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Description: Her best known drama, performed at Covent Garden in 1777.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1777 December 2
Call number: mssLA 440
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab); View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)

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