A complete history of the English stage. introduced by a comparative and comprehensive review of the Asiatic, the Grecian, the Roman, the Spanish, the Italian, the Portuguese, the German, the French, and other theatres, and involving biographical tracts and anecdotes, instructive and amusing, concerning a prodigious number of authors, composers, painters, actors, singers, and patrons of dramatic productions in all countries /

A complete history of the English stage.

introduced by a comparative and comprehensive review of the Asiatic, the Grecian, the Roman, the Spanish, the Italian, the Portuguese, the German, the French, and other theatres, and involving biographical tracts and anecdotes, instructive and amusing, concerning a prodigious number of authors, composers, painters, actors, singers, and patrons of dramatic productions in all countries /
the whole written, with the assistance of interesting documents, collected in hte course of five and thirty years, by Mr. Dibdin.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814.
Contributors: Holloway, Joseph, 1861-1944, former owner
In collection: Holloway Book Collection
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London : printed for the author, and sold by him at his warehouse, [1800]
Subjects:
Dibdin, Charles, > 1745-1814 > Stage history.
Theater > England > History.
Notes:Half-title to each volume: 'Dibdin's history of the stage'.

Vols.2-5 bear the title 'A complete history of the stage'.

Running title: 'The stage'.

The paper in vols.1-3 is watermarked: 1797; vol.4: 1798.

Dedication to vol.5 dated: March 25, 1800.

Physical description: 5 volumes ; 22 cm.

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LO 4384
Manuscripts Reading Room
Access Note
Librarian's Office
LO 12813/1
Manuscripts Reading Room
Access Note
Librarian's Office Vol. I

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