Shelfmark
Krr.3.20(15)
Author
Title
"To parents and guardians! At Jubilee House establishment, Clapham, young gentlemen are -- &c. &c." An original comic drama, in one act. By the author of "Diogenes," "The philosopher's stone," "The vicar of Wakefield," "Sir Roger de Coverley," "Red Riding Hood," &c. ...
Publication, distribution, etc.
London. : Thomas Hailes Lacy, Wellington Street, Strand, [1846?]
Physical description
23, [1] p. ; 17 cm.
Note
"Author of Diogenes" = Tom Taylor.
Note
Date of publication suggested by date of first performance; see title-page verso: "First Performed at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, September 28th, 1846."
Note
Printer's information derived from colophon (p. 48).
Note
Includes list of characters and costume directions.
Note
Directions for the disposition of the characters at curtain close on p. 23.
Note
Cast of characters for first performance includes pupils at Jubilee House Academy, predominantly girls.
With note
Bound with 15 other plays, shelfmarks Krr.3.20(01) - (14), (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.
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
B50566