| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 189 pages) : illustrations |
| 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George Cumberland's unpublished and almost unrecorded farce of about 1817 called The Emigrants or A Trip to The Ohio amiably pokes fun at Yankees, Yorkshiremen, Irishmen, and Utopians, and it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 |
| Notes |
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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English farces.
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Emigration and immigration
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English farces
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Public opinion, British
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- Drama
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Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Drama
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United States -- Foreign public opinion, British -- Drama
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Drama
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bentley, Elizabeth B. (Elizabeth Budd), 1930- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780773417915 |
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0773417915 |
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