The Harlot's Progress (1733), The Rake's Progress (Ms., ca. 1778-1780)Cibber, Theophilus
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The Harlot's Progress (1733), The Rake's Progress (Ms., ca. 1778-1780)
Cibber, Theophilus
English drama -- 18th century
[14]: Hogarth reversed Laguerre's print, adding the banner "We eat," the
label "Pistol's alive" under Theophilus Cibber's feet and the phrase
"Quiet and Snug" under Colley Cibber. For descriptions of the
rebellion, see John Genest, _Some Account of the English Stage from
the Restoration in 1660 to 1830_, III, Bath: 1832, pp. 415-416,
Richard H. Barker, _Mr. Cibber of Drury Lane_ (New York: Columbia
University Press, 1939), pp. 168-171, and Arthur Scouten, _LS_, 3,
I, lxxxix-xciii.
[15]: For exposition of the eight prints of "A Rake's Progress" (1735)
see Paulson's _HGW_, I, 158-170. The subscription was announced in
late 1733, but the paintings were not completed until mid-1734.
[16]: Esther K. Sheldon, _Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley_ (Princeton,
N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1967), pp. 284-285, and Raymond C.
Rhodes, _Harlequin Sheridan: The Man and the Legend_ (Oxford: B.
Blackwell, 1933), p. 79.
[17]: Sheldon, p. 301.
[18]: I am indebted to Prof. Edgar V. Roberts for pointing out this
source to me, and for his help in identifying many of the tunes.
[19]: "Mr. Seedo's London Career and His Work with Henry Fielding,"
_Philological Quarterly, XLV_ (January 1966), 185 and 189.
[20]: See Bronson's article (above, n. 6) _passim_, where he mentions
many of the songbooks.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
The facsimile of _The Harlot's Progress_ (1733) is reproduced from the
copy (Shelf Mark: 151783) in the Henry E. Huntington Library. The total
type-page (p. 9) measures 155 x 115 mm. _The Rake's Progress_ (ca.
1778-1780) is presented in type from a manuscript (Additional MS. 25997)
in the British Library. Spelling, capitalization, and punctuation have
been preserved, but colons and doubled colons used to indicate word
divisions have been silently emended to hyphens or closed, and free-form
brackets for stage directions have been standardized to parentheses.
THE
HARLOT'S PROGRESS;
OR, THE
_RIDOTTO AL' FRESCO_:
A
Grotesque Pantomime Entertainment.
As it is perform'd by his Majesty's Company of Comedians
AT THE
THEATRE-ROYAL in _Drury-Lane_.
Compos'd by Mr. _Theophilus Cibber_, Comedian.
The SONGS made (to old Ballad Tunes) by a Friend.
Printed for the Benefit of _Richard Cross_ the Prompter;
and Sold at the Theatre. 1733. [Price Six Pence.]
THIS
ENTERTAINMENT
Is Dedicated to the Ingenious
Mr. _H O G A R T H_,
(On Whose
Celebrated Designs it is Plan'd,)
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