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English drama - 18th century

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    The romp. A musical entertainment . In two acts. As performed at the Theatres Royal.

    Lloyd, T. A. | Date: 1789
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    Rule a wife, and have a wife . A comedy. By Beaumont and Fletcher.

    Francis Beaumont | Date: M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774]
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    Catone . Drama. Da rappresentarsi nel Regio Teatro d' Hay-Market. Done into English by Mr. Humphreys.

    Metastasio, Pietro 1698-1782. | Date: 1732
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    Virginia, or the fall of the Decemvirs , a tragedy. By John Bidlake, B. A. Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Duke or Clarence, and Master of the Grammar School, Plymouth.

    Bidlake, John 1755-1814. | Date: 1800
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    The romp. A musical entertainment . In two acts. Altered from Love in the city, by Mr. Bickerstaff. As now performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.

    Lloyd, T. A. | Date: 1786
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