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Manuscript notice states, The following Dialogue & Songs are in [tended?] as the Alteration from a Comedy of Five Acts call'd The Gamester written by Mrs Centlivre, into a Comedy of Three Acts call'd the Pharo Table.
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She Lives; or, The Generous Brother
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Manuscript dated by Larpent Apr., 1800. Includes a prologue (endorsed Mrs Goldsmith and signed T.V.) and epilogue (endorsed By Thomas Vaughen). Notice states, to be represented on a Benefit Night (not in the regular Summer Season).
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The Magic Picture, Prologue to
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Manuscript is headed 'Prologue to the Revived Play of The Magic Picture'. Notice states, intended to be spoken as Massinger's Ghost.
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The Universal Register Office
Manuscripts
The licence for this piece was refused although Larpent's list states that it was performed in 1761. Manuscript note on title-page and under notice to Examiner states, 'not thought fit to be acted'. Contains marginal notations and frequent underlining of text in pencil.
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The Register Office
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Manuscript notice states, There are so many Alterations and Omissions since your Perusal of this Piece that We have ventur'd to lay it again before You; some erasures and corrections; text marked with brackets and X; prologue. An earlier copy of this play was refused licence.
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The Man of the World
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Some passages have been cancelled, most likely by the Examiner, with substitutions written in. Includes a letter to the Lord Chamberlain from Charles Macklin, stating his purpose in writing the play. Manuscript and printed text are virtually identical, except for the cancelled passages, which are printed as they originally appeared in the manuscript.
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