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The young pretender : (Record no. 492181)

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003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781529422573
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency Kenya National Library Service
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 823.92 ARD
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Arditti, Michael
Relator term author
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The young pretender :
Remainder of title or the dramatic return of master betty /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Michael Arditti.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 191 pages ;
Dimensions 20cm.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Mobbed by the masses, lionised by the aristocracy, courted by royalty and lusted after by patrons of both sexes, the child actor William Henry West Betty was one of the most famous people in Georgian Britain. At the age of thirteen, he played leading roles, including Romeo, Macbeth and Richard III , in theatres across the country. Prime Minister William Pitt adjourned the House of Commons so that its members could attend his debut as Hamlet at Covent Garden. Then, as rivals turned on him and
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element English fiction
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