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From the archive, 25 April 1890: Life and times of a long-forgotten dramatist

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Wednesday, 25 April 2012 (on April 25, 2012)
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Watts Phillips, a 19th century English dramatist, never achieved the fame of his contemporaries, but lived the life of a great man of letters

In a small book just issued of disjointed reminiscences..


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