Item #29077 The Maid of the Mill, A Comic Opera in Three Acts ... Printed from the acting Copy, with Remarks. To which are added a Description of the Costume, Cast of the Characters, Sides of Entrance and Exit, Relative Positions of the Performers on the Stage, and the whole of the Stage Business, as now performed in the Theatres Royal, London. Isaac Bickerstaff, Cruikshank.
The Maid of the Mill, A Comic Opera in Three Acts ... Printed from the acting Copy, with Remarks. To which are added a Description of the Costume, Cast of the Characters, Sides of Entrance and Exit, Relative Positions of the Performers on the Stage, and the whole of the Stage Business, as now performed in the Theatres Royal, London.
The Maid of the Mill, A Comic Opera in Three Acts ... Printed from the acting Copy, with Remarks. To which are added a Description of the Costume, Cast of the Characters, Sides of Entrance and Exit, Relative Positions of the Performers on the Stage, and the whole of the Stage Business, as now performed in the Theatres Royal, London.
The Maid of the Mill, A Comic Opera in Three Acts ... Printed from the acting Copy, with Remarks. To which are added a Description of the Costume, Cast of the Characters, Sides of Entrance and Exit, Relative Positions of the Performers on the Stage, and the whole of the Stage Business, as now performed in the Theatres Royal, London.
The Maid of the Mill, A Comic Opera in Three Acts ... Printed from the acting Copy, with Remarks. To which are added a Description of the Costume, Cast of the Characters, Sides of Entrance and Exit, Relative Positions of the Performers on the Stage, and the whole of the Stage Business, as now performed in the Theatres Royal, London.
The Maid of the Mill, A Comic Opera in Three Acts ... Printed from the acting Copy, with Remarks. To which are added a Description of the Costume, Cast of the Characters, Sides of Entrance and Exit, Relative Positions of the Performers on the Stage, and the whole of the Stage Business, as now performed in the Theatres Royal, London.

The Maid of the Mill, A Comic Opera in Three Acts ... Printed from the acting Copy, with Remarks. To which are added a Description of the Costume, Cast of the Characters, Sides of Entrance and Exit, Relative Positions of the Performers on the Stage, and the whole of the Stage Business, as now performed in the Theatres Royal, London.

Isaac Robert Cruikshank. London: T. Dolby, Britannia Press c1824. iv, [3], [8]-59, [1] pages. Plus wrappers and frontis. 6 x 3 3/4 inches. Original printed wrappers enclosed in protective wrapper (marbled paper scraps over thin paper) made from binders' waste. The wrapper title notes "Printed from the acting Edition" and the actual title page notes "Printed from the Acting Copy". Frontispiece shows Act I Scene 3 at Dolby's British Theatre. Page [60] shows the proper positions of the actors at closing curtain. Near Fine. Wraps. [29077]


No. 56 in Dolby's British Theatre series, Priced 6d on the front wrapper. Nicely engraved front wrapper "from an original Drawing, made expressly for this Work, by Mr. I. R. Cruikshank, and executed by Mr. White" Publishing date is circa 1824 based on listing on A3 of "Cast of the Characters at the Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane, 1824"

Many, many editions of this work were done from the 18th century onward. This edition seems rather scarce with only a few listings in OCLC Worldcat as of this listing. A nice find for the Cruikshank collector.

Price: $75.00

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