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EG.772.023
26 May-2 Jun 1772:1801 (4/201)
London, March 26. We can assure the public that the present
famous Catharine, Empress of Russia, has sent a particular
message to our English Roscius, with the most pressing
instances to visit her at Petersburgh, where she assures him
of every honour he can possibly receive; adding that she has
long had the curiosity to see so surprizing a genius.- We
hear that Mr. Garrick intends to write a letter to her
Imperial Majesty, thanking her for the distinction she has
thought proper to pay him; and though he declines the honour
of throwing himself at her feet, we hear, he will at her
Majesty's desire, send her a plan for a theatre in Russia,
where the plays are to be in the language of that nation.
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