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Total number of records: 85

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
English Literature	55
Brotherton Collection	54
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections	1

Count of Subject

Subject	Count
english drama	5
operas	4
theater	4
songs with harpsichord	2
irish drama (in english)	2
songs with continuo	1
farces	1
businessmen	1
chess	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Garrick, David (1717-1779)	85
Garrick, David	45
Foote, Samuel (1720-1777)	6
Colman, George (1732-1794)	6
Foote, Samuel	4
Wilkinson, Tate (1739-1803)	4
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616	4
Moore, Edward (1712-1757)	4
Motteux, Peter Anthony (1660-1718)	3
Colman, George	3

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1600	1
From 1700	77
From 1800	7

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1699	1
Up to 1799	60
Up to 1899	24

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The country girl : a comedy

Wycherley, William (1640-1716); Wycherley, William (1640-1716); Garrick, David (1717-1779); Bell, John (1745-1831)

1791

Adapted from Wycherley's "Country wife."

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Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Garrick, David (1717-1779)

[1766?]

Bound in volume with overall title page: "The English theatre in eight volumes, containing the most valuable plays which have been acted on the London stage. Vol. VIII".

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The gamester : a tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden

Moore, Edward (1712-1757); Garrick, David (1717-1779)

1779

Printed in double columns. "The prologue and some of the most admired passages, including the greater part of the scene between Lewson and Stukely in the fourth act, were written by Garrick."--DNB. ...

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