The tempest :
a play /
by W. Shakspeare ; with prefatory remarks ; the only edition existing which is faithfully marked with the stage business, and stage directions, as it is performed at the Theatres Royal ; by W. Oxberry, comedian.

Description

Main Author

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Related Names

Wageman, Thomas Charles, approximately 1787-1863, illustrator.
Woolnoth, Thomas, 1785-, printmaker.
Chapple, Clement, bookseller.
Oxberry, W. (William), 1784-1824, printer.
Oxberry, W. (William), 1784-1824.
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823.
Melville, Charles, former owner.
Covent Garden Theatre.
Simpkin and Marshall
Boston Theatre (Washington Street, Boston, Mass.)
Shakespeare Promptbook Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection)

Language(s)

English

Published

London : Published for the proprietors, by W. Simpkin, and R. Marshall, Stationers' Court, Ludgate Street; and C. Chapple, 59, Pall-Mall, 1823

Edition

Oxberry's edition.

Subjects

Cast lists > Cast lists / England > Cast lists / England / London > Cast lists / England / London / 19th century.
Acting editions > Acting editions / England > Acting editions / England / London > Acting editions / England / London / 19th century.
Promptbooks > Promptbooks / England > Promptbooks / England / London > Promptbooks / England / London / 19th century.

Note

With a cast list dated 1821 for Covent-Garden Theatre, and a descriptive costume list.
Engraved frontispiece lettered: Engraved by T. Woolnoth from a drawing by Wageman. Published 1823 by Simpkin & Marshall, Stationers Court & Chappel, Pall Mall.
Also issued in the new English drama, by W. Oxberry, comedian, vol. 17, no. 2, 1818-1826.
Signatures: A¹²( -A10-11) B-C¹² D⁴.
"Remarks" signed: P.P.
Printer's name from colophon.
Edition statement at head of title page.
Kemble's version.

Physical Description

xviii, [2], 56 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 port. (engravings) ; 18 cm (12mo)

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