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THE 
 
 COMPANION 
 
 T O T HE 
 
 P L A Y-H O U S E: 
 
 O R, 
 
 An Hidorical Account of all the Dramatic 
 Writers (and their Works) that have 
 appeared in Great Britain and Ireland^ 
 
 FROM THE 
 
 Commencement of our Theatrical Exhibitiovs, 
 down to the Prefent Year 1764. 
 
 Compofed in the Form of a Dictionary, 
 
 For the more readily turning to any particular 
 Author, or Performance. 
 
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 IN TWO VOLUMES. 
 
 V O L. L Contains, 
 
 A Critical and Hiftorical Accovnt of every Tragedy, Comedy, 
 Farce, &c, in the Englt/h Language. The rtfpeftive Merits of each 
 PivcK) and of the Actors who performed the principal 
 Chara£lcri, are particularly examined and pointed out. 
 
 VOL n. Contains, 
 
 The Lives and Produftioni of every Dramatis Writer for the Engli/b 
 or Irilb Thkatkii, including not only all thofe Memoirs that 
 huve been formerly written, but alfo a great Number of new 
 Lives and curious Anecdotes never before communicated to the *, 
 Public— Alfo the Lives of our moft celebrated Adlort, who fVere 
 iikewife Authors of any Theatrical Compofition from Shaki- 
 hPEAR aad Johnson, down to the prefent Times. 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 Printed for T. Bbcket and P. A. Dkhondt, in the 
 Stram/ ;C.Hendbrion, at the RoyalExchan^e ; and 
 T. DavieS) XTiRuJfd'Strteti Cevent'Gardtn, 1764. 
 
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 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 A brief View of the Rife and Progrefs 
 of the English Stage. 
 
 IT is well obfcrved by the Author of a late Dif- 
 fertation on the Theatres, that dramatic Com- 
 podtions have ever been efteemed amongft the 
 greateft Produdlions of human Genius ; and that 
 the Exhtbition of them on the public Stage, has, 
 by fome of the wifeft and beft Men, in all Ages, 
 been countenanced, as highly ferviceable to the 
 Caufe of Virtue. 
 
 Nothing is more certain than that Example la. 
 the ftrongcft and moft efFedual Manner of en- 
 forcing the Precepts of Wifdorfi ; and that a juft 
 Theatrical Reprefentation is the beft Pi^we of 
 human Nature : with this peculiar Advantage, that 
 in this humanizing and inftru6ting Academy, the 
 youne Spectator may learn the Manners of the 
 World, without running through the Peril* of it. 
 
 The fame Writer obferves, that as Pleafure is 
 the Purfuit of the greateft Part of Mankind, (and 
 moft juftly (oy while this Purfuit is continued un- 
 der the Guidance of Reason] all well regulated 
 States have judged it proper, both in a political and 
 moral Senfe, to have fome public Exhibitions, for 
 the Entertainment of the People. And, indeed, 
 what Entertainment, what Pleafure fo rational, as. 
 that which is aftbrded by a well-written and welU 
 jaded Play ; whence the Mind may receive at once 
 
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 its fill of Improvement and Delight ? — Thus 
 thought the wife and letter'd Sages of atidehC 
 Greece \ the Romans adopted the fame Sentiments, 
 ai^d eveiy poliihed, Nation i^^Europe bath received 
 and ciilfivated the Dramatic Art, In this reipedt 
 our Britijh Iflands have been moft eminent ; hav- 
 ving produced admirable A^ors, and excellent Au- 
 thors, both in the Comic and Tragic S^le ; and 
 fometimes -alfo noblePatrpns, who have done Ho- 
 nour to themfelves, by becoming the Friends and 
 Prote6lpcs of Men of Genius. 
 
 It is weil known to the Learned, at what £x<> 
 pence the ^/^^Mi7i Supported their Theatres, and 
 how often y from among their Poets ; they chofe 
 Governors of their Provinces, Generals of their 
 Armies, and Guardians of their Liberties.—- Who 
 were more jealous of their Liberties than the Athe^ 
 titans t Who better knew that Corruption and De- 
 bauchery are the greatcft Foes to Liberty ?— Who 
 better knew, than, they, that the Freedom of the 
 Theatre (next to that of the Senate) was the beft 
 Support of Liberty, againft all the undermining Arts 
 ^ of thofe who wickedly might feek to fap its F oun- 
 ifetion ? 
 
 If it be afked, How came the Athenians to lay 
 out an h^ndred thoufand Pounds upon the Decora- 
 tions of one fingle Tragedy of Sophoeiesy May we 
 not anfwer. It was not merely for the Sake of ex- 
 hibiting'a pompous Spectacle for Idlenefs to gaze at, 
 l)ut becaufe it was the moft rational, moft in- 
 ftrud^ivc, and moft delig itful Compofition, that hu- 
 man Wit had "yet arrived at; and confcquently, 
 the moft worthy to be the Entertainment of a 
 wife' and warlike Nation : — And it may ftill be a 
 Qucftioj),— Whether this public Spirit infpired So- 
 phocies^ox, whether S&phcUs in(p\red this public 
 
INT ROD U GTI ON. vfi 
 
 The divine Socrates affifted EuYipidis^ in his 
 Cprnpofitions. Then^ife S^lm frequented Plays, 
 even in his Decline of l>lfe; and^ Plutarch in- 
 forms us, he thought Plays ufefUJ to poliflj the 
 Manners, and infttt the Prftfidplw of Virtue, f ^ 
 
 As Arts and Sciences eritteafed iti Rme^ Wih 
 Learningi Eloiiuence and Poetry iloUriflted, £///«i 
 improved his focial Hours with TVrMr/ ; and ScU 
 pio thought it not beneath him to make one Ih fo 
 agreeable a Party. Ciefor^ whc was an excellent 
 Poet as weil as Orator, thought the ft>rmer Title 
 an Addition to his HonOttr $ arid e^er mentidtied 
 Terence 2Md ^f«?»i(pr with gftarRtfpeft. "Jit^< 
 guftusy found it eaficr to make hirtfelf Sovereign of 
 the World, than to write a godd Tragedy : He 
 begah a Play called ^-^'tfA-, bdt cduld tkit fimffi it. 
 Brutus^ the virtudus, the moral Brutuiy thoiight 
 his Time not mifemployed in a Journey* frdm Rome 
 to Naples^ only to fee an eJccdJent Troop of Co- 
 medians; and was fopleafedwifh their Perforifi- 
 ance, that he fent them to ^^m^y with Letters of 
 Recommendation to C/V^r^; to take them under his 
 Patronage '.—This too was at a Time when the 
 City was under no fmall Confufion from the Mur. 
 der of Cafari yet, amidft the Tumults of thofe 
 Times, atid the Hurry of his own Affairs, he 
 thought the having a good Company of A£tors of 
 too much Confequence to the Public to be negle£t« 
 ed. And in fuch Eftimation was /^^yc/Mj held by 
 Ciceroy that in pleading the Caufe of the Poet^fr- 
 chiasy he makes the moft honourable Mention of 
 that AiSor. 
 
