A dissertation on the pageants or dramatic mysteries anciently performed at Coventry, by the trading companies of that city : chiefly with reference to the vehicle, characters, and dresses of the actors : compiled, in a great degree, from sources hitherto unexplored : to which are added, the Pageant of the Shearmen & Taylors' company, and other municipal entertainers of a public nature / by Thomas Sharp.
Published / Created:
Coventry : Published by Merridew and Son; sold also by Harding, Triphook, and Lepard; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; Nichols and Son, London; and J. Merridew, Warwick, MDCCCXXV [1825]
Physical Description:
[6], 226, [4] p., 10 leaves of plates : ill., music ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Plates drawn and engraved by D. Jee [i.e. Gee?].
Subject Terms:
N-Town plays. | Mysteries and miracle-plays, English -- History and criticism. | English drama -- To 1500 -- History and criticism. | Christian drama, English (Middle) -- History and criticism. | Bible plays, English -- History and criticism. | Theater -- England -- History -- Medieval, 500–1500. | Cycles (Literature) | Merridew and Son -- Publisher. | Harding, Triphook, and Lepard -- Bookseller. | Longman, Hurst, Ree, Orm, Brown, and Green -- Bookseller. | Nichols and Son -- Bookseller. | Merridew, J. -- Bookseller. | Hunnewell, James Frothingham -- Bookplate | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1825. | Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1825. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1825.
Contributors:
Gee, David, 1793–1872, ill. | Merridew and Son, publisher.