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Book ID: 27328 Portrait of Thomas John Dibdin, playwright, actor and song...

(DIBDIN, THOMAS JOHN).

Portrait of Thomas John Dibdin, playwright, actor and song writer.

(London:) Drawn, etch'd & pub.by Dighton, Charing Cross, April, 1799. The earliest recorded portrait of Thomas John Dibdin. NCBEL III, 1129-30. A fine portrait of the actor and writer, Thomas John Dibdin (1771-1841), who like the other famous thespian Dibdins, was involved in the English theater from an early age.....

Price: $650.00

Book ID: 22140 The Proprietors' Dispute: A gathering of five important pamphlets...

[ENGLISH PLAYS & THEATER].

The Proprietors' Dispute: A gathering of five important pamphlets dealing with the acrimonious dispute between two groups of partners of the Covent Garden Theatre - commonly referred to as the “Proprietors' Dispute.”

See Lowe, Arnott and Robinson, English Theatrical Literature, 1163-1172; ESTC T20784; T20781; T20780; T20726 and T45401; NCBEL II, 812. A gathering of five important pamphlets dealing with the acrimonious dispute between two groups of partners of the Covent Garden Theatre - usually referred to as the “Proprietors' Dispute” - a......

Price: $3,000.00

Book ID: 27710 The Peruvian; A Comic Opera, in Three Acts. As Performed at the...

[ENGLISH PLAYS & THEATER]. [Anonymous].

The Peruvian; A Comic Opera, in Three Acts. As Performed at the Theatre Royal Covent-Garden. By a Lady.

London: Printed for J. Bell, 1786. First edition. Sabin 61167; ESTC T43897. An opera in part based on Marmontel's Tale of the Coralie, with music by James Hook (1746-1827). A note on the front free endpaper in a learned bookseller's hand attributes the authorship to Harriet Horncastle Hook, the wife.....

Price: $375.00

Book ID: 28289 The Captives. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in...

[GAY, JOHN].

The Captives. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty’s Servants.

London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1724. First edition, first state with A4 not canceled. Rothschild 923; NCBEL II, 498; ESTC T13811. One of John Gay's lessor known works, a tragedy that met with little success and has been long overshadowed by The Beggar's Opera, but it has a clever, humorous.....

Price: $250.00

Book ID: 27323 Edwy and Elgiva; A Tragedy, in Five Acts. Performed at the New...

INGERSOLL, CHARLES JARED.

Edwy and Elgiva; A Tragedy, in Five Acts. Performed at the New Theatre.

Philadelphia: Published by Asbury Dickins . . . H. Maxwell, Printer, 1801. First edition. American Bibliography 700; Hill, American Plays, 144. The first book by Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862), a Philadelphian who later became a prominent congressman and lawyer. Edwy and Elgiva was successfully performed at Philadelphia’s Chestnut Street Theater.....

Price: $750.00

KEMBLE, MARIE THERESA.

The Day after the Wedding; or, A Wife's First Lesson.

London: Printed by Brettell for Appleyards, 1808. First edition. The first of three plays by Marie Therese Kemble (1774-1838), the Austrian-born English actress and mother of Fanny Kemble. She moved to England at an early age and became a popular child actress. She later married actor Charles Kemble, for whom.....

Price: $275.00

Book ID: 27399 The Fatal Legacy; A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal...

[ROBE, JANE, TRANSLATOR].

The Fatal Legacy; A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn Fields.

London: Printed for E. Symon, J. Roberts and A. Dodd, 1723. First edition. ESTC N9868. A translation and adaptation of Racine's La Thébaide. The anonymous dedication states "This tragedy was writ by a young lady, and entrusted to my management . . . The four first acts are taken chiefly.....

Price: $1,500.00