The Harlot's Progress (1733), The Rake's Progress (Ms., ca. 1778-1780)

by Theophilus Cibber

[ [19] "Mr. Seedo's London Career and His Work with Henry Fielding," Philological Quarterly, XLV (January 1966), 185 and 189.

[ [20] See Bronson's article (above, n. 6) passim, where he mentions many of the songbooks.

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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

The facsimile of The Harlot's Progress (1733) is reproduced from the copy (Shelf Mark: 151783) in the Henry E. Huntington Library. The total type-page (p. 9) measures 155 x 115 mm. The Rake's Progress (ca. 1778-1780) is presented in type from a manuscript (Additional MS. 25997) in the British Library. Spelling, capitalization, and punctuation have been preserved, but colons and doubled colons used to indicate word divisions have been silently emended to hyphens or closed, and free-form brackets for stage directions have been standardized to parentheses.

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THE

HARLOT'S PROGRESS;

OR, THE

RIDOTTO AL' FRESCO: