Theatre-Royal. By His Majesty's servants, on Wednesday, March 12th, 1788, will be presented the celebrated comedy, written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esq., called The school for scandal ... : To which will be added a farce, called The romp, or, Love in a city ...

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Lewis Walpole Library > Theatre-Royal. By His Majesty's servants, on Wednesday, March 12th, 1788, will be presented the celebrated comedy, written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esq., called The school for scandal ... : To which will be added a farce, called The romp, or, Love in a city ...

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Title: Theatre-Royal. By His Majesty's servants, on Wednesday, March 12th, 1788, will be presented the celebrated comedy, written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esq., called The school for scandal ... : To which will be added a farce, called The romp, or, Love in a city ...
Alternative Title: By His Majesty's servants, on Wednesday, March 12th, 1788, will be presented the celebrated comedy, written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esq., called The school for scandal
Theatre tickets sold at the booksellers' shops will be received this night ...
Contributor: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England), associated name.
Published / Created: [1788]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Caption title.
At head of title: The theatre tickets sold at the booksellers' shops will be received this night - Likewise tickets delivered for the benefit of Mr. Byles, box-keeper; Mr. Shevill, and Miss Carpenter.
A playbill.
Mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted before page 183 (leaf numbered '224' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Provenance: Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree. Sotheby's, 25 May 1954 (Lady Wavertree sale), lot 266, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 29.3 x 18 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English