"THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL: A Comedy. As perform'd at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane...1777" Manuscript copy in an unidentified handwriting, probably used as a promptbook. The notes of authorship at the head of the "Prologue" and of the "Epilogue" are in Sheridan's autograph. Formerly the property of Albinia Bertie Hobart, Countess of Buckinghamshire, with her signature, "Albinia Buckinghamshire".

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL: A Comedy. As perform'd at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane...1777" Manuscript copy in an unidentified handwriting, probably used as a promptbook. The notes of authorship at the head of the "Prologue" and of the "Epilogue" are in Sheridan's autograph. Formerly the property of Albinia Bertie Hobart, Countess of Buckinghamshire, with her signature, "Albinia Buckinghamshire".

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Description

Title: "THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL: A Comedy. As perform'd at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane...1777" Manuscript copy in an unidentified handwriting, probably used as a promptbook. The notes of authorship at the head of the "Prologue" and of the "Epilogue" are in Sheridan's autograph. Formerly the property of Albinia Bertie Hobart, Countess of Buckinghamshire, with her signature, "Albinia Buckinghamshire".
Published / Created: n.d.
Abstract: Bound in three-quarter red morocco. p. i-iv; 1-215; [i-ii]. Purchase, 1936.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: GEN MSS 284
Collection Title: Richard Brinsley Sheridan collection
Collection/Other Creator: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Collection Date: 1769-1814
Collection Note: Volumes
Container / Volume: Volume 5

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: text
Genre: Correspondence
Manuscripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Topic): Dramatists, English--18th century
English drama--18th century

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Access: Public
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Citation: Richard Brinsley Sheridan Collection. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 4120842
Object ID (OID): 17324519