The Plays of Theophilus and Susannah Cibber |
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... first play . The first edition is clearly a preproduction publication : there is no cast list , no announcement on the title " as page performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane , " no pro- logue . What we do find on the title page is ...
... first play . The first edition is clearly a preproduction publication : there is no cast list , no announcement on the title " as page performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane , " no pro- logue . What we do find on the title page is ...
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... first ob- taining Leave : But as Your Excellency has too just a Taste and Knowledge of every Science to pafs Judgment on any Writer , otherwise than as You are influenc'd A 2 by by the real Merit of his Performance , the first.
... first ob- taining Leave : But as Your Excellency has too just a Taste and Knowledge of every Science to pafs Judgment on any Writer , otherwise than as You are influenc'd A 2 by by the real Merit of his Performance , the first.
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... first Night the Entertainment was crouded , and was received with general Applaufe ; and the World has never fince hear'd of that --- H-- !, who funk into that Obfcurity from whence he emerg'd . But to return , Reader , to that Station ...
... first Night the Entertainment was crouded , and was received with general Applaufe ; and the World has never fince hear'd of that --- H-- !, who funk into that Obfcurity from whence he emerg'd . But to return , Reader , to that Station ...
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