Author: Cowley, Mrs. Hannah.
Title: The runaway. A comedy: As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
Description: London: Printed for the author; and sold by Mr. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; Mr. Becket, and Mr Cadell, in the Strand; Mr. Longman, in Pater-Noster-Row; and Carnan and Newbery, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1776. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. [viii], 72pp. []4, B4-K4. First edition. The statement .The dotted lines in the play are omitted at the Theatre. is placed after the prologue. Quarter red morocco over cloth boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. J. E. Norton, 'Some Uncollected Authors XVI, Hannah Cowley, 1743-1809,' The Book Collector VII, 1 (1958), pp. 68-76. The author.s first play. Garrick produced the play and wrote the epilogue. Nicoll records that Garrick is supposed also to have made some additions to the comedy. Very Good.

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