Notes: | Caption title: The play-house dictionary. A second edition (1782) and a third (1812) were issued under title: Biographia dramatica. Title-page quotes contents: "Vol. I [read vol. II] contains, a critical and historical account of every tragedy, comedy, farce, &c., in the English language. The respective merrits of each piece; and of the actors who performed the principal characters ... Vol. II. [read vol. I] contains, the lives and productions of every dramatic writer for the English or Irish theatres ... also the lives of our most celebrated actors." Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 11895)
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