 In the Days of Augujiusy when dramatic Enter-* 
 tainments were the common public Diveriions of 
 the People through all the Provinces of that fpa- 
 cious Empire j had they been deemed immoral, 
 could they have pafled uncenfured by all our Apo- 
 
 ftles. 
 
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 fileS) who at that Timo went forth hy divine Com- 
 inand to convert aJI Nations ? No Vtce» no Im|Me- 
 tv efcaped them; not only cryii»; Sim provoked 
 tnetr Cenrure,-*they even leproved the Indecencies 
 of Drefs, and Indelicacies of Behaviour* |n many 
 Places they muft certainly noeet with Thea- 
 tres. -^ But we hear not of one Poet or A^or 
 who received any reprimand from them. On the 
 contrary, we meet with feveral PaiTases in the 
 Writings of St. PhhU in which he refers to the 
 dramatic Poets, citing their Expreflions, in Con- 
 firmation of his own Sentiments. But to come 
 nearer our own Times, — the truly pious and 
 learned Archbi(hop TilUtfony fpeaking of Plays, 
 gives thisTcftimony in their Favour, that ** They 
 might be fo framed, and governed by fuch Rules, as 
 not only to be innocently diverting, but^in(lru£tive 
 and ufeful, to put fome Follies and Vices out of 
 Countenance, which cannot perhaps be fo decently 
 reproved, nor fo efFedtually cxpofed and corrected 
 ai^ other way." 
 
 It is generally imagined, that the Englijb Stage 
 rofe later than the reft of its Neighbours. Thofe 
 who hold this Opinion, will, perhaps, wonder to hear 
 of Theatrical Entertainments almoft as early as the 
 Conqueft ; and yet nothing is more certain, if you 
 will believe an honeft Monk, one IViUiam Stepha- 
 nides or Fitz Stephen^ in his Di/criptio Sobilijftma 
 Civi'tatis Londonia^ who writes thus ^ *' Lotidon^ 
 «( inftead of common Interludes belonging to the 
 *' Theatre, has Plays of a more holy Subjedt : 
 <( Reprefentations of thofe Miracles which the hoi/ 
 «( ConfeiTors wrought, or of the Sufferings where- 
 ** in the glorious Conftancy of the Martyrs did 
 '* appear.** This Author was a Monk of Canter- 
 bnryy who wrote in the Reign of Henry II. fand 
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 not mention thefe Reprefentations as Novelties to 
 the People, (for he is defcribing all the common 
 Diverfions in ufe at that time) we can hardly fix 
 them lower than the Conqueft ; and this, we be- 
 lieve, is an earlier Date than any other Nation of 
 Europe can produce for their Theatrical Reprefen- 
 tations. About T40 Years after this, in the Reign 
 of Edward lllf it was ordained by A£l of Parlia- 
 ment, that a Company of Men called Vagrants^ 
 who had made Mafquerade^ thro' the whole City» 
 ihould be whipt out of London^ becaufe they re- 
 prefented fcandalous Things in the little Alehoufes, 
 and other Places where the Populace aflembled* 
 What the Nature of thefe fcandalous Things were» 
 we are not told ; whether lewd and obfcene, or im- 
 pious and profane ; but we ihould rather think the 
 former, for the Word Mafqutrade has an ill Sound, 
 and, we believe, they were no better in their In- 
 fancy than at prdfent. 'Tis true, the Myjlerin of 
 Religim were foon after this Period made very free 
 with all over Europe^ being reprefented in fo ftu* 
 pid and ridiculous a Manner, that the Stories of the 
 New Tejiament in particular, were thought to en- 
 courage Ltberttntfm and Infidelity, In all pro- 
 bability therefore the A6lors laft mentioned were 
 of that Species called Mummer i ; thefe were 
 wont to ftroll about the Country, drefs'd in an an-v 
 tick Manner, dancing, mimicking, and (hewing^ 
 Pofturcs. This Cuftom is ftill continued in many 
 Pitts of England I but it was formerly fo general, 
 and drew the common People fo much from their 
 Bufmefs, that it was deemed a very pernicious Cu(^ 
 torn: And as thefe Mummerr Silwzp vftnt mafked 
 and difguifed, they were but :too frequently en- 
 eouraged to commit violent OutrageSj and were 
 guilty of many lewd Diforders. However, as bad 
 as they were, they fecm to be the true original Co- 
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 medians of England \ and their Excellence altoge- 
 ther conftfted, as that of their SuccefTors does in 
 part fliU) in Mimickry and Humoimr. 
 
