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The disappointment: or, The force of credulity. A new American comic-opera, in three acts
Title
The disappointment: or, The force of credulity. [electronic resource] : A new American comic-opera, in three acts. / By Andrew Barton, Esq.
Edition
Second edition, revised and corrected, with large additions by the author. [Four lines of verse]
Published
Philadelphia: : Printed for and sold by Francis Shallus no. 40, Vine-Street., M.DCC.XCVI. [1796]
Physical Description
iv, [3], 8-94, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Without music.
The authorship has long been disputed. Variously attributed to Andrew Barton (probably a pseudonym), John Leacock, and Thomas Forrest. Most recently and most convincingly attributed to Francis Hopkinson. Cf. Shepard, Mary D. "Forrest's Curious Old Play: or, Hopkinson's Disappointment" in: Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 88 (1994): p. 37-52.
Frontispiece engraved by Joseph H. Seymour. Though numbered "II", it is the only plate.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 30036).
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Other formats
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 18, 2006
References
Evans, C. American bibliography, 30036
Hill, F.P. American plays, printed 1714-1830, 13
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Plays - 1796.
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