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The Double Disguise

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Description: A comic opera that opens with a scene at an Inn and in which characters disguise themselves as others. There are a few slight differences between the printed and manuscript versions.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1784 February 6
Call number: mssLA 646
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