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Various [Five Plays]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: JB00386 Author/Creator: Various Place Written: New York, New York Type: Book Date: 1806 Pagination: 1 v. : 290 p. : Height: 15.3 cm, Width: 9.5 cm Order a Copy

A complilation of multiple plays including; Paul and Virginia by James Cobb, The Rival by Richard B. Sheridan, A Tale of Mystery by Thomas Holcroft, The Wanderer; or the Rights of Hospitality by Augustus Von Kotzebue and translated by Charles Kemble, and The Stranger by Benjamin Thompson.

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