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Nobody. A Comedy in Two Acts
Nobody.
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Two Acts.
Introduction
Mary Robinson (1757?-1800),
About this Edition
The Link between Fashion and Gambling from Mary Robinson’s
Modern Manners, a Poem. In Two Cantos (1793)
Mary Robinson’s Poem “The Gamester” (1800)
from Robinson, Mary. Modern Manners, A Poem. In Two Cantos (London: James Evans, 1793).
. . .
O, Fashion! delegate of taste and wit,
Oft do I see thee triumph in the pit;
The Link between Fashion and Gambling from Mary Robinson’s Modern Manners, a Poem. In Two Cantos (1793) and "The Gamester" (1800)
from Robinson, Mary. Modern Manners, A Poem. In Two Cantos (London: James Evans, 1793).
. . .O, Fashion! delegate of taste and wit,Oft do I see thee triumph in the pit;
Mary Robinson’s Views on Gambling from "Present State of the Manners, Society, &c. &c. of the Metropolis of England" (1800)
from
Robinson, Mary. “Present State of the Manners, Society, &c. &c. of the Metropolis of England” . Monthly Magazine; or British Register. Vol. 10 (September 1800): 138-140.
James Boaden’s Assessment of Dorothy Jordan’s Performance as Nelly Primrose in Nobody (1831)
from
Boaden, James. The Life of Mrs. Jordan. Vol. 1. London: E. Bull, 1831.
About this Edition
About this Edition
This electronic edition of Mary Robinson’s Nobody (Drury Lane, 1794) is the first to present a widely available and searchable transcript of the play along with a comprehensive introduction, extensive notes by the editor, and contexts of the drama. The open-access format and the accompanying contextual materials make this edition ideal for teaching and research.
Newspaper Commentaries, Poems, Puffs, and Reviews of Nobody (October-December 1794)
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*** Indicates an Editor’s Note
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The Morning Post and Fashionable World
(Saturday, October 4, 1794) 3.
The Fashionable World.