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Friday Decr. 5th. 1783.
JQA
Friday Decr. 5th. 1783.
Adams, John Quincy
Friday Decr. 5th. 1783.
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In the evening I went to the Covent Garden Theatre, and saw the Merchant of Venice, with Love a la Mode;1 a young Lady appeared for the first Time she play'd upon any Stage in the part of Portia.
Love à la Mode, London, 1793, by Charles Macklin, first produced in 1760 (
Biographia Dramatica
; Hogan, ed., London Stage, 1660–1800
).