The school for scandal : a comedy in five acts / by Richard Brinsley Sheridan ; with the stage directions ...

New York : Samuel French ..., [18--?]

[94] leaves ; 21 cm

French's standard drama ; no. 7

Stage manager's workbook, marked in ink and pencil; text cut out and pasted to blank leaves.

French's standard drama ; no. 7.

United States -- New York (State) -- New York.

PROMPT S15

In ink on front paper wrapper: "John Moore" with manuscript note: "Cut and arranged by Augustin Daly"; in ink on leaf [9]: "John Moore New York 1874". Leaves [75]-[78] formerly pinned closed. Pasted to recto of 1st leaf, portions of newspaper reviews; 2nd review of performance at 5th Avenue Theatre continued on verso of 1st leaf; newspaper review of performance at 5th Avenue Theatre pasted to 2nd leaf with manuscript note: "Herald"; printed cast lists on recto of 3rd leaf for Daly's 5th Avenue Theatre and printed cast list of 1777 production along with copyright notice for arrangement at Daly's 5th Avenue Theatre; newspaper review of performance at Daly's 5th Avenue Theatre pasted to verso of 3rd leaf, continues to 4th leaf, followed by another review with manuscript note: "Tribune"; pasted to verso of leaf [5], a newspaper review of performance at Daly's 5th Avenue Theatre, with manuscript note: "Graphic Sep. 74" [1874]; pasted to verso of final leaf: illustration of scene from 5th Avenue Theatre production from "The daily graphic, New York, Thursday, September 24, 1874". Includes loose: [2] leaf program for Daly's Theatre for Jan. 26, 1891 with Moore as Rowley and listed as "in the stage management"; [2] leaf playbill for Daly's 5th Avenue Theatre for week ending Oct. 5, 1874 with manuscript note changing performance date from Thursday, Oct. 1, 1874 to "Friday" the "2nd"; [2] leaf playbill for Daly's 5th Avenue Theatre for week ending Sept. 12, 1874 and for Sat., Sept. 12, 1874 with John Moore listed as stage manager; newspaper review of performance at Daly's 5th Avenue Theatre; printed illustration of "Dancing the minuet"; manuscript note in ink scheduling a rehearsal of the minuet, dated Sept. 4, 1874 with the names Miss Varian and Mrs. Gilbert in ink and an added note in pencil: Miss Jewett and Miss Congdon; 2 [4] p. Manuscript cast plots in ink; [6] p. Manuscript cast plot in ink; [1] leaf of additional manuscript description of stage setting and stage direction in ink; [2] leaf stage direction for "Dance" in manuscript ink; 15 leaf manuscript partbook in ink, for Rowley; [30] p. Manuscript partbook in ink for Sir Oliver; [8] p. Manuscript partbook for Moses in ink, with costume list on verso of final leaf; [4] leaf manuscript partbook in ink for Joseph's servant; [2] leaf manuscript partbook in ink for Trip, with costume list on verso of final leaf.