King Richard II : a tragedy, in five acts / by William Shakspeare ; printed from the acting copy, with remarks biographical and critical, by D-G. ; to which are added, a description of the costume, cast of the characters, entrances and exits, relative positions of the performers on the stage, and the whole of the stage business, as performed at the Theatres Royal, London ; embellished with a fine engraving by Mr. Bonner from a drawing taken in the Theatre by Mr. R. Cruikshank.

King Richard II : a tragedy, in five acts / by William Shakspeare ; printed from the acting copy, with remarks biographical and critical, by D-G. ; to which are added, a description of the costume, cast of the characters, entrances and exits, relative positions of the performers on the stage, and the whole of the stage business, as performed at the Theatres Royal, London ; embellished with a fine engraving by Mr. Bonner from a drawing taken in the Theatre by Mr. R. Cruikshank.

King Richard II

London : John Cumberland, [between 1831 and 1842]

54 p. : 1 ill. (wood engraving) ; 16 cm (12mo)

Cumberland's British theatre ; 213

Imprint on front wrapper: "London: John Cumberland, 2, Cumberland Terrace, Camden New Town. Sold by B. Steill, 20, Paternoster-Row; Sherwood and Co.; Simpkin and Marshall; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green; Hurst, Chance and Co., London; J. Cumming, Dublin; Sutherland, Edinburgh; M'Phun, Glasgow; Jackson, New York; Lance, Paris; and G. Berger, 42, Holywell Street, Strand."

Cumberland was at this address between 1831 and 1842. See Brown, P.A.H. London Publishers and Printers, p. 50.

Imprint on back wrapper: "London: Published by John Cumberland, 2, Cumberland Terrace, Camden New Town. Sold by G. Berger, 42, Holywell Street, Strand; and Pigot and Co., 50, Fleet Street."

Series information taken from printed wrappers.

Wood engraving on leaf A1v signed: R. Cruikshank, del., G.W. Bonner, sc.

Signatures: A-D⁶ E⁴ (-E4).

Includes printed cast list for an 1822 performance at Drury Lane.

Bookseller's advertisements on printed wrappers; advertisement for the dramatic works of J. Planche on a small printed sheet tipped in.

Cumberland's British theatre ; no. 213.
Cumberland's British theatre ; 213.

Great Britain -- England -- London.
Great Britain -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.
Ireland -- Dublin.
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.
France -- Paris.

PR2759 1884 v.4 item 2 Sh.Col.

Folgers' personal copy. Extra illustrated, minor, with portraits of actors, newspaper clippings, and plates. Half bound in calf with marbled paper boards. Bound 2nd with: King John. London : W. Simpkin, R. Marshall, & C. Chapple, 1819, and 5 other Shakespeare plays.

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PR2820 .A19 Sh.Col.

In original printed wrappers.

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