The Mouth of the Nile;

Dibdin (Thomas)

The Mouth of the Nile;

or, the Glorious First of August, a Musical Entertainment... As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden.

Description: FIRST EDITION, woodcut vignette on title, sans terminal advertisement leaf, title a little soiled, a few spots, pp. 26, 8vo, disbound

Publication Details: Printed for J. Barker, Dramatic Repository, 1798

Notes: 'In his first season [at Covent Garden], beginning with The Mouth of the Nile (acted twenty-seven times), in celebration of Nelson's naval victory, Dibdin made £466 6s' (ODNB). Dibdin played the part of Pat.'Waving Britannia's trident o'er the floodThe air above, all fire, the sea below, all blood' (Prologue, by Richard Cumberland).6 copies recorded in ESTC, BL, C, O; Folger, Huntington, Illinois.

Bibliography: (ESTC T54931)

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Price: £500

Subject: Literature

Published Date: 1798

Stock Number: 65004

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