The critic or A tragedy rehearsed a dramatic piece in three acts as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Esqr[.]

People / Organizations

• Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Author)

Imprint

London : Printed for T. Becket. Adelphi Strand, MDCCLXXXI. [1781]

Publication year

1795

ESTC No.

N47836

Grub Street ID

32476

Description

[2],ii,[4],96p. ; 8°.

Note

The titlepage is engraved

A piracy, with "S. J. Neele, sculpt. Strand." 6mm. below the imprint

The paper is watermarked: 1795

No press figures; p.26 line 2: "[Exit."; catchword p. 42: printing-; p.84: "awkward".

Uncontrolled note

OU copy has no half-title. - Prelims: [1-2] titlepage, verso blank; [i]-ii dedication "To Mrs. Greville"; [1-2] Prologue; [3-4] dramatis personae, verso blank; [1]-96 text, "Finis" on p.96. Signatures: [pi]? A2-4 B-G? . Apparently a variant of the pirated 1781 edition, not described by Todd; this copy has "awkward" spelled correctly. Further details sought to distinguish different issues of the piracy