A Wonderful Woman
London, 1850-51
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DM5178
Dickens Museum
Playscript for 'A Wonderful Woman' by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1850-1851. One of a set of 4 prompt books used by Charles Dickens as an acting copy with autograph notes. Contains a diagram of stage in Dickens's hand, facing title-page, also interleaved with manuscript notes, stage directions, etc., all in the hand of Thomas Coe. The script is in a black leather binding, housed in a slipcase titled 'Amateur Theatricals', with three other playscripts also used by Dickens: 'Animal Magnetism', Turning The Tables' and 'Used Up' ([lib]5177, [lib]5176 and [lib]5169). Ex Suzannet. 8vo. 12mo. Suzannet Bookplate. One of four in a green slipcase.
These prompt-books were given by Georgina Hogarth to Sir Henry Fielding Dickens and sold by his son, Admiral Sir Gerald Dickens, at Sotheby's on 31 May 1949, the purchaser being the Comte de Suzannet. The annotations are by Dickens and also Thomas Coe: an actor, stage director and stage manager and member of the Haymarket Company (1846-1876).
These prompt-books were given by Georgina Hogarth to Sir Henry Fielding Dickens and sold by his son, Admiral Sir Gerald Dickens, at Sotheby's on 31 May 1949, the purchaser being the Comte de Suzannet. The annotations are by Dickens and also Thomas Coe: an actor, stage director and stage manager and member of the Haymarket Company (1846-1876).