Reference code
LIB/MP/15
Level of description
Item
Title
Prompt Copy: Second Thoughts are best, a comedy, Act 1st
Personal name
Cowley, Hannah
Scope and content
Incomplete manuscript prompt copy of a play by Hannah Cowley, a revised version of her 'The world as it goes'. Two volumes. Only the first and second acts are present for 'Second thoughts are best'. 'The world as it goes' has five acts.
'The world as it goes' was given at the Covent Garden Theatre on 24 February 1781. 'Second thoughts are best' was performed there on 24 March 1781.