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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.
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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.
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- 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 23, 2025.
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Noble Stranger, acted at the private House in Salisbury Court, by her Majesties Servants; printed 4o. Lond. 1640. and dedicated to Sir Edmund Williams. 'Tis commended by a Copy of Verses, writ by Rich. Woolfall; of which these are part:
—Yet do not fear the danger Of Critick Readers, since thy Noble Stranger, With pleasing straines has smooth'd rugged Fate Of oft-cramn'd Theaters, and prov'd Fortunate: Smile at their frowns, for I dare boldly say, Who ere dislikes it, cannot mend thy Play.If this Play be look'd upon with mild Eyes, it will weigh against some Plays writ in our Time. There is somewhat in the Characters of Pupillus and Mercutio, which might take in this Age: and I believe old Lacy had read this Play, before he writ the Character of several Poets of his Poetical Squire Buffon. In the fourth Act, he has given the Characters of several Poets; particularly of Ben. Johnson, under the Title of a Confident Poetical Wit; as may be guessed from the Epilogue, to Cynthia's Revels;
This from our Author, I was bid to say, By Jove 'tis good; and if you'l lik't you may.But I leave this to the Judgment of the Cu∣rious Reader; and hasten to the next Poet.