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Title: Prologue to Barbarossa written by Mr Garrick and spoken by him in the character of a country boy

Author: Garrick, David

Attribution: Mr Garrick (title)

Date(s): 1754

Manuscript: Lt 93

Contents: Prologue to Dr John Brown's play 'Barbarossa' (performed at Drury Lane in 1754) in which a servant describes the faults of his different masters, the latest being the playwright. In lower-class language or dialect.

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Title: Epilogue written by Mr Garrick. Spoken by Mr Woodward in the character of a fine gentleman

Author: Garrick, David

Attribution: Mr Garrick (title)

Date(s): 1754

Manuscript: Lt 93

Contents: Epilogue to Dr John Brown's play 'Barbarossa' (performed at Drury Lane in 1754) on the perils of thinking and learning, instead praising fashion and advising that tragedies be played only in France

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