Dramatic Miscellanies: Consisting of Critical Observations on Several Plays of Shakspeare, with a Review of His Principal Characters, and Those of Various Eminent Writers, as Represented by Mr. Garrick and Other Celebrated Comedians with Anecdotes of Dramatic Poets, Actors, &c, Volume 1S. Price, 1784 - Theater |
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