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The beggar's opera / by John Gay ... faithfully marked with the stage business, and stage directions, as it is performed at the Theatres royal.

Gay, John, 1685-1732, author.; McManaway, James Gilmer, 1899-1980, donor.; Garrick Club (London, England), former owner.
1818
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Title
The beggar's opera / by John Gay ... faithfully marked with the stage business, and stage directions, as it is performed at the Theatres royal.
Edition
Oxberry's edition.
Created/published
London : Pub. for the Proprietors, by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall [etc.], 1818.
Description
vi, [2], 84 (i. e. 48) p. : ill., front. (port.) ; 18 cm
Associated name
Gay, John, 1685-1732, author.
McManaway, James Gilmer, 1899-1980, donor.
Garrick Club (London, England), former owner.
Series statement
Oxberry, William. New English drama. London, 1818-25 ; v. 2 [no. 1]
Note
Pages 37-48 numbered 73-84.

Without music.

Cast list given for original performance at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1728; and for Covent Garden, 1814, and Drury Lane, 1818.
Series
Oxberry, W. (William), 1784-1824. New English drama ; v. 2 [no. 1].
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR1243 .O8 1818 v.2 item 1 Cage
Folger-specific note
First of five in volume 2 of New English drama.
Folger accession
6.28.47