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A School for Greybeards; or, The Mourning Bride
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Author, Cowley: "I offer the following Comedy to the public, under a circumstance which has given my mind the most exquisite uneasiness. On the morning after the first representation, it was observed by the papers that there had been persons present at the Theatre the previous evening, who went there determined to disapprove at all events." This play of 1786 is based on Aphra Behn's "Lucky Chance" of 100 years earlier. By moving the…
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School for Greybeards or The Mourning Bride - Hannah Cowley
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One-Act Play Collection 021-Various
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Act 5 and Author's Address
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- A School for Greybeards; or, The Mourning Bride
Act 1
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