[ Benjamin Webster, actor-manager and dramatist. ] Corrected Manuscript (possibly autograph) of 'The Unfortunate Youth! a Farce in One Act. by B. Webster Esqre.' [ Retitled 'The Unfortunate Boy! or Always in for it.' ]

68pp., 4to. In fair condition on lightly aged and worn watermarked laid paper. Sewn into brown paper wraps with 'The Unfortunate Youth. | T. R. H.' on cover. The title on the title-page is retitled in pencil 'The Unfortunate Boy! or Always in for it.' Possibly in Webster's hand, but with what may be the initials of the transcriber following the 'FINIS' on the final page. The text of the play is on the rectos, with occasional writing on versos. Emendations in ink and pencil, including additional dialogue. Names of actors have been added to the list of 'Dram: Pers:': Mr Strickland; Howe; Gough; Rees; Miss Travers; Mrs Stanly; F. Mathews. Nicoll records a production at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, in October 1840. This piece was not published. Webster was lessee of the Haymarket from 1837 to 1853.