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Microform

Author

O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833.

Title The dramatic works of John O'Keeffe, esq. [microform] / published under the gracious patronage of His Royal Highness the prince of Wales ; prepared for the press by the author.

Imprint

London : Printed for the author, by T. Woodfall, 1798.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Basement Library of English Literature Microfiche Cabinets	LEL 22043-45	---	Available

Description	4 v.
Series	Library of English literature ; LEL 22043-45
Note	Errors in pagination: v. 3, pages 144, 296 and 346 misnumbered 114, 304 and 463 respectively, page 389 unnumbered; v. 4, pages 278, 375 and 480 misnumbered 178, 735 and 80 respectively.
	Title-pages of Wild oats (vol. 2) and The toy (vol. 3) interchanged.
	Published by subscription.
	A selection of 29 works, all previously published in authorized editions. Also includes 'Le grenadier,' 1789, intended for production at Covent Garden, but prohibited.
	(cont.) -- v. 4. The world in a village (Covent Garden, 23 November 1793) The Highland reel (Covent Garden, 6 November 1788) Alfred; or, The magic banner (Haymarket, 22 June 1796) The farmer (Covent Garden, 31 October 1787) The man-milliner (Covent Garden, 27 January 1787) The prisoner at large (Haymarket, 2 July 1788) Love in a camp; or, Patrick in Prussia (Covent Garden, 17 February 1786) The doldrum; or, 1803 (Covent Garden, 23 April 1796) [First performance dates. cf. Cambridge bibliography of English literature]
Contents	v. 1. Life's vagaries; or, The neglected son (Covent Garden, 19 March 1795) The castle of Andalusia (Covent Garden, 2 November 1782) Le grenadier. Tony Lumpkin in town (Haymarket, 2 July 1778) The poor soldier (Covent garden, 4 November 1783) Modern antiques; or, The merry mourners (Covent Garden, 14 March 1791) Sprigs of laurel (Covent Garden, 11 May 1793) -- v. 2. Wild oats; or, The strolling gentlemen (Covent Garden, 16 April 1791) The Wicklow mountains (Covent Garden, 17 October 1796) Fontainebleau; or, Our way in France (Covent Garden, 16 November 1784) The little hunchback; or, A frolic in Bagdad (Covent Garden, 16 March 1782) -- v. 3. The toy; or, The lie of the day (Covent Garden, 3 February 1789) The Czar Peter (Covent Garden, 8 March 1790) The London hermit; or, Rambles in Dorsetshire (Haymarket, 29 June 1793) The Irish mimic; or, Blunders at Brighton (Covent Garden, 23 April 1795) Tantara-rara, rogues all (Covent Garden, 1 March 1788) The birth day; or, The prince of Arragon (Haymarket, 12 August 1783) A beggar on horseback (Haymarket, 16 June 1785)
Reproduction	Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 3 microfiches : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 22043-45)
Note	s 1976 ilu n