moncrieff 1794 (4 Ergebnisse)

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See the two men's entries in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. Bifolium. Aged and a little worn, with short closed tear at head of the first leaf repaired with tape, and the second leaf having a discoloration at one edge from tape used in mount. Signed 'W. T. Moncrieff'. Casting interesting light on the production of melodramas in the 'Surrey-side' theatres. In an effort to induce him to collaborate with him on a production at the Victoria Theatre, he begins: 'My dear Cooke / Without wishing to interfere with any arrangement you may have made or may be contemplating to make - there can be no harm in my dropping a hint that the Proprietors here would be most happy to secure your Services at any time on your own terms - if at all within their means'. Such an arrangement would also please Moncrieff, 'as I have the idea of a Drama that I think very likely to prove quite as attractive as ever "My Poll and my Partner Joe" may prove.' (That play, by J. T. Haines and with music by Jolly, was a great success at the Royal Surrey Theatre in the same year.) He ends by asking Cooke to 'turn this over in hyour mind at your leisure and favor me with a line on the subject'.

36pp. 12mo. Zustand: Removed. First American edition. First American edition. 36pp. 12mo. A low comedy adaptation of Irving's Tale, quickly thrown together by English palywright Moncrieff to capirtalize on the current interest in Irving's Sketch Book. His most lasting production was a dramatization of Pierce Egan's Life in London under the name "Tom and Jerry" also in 1821. BAL Vol. III, p. 92 (Irving). BAL Vol. III, p. 92 (Irving).