Hamlet, Prince of Denmark : a tragedy / by Shakespeare ; as performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden ; regulated from the prompt-book, with permission of the managers by Mr. Younger, prompter ; an introduction, and notes critical and illustrative, are added by the authors of the Dramatic censor.
1777
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Title
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark : a tragedy / by Shakespeare ; as performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden ; regulated from the prompt-book, with permission of the managers by Mr. Younger, prompter ; an introduction, and notes critical and illustrative, are added by the authors of the Dramatic censor.
Uniform title
Hamlet
Created/published
London : Printed for John Bell, near Exeter-Exchange, in the Strand, MDCCXXVII [1777]
Description
84 p. : 1 port. (engraving) ; 18 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. author.
Gentleman, Francis, 1728-1784.
Bell, John, 1745-1831, bookseller.
Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker.
Roberts, James, 1753-approximately 1809, illustrator.
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
Covent Garden Theatre.
Gentleman, Francis, 1728-1784.
Bell, John, 1745-1831, bookseller.
Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker.
Roberts, James, 1753-approximately 1809, illustrator.
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
Covent Garden Theatre.
Note
Francis Gentleman was the author of The dramatic censor.
Signatures: O-U⁶.
Vol. III in direction lines.
Engraved frontispiece portrait of Mrs. Lessingham in the character of Ophelia lettered: J. Roberts ad vivam delin., C. Grignion sculp. Publish'd for Bell's Edition of Shakespeare Octr. 1st. 1775.
Cast lists for Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres.
Signatures: O-U⁶.
Vol. III in direction lines.
Engraved frontispiece portrait of Mrs. Lessingham in the character of Ophelia lettered: J. Roberts ad vivam delin., C. Grignion sculp. Publish'd for Bell's Edition of Shakespeare Octr. 1st. 1775.
Cast lists for Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres.
Exhibited
Exhibited: David Garrick (1717-1779), A Theatrical Life. Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., April 22 - August 29, 2005; p. 84.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), N7051
Genre/form
Acting editions.
Cast lists.
Cast lists.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
PR2807 1777 copy 1 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Lacking engraved frontispiece. Disbound. Featured in Garrick exhibition.
Folger accession
cs120
Call number
PR2807 1777 copy 2 Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Lacking engraved frontispiece. Disbound.
Folger accession
cs122