X.Y.Z. A comedy. In two acts / Faithfully marked with the stage business, and stage directions, as it is performed at the Theatre Royal, with unbounded applause.

  • George Colman the Younger
Date:
1820
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: X.Y.Z. A comedy. In two acts / Faithfully marked with the stage business, and stage directions, as it is performed at the Theatre Royal, with unbounded applause. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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