Shelfmark
Krr.3.09(02)
Author
Uniform title
[King Henry VIII]
Title
King Henry VIII: a play by W. Shakspeare ; with prefatory remarks ; the only edition existing which is faithfully marked with the stage business, and stage directions, as it is performed at the Theatres Royal ; by W. Oxberry, comedian.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London. : Published for the proprietors, by W. Simpkin, and R. Marshall, Stationers' Court, Ludgate Street, and C. Chapple, 59, Pall-Mall., 1823..
Physical description
xvi, [2], 70 p. ; 15 cm.
Series statement
(Oxberry's new English drama ; no. 19)
Note
At head of title: Oxberry's edition.
Note
Printer statement on title-page verso: From the press of W. Oxberry, 8, White Hart Yard.
Note
Prefatory remarks signed: P.P.
Provenance
W. C. Macready's copy with ms. note laid down inside front cover of volume: "This book was the property of the late eminent tragedian Mr Macready & marked by himself. J.T."
Provenance
Loosely inserted mid-20th-century printed admission ticket to Everyman Theatre Hampstead, bearing typescript note on verso regarding the loan of of the volume by Allan Wilkie, with additional ms. note "Little Theatre, Citizen House, Bath". Possibly the actor Allan Wilkie (1878-1970)?
Provenance
Ms. inscription at head of title of first item of sammelband: "George [?Rignold] with best wishes T. H. Lennard March 16th 1909". Possibly actor George Rignold (1839-1912).
Binding
Sammelband. Plain 19th-century card covers; spine reinforced with 20th-century tape; front cover marked "No. 23".
Copy-specific note
Bound with another item, shelfmark Krr.3.09(01): Oxberry's edition of Coriolanus.
Subject
Acting editions of famous plays.
Added entry--name
Oxberry, W. (William), 1784 - 1824 printer.
Added entry--name
Chapple, Clement publisher.
Added entry--name
Macready, William Charles, 1793 - 1873 former owner, annotator.
Added entry--name
Rignold, George Richard, 1839 - 1912 associated name.
Added entry--name
Wilkie, Allan, 1878 - 1970 former owner.
Added entry--name
Simpkin and Marshall publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B51307