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... Comedy , as it was presented in the new Theatre in Dublin with good applause ; being an ancient Story . Written by H. B. Dublin , 1641. " This play is exceedingly scarce , but it is also in the Kemble Collection . It is dedicated " To ...
... Comedy , as it was presented in the new Theatre in Dublin with good applause ; being an ancient Story . Written by H. B. Dublin , 1641. " This play is exceedingly scarce , but it is also in the Kemble Collection . It is dedicated " To ...
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... COMEDY , ENTITULED AN HUMEROUS DAYES MYRTH . As it hath been sundrie times publickly acted by the Right Honourable the Earle of Nottingham , & c . By G. C. London printed by Valentine Syms . 1599 , " Sold at Dr. Farmer's sale for 18s ...
... COMEDY , ENTITULED AN HUMEROUS DAYES MYRTH . As it hath been sundrie times publickly acted by the Right Honourable the Earle of Nottingham , & c . By G. C. London printed by Valentine Syms . 1599 , " Sold at Dr. Farmer's sale for 18s ...
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... Comedy , trans- lated out of the French of Monsieur Corneille , by John Dancer . As it was acted at the Theatre Royal in Dublin , Together with an exact Cata- logue logue of all the English STAGE PLAYS printed till this GARRICK ...
... Comedy , trans- lated out of the French of Monsieur Corneille , by John Dancer . As it was acted at the Theatre Royal in Dublin , Together with an exact Cata- logue logue of all the English STAGE PLAYS printed till this GARRICK ...
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... COMEDY , CALLED , MATCH MEE IN LONDON . As it hath beene often pre- sented ; first at the Bell in St. Johns Street , and lately at the Private House in Drury Lane , called the Phoenix . Si non his utere mecum . Written Written by Tho ...
... COMEDY , CALLED , MATCH MEE IN LONDON . As it hath beene often pre- sented ; first at the Bell in St. Johns Street , and lately at the Private House in Drury Lane , called the Phoenix . Si non his utere mecum . Written Written by Tho ...
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... 1. " A WOMAN IS A WEATHERCOCKE . new Comedy , as it was acted before the King in White Hall . And divers times , publickly , at the White White Friers , by the Children of Her Majesties Revels 290 GARRICK COLLECTION .
... 1. " A WOMAN IS A WEATHERCOCKE . new Comedy , as it was acted before the King in White Hall . And divers times , publickly , at the White White Friers , by the Children of Her Majesties Revels 290 GARRICK COLLECTION .
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Page 358 - The true Tragedie of Richard Duke of Yorke, and the death of good King Henrie the Sixt, with the whole contention betweene the two Houses Lancaster and Yorke, as it was sundrie times acted by the Right Honourable the Earle of Pembrooke his seruants. Printed at London by PS for Thomas Millington, and are to be sold at his shoppe vnder Saint Peters Church in Cornwal. 1595.
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Page 373 - Printed by EA for Edward White, and are to be solde at the Little North Doore of S. Paules Church, at the Signe of the Gunne. 1589.
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