Quote from an epilogue to Measure for measure [manuscript], ca. 1811.

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Quote from an epilogue to Measure for measure [manuscript], ca. 1811.

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Ten line speech given by the Duke beginning "For thee sweet saint if for a brother sav'd." Epilogue appended to several nineteenth-century acting editions, including that of Oxberry, Kemble, and Cumberland. Written on the back of a fragment of an address leaf addressed to Mrs. Siddons, Westbourne Farm, Paddington. Date based on watermark.

2 leaves ; 13 x 12 cm.

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