![Item #306294 The Spectre Bridegroom or, A Ghost in Spite of Himself. A Farce, in Two Acts. Founded on a story of the same name, in the Sketch Book...[as performed at the New-York Theatre.]. Washington Irving, W. T. Moncrieff, illiam, homas.](https://jamescumminsbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/306294.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1484189123)
The Spectre Bridegroom or, A Ghost in Spite of Himself. A Farce, in Two Acts. Founded on a story of the same name, in the Sketch Book...[as performed at the New-York Theatre.].
New York: Published by E. Murden, Circulating Library and Dramatic Repository, Dec. 1821.
Price: $150.00
About the item
First American edition. 36pp. 12mo. Removed. BAL Vol. III, p. 92 (Irving).
Item #306294
A low comedy adaptation of Irving's Tale, quickly thrown together by English palywright Moncrieff to capirtalize on the current interest in Irving's Sketch Book.
His most lasting production was a dramatization of Pierce Egan's Life in London under the name "Tom and Jerry" also in 1821.
