Charles mathews’ “at homes”: The textual morass

Theatre Survey

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 75-88

  Degen, John A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84974400018     PISSN: 00405574     EISSN: 14754533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0040557400000508     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Richard L. Klepac, Mr Mathews At Home (London: The Society for Theatre Research, 1979).
2. Mathews, Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian. The memoir was originally published in four volumes by R. Bentley of London in 1838–39.
3. A Continuation of the Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian, by Mrs. Mathews, including his correspondence and an account of his residence in the United States (Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1839).
4. The Life and Correspondence of Charles Mathews, the Elder, Comedian, by Mrs. Mathews (London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860).
5. History of the Private and Public Life of Mr. C. Mathews, Comedian; from his Birth to his Decease, including a Variety of Anecdotes (London: J.V. Quick, n.d.).
6. Mathews's Trip to America (London: J. Duncombe, n.d.), as reprinted in Klepac, pp. 98–120.
7. James E. Murdoch, The Stage; or, Recollections of Actors andActingfroman Experience of Fifty years (1880; rpt. New York: Benjamin Blom, 1969), p. 53.
8. Henry Gallup Paine, “Charles Mathews,” in The Kembles and their Contemporaries, vol. 2 of Actors and Actresses of Great Britain and the United States, ed. Brander Mathews and Laurence Hutton (New York: Cassell and Cassell, 1886), 191–216.
9. W. Clark Russell, Representative Actors: A Collection of Criticisms, Anecdotes, Personal Descriptions, etc. etc. (London: Frederick Warne, [1872]), 312–319.
10. Mathews At Home; or, Travels in Air, on Earth, and on Water (etc.) (New York: S. King 1822), reprinted in Klepac, pp. 70–98.
11. Mathews At Home: or Travels in Air, on Earth and Water, although the citation in his bibliography (p. 65).
12. Mathews At Home; or. Travels in Air, on Earth, and On Water, with all the Comic Songs (A Corrected Edition.) (New York: E.M. Murden, 1822).
13. Sketches from Mr Malhews's New Entertainment founded on his Observations on Character, Manners and Peculiarities Entitled Invitations, second edition (London: Edward Duncombe, n.d.).
14. Sketches of Mr Mathews’ Invitations: Comprising a Full Account of this Admirable Lecture on Character, Manners, & Peculiarities (etc.)(London: J. Limbird, 1826).
15. Mr Mathews ‘At Home.’A Lecture on Characters, Manners, and Peculiarities, Entitled Mr. Mathews'Invitations (etc.), “Duncombe's second, and only correct edition”(London: John Duncombe, n.d.).
16. Mr Mathews's New Entertainment for 1826, called Invitations (etc.) (London: William Cole, n.d.).
17. The British Stage and Literary Cabinet (vol. 3, 1819).
18. “Public Criticism &c. &c. upon the Performances of Charles Mathews, Comedian, collected since his death by Anne Mathews” (1837), an unpublished scrapbook in the Harvard Theatre Collection, vol. 2, pp. 82.
19. Mr Mathews at Home! in his Youthful Days (etc.) (Holborn: M. Metford, n.d.).
20. Memoirs of the Youthful Days of Mr. Mathews, the Celebrated Comedian (etc.) (London: J. Limbird, n.d.).
21. Mathews and Yates at Home. Mr. Mathews’ New Lecture on Peculiarities and Manners, entitled, Spring Meeting (etc.)(London: J. Duncombe, n.d.).