The contrast
Subtitle: a comedy in five acts
By: written by a citizen of the United States ; performed with applause at the theatres in New-York, Philadelphia, and Maryland ; and published (under an assignment of the copy-right) by Thomas Wignell.
Contributors: Wignell, Thomas, 1753-1803.; Hubbard, Elijah, 1757-1834,; American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: From the press of Prichard & Hall ...
Published: 1790
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
Notes: Evans 22948
"List of subscribers"--P. [1-13], 2nd group of paging.
Signatures: pi⁴ ²pi⁴ [A]⁴ B-L⁴.
"Although ... not the first American play actually produced, as has generally been claimed for it ... the first to meet with a favorable reception"--G.O. Seilhamer, Hist. of the Amer. theatre, v. 2, p. 225.
The frontispiece by Dunlap. Cf. NUC pre-1956.
LC copy imperfect: last leaf detached (accompanying piece), photostat bound in.
LC copy has signature of Elijah Hubbard Junr.