Writers A-P. Includes: Arthur à Beckett, George Alexander, Sir Squire and Effie Marie Bancroft, Lionel ('Lal') Brough, Lennox Browne, Sir F C Burnand, H J Byron, Sir Hall Caine, J Comyns Carr, Richard Claude Carton, Sir G Anderson Critchett, G Manvil... 1872-1903

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Writers A-P. Includes: Arthur à Beckett, George Alexander, Sir Squire and Effie Marie Bancroft, Lionel ('Lal') Brough, Lennox Browne, Sir F C Burnand, H J Byron, Sir Hall Caine, J Comyns Carr, Richard Claude Carton, Sir G Anderson Critchett, G Manvil... 1872-1903

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