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Musicals - Librettos - Early works to 1800

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    The jubilee in honour of Shakespeare. A musical entertainment. As performed at the theatre in Waterford. With additions.

    Garrick, David, 1717-1779. | Date: M,DCC,LXXIII. [1773]
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    Daphnis and Amaryllis . A pastoral. To which is prefixed, The hymn of Adam and Eve. Taken from the Paradise lost.

    Harris, James, 1709-1780. | Date: MDCCLXI. [1761]
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    The recruiting serjeant , a musical entertainment, as it is performed at the Royalty-Theatre, Wellclose-Square.

    Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812. | Date: M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787]
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    The musical farce of Hunt the slipper . In two acts. As performed at the Theatre-Royal. Smoke-Alley.

    Knapp, Henry Ryder, 1756?-1817. | Date: M,DCC,XCII. [1792]
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    A new dramatic entertainment , called, A Christmas Tale. In five parts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By David Garrick, Esq.

    Garrick, David, 1717-1779. | Date: M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774]
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English drama - 18th century

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