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Theatre-Royal Hull Oroonoko advertisement

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09898.07 Author/Creator: Theatre-Royal Hull Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: February 20, 1818 Pagination: Order a Copy

This item is a mounted broadside advertisement for the play Oroonoko; or the Royal slave at the Theatre Royal. It lists the actors in each part for the February 20, 1818 show. It also notes that after Oroonoko the Forest of Bondy; or the Dog of Montargis will be shown.

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