The deserter
Subtitle: a farce
By: by Mr. Charles Dibdin ; adapted for theatrical representation as performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
Contributors: Simmons, Samuel, approximately 1773-1819, singer; De Wilde, Samuel, 1751-1832, ill; Mattocks, engraver; Cawthorn, John, active 1805-1814, bookseller; Sedaine, 1719-1797; Covent Garden Theatre; John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection)
Publisher: Printed for John Cawthorn, 5, Catherine Street, Strand, bookseller to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales
Published: 1805
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Operas; Librettos
Work titles: Deserter
Notes: Libretto after Sedaine's Le déserteur. Cf. New Grove opera.

"Regulated from the prompt-book, by permission of the managers."

Engraved frontispiece signed "De Wilde, pinx. Mattocks, sc." with caption: Mr. Simmons as Simkin.

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-D⁶ E².

Includes cast list.

Includes stage directions.