 In an A^ of ParlHunent made in tht 4th Year 
 9i Henry IVi meniioa is made of certain fVaJUrs^ 
 Mafiin'Rimpurf^ Mn/ireh^ %n^ other Vagabonds* 
 who infefted the Laiidof hf^^ies i And it is ena^ied^ 
 thai m Mafter^Rimour, Minflrel, »r other Vaga^ 
 hnjy be in any wifefufiained in the Land a^ Wales, 
 ta make CtmfliQiths 9f Gatherings fipon the PeepU 
 there. What thefe Majier-^nunys were, which 
 were fo troublelbme in /r^ti^ in particahir, we can- 
 not tell } poffibly th^ mkhtbe the degenerate De- 
 fcefldann of th»antient JSards. k ti alfo diiiculc 
 to determine what is meant by their making Com^" 
 trniths. The Woed ficM99j inWeleh, atiy Dif- 
 triA, or. part of a Hundred or Cantred, containiai^ 
 artKHit ^ne half ol it| that it, fifty Villages $ aaS 
 might pofllbly be madeufc of 1^ AtSoi A&/ler*JU* 
 MM^rs when they had fiamd upon a Place t6 MiSt in» 
 «nd gave Imimaiioii thoaof for ten or twelves Milea 
 round, which ia a Circuit that wiU take ill' ahout 
 fifty VilHiges. And thait this was commonty dont^ 
 appears from C!fmi/> Survey of C^mitur/^ which 
 was wrote in Qyeen Eiixabeth^B Time. Speaking 
 of the DiverfKXM of the People, <* The-^aary 
 Miracle (fays he) in EngUjh a Miracle Play, is 
 a kind of Interlude compiled in Cernijb^ out c^ 
 fome Scripture Htftory. For reprefenting^ it they 
 ^ raife an Amphitheatre in fome open Field, haviag 
 «< the Diameters df its inclofed Plain, fome forty 
 •« or fifty Foot. The Country People flock from 
 ^ all Sides many Miles off, to fee and hear it ; for 
 ** they have therein Devils and Devices to delight 
 •* as well the Eve as the Ear/' Mr. Carew has 
 not been fo exa&, as to give us the Time when 
 thefe Guttry Miratlis were exhibited in Cornwall ^ 
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 but, hf the Maimer of it» the Cuftom kem$ to be 
 very antient. )s*-^ t w :• ,*^ k? r? ■ r A lu '.> 
 
 The Year 1378 18 the earlieft Date we can find, 
 in which exprefs mcntioii is made of the Rej^reien^ 
 tation of Myfteriet in Engiumi* In this Year die 
 Scholars of PauTt School prefented a Petition to 
 Richard \l, praying his Majefty, *« to prohibit 
 •« fome onexpert People from prefenting the Hiftory 
 « of the Old Teflamenty to the great Prdudice of 
 <« the faid Clergy* who liavebeen at great Expencv 
 *( in order to reprefent it publiokl^ at Chriftmau** 
 About twelve Years afterwards, w%. in 1390, the 
 Parifli- Clerks of JLMri/0if are faid to have played In-^ 
 terludes at SkinmrU ff^iU^ July 18, 19 and 20» 
 And anin, in 1409, the tenth Year of Henry IV| 
 they aSed at Clirktnutill (which took its Name from 
 this Ciiftom of the Parifli-Clerks ^'^ing Plays there) 
 for eight Days fucceffively, a P*^y concerning the 
 Creation of the World : at which were prefent m^ 
 of the Nobility and Gentty of the Kingdom. 
 Theie Inilanccs are fufficient to prove that we had 
 the Myfteries here vtry early. How long they con- 
 tinued to be exhibited amon^ft us, cannot be ex- 
 a^ly determined. This Period one mi|ht call the 
 dead Sleep of the Mufes. And when this was over, 
 they did not prefently awake, but, in a kind of 
 Morning Dream, produced the Moralities that fol- 
 lowed. However, thefe jumbled Ideas had fome 
 Shadow of Meaning. The Myfteries only repre- 
 fented, in a fenfelefs Manner, fome miraculous 
 Hiftory from the Old or New Teftament : But In 
 thefe Moralities ibmething of Dcfign appeared, k 
 Fable and a Moral ; fom^ing alio of Poetry, the 
 Virtues, Vices, and other Afte£tions of the Mind 
 I being frequently perfonifted. But the Moralities 
 iwere alfo very often concerned wholly in r^ligoui 
 [Matters, For Religion then was evcfjr o*e*s Con- 
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 cern, and it was no Wonder if each Party employ- 
 ed all Arts to promote it. Had they been in Ufe 
 now, they would dotibtlefs have turned as much 
 upon Politicks. Thus, the Ntw Cuftom^ was cer- 
 tainly intended to promote the Reformation, when 
 it was revived in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth* 
 And in the more early Days of the Reformation, it 
 WS9 fo common for the Partizans of the o'd Doc- 
 trines (and perhaps alfo of the ntw) to defend and 
 illuftrate their Tenets this Way, that in the 24th 
 of Htnrj VIII, in an A6t of Parliament made for 
 the promoting true Religion, we find a Claufe re- 
 ftraining all Rimors or Players from finging in Songs, 
 or playing in Interludes, any thing that fhould con-' 
 tradi<^ the eftablifhed Dof^rines. It was alfo cuf- 
 tomary at this time to a£^ thefe moral and religious 
 Dramas in private Houfes. for the Edification and 
 Improvement, as w<;ll as the Diverfion, of well- 
 difpofed Families : And for this Purpofe the Appear- 
 ance of the Perfons of the Drama were fo difpofed, 
 as that five or fix A6tor$ might reprefent twenty 
 Perfonages. 
 
