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PEP.781.007
16 Feb 1781:271, 272, 281 (7/718)
London, Nov. 2, 1780. This day was revived the old state
farce called The King's Speech, and acted by his majesty and
his servants with great applause, at the Theatre Royal,
Westminster.
As this performance is composed in the court stile, we have
procured a translation of it into the vulgar tongue, for the
benefit of the multitude.
Dramatis Personae.
King, By George IIId.
Lord Chancellor, Edward Lord Thurloe.
Speaker of the House of Commons, Mr. Cornewell.
Members of the House of Commons, Tag, Rag, and Tail.
Scene, The House of Lords, the King seated upon the throne,
lords and bishops attending, the Lord Chancellor in his
place, and the House of Commons with their Speaker attended
by the mace, at the bar of the house.
[Speeches by the Speaker, King, to the Lords and then to the
House of Commons]
The entertainment concludes with a grand procession, ringing
of bells, discharge of cannon, bonfires, &c. &c. &c.
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