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The songs, recitatives, choruses & c. in The white cat, or, Harlequin in Fairy Wood : a new comic pantomime, performed at the Theatre Royal, Lyceum, with unbounded applause / by James Kirby ; to which is prefixed, a prospectus of the pantomime ; the music composed by Mr. Smart ; the scenery, by Mr. Greenwood ; the tricks & properties by Mr. Morris
The songs, recitatives, choruses & c. in The white cat, or, Harlequin in Fairy Wood : a new comic pantomime, performed at the Theatre Royal, Lyceum, with unbounded applause / by James Kirby ; to which is prefixed, a prospectus of the pantomime ; the music composed by Mr. Smart ; the scenery, by Mr. Greenwood ; the tricks & properties by Mr. Morris
Alternative Title
White Cat. Libretto
White cat, or, Harlequin in Fairy Wood
Creator
Smart, Henry, 1778-1823
Date
1812
Publication Place
London (England)
Printer
Lowndes & Hobbs
Description
No other recorded copy of this work identified at time of cataloging.
Cast list on p. [8].
Not in Nicoll.
Last leaf blank.
Signatures: B-C⁴ [D]⁴.
Performed at the Lyceum from 23 Dec. 1811 through 1 Apr. 1812. Cf. Bolton, H. Women writers dramatized, p. 157.
Likely published 1812.
Extent
22, [2] p.
Dimensions
23 cm (8vo)
Language
English
Topical Subject
Pantomime
Geographic Subject
London (England)
England
Great Britain
Genre Subject
Libretti
Associated Entities
Lowndes & Hobbs
Lyceum Theatre (London, England)
Kirby, James, fl. 1811-1830
Collection Title
Digital Rare Book Collection
Sub-Collection
Project Unica (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library)
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
The songs, recitatives, choruses & c. in The white cat, or, Harlequin in Fairy Wood : a new comic pantomime, performed at the Theatre Royal, Lyceum, with unbounded applause / by James Kirby ; to which is prefixed, a prospectus of the pantomime ; the music composed by Mr. Smart ; the scenery, by Mr. Greenwood ; the tricks & properties by Mr. Morris
Alternative Title
White Cat. Libretto
White cat, or, Harlequin in Fairy Wood
Creator
Smart, Henry, 1778-1823
Date
1812
Publication Place
London (England)
Printer
Lowndes & Hobbs
Description
No other recorded copy of this work identified at time of cataloging.
Cast list on p. [8].
Not in Nicoll.
Last leaf blank.
Signatures: B-C⁴ [D]⁴.
Performed at the Lyceum from 23 Dec. 1811 through 1 Apr. 1812. Cf. Bolton, H. Women writers dramatized, p. 157.
Likely published 1812.
Extent
22, [2] p.
Dimensions
23 cm (8vo)
Language
English
Topical Subject
Pantomime
Geographic Subject
London (England)
England
Great Britain
Genre Subject
Libretti
Associated Entities
Lowndes & Hobbs
Lyceum Theatre (London, England)
Kirby, James, fl. 1811-1830
Collection Title
Digital Rare Book Collection
Sub-Collection
Project Unica (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library)
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
