The Man of the World; A Comedy, in Five Acts. As performed at the Boston Theatre, and at the Theatre-Royal Dublin.
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Year: 1808
Entry: Macklin, Charles. The Man of the World; A Comedy, in Five Acts. As performed at the Boston Theatre, and at the Theatre-Royal Dublin. Boston: John West, 1808. 72 p.
Author/Editor: Macklin, Charles
Location: Boston, MA
Title: The Man of the World; A Comedy, in Five Acts. As performed at the Boston Theatre, and at the Theatre-Royal Dublin.
Printer/Publisher: John West
Language: English
Notes: Act II, Scene I, relates a conversation between a bishop ("Beeshop") and a Jew; the bishop tries to convert the Jew while the overly clever Jew picks the bishop’s brain in the hope of "making a stroke in the stocks" (p. 30). Later editions exist. S & S 15473.