The Magpie; or, The maid of Palaiseau
Subtitle: A melo-drame. With prefatory remarks. The only edition existing which is faithfully marked with the stage business, and stage directions, as it is performed at the Theatres Royal
By: By W. Oxberry, comedian
Series: The new English drama -- v. 11, [no.1]
Publisher: Published for the proprietors, by W. Simpkin, and R. Marshall ... and C. Chapple ...
Published: 1820
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Notes: Translation and adaptation of: La pie voleuse, ou La servante de Palaiseau, by L.C. Caignies and J.M.T. Baudouin.

According to Genest, the adaptation has been attributed to Thomas Dibdin, but he does not claim it. See his Reminiscences. London, 1827, II, p. 55, 67.

Two other adaptations ascribed to S.J. Arnold and Isaac Pocock appeared about the same time.

At head of title: Oxberry's edition.

"Oxberry and Co. printers, 8, White Hart-Yard"--Verso of t.p.