217 SHERIDAN (Richard Brinsley, *Dramatist*, 1751-1816) Manuscript copy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sm. 4to, 221 leaves. Original half red morocco. £120. 0. 0

1777

PROMPT COPY, made before the first printed edition. Sheridan has made two notes: at the head of the *Prologue* he has written "Written by Mr. Garrick," and on the *Epilogue*, "Written by Mr. Colman" is in his hand.

The volume belonged to Albina, Countess of Buckinghamshire, who has inscribed her name on fly-leaf. Her husband, the third Earl of Buckinghamshire (then the Honble. George Hobart), was a

great lover of the drama, and was, for a time, manager of the opera in London.

The text in Sheridan's hand (preserved at Frampton Court) was edited by W. Frazer Rae in 1902, *Sheridan's plays now printed as he wrote them*. This shows the greatest similarity to our manuscript of all the texts which we have examined. Two examples may be given. (1) Act iii, sc. 3 (a) Frampton Court MS: *Here's to the Maiden of Bashful Fifteen* is sung by Charles Careless. (b) Our MS: Sung by "Sir Harry," a character who does not appear in the *Dramatis Personæ*, and whose name was afterwards changed. (c) Printed versions: Sung by Sir Toby Bumper. (2) Act iv, sc. 2 (a) Frampton Court MS: "... sold judges and generals by the foot, and maiden aunts as cheap as broken china. The passage occurs here, and is repeated in act v, sc. 3. (b) Our MS: occurs here, scored through, and repeated in act v sc. 3. (c) Printed versions: in act v, sc. 3 only. These two instances are quoted more or less at random: the very large number of differences between our MS, the Frampton Court MS, and the printed texts makes it impossible, in a brief description, to give anything like a comprehensive idea of the changes which were made.

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