Manuscript copy of a play entitled The Man of Pleasure, A Comedy in Two Acts...by a Gentleman in Manchester. It includes a prologue by the author, who is not identified.
Playscript: The Man of Pleasure
- Reference
- GB 133 Eng MS 427
- Dates of Creation
- Early 19th Century
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 208 x 134 mm. 1 volume (25 folios);
Scope and Content
Access Information
The manuscript is available for consultation by any accredited reader.
Acquisition Information
Presented to the John Rylands Library by Julian Peacock in February 1929 (along with English MS 426 which forms part of the Edward Peacock Papers).
Note
Description compiled by Henry Sullivan, project archivist.
Other Finding Aids
Catalogued in the Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, 1928 (English MS 427).