The British theatre; or, a collection of plays, which are acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket. Printed under the authority of the managers from the prompt books. With biographical and critical remarks, by Mrs. Inchbald. In twenty-five volumes.
Elizabeth Simpson, Mrs Joseph Inchbald (1753-1821)
Category
Books
Date
1808
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3200845
Summary
Bibliographic description
25 v. : fronts. ; 8vo. Imperfect: vols. 1 & 19 only. Provenance: stencilled initials on pastedown: PRB[?] Binding: nineteenth-century mottled calf, gilt tooling on spine and board edges. Spine label's missing: Inchbald's Plays. (Poor condition; spines damaged; boards detached or loose.) Uniform with and partly completes imperfect set in Long Library.
Makers and roles
Elizabeth Simpson, Mrs Joseph Inchbald (1753-1821)