Dramatic demireps at their morning rehearsal
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Dramatic demireps at their morning rehearsal

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · September 30, 1810

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

The intention of this burlesque is a pun on dram-atic ; the theatrical demireps being very ungallantly displayed in the Hundreds of Drury, inhabiting an attic, and indulging in matutinal potations of gin. The surroundings do not give a very cultivated idea of the actresses or their belongings.

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