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Bibliographic information
| Title | Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays, Volume 9 Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays, John Bell |
| Editor | John Bell |
| Compiled by | John Bell |
| Publisher | and under the direction of George Cawthorn, British Library, Strand, 1797 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 4 Jan 2007 |
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