Biographia Dramatica: Names of dramas: A-LLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 |
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... Love and Empire . Trag . by Dr. Jos . Trapp . Acted at the new theatre in Lin- coln's Inn Fields . 4to . 1704. The scene lies in Constantinople , and the plot of it may be more fully seen in a book called Abra - Mule , or , The true ...
... Love and Empire . Trag . by Dr. Jos . Trapp . Acted at the new theatre in Lin- coln's Inn Fields . 4to . 1704. The scene lies in Constantinople , and the plot of it may be more fully seen in a book called Abra - Mule , or , The true ...
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... Love's Conquest . Tragi- Com . by John Jones , never acted , but printed in 4to . 1635. Part of it is taken from Boccace , Day 8 , Novel . 8. It has very little me- rit . 55. ADRIAN AND ORRILA ; or , Mother's Vengeance . Play , in five ...
... Love's Conquest . Tragi- Com . by John Jones , never acted , but printed in 4to . 1635. Part of it is taken from Boccace , Day 8 , Novel . 8. It has very little me- rit . 55. ADRIAN AND ORRILA ; or , Mother's Vengeance . Play , in five ...
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... Love , and Duty . P. by George Colman the Younger . Acted , with great success , at the Haymarket . 8vo . 1808. The plot is from Les Nouvelles du Florian , and is really interesting . The characters of Mug and Sutta , however , bear too ...
... Love , and Duty . P. by George Colman the Younger . Acted , with great success , at the Haymarket . 8vo . 1808. The plot is from Les Nouvelles du Florian , and is really interesting . The characters of Mug and Sutta , however , bear too ...
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... Love at Vauxhall ; as privately acted by the Ladies of Honour . Com . by James Newton , Esq . 8vo . 1722 , 1732 , and N. D. 140. ALFRED . A Masque , by James Thomson and David Mal- let . 8vo . 1740. The scene of this play lies in ...
... Love at Vauxhall ; as privately acted by the Ladies of Honour . Com . by James Newton , Esq . 8vo . 1722 , 1732 , and N. D. 140. ALFRED . A Masque , by James Thomson and David Mal- let . 8vo . 1740. The scene of this play lies in ...
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... LOVE ; or , A Match for the Lawyers . Farce . Acted at Covent Garden , April 29 , 1803 , for Mr. Munden's benefit , and ... Love's Labour Wonne , was ori- ginally taken from Boccace , but came immediately to Shakspeare from Painter's ...
... LOVE ; or , A Match for the Lawyers . Farce . Acted at Covent Garden , April 29 , 1803 , for Mr. Munden's benefit , and ... Love's Labour Wonne , was ori- ginally taken from Boccace , but came immediately to Shakspeare from Painter's ...
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