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CHETWOOD, WILLIAM RUFUS. 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 for these last Fifty Years. viii, 256 pages. 12mo, contemporary sheep, rebacked; light marginal dampstaining through most of volume. 19th-century booklabel of W. J. C. Storey. London: W. Owen, 1749
first edition. "His account is one of the most important and valuable records of the era and contains numerous unique anecdotes of personnel and performances" (ODNB). Lowe-Arnott-Robinson 835; NCBEL II, 1779.
