The playhouse pocket-companion, or theatrical vade-mecum: containing, I. A Catalogue of all the dramatic authors who have written for the English Stage, with a List of their works, shewing the dates of representation or publication. II. A Catalogue of anonymous pieces. III. An Index of Plays and Authors. In a Method entirely new, Whereby the author of any dramatic performance, and the time of its appearance, may be readily discovered on Inspection. To which is prefixed, A Critical History of the English Stage from its Origin to the present Time; With an Enquiry into the Causes of the Decline of Dramatic Poetry in England.

People / Organizations

• Messrs. Richardson ("printed by and for", or "by/for and sold by")

Imprint

London: printed and sold by Messrs. Richardson and Urquhart, under the Royal Exchange, Cornhill; J. Wenman, No. 144, Fleet Street; and J. Southern, in St. James's Street, MDCCLXXIX. [1779]

Publication year

1779-1779

ESTC No.

T58085

Grub Street ID

284253

Description

[5],14-179,[1]p. ; 12⁰

Note

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