaper recto (of sammelband): "F. C. Burnand / lent to the A.D.C. [i.e. Cambridge University 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.
Genre/Form
Plays.
Genre/Form
Farces.
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Strange, W. (William) bookseller.
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Wiseheart, John, active 19th century - ? bookseller.
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Heywood, John, 1832 - 1888 bookseller.
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Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), 1836 - 1917 former owner.
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Fetridge, W. Pembroke (William Pembroke) bookseller.
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Nassau Press (London, England) printer.
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England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B50564