The Contrast : a Comedy; in five acts / 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 CopyRight) by Thomas Wignell

Author:: Tyler, Royall, 1757-1826
Published:: Philadelphia : From the press of Prichard & Hall, 1790.
Physical Description:: viii, 79 pages : frontispiece
Additional Creators:: Wignell, Thomas, -1803

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Library of American civilization

Note:

"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.

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"List of subscribers": [13] pages.

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Microform. Chicago, Library Resources, 1972. 1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. Reduction ratio varies. (Library of American civilization).

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