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Playbill advertising a performance of The Clandestine Marriage at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
Playbill advertising a performance of The Clandestine Marriage at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh :click to view larger image
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Title: The Clandestine Marriage
The Deaf Lover (subperformance)
The Forty Thieves (subperformance)
The School for Scandal (subperformance)
Bon Ton (subperformance)
The Busy Body (subperformance)
Guy Mannering (subperformance)
performer: Mr Farren
performer: Mr Abbott
playwright: George Colman, the Elder
playwright of 'The School for Scandal': Richard Brinsley Sheridan
playwright of 'The Busy Body': Susannah Centlivre
author of 'Guy Mannering': Sir Walter Scott
composer of 'Guy Mannering': Henry Bishop
playwrights of 'The Forty Thieves': George Colman, the Younger and Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Location: Theatre Royal, Shakespere Square, Edinburgh
date of performance: 18 August 1819
Notes: Many of these playbills have manuscript annotations concerning the performance as it actually took place. The note here reveals that the promised performance of 'The Forty Thieves' never actually happened.

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