A Bold Stroke for a Wife: A Comedy ; as it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields
By Susanna Centlivre

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Sources

London : Printed for W. Meres and F. Clay, 1724 Page images from British Library and Google Book collaboration https://books.google.com/books?vid=BL:A0018084267&hl

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Citation

Centlivre, Susanna. A Bold Stroke for a Wife: A Comedy ; as it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, Printed for W. Meres and F. Clay, 1724 . Literature in Context: An Open Anthology. http://anthologydev.lib.virginia.edu/work/Centlivre/centlivre-bold-stroke. Accessed: 2025-07-27T13:24:09.322Z