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a| eng
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a| Miller, James d| 1704-1744 4| aut 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6139777 9| 6237
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a| Mahomet b| a Tragedy
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a| London b| Bell c| 1795
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a| [i]-76-[2] pages b| engraved frontispiece
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a| Based on' Le Fanatisme, ou, Mahomet le prophete' by Voltaire, originally published in 1741
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a| Miller's play premiered in 1744 at Drury Lane and was originally published in 1759
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a| Dedicated by the author's widow Dorothy Miller to Sir Edward Southwell, 21st Baron de Clifford
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a| the publisher, John Bell (1745-1831), was an important printer and typographer whose bookshop, 'British Library', was located in the Strand and who pioneered the regular s (instead of the long s) in English printing
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a| Contains an Epilogue "Originally spoken by Mr Garrick" (The original Theatre Royal at Drury Lane cast included David Garrick as Zaphna)
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a| Contains role assignment and casting for Covent Garden
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a| frontispiece engraving by William Satchwell Leney (1769-1831) after Samuel De Wilde (1751-1832) depicting Miss Wallis as Palmira in Act 3 scene 1 "I tremble Zaphna!"
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a| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahomet_(play)
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a| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahomet_the_Imposter
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a| Adapted for Theatrical Representation, as Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. Regulated from the prompt-book, by permission of the manager. The Lines distinguished by inverted Commas, are omitted in the Representation
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a| Theatre Royal, Covent Garden (London, United Kingdom) 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q55018 9| 23267
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a| 18th Century (1701-1800) 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7015 9| 20899
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a| Play (theater) 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25379 9| 21414
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a| London (United Kingdom) 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q84 9| 123
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4| aut a| Hoadly, John d| 1711-1776 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15070123 9| 25188
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4| aut a| Voltaire d| 1694-1778 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q9068 9| 5159
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u| https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.087600946&view=1up&seq=3 3| Hathi Trust
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c| BOO
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a| boek
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b| ORPH c| ORPH j| ORPH.KTS1 C2.44 06I07
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b| ORPH c| ORPH j| ORPH.KTS1 C2.44 06I07
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b| ORPH c| ORPH j| ORPH.KTS1 C2.44 06I07
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