Much ado about nothing
Subtitle: a comedy in six acts
By: By William Shakespeare. With the stage business, cast of characters, costums, relative positions, etc
Series: French's standard drama -- no. LV
Publisher: Samuel French & son, publishers, 38 East 14th street; Samuel French. Publisher, 89, Strand
Published: 1878
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
Subjects: Wallack's Theatre
Notes: Date of publication inferred from New York City street directory information.

Series title also at head of title with the word "French's" omitted.

Inscribed "property of Fanny Davenport, 1886."

Each copy inscribed: Property of Miss Davenport.

Part of the Shakespeare Promptbook Collection. See Newlin, Jeanne T. et al. “Shakespeare Promptbooks in the Harvard Theatre Collection: A Catalogue.” Harvard Library Bulletin, vol. 35, no. 1, 1987.

Tite page wanting; text cut from a Samuel French edition and pasted into workbook, interleaved and heavily marked. Includes description of a dance at the end of the play.

Four copies, each with original printed salmon wrappers preserved, and advts. on p. [1-4] of wrappers; bound together in green cloth. Fanny Davenport presented this play at the Union square theatre, New York, Oct. 12-23, 1886, then took it on the road. The 1st copy is cut for the part of Benedick, played by J.H. Barnes, whose name appears in ms. on front wrapper; the 2d copy, for Don Pedro, the name "Buckly" in ms. on front wrapper; the 3d copy, for Borachio. In one copy the imprint on cover is from a different setting, incl. "Samuel French" in London portion printed with initial capitals and lower-case letters rather than wholly in capitals as in above copies; advts. on p. [1-4] of wrappers; cut for the part of Conrad.

Part of the Shakespeare Promptbook Collection. See Newlin, Jeanne T. et al. “Shakespeare Promptbooks in the Harvard Theatre Collection: A Catalogue.” Harvard Library Bulletin, vol. 35, no. 1, 1987.