The Broken Stock-jobbers: Or, Work for the Bailiffs. A New Farce. As it was Lately Acted in Exchange-Alley, T. Jauncy. London. Printed for T. Jauncy without Temple-Bar, 1720. Paper script. 12mo up to 8½” tall. 18pp. Bound in ble card covers. Title page has missing pieces and is professionally backed on card paper; toning and light soiling to pages. In very good condition. Characters in the play include: Sir Frippert Upfrart; Mr. Transfer S -Banker; Dr. Sine-Cure – A Stockjobber.
A contemporaneous satire in response to the British financial crash in 1720 caused by a speculative frenzy in the South Sea Company (The South Sea Bubble).
