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A07978
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Totenham Court A pleasant comedie: acted in the yeare MDCXXXIII. At the private house in Salisbury-Court. The author Thomas Nabbes.
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Nabbes, Thomas, 1605?-1645?
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1638
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STC 18344; ESTC S113041
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