The Prompter [microform].
- Uniform Title
- Prompter (London, England : 1789)
- Published
- [London, England] : Printed and published (by order of the Society) for Hookham, New bond-Street; Brett, opposite St. Clement's Church in the Strand; Manson, in the Piazza, Covent Garden; and may be had at both the Theatres, [1789]
- Physical Description
- 19 volumes ; 31 cm (2⁰)
1 microfilm reel : positive ; 35mm. + Eighteenth Century Journals from the Hope Collection at the Bodleian Library, Oxford (1857111443) 68p - Additional Creators
- Fennell, James, 1766-1816, Hookham, Thomas, and Adam Matthew Publications
- Series
- Summary
- Includes plays being performed that day at each theatre, with the names of the actors; reviews of plays as performed; criticisms of the drama.
- Dates of Publication and/or Sequential Designation
- [Number I.] (Saturday, October 24, 1789.)-Number XIX. (Thursday, December 10, 1789.).
- Subject(s)
- Genre(s)
- Publication Frequency
- Irregular
- Note
- Attributed to James Fennell.
Title from caption.
Imprint from colophon; year of publication from date of issue.
Imprints vary; no. 3 lacks imprint; no. 4 reads: Printed for Hookam, ... and Manson, ...; from no. 5-19 imprint includes: Hookham, New bond-Street; Beetham, opposite St. Dunstan's, Fleet Street; Brett, opposite St. Clement's Church in the Strand; Manson, in the Piazza, Covent Garden ...
On first p. of no. 5: "publication of the Prompter will be attended with some uncertainty until the theatrical season settles into regularity."
Pagination is continuous throughout. - Special Numbering
- First issue unnumbered.
No more known to have been published after no. 19. Cf. Ward. - Reproduction Note
- Microfilm. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Publications, Ltd., 2000. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Eighteenth Century Journals ; reel 15). Filmed with other titles.
- Source of Acquisition
- News and Microforms Library copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment Fund; 20023.
- Index Note
- Finding aid available.
- Reviewed/Cited In
- NCBEL, II:1288
Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 133
Times handlist, p. 46
English short title catalogue, ESTCP1446.
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