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The history of the English stage, from the restauration to the present time. Including the lives, characters and amours, of the most eminent actors and actresses. With instructions for public speaking; wherein the action and utterance of the bar, stage, and pulpit are distinctly considered

by: Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710; Oldys, William, 1696-1761; Curll, Edmund, 1675-1747; Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710

Publication date: 1741

Topics: Theater

Publisher: London: Printed for E. Curll

Collection: duke_libraries; americana

Contributor: Duke University Libraries

Language: English

First edition

Signatures: 3 leaves unsigned, B-L8, M4

Authorship usually ascribed to William Oldys; also ascribed to the publisher, Edmund Curll.-Cf. Dict. nat. biog

Issued with: Memoirs of Mrs. Anne Oldfield [by William Oldys] London, 1741

Clark, W.A. Modern Eng. lit. 1920-1928