A modest survey of that celebrated tragedy The distrest mother , So often and so highly Applauded by the Ingenious Spectator. Enter'd according to Order.

The distrest mother  a tragedy / translated by Ambrose Philips, from the Andromaque of Racine : adapted for theatrical representation, as performed at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden : regulated from the prompt-books, by permission of the managers.

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