Names of Dramas: A-L

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Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, T. Payne, G. and W. Nicol, Nichols and Son, Scatcherd and Letterman, J. Barker, W. Miller, R. H. Evans, J. Harding, J. Faulder, and Gale and Curtis., 1812 - Actors - 478 pages
 

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Names of dramas: A-L
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TitleNames of Dramas: A-L
Volume 2 of Biographia Dramatica; Or, A Companion to the Playhouse:: Containing Historical and Critical Memoirs, and Original Anecdotes, of British and Irish Dramatic Writers, from the Commencement of Our Theatrical Exhibitions; Among Whom are Some of the Most Celebrated Actors: Also an Alphabetical Account, and Chronological Lists, of Their Works, the Dates when Printed, and Observations on Their Merits: Together with an Introductory View of the Rise and Progress of the British Stage, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
AuthorDavid Erskine Baker
ContributorsSamuel Gosnell, Thomas Payne, James Barker, William Miller, Robert Harding Evans, John Harding, J. Faulder, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, G. and W. Nicol (Firm), J. Nichols and Son, Scatcherd and Letterman, Gale and Curtis
PublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, T. Payne, G. and W. Nicol, Nichols and Son, Scatcherd and Letterman, J. Barker, W. Miller, R. H. Evans, J. Harding, J. Faulder, and Gale and Curtis., 1812
Original fromOxford University
Digitized30 Jul 2008
Length478 pages
  
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