A Dissertation on the Pageants Or Dramatic Mysteries Anciently Performed at Coventry, by the Trading Companies of that City: Chiefly with Reference to the Vehicle, Characters, and Dresses of the Actors. Compiled, in a Great Degree, from Sources Hitherto Unexplored. To which are Added, the Pageant of the Shearmen & Taylors' Company, and Other Municipal Entertainers of a Public Nature, Volume 9 |
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