Front cover image for Essays on the stage by Thomas Campbell, ca. 1840

Essays on the stage by Thomas Campbell, ca. 1840

Four essays in the autograph of the author: 1. Neglect of duty: an attack on the manager of the Haymarket for allowing gentlemen amateurs to disgrace our public stage. 2. Why the degraded state to which the London theatres have sunk? 3. Mr. John Pritt Harley: biography of an actor. 4. Shakspearean Murder: a satire upon the actor, William Farren
Manuscript, English, 1840