Citation - Pennsylvania Journal: 1761.07.23

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Index Entry Books, plays, for sale by Rivington, James 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
PJ.761.026
23 Jul 1761:33 (972)
This day is published (priece 2s.6d) a new play, called, The
Jealous Wife; by one of the most ingenious writers of the
age, George Coleman, Esq; author of that justly celebrated
work, The Connoissir.  This comedy is founded upon the
circumstance of Sophia's flight to Lady Bellaston in Tom
Jones; Characters, Incident, Conduct and Sentiment, exist in
every page.   It has run thro' 3 editions in 3 weeks, and is
esteemed the best dramatic piece exhibited on the stage,
since Dr. Hoadley's Suspicious Husband.
  Sold by James Rivington, bookseller and stationer, from
London, at the corner of Market Street and Front Street,
facing the London-coffee-house, where may be had, 100
different sorts of comedies and tragedies; and the greatest
varieties of books and stationary wares, wholesale and
retail. . . . The History of the British Stage .. . The Fair
Circassian, with a vast variety of the best plays . . . 


Generic Title Pennsylvania Journal 
Date 1761.07.23 
Publisher Bradford, William 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1761 
Bibliography B0038537
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