The merchant of Venice
Subtitle: a play, in five acts
By: by William Shakspeare ; printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographic and critical, by D-G
Series: Cumberland's British theatre -- 36
Publisher: John Cumberland, 2, Cumberland Terrace, Camden New Town
Published: 1828
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 62
Subjects: Moneylenders; Drama; Jews; Debt
Notes: "To which are added, a description of the costume, cast of the charaters, entrances and exits, relative positions of the performers on the stage, and the whole of the stage business, as now performed at the Theatres Royal, London."

"Embellished with a portrait of Mrs. W. West, in the charater of Portia, engraved on Steel by Mr. Woolnolh [sic], from an original Drawing by Mr. Wageman."

With printed cast lists dated 1824 and 1828.

Autograph of Mark Allen.

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, interleaved and marked for acting. Imperfect: lacks portrait.