The taming of the shrew, or, Catherine and Petruchio : a comedy, altered from Shakespeare

Alternate Title:

Taming of the shrew; Catherine and Petruchio

Name:

Garrick, David, 1717-1779

Date:

1786

Language:

English

Provenance:

Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 (autograph) (bookplate); Furness, Horace Howard, Jr. (donor); Furness, Louise Brooks Winsor (donor); Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893 (former owner); Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823 (former owner)

Publisher:

Printed for C. Bathurst, J.F. & C. Rivington, L. Davis, W. Owen & Son, B. White & Son, T. Longman, B. Law, C. Dilly, T. Payne & Son, J. Nichols, T. Cadell, J. Robson, G.G.J. & J. Robinson, T. Bowles, R. Baldwin, H.L. Gardner, J. Bew, W. Cater, J. Murray, W. Stuart, S. Hayes, W. Lowndes, S. Bladon, G. & T. Wilkie, W. Fox, Scatcherd & Whitaker, E. Newberry, J. Barker, T. & J. Egerton, and D. Ogilvy

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Annotations (Provenance); books

Physical Description:

34 pages, 2 unnumbered pages; 19 cm (12mo)

Related Place:

England -- London.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

First published in 1756 as: Catharine and Petruchio.; Shattuck 1.; Advertisements on last leaf.; Online version available via Colenda; Furness Library copy is John Philip Kemble's interleaved promptbook, with his stage directions, notes, cuts, and additions throughout. On the front free endpaper is a ms. inscription by Horace Howard Furness, which reads: "The acting copy, with the ms. directions, of Mr. John Philip Kemble. Given to me by Mrs. F.A. Kemble. Horace Howard Furness. 21 April 1874."; Related Work: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Taming of the shrew.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, PR3467 .C38 1786

Collection:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania); English Renaissance in Context Collection (University of Pennsylvania)