Autograph transcript in the hand of Charles Macklin of the part for the role of Touchstone in As you like it [manuscript], ca. 1731

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Autograph transcript in the hand of Charles Macklin of the part for the role of Touchstone in As you like it [manuscript], ca. 1731

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The text is heavily cut. The manuscript contains no indication of date or of the production or the theater for which it was made, but Macklin played the part at Drury Lane frequently from 1741-1748 and not, so far as has been ascertained, at any other period.

8 leaves ; 18.5 x 15 cm.

Folger Shakespeare Library

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