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David Garrick, the leading actor of his time, was also one of its most accomplished dramatists, and The Clandestine Marriageis perhaps his finest play. Its story centres on the household of a wealthy merchant, Mr. Sterling, whose main concern is that his two daughters marry men... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

The Clandestine Marriage - A Comedy in Five Acts is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1860. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other... Read Full Overview

The Clandestine Marriage - A Comedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1766. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions,... Read Full Overview

The Clandestine Marriage - A Comedy as it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1770. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking... Read Full Overview

George Colman was born in Florence, Italy, in April 1732, where his father was stationed as British Resident Minister to the court of the Grand duke of Tuscany.

Before his first birthday Colman's father had died and his well-being was now in the hands of his Father's sister... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

The Clandestine Marriage is a comedic play written by George Colman in 1766. The story revolves around the secret marriage of a wealthy merchant's daughter, Miss Fanny Sterling, to a young lawyer, Lovewell. The couple's marriage is kept hidden from Fanny's father, who has arranged... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Le Mariage Clandestin: Comedie En Cinq Actes, written by David Garrick in 1768, is a play that tells the story of two young lovers, Fanny and Lovewell, who are prevented from marrying by Fanny's father, Sir John Melvil. Sir John wants Fanny to marry a wealthy nobleman, Lord Ogleby,... Read Full Overview

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

The Clandestine Marriage is a comedic play written by George Colman in 1766. The play is set in the 18th century and follows the story of a wealthy merchant's daughter, Miss Fanny Sterling, who falls in love with a poor but charming clerk, Lovewell. Despite her father's disapproval,... Read Full Overview