AN HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE ORIGIN AND IMPROVEMENT OF

The English Stage,

AND A SERIES OF CRITICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTICES OF UPWARDS OF
ONE HUNDRED OF THE MOST CELEBRATED

TRAGEDIES, COMEDIES, OPERAS, AND FARCES.

EMBELLISHED WITH MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD,

BY EMINENT ARTISTS.

PRINTED BY AND FOR MAURICE AND CO., FENCHURCH STREET;

AND PUBLISHED BY

HURST, CHANCE, AND CO., ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD;
AND EFFINGHAM WILSON, 88, ROYAL EXCHANGE.

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