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"thou shalt not steal." : The School for ingratitude: a comedy, in five acts. Presented - to a manager of Drury-Lane, in March 1797: * Curtailed-by his Direction, and returned to him in May: Finally-And after the Comedy, or Farce in Five Acts, called "cheap Living" (so like it, in many Points!-in one, so unlike it!) had been produced at Drury-Lane, Returned;-With a Note from A Prompter; which the Author has not perused- * Further curtailments being avowedly reserved for the day which-ought to have come.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Fisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English drama.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxix,[2],x-xvi,[2],83,[1]p. )
Other Title:
Thou shalt not steal.
Place of Publication:
London : Printed for-the Curious in Literary-Shall we say- Coincidence - - See the Preface-And then-the Play. to be had of J. Bell, No. 148, Oxford-Street, [1798]
Notes:
Attributed to Fisher.
The preface accuses Frederick Raynolds of having stolen his play 'Cheap living' from this comedy.
The imprint includes the phrase "Printed for - the curious in literary - shall we say-? coincidence!".
With a half-title.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T64440.
OCLC:
642654575

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