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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Title: 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.
Cite this Item: "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.

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Iohn Mason.

THis Poet was Master of Arts in King Iames the First's Time, and writ one Play call'd,

Muleasses, the Turk; a Tragedy, 4to 1610. Acted by the Chil∣dren of his Majesty's Revels. This Author, in his Title Page, calls it, A Worthy Tragedy, and had a great Conceit of its meeting with Success, adding in the Front, this Sentence of Horace,

Sume Superbiam quaesitam meritis.