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The Election of the Managers

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Description: Manuscript title page states, 'For the opening of the Theatre Royal Haymarket 1784'. There are some corrections, by author [?], and passages marked for omission, by Examiner [?]. See LA 663, of which this is apparently a copy, with some corrections made.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1784 May 18
Call number: mssLA 659
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