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171. — The Follies of a Day; or the Marriageof Figaro. A Comedy, as it is no-w performing at the Theatre- Royal, Covent-Garden. From the French of M. de Beaumarchais. By Thomas Holcroft. Author o'î Duplicity, a Comedy, ihe Noble Peasant. an Opéra, etc. London : Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, Pater-noster Roiv. M. DCC. LXXXV, in-8, pp. VI11-108.

« To enumerate ail the Obstacles encountered and overcome in bringing this Comedy on the English Stage, would be to indulge this vanity ; which

it is every wife Man's Pride, and every prudent Man's Interest to resist. It may, however, afford some Pleasure to be informed, that finding it impossible to procure a copy ofthe original French, though a Journey to Paris was undertaken expressly for that Purpose, the copy made use of in tiie composing The l'ollies nf a Day, was taken by Memory, only, during eight or nine Représentations; that I furnished the Plot, Incidents, Entrances, and Exits, and gave some other occasional Hints ; that the remainder was the work of a young Frenchman, whose Talents and whose Heart are an Ornament and an Honour to his country; and that afier it was brought to England and receivcd by Mr. Harris, it was translated, cast, copied, recopied, studied, and, in one of its longest Parts, re-studied, and played in littie more than a Month... » {Advertiscmc!it,p.V.)

172. — The Follies of a Day ; or the Marriage of Figaro. A Comedy, as it is now performing at the Theatre- Royal, Covent-Garden. From the French of M. de Beaumarchais. By Thomas Holcroft. Author of Duplicity. a Comedy, the Noble Peasant^ an Opéra, Qtc. A new édition. London : Printed for G. G. J. and J . Robinson, Pater-noster Roiv. M. DCC. LXXXV, in-8, pp. vm-ioS.

Même édition que la précédente.

173. — The Follies of a Day; a Comedy, in Three Acts, by Thomas Holcroft. Now first pubhshed, as it isacted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. London : Printed and pubhshed by J. Barker^ Dramatic Repository. Great Russell-Srreetj, Covent-Garden. [Price : Tvo shillings.] 181 1, in-8, pp. 48.

174. — Oxberry's Edition. The Follies of a Day, a Comedy; by Thomas Holcroft. With prefatory Remarks. The only édition existing which is faitfidly [sic] marked with the stage business, and stage directions, as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal. By W". Oxberry, Comedian. London. Published for the Proprietors, by IF. Siinpkin and R. Marshall..., 1822, in-i2, pp. 43.

Avec un portrait de : Mr. Decamp, as Figaro. — Cette pièce fait

partie du vol. 13 de « The New Engiish Drama... by W. Oxberry, Comedian ».

175. — The Follies of a Day; or the Marriage of Figaro. A Comedy, in three acts, by Thomas Holcrofc.

Dans le Recueil de pièces en un volume intitulé : The actinc Drama;

CONTAINING ALL THE POPULAR PlAYS, STANDARD AND MODERN. LOTldotl,

Mayheiv, Isaac, and May/tcrv, 1834, gr. in-8; aux pages 500/510.

176. — Manager'? Edition. The Marriage of Figaro, an Opéra in three acts, in German and English. The music by Mozart. Now performing at the Theatre-Royal Covent- Garden. Acting Manager, Mr. Bunn. Price : eighteen pence. London : A. Schloss... Sold in the Théâtre, in-12, pp. 83. [1842].

177. — Manager's édition. The Marriage of Figaro, an Opéra in three acts, in German and English. The music by Mozart. Now performing at the Théâtre Royal Drury- Lane, under the direction of Herr Schumann, Director of che Opéra at Mayence. Acting Maneger, Mr. Bunn. Price : eighteen pence. London : A. Schloss... Sold in the Théâtre, in-12, pp. 83.

Même éd. que la précédente, avec une légère addition au titre.

178. — Le Nozze di Figaro. The Marriage of Figaro, an Opéra buffa, in tvo acts. The music by Mozart. With the ballet. As performed at Her Majesty's Théâtre, Haymarket. London : Pn'nted and Sold by G. Stuart... Price : Two shillings 5 s. d., in-12, pp. 44 — 4.

Les 4 dernières pages comprennent le ballet en deux actes : La Gi-