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    Next Door Neighbours A Comedy in Three Acts
    Next Door Neighbours A Comedy in Three Acts
    Next Door Neighbours A Comedy in Three Acts
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    Next Door Neighbours A Comedy in Three Acts

    By Mrs. Inchbald

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      Next Door Neighbours A Comedy in Three Acts - Mrs. Inchbald

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Next Door Neighbours, by Elizabeth Inchbald

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

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      Title: Next Door Neighbours

      A Comedy in Three Acts

      Author: Elizabeth Inchbald

      Release Date: February 4, 2012 [EBook #38759]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOURS ***

      Produced by Delphine Lettau and the Online Distributed

      Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net

      NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOURS;

      A COMEDY;

      I N

      THREE ACTS.

      FROM THE

      French Dramas L'Indigent & Le Dissipateur.

      AS PERFORMED AT THE

      THEATRE-ROYAL, HAY-MARKET.

      BY

      MRS. INCHBALD.

      LONDON:

      Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson,

      Pater-noster-Row.

      M,DCC,XCI.

      PROLOGUE,

      By T. VAUGHAN, Esq.

      SPOKEN BY MR. BANNISTER, JUN.

      DRAMATIS PERSONÆ

      NEXT  DOOR  NEIGHBOURS.

      A COMEDY.

      ACT I.

      SCENE I.   An Antichamber at Sir George

      Splendorville's, adjoining a Ball-room.

      Enter Bluntly, meeting a Servant in Livery.

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