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The REVENGE A Tragedy Acted at Drury Lane 1720
A long catalog of publications and notices from 1720 lists The Revenge a tragedy by B Young performed by the King's servants, with other works on smallpox plague fevers and biblical commentary. It includes publishers Chetwood, Strother, Rivington, and Tonson, and references on Penny-priced manuals and jests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josh
Theatre-Royal
Drury-Lane
His Majesty’s Servants
B. Young
All-souls College
Oxford
W. Chetwood
Ruffel-Breet
Covent- Garden
S. Chapman
Angel and Crown
Ball-mall
College of Physicians
Edward Strother
C. Rivington
Bible and Crown
St. Pauls Churchyard
Strother
Radcliff
Bibliot
House of Commons
Richard Houldiech
Jacob Tonfoo
Bernard Lintott
William Taylor