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VGW(HU.773.051
29 Apr 1773:12 (1135)
London, February 18. Last night Mr. Foote's long expected
Puppet Show was performed, for the first time; it contains a
number of satirical strokes, and concludes in the following
manner. A constable enters to take up the puppets and carry
them to Justice Girkin, an oilman in the Strand, who issued
his warrant for their apprehension as vagrants, together
with Foote. A most witty laughable examination scene ensues
at the Justice's house, where the puppets are brought, . . .
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