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Date
ca. 1765
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No place, unknown, or undetermined
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Manuscript text
Extent
10 items
Language
English
Genre
Literary
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 226298
Folger call number: W.b.11 (1-10)
Folger holdings ID: 257729
Accession Number: cs6636, cs6637, cs6643
Folger call number: W.b.11 (1-10)
Folger holdings ID: 257729
Accession Number: cs6636, cs6637, cs6643
Summary
10 items, mostly in the hand of John Ward, the theatre manager. Includes a poem and epitaph on Mr. Quin by Garrick, epitaphs on Mr. Shuter, Mr. Wilks and Mrs. Oldfield, a poem on Mrs. Pritchard and her farewell epilogue, epilogues to The battle of Falkirk and The busy body, prologue to Cato spoken by George III (January 14, 1749/50 To speak with freedom...) as a boy and notes on actors and actresses mostly taken from newspapers
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Also known as
Extended title: Collection of 18th century prologues and epilogues and other theatrical material ca. 1765
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author: Ward, John, 1704-1773
subject: Oldfield, Anne, 1683-1730
subject: Pritchard, Hannah, 1711-1768
subject: Quin, James, 1693-1766
subject: Shuter, Edward, 1728?-1776
subject: Wilks, Robert, 1665?-1732
associated with: Garrick, David, 1717-1779
associated with: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
subject: Oldfield, Anne, 1683-1730
subject: Pritchard, Hannah, 1711-1768
subject: Quin, James, 1693-1766
subject: Shuter, Edward, 1728?-1776
subject: Wilks, Robert, 1665?-1732
associated with: Garrick, David, 1717-1779
associated with: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820