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The Rise and Fall of the New Edinburgh Theatre Royal, 1767-1859: Archival Documents and Performance History
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Theatre Research
  • Judith Bailey Slagle, East Tennessee State University
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1-1-2015
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Excerpt: In 1859, the Edinburgh house of Wood and Company published a Sketch of the History of the Edinburgh Th eatre-Royal in honor of its fi nal performance and closing, its author lamenting that “Th is House, which has been a scene of amusement to the citizens of Edinburgh for as long as most of them have lived, has at length come to the termination of its own existence” (3).

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Judith Bailey Slagle. "The Rise and Fall of the New Edinburgh Theatre Royal, 1767-1859: Archival Documents and Performance History" Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Theatre Research Vol. 30 Iss. 1,2 (2015) p. 5 - 29 ISSN: 0034-5822
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/judith-slagle/4/