Prologue to Shakespeare's Much ado about nothing [manuscript] : as presented for the first time at the Birmingham repertory theatre, 1919.

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Prologue to Shakespeare's Much ado about nothing [manuscript] : as presented for the first time at the Birmingham repertory theatre, 1919.

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Autograph draft of a prologue by O'Riordan, to be spoke by Dorothy Massingham as Hero. Also includes a brief autograph letter signed from C.R. to B[ock?]e. Written on the back of a printed flyer for the readings given by John Drinkwater from his Poems at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

1 leaf ; 21 x 13 cm.

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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