| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 189 pages :) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Note |
Text based on the author's manuscript held by the E.J. Pratt Library of the Victoria University in the University of Toronto. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-175) and index. |
| Contents |
THE EMIGRANTS OR A TRIP TO THE OHIO, A THEATRICAL FARCE (1817): A Comedic Portrayal of English Emigrants Who Never Get to America; Copyright Page; Dedication; George Cumberland; Table of Contents; Table of Reproductions; The Emigrants -- Summary of the Book; Author's Note; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Emigrants or A Trip to the Ohio -- a Farce; End Notes; The Emigrants -- Reproductions; Characters in the Dramatis Personae; The Date of the Farce; Notes on the Manuscript; Notes on the Transcription of the Manuscript; Scene Designations; Stage Directions; Speech Headings. |
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Punctuation and CapitalizationSpelling; Manuscript Misspellings Corrected Here; Appendix A; Appendix B; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
George Cumberland's unpublished and almost unrecorded farce of about 1817 called The Emigrants or A Trip to The Ohio amiably pokes fun at Yankees, Yorkshiremen, Irishmen, and Utopians, and it is a treasure-house of slang, such as "Obstropelous". Its polymath author was a prolific artist, inventor, geologist, poet, political radical, novelist, and intimate friend of William Blake. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- Drama.
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Great Britain. |
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Emigration and immigration. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
United States -- Foreign public opinion, British -- Drama.
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United States. |
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English farces.
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English farces. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Bentley, Elizabeth B. (Elizabeth Budd), 1930- editor.
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| Added Title |
Emigrants, or, A trip to the Ohio, a theatrical farce (1817) |
| Other Form: |
Original 9780773440883 0773440887 (DLC) 2012041486 (OCoLC)813538114 |
| ISBN |
9780773417915 (electronic book) |
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0773417915 (electronic book) |
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9780773440883 (cloth) |
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0773440887 |
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