Polly: An Opera. Being The Second Part Of The Beggar's Opera. Written By Mr. Gay - Couverture rigide
Présentation de l'éditeur
Ni PREFA AFTER Mr. Rich and I were agreed upon Terms and Conditions for bringing this Piece on the Stage, and that every thing was ready for a Rehearfali the Lord Chamberlain fent an Order from the Country to prohibit Mr. Rich to fuffer any Play to be rehears dupon his Stage, till it had been firft of all fupervis dby His Grace. As foon as Mr. Rich came from His Grace s Secretary (who had fent for him to receive the before mention d Order) he came to my Lodgings, and acquainted me with the Orders he had received. Upon the Lord Chamberlain scoming to Town, I was confined by Sicknefs, but in four or five Days, lwent abroad on purpofe to wait on His Grace with a faithful and genuine Copy of this Piece, excepting the Errata sof the Tranfcriber. It was tranfcrib din great Hafte by Mr. Stede the Prompter of the Playhoufe, that it might be ready againft His Grace s Return from the Country. As my l Unefs at that time would not allow me to read it over, I fince find in it many fmall Faults, and here and there a Line or two omitted. But left it fhould be faid I had made any one Alteration from the Copy I deliver dto the Lord Chamberlain: I have caufed every Error in the faid Copy to be printed (literal Faults excepted) We refer the Reader to the Quarto Edition for thofe Errors and Emendations, which are trifling, and publifli donly tor the Author s Juftificationj in re Ution 50 ihe Copy he left wish she Lord Chamberlain.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally en
Présentation de l'éditeur
This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.