 What has been faid of the Myfteries and Morali- 
 ties, it is hoped will be fufEcient jult to (hew the 
 Reader what the Nature of them was. We fiiould 
 have been glad to be more particular ; but where 
 Materials are not to be had, the Building muit be 
 deficient. And, to fay the Truth, a more parti- 
 cular Knowledge of thefe Things, any farther than 
 as it ferves to (hew the Turn and Genius of our 
 Anceilors, and the progrefTive Refinement of our 
 Language, was fo little worth preferving, that the 
 Lois of it is fcarce to be regretted. We proceed 
 therefore with our Subjed. The Mufe might now 
 be faid to be jull awake when (he beean to trifle ia 
 the old Interludes, and aimed at fomething like 
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 the Eplgrammift undoubtedly claims the earlieft, if 
 not the foremoft Place. He was Jefter to King 
 Henry Vill, but lived '\ the Beginning of Queen 
 Elizab£th*s Reign. Jammer Gurton's Needle^ 
 which is generally cailed our nrft Comedy, and 
 not undefcrvedly, appeared foon after the Inter- 
 ludes : It is indeed altogether of a Comic Caft, and 
 wants not Humour, tho* of a low and fordid Kind. 
 And now Dramatic Writers, properly fo calledj, 
 began to appear, and turn their Talents to the 
 Stage. Henry Parker^ Son of Sir lyUliam Parker^ 
 is faid to have wrote feveral Tragedies and Come- 
 dies in the Reign of Henry Vlll j and one John 
 Hoker, in I535j wrote a Comedy called Pifcator^ 
 or the Fijher caught* Mr. Richard Edwards^ who 
 was born in 1523, (and in the Beginning of Queen 
 Elizabetb^i Reign was made one of the Gentlemen 
 of her Majefty's Chapel, and Mafler of the Chil- 
 dren there) being both an excellent Muficlan, and 
 a good Poet, wrote two Comedies, one called Pa- 
 lamon and Arcite^ in which a Cry of Hounds, in 
 hunting, was fo well imitated, that the Queen and 
 the Audience were extremely delighted : I'he other 
 called Damon and Pithias^ the two faithfulU/i 
 Friends in the IVorli, After him came Thomas 
 \SaikviUe^ Lord Buckhurft^ and Thomas Noi^on^ 
 jthe Writers of Gorboduc^ the firft Dramatic Piece 
 )f any Confideration in the Englijh Language. Of 
 [thefe and fome others, hear the Judgment of Put" 
 Unham^ in his Art of Poetry^ written in the Reign 
 )f Queen Eltxaheth : •* I think, fays he, that tor 
 Tragedy the Lord of Buckhurjiy and Maifter 
 Edward Ferrysy for fuch doings as I have fecn 
 of theirs, do deferve the higheft Price: The 
 Earl of Oxford^ and Maifter Edwards of her 
 Majefty*s ChapeU for Comedy and Interlude.'* 
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 *« than John Heywcod, but of much more Skill 
 *' and Magnificence in his Metre, and therefore 
 *' wrote for the moft Part to the Stage in Tragedy, 
 *• and fometimes in Comedy or Interlude ; wherein 
 •' he gave the King fo much good Recreation, as 
 *« he had thereby many good Rewards." Of this 
 Edward Ferry s^(o confiderablc a Writer, I can 
 •find no Remains, nor even the Titles of any 
 Thing he'wrote. After thefe followed John Lilliey 
 famous in his Time for Wit, and having greatly 
 improved the Engltjh Language, in a Romance 
 •which he wrote, entitled, Eupheus and his Eng- 
 ^and^ or the Jnatomy of Wit ; of which it b faid 
 \iy the Publilher of his Plays, ** Our Nation are 
 ** in his Debt for a new Englijh which he taught 
 '** them, Eupheus and his England began firft that 
 ^* Language. All our Ladies were then his Scho- 
 *• lars, and that Beauty in Court who could not 
 *• parte Euphuifm^ was as little rcearded, as (he 
 '" which now there fpeaks not French.''* This ex- 
 traordinary Romance, foftimous for its Wit, fo fa- 
 fliionablie in the Court of Queen Elizabeth^ and 
 which is faid to have introduced fo remarkable a 
 Change in our Language, we have feen and read. 
 -It is an unnatural affected Jargon, in which the 
 perpetual Ufe of Metaphors, Allufions, Allegories, 
 and Analogies, is to pafs for Wit j and ft iff Bom- 
 'baft for Language. And with this Nonfenfe the 
 Court of Queen Elizabeth (whofe Times afforded 
 better Models for Stile and Compofiiion, than almoft 
 any fince) became mifcrab'y infedted, and greatly 
 helped to let in all the vile Pedantry of Language in 
 the following Reign. So much Mifchief the moft I 
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 by deviating from Nature, to improve upon her 
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 Though Tragedy and Comedy began now to lift 
 up their Heads, yet they could do no more for fome 
 time than blufter and quibble; and how imperfedt 
 they were in all Dramatic Art, appears from an ex- 
 cellent Criticifm, by Sir Philip Sidney^ on the Wri- 
 ters of that Time. Yet they fcem to have had a 
 Difpofition -to do better had they known how, as 
 appears by the feveral Eflbrts they ufed to lick, the 
 Lump into a Shape : For fome of their Pieces they 
 adorned with dumb Shews, fome with Chorufes, 
 and fome they introduced and explained by an Inter- 
 locutor. Yet imperfe<Sl as they were, we hav,* 
 made a far better Progrefs at this Time than our 
 Neighbours, the French: The Italians indeed, by 
 early Tranflations of the old Dramatic Writers, 
 had arrived to greater Perfection, but we were at 
 lead upon a Footing with the other Nations of Eu^ 
 rope. 
 
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 in France^ though in a much later Period) the tru9 
 Drama received Birth and Perfe£^ion from the crca-* 
 tive Genius of Shakefpeary Fletcher and Jo.hnf^n^ 
 whofe (everal Characters are fo well known, that it 
 would be fuperfluous to fay any more of them. 
 
 Having thus traced the Dramatic Mufes thro' all 
 her Characters and Transformations, till (he had 
 acquired a reafonable Figure, let us now return and 
 take a more particular View of the Stage and the 
 ACtors. The firft Company of Players we have 
 any Account of in Hiiory, are the Children of 
 Paul's in 1578, already mentioned About twelve 
 Years afterwards the Pari(h Clerks of London 
 are faid to have aCled the Myfteries at Skinner*t 
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 Myfteries and Moralities were adled by thefe two 
 Societies many Years before any other regular 
 Companies appeared. And the Children of Paul's 
 continued to a6l long after Tragedies and Come- 
 dies came in vogue, even till the Year 1618, when 
 a Comedy called y^ck Drum's Entertainment was 
 adled by thera. 'Tis belitved, the next Company 
 regularly eilablifhed was, the Children of The Royal 
 Chnpei^ in the Beginning of Qiieen Elizabeth*^ 
 Reign j the Dircdion of which was given to Mr. 
 Richard Edwards before- mentioned : And fome 
 few Years afterwards, as the Subje£i of the Stage 
 became more gay and ludicrous, a Company w&s 
 formed under the Denomination of The Children of* 
 the Revels, The Children of the Chapel and of 
 the Revels became very famous, and all Lime's 
 Plays, and many of Shake/pear'sy yobnfon*s, and 
 others, were firft adled by them. Nay, fo great 
 was their Vogue and Eftimation, that the common 
 Players, as may be gathered from a Scene in Ham- 
 ht, grew jealous of them. However, they ferved 
 as an excellent Nurfery for' the Theatres, many 
 who afterwards became approved A£lors, being 
 educated among them. ~ / 
 
