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Theatrical and Auction Notices from Drury Lane and London
A dense 18th century broadsheet advertises plays at Theatre Royal Drury Lane and Lincoln's Inn Fields with Humphrey Duke of Gloucester and Maria Mne, plus feats by Mr Fawks and his boy, private performances, and auctions. It lists numerous auctions, sales, and public notices including a Countess Dowager of Stamford household goods, a academy advertisement, law books, and medical cures selling through various London addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
His Majesty’s Company of Comedians
Theatre Royal
Drury Lane
Humphrey
Duke of Gloucester
Lincoln’s-Inn
Maria Mne
Boheme
Quin
Mt. Ryan
Walker
Divgs
Leigh
Egleton
Seymour
Bul. Tok
Mr. Fawks
N.B
Izid
Mary Countess Dowager of
Stamford
Deceas
Great Ruffel-street
Bloomsbury
India
Japan
China
Abbey
Westminster
Charles I
Bather
Thomas Lord Bishop
Chichester
J. Stagg
Westminster Hall
J. Roberts
Oxford Arms
Warwick Lane
Great Britain
John Chamberlayn
Tooke
D. Midwinter
J. Tonton
T. Wotton
E. Valentine
Eafe
Burt
Sorin
Mr. Ward
Royal Exchange
Cornhill
London
Crane-Court
Fleet-freet
Better-Lane