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Nobody. A Comedy in Two Acts
Nobody.
a
Comedy~
in
Two Acts.
Introduction
Mary Robinson (1757?-1800),
Account of the Controversy Surrounding the Production and Staging of Nobody from the Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Robinson (1801)
from
Robinson, Mary, [and Maria Elizabeth Robinson]. Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Robinson, Written by Herself with Some Posthumous Pieces. Vol. 2. London: Wilks and Taylor, 1801. 140-42.
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.
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.
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.
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;
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;