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01 March 1749

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1748-1749
Volume: 4
Comments: This month, as recorded in the Gentleman's Magazine Register of Books, was published A General History of the Stage, from its origin in Greece down to the present time. With the Memoirs of most of the principal performers that have appeared on the English and Irish Stage. With notes antient and modern, foreign, domestic, serious, comic, moral, merry, historical, and geographical. Containing many theatrical anecdotes; also several pieces of poetry never before published. Collected and digested by W. R. Chetwood, twenty years prompter to His Majesty's Company of Comedians at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. Printed for W. Owen

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p?Adl None. [No Performance.] *c?Adl This month, as recorded in the <i>Gentleman's Magazine</i> Register of Books, was published <i>A General History of the Stage</i>, from its origin in <i>Greece</i> down to the present time. With the Memoirs of most of the principal performers that have appeared on the $English and Irish Stage=. With notes antient and modern, foreign, domestic, serious, comic, moral, merry, historical, and geographical. Containing many theatrical anecdotes; also several pieces of poetry never before published. Collected and digested by $W. R. Chetwood=, twenty years prompter to $His Majesty='s Company of Comedians at the Theatre Royal in <i>Drury Lane</i>. Printed for $W. Owen=.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1749 03 01 dl None. [No Performance.]*c1749 03 01 dl This month, as recorded in the <i>Gentleman's Magazine</i> Register of Books, was published <i>A General History of the Stage</i>, from its origin in <i>Greece</i> down to the present time. With the Memoirs of most of the principal performers that have appeared on the $English and Irish Stage=. With notes antient and modern, foreign, domestic, serious, comic, moral, merry, historical, and geographical. Containing many theatrical anecdotes; also several pieces of poetry never before published. Collected and digested by $W. R. Chetwood=, twenty years prompter to $His Majesty='s Company of Comedians at the Theatre Royal in <i>Drury Lane</i>. Printed for $W. Owen=.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 24638 | 17490301 | dl | This month, as recorded in the <i>Gentleman's Magazine</i> Register of Books, was published <i>A General History of the Stage</i>, from its origin in <i>Greece</i> down to the present time. With the Memoirs of most of the principal performers that have appeared on the $English and Irish Stage=. With notes antient and modern, foreign, domestic, serious, comic, moral, merry, historical, and geographical. Containing many theatrical anecdotes; also several pieces of poetry never before published. Collected and digested by $W. R. Chetwood=, twenty years prompter to $His Majesty='s Company of Comedians at the Theatre Royal in <i>Drury Lane</i>. Printed for $W. Owen=
    Performance: 49127 | 24638 | p | None | [No Performance.]

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