| Uniform title | Harlequin touchstone. Selections. |
| Series |
Three centuries of English and American plays, 1500-1830
Three centuries of English and American plays, 1500-1830. UNAUTHORIZED
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| General note | Pantomime in 2 pts. |
| General note | Pt. 2 (leaves 10-21) has title: Songs, dialogues & chorusses in the revived pantomime of Touchstone. |
| General note | Nicoll does not assign authorship to Harlequin touchstone; cf. Nicoll, A. A hist. of Eng. drama 1660-1900, 1952: v. 3, p. 331. Touchstone by Charles Dibdin; cf. Nicoll, p. 255, and Catalogue of the Larpent plays: Larpent 464. |
| General note | Some of the same airs appear in both pantomimes. |
| General note | Libretto only. |
| General note | Application for license dated Nov. 19, 1789; not produced(?); license refused at Covent Garden Theatre, Thomas Harris, manager. The touchstone was attempted to be revived in 1789; when the songs, &c. were sent to the licenser, they were forbidden, and that word is written on the copy in Larpent's manuscripts; cf. Catalogue of the Larpent plays. |
| General note | Microfiche of manuscript in the Henry E. Huntington Library. |
| References |
Larpent 851 |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Microfiche. [New Canaan, Conn.] : Readex, [1989]. 1 microfiche : negative. (Three centuries of drama. English, 1737-1800. Larpent collection) ; (Three centuries of English and American plays, 1500-1830) |
| Other title | Songs, dialogues & chorusses in the revived pantomime of Touchstone. |
| Other title | Touchstone. |
