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.
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Langbaine, Gerard, 1656-1692.
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London :: Printed for Tho. Leigh ... and William Turner ...,
[1699]
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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.
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Alexander Brome.
HE Liv'd in Charles I. time, and was a Stirring Attorney and Poet in the Royal Cause, during the Government of those Times. He Published but one Play of his own, entituled,
The Cunning Lovers, C. 4to. 1654. The Story of the Cunning Lovers, taken from the 7 Wise Masters. See also the Nov. of the Fortunate Deceived, and Vnfortunate Lovers.
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Yet he took care to give the World a Volume of Mr. Richard Bromes after his Decease, Printed in 8vo. This Author has Pub∣lished also a Volume of Poems, which he writ in the late Trouble∣some Times, together with Epistles and Epigrams, Translated from divers Authors, Printed about the time of the Restauration of King Charles II. and again 1664. Besides these, we have under his Name Horace, 8vo. tho' not wholly Translated by him.
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