Stories
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The meanings of hurt
In the early modern period, gruesome incidents of self-castration and other types of self-injury garnished the literature of the time. Alanna Skuse explores the messages these wounds conveyed.
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My important, ridiculous nose
The nose is a much-maligned appendage, but it’s a powerful organ capable of invoking powerful emotions from past memories and sexual attraction.
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The lottery, a comedy, as it is acted by the Company of comedians, at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market.
Date: [1728]- Books
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Sir Harry Gaylove; or, Comedy in embryo. In five acts. By the author of Clarinda Cathcart, and Alicia Montague.
Marshall, Jane, active 18th century.Date: M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]- Books
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La serva padrona, comedia in due atti. = The maid the mistress, a comedy of two acts, as it is now performing at the theatre of Edinburgh. Translated from the Italian, by David Erskine Baker.
Federico, Gennaro Antonio, active 18th century.Date: Printed in the Year MDCCLXIII. [1763]- Books
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Management: a comedy. In five acts. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. By Frederick Reynolds.
Reynolds, Frederick, 1764-1841.Date: 1800- Books
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Next door neighbours; a comedy; in three acts. From the French Dramas L' indigent & Le dissipateur. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Hay-Market. By Mrs. Inchbald.
Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821.Date: M,DCC,XCI. [1791]