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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Title: 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.
Publication: Oxford :: Printed by L.L. for George West and Henry Clements,; 1691.
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Subject terms: English drama -- Bio-bibliography.; Opera -- Bio-bibliography.; Theater -- England.
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John FOUNTAIN.

A Gentleman who flourish'd in Devonshire, at the time of his Majesty King Charles the Se∣cond his Return; and was the Author of a single Play nam'd,

Reward of Virtue, a Comedy, printed in 4^o. Lond. 1661. This Play was not design'd for the Stage by the Author; but about eight Years af∣ter the first printing, Mr. Fountain being dead, it was reviv'd with Alterations, by Mr. Shad∣well, and acted with good Applause, under the Title of The Royal Shepherdess.