The merchant of Venice :: a comedy ... As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. Regulated from the prompt-book ... An introduction and notes ... are added /: by the authors of the Dramatic censor.

Shakespeare, William,; Hopkins, William,; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O.; Covent Garden Theatre.; Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England); Warwick Castle (Warwick, England).

The merchant of Venice : a comedy ... As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. Regulated from the prompt-book ... An introduction and notes ... are added / by the authors of the Dramatic censor.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Hopkins, William, -1780, annotator.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.; Covent Garden Theatre.; Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England); Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.

1773

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The merchant of Venice : a comedy ... As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. Regulated from the prompt-book ... An introduction and notes ... are added / by the authors of the Dramatic censor.

Created/published

London : Printed for John Bell; and C. Etherington, at York, 1773.

Description

p. [153]-230 : front. (Ms. text pasted on lower portion of p. 195) (From vol. II of Bell's edition)

Associated name

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Hopkins, William, -1780, annotator.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Covent Garden Theatre.
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.

Note

Not in Burnim, K.A. David Garrick.

Cited/described in

Langhans, E.A. 18th cent. Brit. and Irish promptbooks, p. 176
Shattuck, C.H. Shakespeare promptbooks, p. 276, no. 3

Genre/form

Promptbooks.

Place of creation/publication

Great Britain -- England -- London.

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PROMPT Merch. 16

Folger-specific note

Promptbook. Used for Covent Garden Theatre production, ca. 1780 (Shattuck). Used for Drury Lane Theatre production of 29 Dec. 1775; notes by William Hopkins (Langhans).