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The humours of the university, or the merry wives of Cambridge
Title
The humours of the university, or the merry wives of Cambridge, [18th century].
Physical Description
1 v. (49 p.) ; 21 x 17 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Binding: blue Middle Hill boards.
Ownership inscription on front flyleaf: E.H.W. Meyerstein, May 1940.
Inscription on front pastedown: Bt. of Bowes and Bowes, Cambridge, for 155.
Dealer description pasted on rear pastedown attributes play to Kemble [Charles, 1775-1854?]: 150 Cambridge. The Humours of the University, or the Merry Wives of Cambridge, a Play, original MS, probably by Kemble, unpublished 4to. Phillipps sale, June 6-11 1898.
In English.
Provenance
Phillipps MSS 10976 & 18361. For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Summary
Manuscript play, heavily corrected, of Act I only of a comedy concerning "libertine" student life at Cambridge. The author's preface notes that "the university characters in this play are of those despicable wretches only, who dishonor a college....For I should take no pleasure in drawing those descriptions which scandalize the place of my education, were it not to inform the Libertine that a college is sacred in a double sense: to Learning, &, what is beyond it, to Religion."
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
August 08, 2005
References
The Humours of the University, or The Merry Wives of Cambridge. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
The Humours of the University, or The Merry Wives of Cambridge. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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