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Prologue to the last new play A duke and no duke
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/86766429
Description	First line reads: Who would have thought to have seen so many here. Printed in one column. Anonymous. By Thomas Duffett. "A duke and no duke" was written by Nahum Tate. Includes "The epilogue, spoken by Mr. Haines".
Shelfmark	Crawford.EB.3505
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1684 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Ballads Theatrical productions Plays (performed works)
Person / organisation:	Duffett, Thomas [Author] Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715 [Author] Haines, Joseph, -1701 [Attributed name] Jevon, Thomas, 1652-1688 [Attributed name] Croom, George [Printer]
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English ballads
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Description	Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.
Attribution and copyright:	Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1800-1900 [Date printed]
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