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Creator:
Fielding, Henry, 1707–1754
Title(s):
An old man taught wisdom, or, The virgin unmask'd / by Henry Fielding.
Additional Title(s):

Old man taught wisdom

Virgin unmask'd

Virgin unmasked
Published/Created:
[England?] : [s.n.], [1735?]
Physical Description:
24 p. ; 16 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR3454 .O43 1735
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Sidney Sabin
[Request]
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
First performed Jan. 6 1735. Cf. London stage 1660-1800.
The character Bookish, his speeches, and eight songs omitted by Fielding from the first edition. Cf. Cross.
Later published under title: The virgin unmasked.
London stage 1660-1800, pt. 3, I, p. 448
Cross, W.L. Henry Fielding, I, p. 170
BAC: British Art Center copy disbound; may have been issued as part of a larger work.
Subject Terms:
English farces -- Early works to 1800.
Literature -- English -- Humor -- Early works to 1800.
Women -- Conduct of life -- Humor -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Farces.
Comedies.
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