A Supplement to Dodsley's Old Plays, Volumes 17-18Thomas Amyot, John Payne Collier, William Durrant Cooper, Alexander Dyce, Barron Field, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright Shakespeare society, 1853 - English drama |
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| Title | A Supplement to Dodsley's Old Plays, Volumes 17-18 A Supplement to Dodsley's Old Plays, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps Issues 1-4 of Publications, Shakespeare Society (Great Britain). Issue 17; Issue 35 of Shakespeare society. Publications |
| Editors | Thomas Amyot, John Payne Collier, William Durrant Cooper, Alexander Dyce, Barron Field, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright |
| Publisher | Shakespeare society, 1853 |
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