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Payne's tragedy of Brutus, or, The fall of Tarquin / as presented by Edwin Booth.

Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852. author.; Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893.; Winter, William, 1836-1917.; Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811. Sybil.; Downman, Hugh, 1740-1809. Lucius Junius Brutus.; Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893, associated name.; Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905, former owner.; Bellows, Waller C., active 1884, former owner.; Parkins & Gotto (Oxford, England), binder.
1878
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Title
Payne's tragedy of Brutus, or, The fall of Tarquin / as presented by Edwin Booth.
Uniform title
Brutus
Cover title
Edwin Booth's prompt-book of Brutus
Created/published
New-York : Printed for William Winter by Francis Hart & Company, 1878.
Description
6 p., 10-69 leaves, [71]-84 p. ; 17 cm
Associated name
Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852. author.
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893.
Winter, William, 1836-1917.
Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811. Sybil.
Downman, Hugh, 1740-1809. Lucius Junius Brutus.
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893, associated name.
Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905, former owner.
Bellows, Waller C., active 1884, former owner.
Parkins & Gotto (Oxford, England), binder.
Series statement
The prompt-book
Note
Series edited by William Winter.

Text of play printed on one side of leaf only.

Some entire scenes and portions of others are from Downman's Lucius Junius Brutus, 1779, and from Cumberland's The Sybil; or, The elder Brutus. (See Genest's Account of the English stage, v. 8, p. 677-681)
Series
Prompt-book (New York, N.Y.)
Genre/form
Acting editions.
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State).

Call number
PS2532 .E7 1878
Folger-specific note
Autograph of Waller C. Bellow, Dec. 1884.
Folger accession
cs19
Call number
PR2752 1878h v.5 item 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Inscription: To Henry Irving, Esq., with kind regards of Edwin Booth, Feb. 1881. Binder's stamp: Parkins & Gotto, Oxford. Bound in goatskin with gold decoration; includes original printed paper wrappers; marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Stamped on spine: Henry Irving. Bound 1st of 3 plays in v.5 of a 5-volume set, consisting of plays from the Prompt book series. Binding order tipped in back of volume.
Folger accession
cs365