For the benefit of Mrs. Keasberry, On Monday evening, September 14th, will be presented a comedy, call'd The funeral ..., and Spirit of contradiction
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 90., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
New Theatre in Portsmouth
Subject (Name):
Purcell, Daniel, -1717. and Rich, John, 1692-1761.
Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 117.
Publisher:
Printed by Stephen Martin
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Rich, John, 1692-1761.
Title from item., Publication date in Stephens: 1729?, Frontispiece from: Miller, J. Harlequin-Horace,or, The art of modern poetry. 3rd ed. London : Lawton Gilliver, 1735., Temporary local subject terms: Theater: scenery -- Theater: stage boxes -- Apollo -- Muses -- Literature: William Shakespeare, 1564-1616 -- Literature: Benjamin Jonson, 1573?-1635 -- Literature: Nicholas Rowe, 1674-1744 -- Literature: allusion to Harlequin Horace by James Miller, 1706-1744 -- Harlequin -- Punch --Pierrot -- Mottoes: Vivitur ingenio -- Nicknames: "Lun" for John Rich -- Actors: Johnson, 1665-1742., and Mounted to 23 x 16 cm.
