At head of title: ... Shakspere's plays. and George Gissing's copy, with his autograph and manuscript notes, inscribed by him: "Acted at Lind. [Lindow] Grove Xmas 1873." Bookplate: George Matthew Adams.
Publisher:
Ireland & Co.,
Subject (Name):
Gissing, George,--1857-1903--Autograph and Gissing, George,--1857-1903--Ms. notes
Phelps, Samuel, 1804-1878 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Sinclair, Henry
Published / Created:
1823?]
Call Number:
Ig 6i 823a
Image Count:
3
Alternative Title:
Macbeth
Description:
Apparently detached from the edition: Plays ... accurately printed from the text of correct copies left by Steevens and Malone ... London: Printed for the trade, 1923. and Title in manuscript on cover. Manuscript notes throughout.
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a promptbook of Macbeth, written in an interleaved copy of a printed edition of the play. The handwritten notes provide stage directions; scene descriptions; and sound and lighting directions; as well as directions for unnamed characters. The notes also provide explanations for dramatic choices, such as the comment concerning Banquo's murderers, "These are disbanded officers & must therefore be represented as gentlemen not common cutthroats." Occasionally the writer has drawn diagrams of actors' positions or images of scenery; and at the end of the volume, he provides several detailed directions for combat sequences, including one for the final fight between Macbeth and Macduff, involving shoulder blows, leg blows, head blows, groans, and lunges.
Description:
Binding: machine-grain morocco. Pasted on front cover: a printed ticket which reads "Mr. Chas. Pitt Theatre Royal Sheffield. Machbeth." and On flyleaf: engraving of a scene from Macbeth.
Subject (Name):
Macbeth,--King of Scotland, 11th cent.--Drama, Pitt, Charles Dibdin, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Macbeth, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Dramatic production--History, and Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Stage history--Sources
Subject (Topic):
English drama--17th century, Promptbooks, Stage fighting, Theater--Production and direction--United States, and Theater--United States--19th century