The tempest
Subtitle: a play in five acts
By: by William Shakspeare ; printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographical and critical, by D.-G. ; to which are added a description of the costume, cast of the characters, entrances and exits, relative positions of the performers on the stage, and the whole of the stage business, as performed at the Theatres Royal, London ; embellished with a fine engraving by Mr. White, from a drawing taken in the theatre, by Mr. R. Cruikshank
Series: Cumberland's British theatre -- 46; Cumberland's British theatre -- no. 46
Publisher: John Cumberland, 6, Brecknock Place, Camden Town
Published: 1831
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 50
Work titles: Tempest
Notes: Edited by George Daniel.

Cumberland was at 2 Cumberland Terrace (on front wrapper) between 1831 and 1842. See Brown, P.A.H. London Publishers and Printers, p. 50.

Imprint on front wrapper: "London: John Cumberland, 2, Cumberland Terrace, Camden New Town. Sold by B. Steill, 20, Paternoster-Row; Sherwood and Co.; Simpkin and Marshall; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green; Hurst, Chance and Co., London; J. Cumming, Dublin; Sutherland, Edinburgh; M'Phun, Glasgow; Jackson, New York; Lance, Paris; and G. Berger, 42, Holywell Street, Strand."

Imprint on back wrapper: "London: Published by John Cumberland, 2, Cumberland Terrace, Camden New Town. Sold by G. Berger, 42, Holywell Street, Strand; and T. Hurst, 65, St. Paul's Church-yard."

Also issued as vol. 7 of Cumberland's British theatre.

Series information taken from back of printed wrappers.

Wrapper information includes advertisements for vol. 1 through 31 of Cumberland's British theatre, as well as vol. 1 through 7 of Cumberland's minor theatre on back wrappers.

Wood engraving on leaf A1v signed: R. Cruikshank, del., White, sc.

Signatures: A⁸ B-D⁶ E1.

Casts given for Drury Lane 1824 and Covent Garden 1827 performances.

With a detailed costume list.

Autograph of E. Dyas, Theatre Royal, Manchester, June, 1843.

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.

Promptbook, marked for acting. Imperfect: title page mutilated.