Part for the role of the first grave digger in Hamlet [manuscript], 1812.

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Part for the role of the first grave digger in Hamlet [manuscript], 1812.

A playbill for this production as performed at the Theatre-Royal, Hull, November 29, 1813, is added.

6 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7280325

Folger Shakespeare Library

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