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Total number of records: 6

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English Literature3
Brotherton Collection1

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english poetry1
manuscripts1
satire, english1
theater1

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Garrick, David, 1717-17796
Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-17641
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)1
Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-18121
Colman, Francis, -17331
Colman, George (1762-1836)1
Colman, George, 1732-17941
Drury Lane Theatre1
Goldsmid, Edmund1
Kenrick, W (1725?-1779)1

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D-ry-L-ne P-yh-se broke open : in a letter to Mr. G--

1748

An anonymous letter addressed to David Garrick critiquing his first season managing the Drury Lane Playhouse. Cf. Berkowitz, G.M. Garrick, p. 7.

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A letter to David Garrick, Esq. concerning a glossary to the plays of Shakespeare, on a more extensive plan than has hitherto appeared : To which is annexed, a specimen

Warner, Richard (1713?-1775); Warner, Richard (1713?-1775)

1768

Letter signed on p. 92: Richard Warner. "A glossary to the plays of Shakespeare": p. [93]-110. Errata: p. [111].

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Autograph letters, manuscripts, books, atlases & maps, including the Garrick papers and a collection of fine natural history books... to be sold by auction Thursday 19 March 1992 at 1 pm, Blenheim Room

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Phillips Son & Neale (London, England)

[1992]

At head of title: Phillips London. Place of sale: London.

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The pretty gentleman; or, Softness of manners vindicated from the false ridicule exhibited under the character of William Fribble, esq

Lancaster, Nathaniel (1701-1775); Goldsmid, Edmund

1885

"A pretended reply to Garrick's 'Miss in her teens', but in reality a veiled and caustic satire on the softness of manners which Garrick was ridiculing."--Dictionary of national biography. Text prec...

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Love in the suds; a town eclogue. : Being the lamentation of Roscius for the loss of his Nyky... With annotations and an appendix

Kenrick, W (1725?-1779); Wheble, John (1746-1820)

1772

Dedication signed by Kenrick. A satire on D. Garrick and I. Bickerstaffe. First published: London 1772. Paper: watermarked: Fleur de lys / IV.

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