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Excerpt from A New History of the English Stage, From the Restoration to the Liberty of the Theatres, in Connection With the Patent Houses, Vol. 1 of 2 Public has been of late years thoroughly instructed. Such matter is highly entertaining; but to understand the stage and its growth, as a social element, it becomes necessary to consider its titles, pedigrees, patents, licences, and other. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.