The Christmas Tale : Play 1773

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Summary:: Description: Manuscript is endorsed with an 'X'. There are numerous deletions, corrections, and additions, some by author and is accompanied by a prologue and epilogue. Compared to A Christmas Tale, 1774 there are numerous differences, particularly in last part. John Payne Collier in Biographia Dramatica: The prompter who wrote the body of the letter to the licenser did not know what species of production to call it and leaving a blank Garrick filled it up with the words 'Musical Entertainment.' The letter was dated Decr. 13. 1773 The MS in Larpent's collection was corrected by Garrick. The account of this piece in the Biographia Dramatica was the authorship of Stevens.
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AMDigital Reference: LA363.
Original Version:: Reproduction of: The Christmas Tale 13 Dec 1773.
Location of Originals:: The Huntington Library
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