List of plays in the hand of Charles James Mathews from the Oeuvres de Destouches, (1742?), and Some account of the English Stage, 1660-1830, by Genest (1832) v. 2, [19th century].

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List of plays in the hand of Charles James Mathews from the Oeuvres de Destouches, (1742?), and Some account of the English Stage, 1660-1830, by Genest (1832) v. 2, [19th century].

Includes some pencil sketches and parts of two plays, one in French possibly in the handwriting of his wife, Madame Vestris, the other in English in a third hand.

61 leaves : ill.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7108582

Folger Shakespeare Library

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