The Conscious Lovers. A Comedy
- Type:
- boek
- Titel:
- The Conscious Lovers. A Comedy
- Jaar:
- 1791
- URL:
- https://books.google.be/books?id=4Q1AAAAAYAAJ Google Books
- Onderwerp:
- Theatre Royal, Covent Garden (London, United Kingdom)
18th Century (1701-1800)
Play (theater)
Comedy
London (United Kingdom) - Taal:
- Engels
- Uitgever:
- London Bell 1791
- Plaatsnummer:
- ORPH.KTS1 C2.44 06I21 (Orpheus Instituut)
- Paginering:
- [i]-111 pages engraved frontispiece
- Nota:
- Sentimental comedy written in five acts, premiered at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1722.
The publisher, John Bell (1745-1831), was an important printer and typographer whose bookshop, 'British Library', was located in the Strand and who pioneered the regular s (instead of the long s) in English printing;
Frontispiece engraving by Conner after Samuel De Wilde (1751-1832) depicting Mr Palmer as Tom in Act 3 Scene 1 "I would not be a bit richer, a bit taller, a bit shorter, than I am at this instant." ; standing, whole length, gesturing with right to the chest, hat in left hand, facing front; in oval frame.
Epilogue spoken by Indiana
Contains role assignment and casting for Covent Garden - Permalink:
- https://cageweb.be/catalog/orp01:000001329