Henry SHIRLEY.
A Gentleman who flourisht in the time of King Charles the Martyr: of whom I can give
An account of the English dramatick poets, or, Some observations and remarks on the lives and writings of all those that have publish'd either comedies, tragedies, tragi-comedies, pastorals, masques, interludes, farces or opera's in the English tongue by Gerard Langbaine.
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- An account of the English dramatick poets, or, Some observations and remarks on the lives and writings of all those that have publish'd either comedies, tragedies, tragi-comedies, pastorals, masques, interludes, farces or opera's in the English tongue by Gerard Langbaine.
- Author
- Langbaine, Gerard, 1656-1692.
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- Oxford :: Printed by L.L. for George West and Henry Clements,
- 1691.
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- English drama -- Bio-bibliography.
- Opera -- Bio-bibliography.
- Theater -- England.
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"An account of the English dramatick poets, or, Some observations and remarks on the lives and writings of all those that have publish'd either comedies, tragedies, tragi-comedies, pastorals, masques, interludes, farces or opera's in the English tongue by Gerard Langbaine." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A49533.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 24, 2025.
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no further Account, than that he was the Au∣thor of One Play, call'd
Martyred Souldier, a Tragedy sundry times acted with great Applause, at the private House in Drury-lane, and at other publick The∣atres, by Her Majesties Servants; printed 4o. Lond. 1638. and dedicated to the Famous Sir Kenelm Digby: by the Publisher J. K. who gave it to the Press, after the Author's De∣cease; and in his Epistle to the Reader, speaks thus of both.
For the Man, his Muse was much courted, but no common Mistress; and tho' but seldom abroad, yet ever much admi∣red at. This Work not the meanest of his Labours, has much adorned not only One, but many Stages, with such general Applause; as it has drawn even the Rigid Stoicks of the Time; who tho' not for pleasure, yet for pro∣fit, have gathered something out of his plen∣tiful Vineyard.This Play is founded on Hi∣story, during the time of the Eighth Persecu∣tion; see Victor Episc. Uticensis de Vandalica, Persecutione, Isodorus Hispalensis, Baronius, &c.