The lives and characters of the English dramatick poets also an exact account of all the plays that were ever yet printed in the English tongue, their double titles, the places where acted, the dates when printed, and the persons to whom dedicated, with remarks and observations on most of the said plays / first begun by Mr. Langbain ; improv'd and continued down to this time, by a careful hand.

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The lives and characters of the English dramatick poets also an exact account of all the plays that were ever yet printed in the English tongue, their double titles, the places where acted, the dates when printed, and the persons to whom dedicated, with remarks and observations on most of the said plays / first begun by Mr. Langbain ; improv'd and continued down to this time, by a careful hand.
Author
Langbaine, Gerard, 1656-1692.
Publication
London :: Printed for Tho. Leigh ... and William Turner ...,
[1699]
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Subject terms
Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700.
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- Bio-bibliography.
English drama -- Restoration, 1660-1700 -- Bio-bibliography.
Theater -- England -- History -- 17th century.
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"The lives and characters of the English dramatick poets also an exact account of all the plays that were ever yet printed in the English tongue, their double titles, the places where acted, the dates when printed, and the persons to whom dedicated, with remarks and observations on most of the said plays / first begun by Mr. Langbain ; improv'd and continued down to this time, by a careful hand." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A49536.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.

Pages

B
BAll
131
Band, Ruff, and Cuff
157
Banditti
49
Banish'd Duke
157
Bartholomew Fair
77
Bashful Lover
94,151
Bastard
157
Battle of Alcazar
ibid.
Beauties Triumph
48
Beggars Bush
57
Bell in Campo
105
Bellamira
134
Bellamira, her Dream
33
Belphegor
149
Benefice
148
Bird in a Cage
131
Birth of Merlin
127
Black Prince
11
Blazing World
105
Blind Beggar of Alexandria
18
Blind Beggar of Bednal Green
35
Blind Lady
75
Bloody Banquet
* 152
Bloody Brother
57
Bloody Duke
157
Blurt, Mr. Constable
98,157
Boadicea
74
Boarding-School, see Love for Money
Bondman
94
Bonduca
28,157
Bragadocio
157
Brazen-Age
70
Brenoralt
138
Bridals
105
Bride
102
Britannia Triumphans
33
Broken Heart
61
Brothers
131
Brutus of Alba
113,139
Bury Fair
124
Bussy D'Amboys's Revenge
18,49
Bussy D'Amboys's Tragedy
18
Byron's Conspiracy
ibid.
Byron's Tragedy
ibid.
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