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NYG(W.761.074
3 Aug 1761:41 (134)
This day is published, price 2s.6. A new play, call'd The
Jealous Wife, by one of the most ingenious writers of the
age, George Colman, Esq; author of that justly celebrated
work, The Connoisure.
This comedy is founded upon the circumstance of Sophia's
Flight to Lady Bellaston, in Tom Jones; Character, incident,
conduct and sentiment, exist in every page. It has run
thro' three editions in three weeks, and is justly esteemed
the best dramatic piece exhibited on the stage, since Dr.
Hoadley's Suspicious Husband. Sold by James Rivington,
bookseller and stationer, over against the Golden-Key, in
Hanover Square. . . [18 lines]
Also, a very great variety of plays, pamphlets,
magazines, single and in complete sets, together with books
on almost every subject; maps, prints, stationary wares,
quadrants, German flutes, musick, and musick books, &c. &c.
&c. by wholesale and retail, at the most reasonable prices.
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