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ID	23811
Title	Prologue and epilogue, spoken at the opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane 1747.
Contributors	Johnson, Samuel (Author) Cooper, Mary (Bookseller) Garrick, David (Author)
Signed Author	[Anonymous]
Pseudonym
Firms	Mary Cooper [8 Paternoster Row] (Bookseller) Edward Cave (Printer) Robert Dodsley (Bookseller)
Self-published	No
Volumes	1
Pagination	12
Date of Publication	1747
Edition Statement
Edition Number
Date of First Publication
Imprint	Printed by E. Cave at St John's Gate ; sold by M. Cooper in Pater-Noster-Row, and R. Dodsley Pall-Mall.
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing	London GB

Format	Quarto (4to)
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Genre	Art/Literary/Cultural Criticism
Sources	ESTC: T70692 ECCO: CW0105225629 Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_prologue-and-epilogue-s_johnson-samuel_1747_0
Shelfmarks
Notes	ESTC Notes: The prologue is by Samuel Johnson, and the epilogue by David Garrick, to mark Garrick's opening season as manager.
Hand-Verified	No
Verified	Yes
Attempted Verification	No

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Johnson, Samuel, Garrick, David. Prologue and epilogue, spoken at the opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane 1747.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 23811, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/23811. Accessed 2025-11-11.

Johnson, Samuel and David Garrick. Prologue and epilogue, spoken at the opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane 1747. London: 1747.

Johnson , S., & Garrick , D. (1747). Prologue and epilogue, spoken at the opening of the theatre in drury-lane 1747. London:

Johnson, Samuel, and David Garrick. Prologue and epilogue, spoken at the opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane 1747. London: 1747.

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