 Jt is furprizing to confidcr what a Number of 
 Playhoufcs were fupported in London about this 
 Time. From the Year 1570 to the Year 1629, 
 when the Playhoufe in ^hite Friars was finiflied, 
 no lefs than fevcnteen Playhoufes had been built. 
 The Names of mod of them may be colle£^ed 
 from the Title Pages of old Plays. And as the 
 Theatres were fo numerous, the Company of Play- 
 ers were in Proportion. Befidcs the Children of 
 the Chaptl, and of the Revels, we are told that 
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 JValfmgham^ eftabliflied in handibme Salaries twelve 
 of the principal Players of that Time, who went 
 under the Name of her Majefty's Comedians and 
 Servants. But cxclufivc of thefe, many Noblemwi 
 retaineJ Compaines of Players, who a6led not only 
 privately in their Lord's Houfcs, but publickly un- 
 der their Licenfe and Protection. Agreeable to 
 this is the Account which Stowgwcs us — '* Playen 
 *< in former 'I imes, fays he, were Retainers to 
 << Noblemen, and none had the Privilege to a£l 
 «* Plays but fuch. So in Queen Eiizabah's Time* 
 " many of the Nobility had Servants and Retainers 
 <* who wore Playerji, and went about getting their 
 «< Livelihood that Way. The Lord Admiral had 
 **' Players, fo had Lord Strange^ that played in th6 
 " City of London, And it was ufual on any Gen-» 
 " tleman's Complaint of them for indecent Re- 
 ** flexions in their Plays, to have them put down.^ 
 " Thus once the Lord Treafurer fignified to tho 
 ♦* Lord Mayor to have thcfe Players of Lord Ad- 
 <' miral and Lord 5/r<7«^f prohibited, at leaft for 
 ** fomc time, becaufc one Mr. T'dney had for fome 
 " Reafon diflikcd them. Whereupon the Mayor 
 ** fent for both Companies, and gave them llri6t' 
 »* Charge to forbear playing till farther Orders. 
 ** The Lord Admirars Players obeyed ; but the 
 ^* Lord Str(ing€*iy in a contemptuous Manner, 
 " went to the Crofs Keys^ and played that After* 
 ** noon. Upon which the Mayor committed two 
 ** of them to the Comptery and prohibited all play^ 
 ** ing for the future, till the Treafurer's Plea- 
 " fure was farther known. This v/as in 1589." 
 And in another Part of h'is Survey of London^ fpeak«. 
 ing of the Stage, he fays, •* This which was once 
 '* a Recreation, and ufed therefore now and then 
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 ** and Gentlenncn's Servants, would fometimes ga- 
 ** ther a Company of themfelveaf, and learn Inter- 
 •• ludes, to cxpoie Vice, or to reprefent the noble 
 •* Atf^i^ns of our Anccftors. Tbefe they played at 
 •* Fefllvals, in private Houfes, at Weddings or 
 ** other Entertainments, but in Procefs of Time 
 ** it became an Occupation ; and thefe Plays being 
 *• commonly aiS^ed on Sundays and Feftivals, the 
 •* Churches were forfaken, and the Playhoufes 
 ** thrdbged. Great Inns were ufed for this Pur- 
 ** pofe,^ which had fecret Chambers and Places, as 
 well as open Stages and Galleries. Here Maids 
 and good Citizens Children were inveigled and 
 allur'd to private and unmeet ContraSs ; here 
 were publickly utter'd popular and feditious Mat- 
 ters, unchafte, uncomely, and fliameful Speeches, 
 and many other Enormities. The Confidera- 
 tion of thefe Things occafioned, in 1574, Sir 
 ** James Hawes being Mayor, an A6t of Common 
 ** Council, wherein it was ordained. That no 
 •* Play fliould be openly a6led within the Liberty 
 *' of the City, wherein fhould be uttered any 
 ** Words, Examples or Doings of any Unchaftity, 
 *« Sedition, or fuch like unfit and uncomely Mat- 
 '* ter, under the Penalty of five Pounds, and four- 
 ** teen Days Imprifonmcnt. That no Play fhould 
 •< be. a(Sted till firfl perufed and allowed by the 
 *' Lord Mayor ard Court of Aldermen-, with many 
 •* ether Reflri(Stions. Yet it was provided that 
 ** this A6 fliould not extend to Plays fhowed in 
 *< private Houfes, the Lodgings of a Nobleman, 
 «* Citizen or Gentleman, for the Celebration of 
 *« any Marriage, or other Feftivity, and where no 
 ** Collcdlion of Money was made from the Au- 
 " ditors. But thefe Orders were not fo well ob- 
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 •* Plays encreafed, and they were thought dange- 
 " rous to Religion, the State, Jjionc({y and Man* 
 *« ners, and alfo for InfedJion in the Tinae of 
 *« Sicknefs. Wherefore they were afterwards for 
 •« fome Time totally fuppreffed. But upon Ap- 
 " plication to the Queen and Council they were 
 '* again tolerated, under the following Reftridtions. 
 " That no Plays be a<Sled on Sundays at all, nor 
 " on any other Holidays till after Evening Prayer. 
 That no playing be in the Dark, nor continue 
 any fuch Time, but as any of the Auditors may 
 return to their Dwellings in London before Sun- 
 fet, or at leaft before it be dark. That the 
 Queen's Players only be tolerated, and of them 
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 Surry, And thofe her Flayers not to divide 
 themfelves in feveral Companies. And that for 
 breaking any of thefe Orders, their Toleration 
 ceafe. But all thefe Prefcriptions were not fuf- 
 ficient to keep them within due Bounds, but 
 their Plays, fo abufive oftentimes- of Virtue, or 
 particular Perfons, gave great Offence, and oc- 
 cafioned many Difturbances : When they were 
 now and then ftopped and prohibited." 'Ti$ 
 hoped this long Quotation from Stow will be ex« 
 cufed, as it fcrves not only to prove feveral Fadls, but 
 to (hew the Cuftoms of the Stage at that Time, 
 and the early Depravity of it. But that the Plays 
 not only of that Age, but long before, were fome- 
 times perfonal Satires, appears from a Manufcript 
 Letter from Sir John Hallies to the Lord Chancel- . 
 lor Burleigh^ found amongft fome Papers belonging 
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 dead feventy Years, was a Man (o remarkably co- 
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 Thus we fee the Stage no (boner began to tallc 
 than it grew fcurrilous : And its fir>ft Marks of 
 Senfe were Caen in Ribaldry and Larcivioufnefs. Thia 
 occafioned much Offence j the Zeal of the Pulpit, 
 and the Gravity of the City equally concurred to 
 condemn it. Many Pamphlets were wrote on 
 both Sides. Stephen, Gajfon^ in the Year 1579, 
 publiftied a Book, entituled, The School of Jbufe^' 
 or, a plea f ant lnve£live agahiji Poets ^ Pipers^ Play' 
 ers^ Jejlen< and fuch like Caterpillar i of the Com,'' 
 monwealth : Dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney, He 
 alfo wrote, P lay i confuitd in five J^ ions : Proving 
 that they are not to be fufFered in a Chriftian Com- 
 monwealth : Dedicated to Sir Francis Walftn^ham, 
 The Defendants in this Controverfy were Thcmas 
 ' Lodge^ who wrote an old Play, called, A Looking- 
 Glafs for London and England, and that volumi- 
 nous Dramatic Writer, Thomas Heywood, 
 
