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(Early American Theatre.) Godfrey, Thomas, Jr. Juvenile Poems on Various Subjects. With The Prince of Parthia, A Tragedy. Philadelphia: Henry Miller, 1765. 4to, contemp. sheep; rubbed, worn & blistered, covers detached but present. Early owner's ink manuscript & stamped signatures at head of title, early 20th-Century ink owner's signature & inscription at foot of title page. Some internal dampstaining & spotting, horizontal tear across leaf G1, tears at top margin of leaf N2, lower blank bottom fore-edge corner torn away, upper blank fore-edge corner of leaf Bb2 & Bb3 worn away. (1)-xxvi, (2), 1-223 pp., free endpapers detached but present.
The Prince of Parthia is generally acknowledged as the first play written by an American to be performed on the professional stage, at the Southwark Theatre, Philadelphia in 1767. In this copy the parts of Artabanus, The King of Parthia, are marked in old (contemp.?) ink, indicating the possible use of this book in the first (and only) performance.
Evans 9983; Hughes p. 38.