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The clandestine marriage : a comedy / by G. Colman and D. Garrick.

Colman, George, 1732-1794, author.; Garrick, David, 1717-1779.; Townley, James, 1714-1778.; McManaway, James Gilmer, 1899-1980, donor.; Garrick Club (London, England), former owner.; T. James & Co., former owner.
1818
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Title
The clandestine marriage : a comedy / by G. Colman and D. Garrick.
Edition
Oxberry's edition.
Created/published
London : Published for the proprietors by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall ... and C. Chapple, 1818.
Description
[2], vii, iii, 84 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., front. (port.) ; 18 cm
Associated name
Colman, George, 1732-1794, author.
Garrick, David, 1717-1779.
Townley, James, 1714-1778.
.O8 v.5 McManaway, James Gilmer, 1899-1980, donor.
.O8 v.5 Garrick Club (London, England), former owner.
Misc. v.4 T. James & Co., former owner.
Series statement
Oxberry's new English drama ; no. 21
Note
"Embellished with an elegantly engraved portrait of Mr. W. Farren, in the character of Lord Ogleby"--cover.

As performed at the Theatres Royal.

Original cast list given and lists for Drury Lane and the 1818 Covent Garden performances.

Borrows several characters and scences from Townley's False concord. Cf. Baker, Biog. drama. DNB.
Series
Oxberry, W. (William), 1784-1824. New English drama ; no. 21.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
PR1243 .O8 1818 v.5 item 1 Cage
Folger-specific note
First of four in volume 5 of New English drama. (Fifth item, "Provoked husband", bound instead in volume 6.)
Folger accession
6.28.47
Call number
PR1243 .O8 Misc. v.8 1818 item 5 Cage
Folger-specific note
Bound fifth of eight with seven other Oxberry editions.
Folger accession
cs191
Call number
PR1243 .O8 Misc. v.4 1818 item 5 Cage
Folger-specific note
Bound fifth of six with five other Oxberry editions.
Folger accession
cs843