 But to proceed : The Stage foon after recovered 
 its Credit, and rofe to a higher Pitch than ever. In 
 1603, the firft Year of King y^;«^^*s Reign, a 
 Licenfe was granted under the Privy Seal to Shake- 
 fpear^ Fletcher^ Burbage^ Hemmings^ Condel^ and 
 others, authorizing them to a<5l Plays not only at 
 their ufual Houfe, the Globe on the Bank-fidt^ but 
 in any other Part of the Kingdom, during his Ma- 
 jefty's Pleafure. And now, as there lived together 
 at this time many eminent Players, it may not be 
 amifs juft to fei down what we can colleft, which 
 will be but very little, of the moft confiderable of 
 them, with regard to their Talents and Abilities. 
 And firft, ** who is of more Report, fays the Au- 
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 « Burbage and JVill Kempe F He is not counted a 
 " Gentleman that knows not Dick Burbage and 
 ** lym Kempe: There's not a Country Wench 
 " that can dance Sellenger*s Rounds but can talk of 
 «» Dick Burt age and IVill Kewpe." Burbage was 
 the Beiterton^ and Kempe the Nokes of that Age. 
 Burlage was the Original Richard the Third, and 
 greatly diftinguifhed himfclf in that Character: 
 Kempe was inimitable in the Part of a Clown. 
 
 Thomas Green was famous for performing the 
 Part of a Clown with great Propriety and Hu- 
 mour ; and from his excellent Performance of the 
 Charadler of Bubble^ in a Comedy written by Mr. 
 John Cooke^ the Author called it after his Name, 
 Greenes Tu ^oque, *« There was not an AiSlor, 
 ** fays Heywood^ of his Nature, in his Time, of 
 " better Ability in his Performance, more ap- 
 «< plauded by the Audience, of greater Grace at 
 «* Court, or of more general Love in the City." 
 
 Hemming s and Condel were two confiderable Ac- 
 tors in moft of Shakefpear\ Johnfon's and Fletch^ 
 er's Plays i the firft in Tragedy, the laft in Co- 
 medy : But they are better known for being the 
 firlt Editors of Shahfpear's Works in Folio, in the 
 Year 1623, feven Years after his Death. 
 
 And now the Theatre feems to have been at its 
 Height of Glory and Reputation. Dramatic Au- 
 thors abounded, and every Year produced a Num- 
 ber of new Plays : Nay, fo great was the Paffion 
 at this time for Shew or Reprefentation, that it was 
 the Fafliion for the Nobility to celebrate their 
 Weddings, Birth-Days, and other Occafions of 
 Rejoicing, with Mafques and Interludes, which 
 were exhibited with furprifmg Expence ; that great 
 Archite<S^ Inigo Jones being frequently employed to 
 furnlfti Decorations with all the Magnificence of 
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 thefe Mafques at Court, and all the Nobility in 
 their own private HouCes: In fhort, no publick 
 Entertainiyient was thought complcat without them 5 
 and to this Humour it is wc owe, and perhaps 'tis 
 all we owe it, the inimitable Mafque at Ludlow- 
 Cajile, For the fame univcrfal Eagernefs after 
 Theatrical Diverfions continued during the whole 
 Reign of King^ JameSy and great Part of Charles 
 the Firft, till Puritanifm, which had now ga- 
 thered great Strength, openly oppofcd them as 
 wicked and diabolical. But Puritanifm, from a 
 Thoufand concurrent Caufes every Day increa- 
 fing, in a little Time overturned the Conftitu- 
 tion ; and, amongfl their many Reformations this 
 was one, the total Suppreifion of all Plays and 
 Playhoufcs. 
 
 From Queeo EUzahith*% Time, to the breaking 
 out of the Civil War in 1641, th« Number of 
 Playhouses was f«ldom lefs than eight, and fome- 
 times double that Number; though London and 
 Weftminjler were then icarcely a tenth Part fo large 
 as at prefent. 
 
 Soon after the Reftoration, the Theatres re- 
 vived, and -two Patents were granted to King 
 Charles the Second, one to form a Company to be 
 called the King's, the other the Duke's : — They 
 were feverally granted to Sir William Davenant, 
 and Mr. Killigrew — But both thefe Patentees found 
 it prudent to take fome principal A6fcc f into Shares 
 with them. Accordiiigly ^oif>«», H.m, '' ^^Jiony 
 and other A6lors, became Partnei. /itii Killt* 
 grew; as did Betierton^ Smithy Harris y Under' 
 hill, and others, with Sir William DavenanU 
 
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 ou into different Hands, and were purchafed in 
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 prefled the A6tors, that on tl clr jiift Complaints 
 made to the Earl of Dorfet^ tlien Lord ChamRer- 
 lain, he not only heard, but rcdrefied their Grie- 
 vances : He took the moft effcdual Method for 
 their Relief. The Learned of '^he Law were advifed 
 with, who then (as many have fmce) gave it as 
 their Opinion, that if a6ling of Plays were niulam 
 inje (in itfell criminal) no Royal San6Hon ought, 
 or could, prote£l them ; but, as neither Law nor 
 common Senfe, had ever deemed them fo, Patents, 
 anf^ /,:;.cr Cf s, were thought proper Grants from 
 tlu: Ciown ; and that no Patent, from any former 
 King, could tie up the Hands of a 
 Prince from granting the like Authorities. 
 
