The thespian dictionary; or, dramatic biography of the present age; containing sketches of the lives, lists of the productions, various merits, &c. &c. of all the principal dramatists, composers, commentators [etc.]
Type
Book
Authors
Category
Main Collection pre-1900
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Publication Year
1805
Subject
Theatre
Abstract
The thespian dictionary; or, dramatic biography of the present age; containing sketches of the lives, lists of the productions, various merits, &c. &c. of all the principal dramatists, composers, commentators, managers, actors and actresses, of the United Kingdom . . . Forming a complete modern history of the English stage.
Description
(CON) With an engraved pictorial half-title page, twenty plates and tailpiece printed in sepia. Also with six final pages of publisherís advertisements.Portraits included are of: Mrs Atkin, Mrs Bellamy, Mrs Billington, Mr Cooke, Miss De Campo, Mr Dibdin, Mr Dignum, Mr Fawcet, Mr Incledon, Mr H. Johnston, Mr John Kemble, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain, Mr Munden, Mr Murray, Mr John Falmer, William Parsons, Mrs Robinson, R. B. Sheridan, Mrs Siddons.||(BIN) Contemporary mottled calf, rebaked, orginal gilt spine laid down, red label.||(TIT) Half-tile: The thespian dictionary of dramatic biography of the present age; title on spine: Thespian dictionary.||(PRV) p. [iii] stamped: 'Harry N. Greatorex, theatre collection'.||(REF) See copac.ac.uk.
Biblio Notes
[4], [iii] iv, [390] p. : illustrated [frontipiece, portraits] ; 12mo.
Number of Copies
1