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Old City Manners

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Description: The note to the Examiner describes play as 'Alterations in the following comedy call'd Old City Manners' (taken from the Old Comedy of Eastward Hoe). Includes a number of corrections and a prologue for Eastward Hoe. There are slight differences between the manuscript and print versions.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1775 November 3
Call number: mssLA 396
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