 On this Reprefentatlon, King IVilUam granted a 
 Licence to MefT. Betterton^ Kynajhn^ Dogget^ Bew' 
 man, Underhilly Mrs. Barry, Mrs. Bracegirdle, and 
 others, to form a Company, and adt for them- 
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 A voluntary Subfcriptlon was foon raifed to build 
 them a Theatre, which they opened, on Eajier ' 
 Monday, 1695, with that admirable Comedy (then 
 a new one) called Love for Love, There they 
 continued about ten Years, till a Licence from 
 Queen Arme, being granted to Sir 'John Vanbragh^ 
 and Mr. Congreve, thefe forementioned Aftors were 
 influenced, by hopes of large Rewards, to zB, un» 
 der <hefe new Managers j but, in two Seafons, 
 thofe Gentlemen, though Men of great Parts, Wit 
 and Senfe, from their Inexperience, and Want of 
 Knovk ledge in the various Branches of Stage Ma- 
 nagemenir, foon found themftlves difappointed not 
 only in their flattering Profped of Gain, but were 
 unable to make good their Contrads.— It was then 
 that the late Mr. Swinny agreed with Sir John for 
 the Ufe of his Houfe, Cloaths, Scenes, ^c» at a 
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 A6lors flew from their ignorant Tyrant of Drury- 
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 Methods, into his Hands) and played under Mr. 
 Swlnny^ who took Mr. IVilks^ Mr. Cibber, and 
 Mr. Dogget^ into tht Management with him. The 
 Theatre again revived, and the A6tors began to 
 know the Sweets of being honeftly and regularly 
 paid their Due. It is faid, that in one Seafon, 
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 The Royal Patents being again fold out in feve- 
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 who were too much attached to their Pleafures, to 
 allow fo much Time, and Attention, as was necef- 
 fary for carrying on the Bufinefs of the Tl*eatre. 
 The Patents being united, the Proprietors of them, 
 to fave themfeJves trouble, deputed an Agent to 
 a£l for theiTit He was, perhaps, one of the moft 
 dull, yet cunning Mortals, that ever by Stupidity 
 fpoiled a good Project, or by Craft and Chicanery 
 got the better of anguarded Men of fuperior 
 Parts. 
 
 Mr. Cihher^ in his Apology, obferves, that this 
 good Mafter was as fly a Tyrant as ever was at the 
 Head of a Theatre j «or he gave the A<5lors more 
 Liberty, and fewer Days Pay, than any of his 
 FredeceflTors \ he would laugh with them over a 
 Bottle, and trick them in their Bargains ; he kept 
 them poor, that they might not be able to rebel ; 
 a^nd fometimes merry, that they might not think 
 of it. 
 
 This was the Net the A£lors were held in for fe- 
 veral Years ; but, no wonder the Adors were Dupes, 
 while their Mafter was a Lawyer ; and he often 
 (hewed the Proprietors (who entruded him with 
 the Management of their Patent) that he knew 
 enough of the wrong Side of the Law to lead 
 them a long Dance in Chancery, for many Years 
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 [ogether. Thus did he perplex, and embroil their 
 kifairs, till he tired them out, and got the Power 
 Into his own Hands. 
 
 There being then but one Company, the A(?:ors 
 Found themielves all reduced in their Salaries (jow 
 ;nough before) and an Indulto was laid of one 
 third of the Profits of their Benefits, for the Ufe 
 )f the Patentee, 
 
 Thefe, and other his repeated A£ls of Injuftice, 
 md ftupid Tyranny, made the Adors join in a 
 »ody to appeal for Redrefs to the Lord Chamber- 
 lain. They again were heard, and again found 
 redrefs ; and an Order came from that Office to 
 fuperfedc the Power of the Patentee ; whofe Au- 
 thority no longer fubfifting, the confederate A6tors 
 [walked out of the Houlei to which they never 
 returned till they became Tenants and Mailers 
 lof it. 
 
 After the Superfedeas of the Patent, the Power 
 lof ailing Plays was, by a Court Licence, and a 
 Court Intereft, fhifted into different Hands, during 
 [the latter Part of Queen Anne\ Reign. But the 
 liiominal Diredlor (appointed by the Court) leavmjv 
 Ithe Management thereof intirely to Melf. IFllkl^ 
 \C\hher and Dogget^ contented himfelf with the Cer- 
 tainty of receiving an annual Income of feven hun- 
 dred Pounds. No inconfiderable Stipend for doing 
 nothing. 
 
 On the Acceflion of George the Firft to the 
 I Crown of Great Britain, Sir Richard Steel ob- 
 Itained a Patent, as Governor of his Majefly*s 
 Company of Comedians, and Mefl'. IFilksy Cih- 
 her and Booths were made joint Directors and 
 1 Sharers with him: During their Adminillration 
 I (which lafted near twenty Years) the Buflnefs 
 of the Stage was fo well conduflcd, that Au- 
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 more mutual Content, or a more general Profpe- 
 rity. 
 
 Then it was, that the polite World, by their 
 generous Encouragement of Authors, and Adlors, 
 {hewed, that the Stage, under a due Regulation, 
 was capable of being, what the wifeft Ages thought 
 it might be, the moft rational Scheme that human 
 Wit could poilibly form, to alleviate the Cares of 
 Life ; to allure the ilUdifpofed, from lefs innocent 
 iVmufements, and to give the Hours of Lcifure 
 from BuHnefs, an milrudive and delightful Recrea- 
 tion. 
 
