B35473

Shelfmark

Ib3.4.63

Title

Scenes from the rejected comedies /, by some of the competitors for the prize of £500 offered by Mr. B. Webster, lessee of the Haymarket Theatre, for the best original comedy, illustrative of English manners.

Publication, distribution, etc.

London :, Published at the Punch Office, 194, Strand.,, MDCCCXLIV. [1844]

Physical description

48 p. ;, 20 cm.

Note

Parodies by Gilbert À Beckett of scenes from plays by James Sheridan Knowles and nine other playwrights of the day. À Beckett included himself, in a scene from "The school for sentiment".

Note

Colophon: "Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars".

Formatted contents note

Scene from The husband/ by J---s S---n K---s - Humbugs of the hour/ by D---s J---d - Scene from The Templars : a rejected comedy/ by Serjt. T---d - The absurdities of a day/ by J.R. P---e - Jane Jenkins, or, The ghost of the back drawing room/ by E. F---zb-- -ll - Floreat Etona/ by D.L. B---t - A story of London/ by Le-- -h H---t - The school for sentiment, or, The tar! the tear!! and the tilbury/ by G---t A---t a'B---t - Grandmother Browning/ by M---k L-- -n - Scene from Credit/ by Sir E.L.B.L.E.D. B---r.

Provenance

Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.

Provenance

Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.

Binding

19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.

Copy-specific note

Ms. inscription on rear flyleaf: "Said to have been written by Gilbert abbot a Beckett".

Copy-specific note

A piece of paper with a pasted extract from bookseller's catalogue and ms. inscription "The above contains these scenes from reprinted comdies, in addition to some other matter, which is not, however, of a parody caracter. LV. H." pasted on rear flyleaf.

Subject

English drama

Added entry--name

Harcourt, Lewis Vernon, former owner.

Added entry--name

A Beckett, Gilbert Abbott

Added entry--name

Punch Office, publisher.

Added entry--name

Bradbury & Evans, printer.

Added entry--place

England, London.

001B35473

003LIBRARY CODE

096##$aIb3.4.63

24510$aScenes from the rejected comedies /$cby some of the competitors for the prize of £500 offered by Mr. B. Webster, lessee of the Haymarket Theatre, for the best original comedy, illustrative of English manners.

260##$aLondon :$bPublished at the Punch Office, 194, Strand.,$cMDCCCXLIV. [1844]

300##$a48 p. ;$c20 cm.

500##$aParodies by Gilbert À Beckett of scenes from plays by James Sheridan Knowles and nine other playwrights of the day. À Beckett included himself, in a scene from "The school for sentiment".

500##$aColophon: "Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars".

505##$aScene from The husband/ by J---s S---n K---s - Humbugs of the hour/ by D---s J---d - Scene from The Templars : a rejected comedy/ by Serjt. T---d - The absurdities of a day/ by J.R. P---e - Jane Jenkins, or, The ghost of the back drawing room/ by E. F---zb-- -ll - Floreat Etona/ by D.L. B---t - A story of London/ by Le-- -h H---t - The school for sentiment, or, The tar! the tear!! and the tilbury/ by G---t A---t a'B---t - Grandmother Browning/ by M---k L-- -n - Scene from Credit/ by Sir E.L.B.L.E.D. B---r.

561##$aArmorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.

561##$aEton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.

563##$a19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.

590##$aMs. inscription on rear flyleaf: "Said to have been written by Gilbert abbot a Beckett".

590##$aA piece of paper with a pasted extract from bookseller's catalogue and ms. inscription "The above contains these scenes from reprinted comdies, in addition to some other matter, which is not, however, of a parody caracter. LV. H." pasted on rear flyleaf.

650#0$aEnglish drama

7001#$aHarcourt, Lewis Vernon$eformer owner.

7001#$aA Beckett, Gilbert Abbott

7102#$aPunch Office$epublisher.

7102#$aBradbury & Evans$eprinter.

752##$aEngland$dLondon.