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Ref NoShakespeare/1/8/824/6331 473950
Finding NumberShakespeare S 824.6331 473950
TitleSamuel Johnson's Prologue spoken at the opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane in 1747 with Garrick's Epilogue : a facsimile of the hitherto undiscovered first edition / with preface by Austin Dobson and introduction and notes by A.S.W. Rosenbach.
LevelItem
Date1902
DescriptionGeneral Note: Johnson's Prologue was spoken by Garrick; Garrick's Epilogue was spoken by Mrs. Woffington. Cf. Pref.
General Note: First ed. has title: Prologue and Epilogue, spoken at the opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane 1747.
General Note: "One hundred and twenty copies have been printed, of which thirty are on Japan paper and ninety on Van Gelder paper"--p. [i]
Extent1
AuthorJohnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Garrick, David, 1717-1779.
Garrick, David, 1717-1779. Epilogue spoken at Drury Lane, 1747.
Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952.
SubjectTag 650: Prologues and epilogues.
Tag 650: English drama Poetry.
Physical Descriptionxiv, 12, [xv]-xxiv p. ; 34 cm.
Access StatusOpen
PublisherNew York : Dodd, Mead,
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