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The merry wives of Windsor : a comedy in five acts

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Type of record: Book

Title: The merry wives of Windsor : a comedy in five acts

Level: Piece

Classmark: BC NCC/JON

Creator(s): Daniel, George (1789-1864)

Additional creator(s): Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) (Other)

Related people: Shakespeare, William

Publisher: J. Cumberland

Publication city: London

Date(s): [1827?]

Language: English

Size and medium: 62 p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/294583

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991003313779705181

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"Printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographical and critical, by D-G. [George Daniel]".


"To which are added a description of the costume, cast of the characters, entrances and exits, relative positions of the performers on the stage, and the whole of the stage business."


"Embellished with a fine wood engraving, by Mr. White, from a drawing taken in the Theatre, by Mr. R. Cruikshank."


Includes untitled songs without music.


Adaptation of: The merry wives of Windsor / Shakespeare.

Additional description

Bound with 7 other publications in a volume lettered PLAYS . Volume contents: 1.Jonson, Ben: Every man in his humour, [between 1827 and 1829]. -- 2. Kenney, James: Love, law and physic, [1829?]. -- 3. Goldsmith, Oliver: She stoops to conquer, [1829]. -- 4. Knowles, James Sheridan: William Tell, [1828?]. -- 5. Sheridan, Richard Brinsley: The school for scandal, [ca. 1830]. -- 6. O'Keeffe, John: Wild oats, [1835?]. -- 7. Shakespeare, William: The merry wives of Windsor, [1827]. -- 8. Tobin, John: The Honey Moon, [1826?]

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