The disappointment: or, The force of credulity
Subtitle: A new American comic-opera, in three acts. By Andrew Barton, Esq.
Contributors: Leacock, John, 1729-1802.
Edition: Second edition, revised and corrected, with large additions by the author. [Four lines of verse].
Series: Eighteenth century -- reel 549, no. 1.
Publisher: Printed for and sold by Francis Shallus no. 40, Vine-Street
Published: 1796
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 94
Notes: Without music.

The authorship is disputed. Variously attributed to Andrew Barton (probably a pseudonym), John Leacock, and Thomas Forrest. The attribution to Forrest is most commonly accepted. Cf. the critical edition of this work, edited by David Mays (University Presses of Florida, 1976, p. 8-12).

Frontispiece engraved by Joseph H. Seymour. Though numbered "II", it is the only plate.

Evans 30036; Hill, F.P. Amer. plays, 13

Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1983. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 549, no. 1).