DRAMATIC TABLE TALK

by Elizabeth Inchbald, Richard Ryan

$500 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix · No longer available

First edition

London: John Knight & Henry Lacey, 1825. First edition of this compendium of informal stories from British theater history — including the tale of teen Elizabeth Inchbald then Simpson running off to London in search of work as an actress. Very good. Item #52551 Elizabeth Inchbald was an unschooled farmer's daughter who went on to become one of the most important writers of the 1780s, '90s, and early 1800s. When

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