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Theater - Early works to 1800

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    A letter to David Garrick, Esq On Opening the Theatre. In which, with great Freedom, he is told how he ought to behave.

    Purdon, Edward, 1729-1767. | Date: MDCCLXIX. MDCCLXIX [1759]
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    A complete history of the English stage . ... by Mr. Dibdin.

    Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814. | Date: [1800]
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    The town talk, The Fish Pool, The Plebeian, The Old Whig, The Spinster, &c. By the authors of the tatler, spectator, and guardian. Now first collected with notes and illustrations

    Richard Steele | Date: 1790

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