 The Patent granted to Sir Richard Steele was 
 for his Life, and to his Affigns for three Years 
 after. He died in 1729 ; and in 1732 a new Pa- 
 tent was granted to MeiV. Cibbery IVtlkt and Booth, 
 The latter, whofe Illnefs had for fome Years pad 
 deprived the Stage of one of its chief Ornaments, 
 loon after fold a Moiety of his Share : And not 
 long after, the Stage fuffered an irreparable Lofs, 
 by Mr. WUks's Death. His Widow took a no- 
 minal Partner into her Share j and Mr. Cibber^s 
 Share was farmed by his Son, the unfortunate 
 Vheephilus ; till the Father fold it. Mr. Booth did 
 not long furvivc Mr. If'iiks, As thefe great Per- 
 formers were as defervedly as univerfally ad- 
 mired, it is no wonder that their Lofs was fo uni- 
 verfally lamented: They left the judicious Lovers 
 of the Theatre in defpair of ever feeing their 
 equals. 
 
 Soon after this, Mr. Fieetweod bought the Pa- 
 tent, and theatrical Stock, at an eafy Price ; and 
 the A6tors lilted under his Banner on advanta- 
 geous Terms to both Parties. — For a while, how- 
 ever, the Manager reaped a plenteous yearly Har- 
 veil. It were invidious to dwell on the Errors of 
 this Manager i which tlircw the Stage again into 
 
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 Confufion, and fo reduced his own Affairs, that he 
 found it neceflary to retire to France ; where he 
 died : At which Time, to fatisfy a Mortgage by a 
 Decree in Chancery, his Patent was fold to the 
 beft Bidder, and became the Property of Mefil 
 Green and Amber ^ who admitted Mr. Lacy as a 
 third Sharer, and inverted him with the whole 
 Fewer. — ThePurchafers (who were Bankers) failed 
 Toon after; on which, then Mr. Lacy not only pur- 
 chafed their Shares, but obtained a new Patent, 
 i\\Q old one being near expiring. To a joint Share 
 in this Patent he admitted Mr. Garrick\ of whofe 
 Abilities, both as an Adlor, and as Manager, it 
 were fuperfluous to fay any thing in this Place : 
 the Editor having fufficiently intimated his Senti- 
 ments concerning this aftonifhing Genius, in the 
 fliort Infcription which he has taken the Liberty 
 (unknown to Mr, Gar rick) of prefixing to thefe 
 imperfect Sheets. 
 
 Critical RefleSlions on the {jld English 
 Dramatick Writers, Extracted from 
 a Prefatory Difcourfe to the new Edi^ 
 tion ^/'Massinger's Works y printed 
 in 1761; and addrejfed to David 
 GaRRICK, Efq; 
 
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 I World more fubordinatc to the Power of 
 Falnlon, than our own. Every Whim, every ' 
 Word, every Vice, every Virtue in its Turn be- 
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 Rage of Approbation for a Time. The favourite 
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 in Letters, are as notorioufly Objects of Caprice 
 as Architecture and Drefs. A new Poem, or 
 Novel, or Farce, are as inconfiderately extolled 
 or decried as a RufF or zChhicfe Rail, a Hoop or a 
 Bow Window. Hence it happens, that the Pub- 
 lick Taftc is often vitiated : Or if, by Chance, it 
 has made a proper Choice, becomes partially at- 
 tached to one Species of Excellence, and remains 
 dead to the benfe of all other Merit, however 
 equal, or fuperior. 
 
 f think I may venture to afiert, with a Confi- 
 dence, that on Reflection it will appear to be true, 
 tliat the eminent Clafs of Writers, who flouriflied 
 at the Beginning of this Century, have almoft en- 
 tirely fuperfeded their illuftrious PredecefTors. The 
 Works of Congreve, Vanburgh^ Steele^ Addtfon^ 
 Pcpe^ Swift, Ga)\ &c. &c. are the chief Study of 
 the Millicn : I fay, of the Million, for as to 
 thofc few, who are not only familiar with all our 
 own Authors, but are alio converfant with the 
 Antients, they are not to be circumfcribed by the 
 narrow Limits of the Falhion, Shakefpeare and 
 AUlton feem to fland alone, like firft-rate Authors, 
 amid the general Wreck of old Englijh Literature. 
 Alilion perhaps owes much of his prefent Fame to 
 the generous Labours and good Tafte oi Addifon, 
 Shakffpeare has been tranfmitted down to us with 
 fucccflive Glories ; and you, Sir, have continued, 
 or rather incrcafed, his Reputation. You have, 
 in no fulfomc Strain of Compliment, been ftiled 
 the beft Commentator on his Works : But have 
 you not, like other Commentators, contraifted a 
 narrow, exclufive. Veneration of your Author ? 
 Has not the Contemplation of Shakefpeare^s Ex- 
 cellencies almoft dazzled and extinguiflied your 
 Judgment, when direcSted to other Objedls, and 
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 j-ies ? Under your Dominion, have not Beaumont 
 and Fletcher^ nay even Jonfoti, fufFered a kind of 
 theatrical Difgrace? And has not Majftnger been 
 permitted to languifh in Obfcurity, and remain 
 almoft entirely unknown ? 
 
 To this perhaps it may be plaufibly anfwercd, 
 nor indeed vi'ithout fome Foundation, that many 
 of our old Plays, though they abound with Beau- 
 Ities, and are raifed much above the humble Level 
 [of later Writers, are yet, on feveral Accounts, 
 lunfit to be exhibited on the modern Stage ; that 
 Ithe Fable, inflead of being raifed on probable In- 
 Icidents in real Life, is generally built on fome fo- 
 Ireign Novel, and attended with romantick Circum- 
 lihiices J that the Condudt of thefe extravagant 
 IStories is frequently uncouth, and mfinitely ofFen- 
 five to that dramatick Correi^^nefs prefcribed by 
 late Criticks, and pradifed, as they pretend, by 
 the French Writers ; and that the Characters, ex- 
 libited in our old Plays, can have no pleafing Ef- 
 kdi on a modern Audience, as they are fo to- 
 tally different from the Manners of the prefent 
 Lge. 
 
 Thefe, and fuch as thefe, might once have ap- 
 peared reafonable Objeftions : But you, Sir, of all 
 'erfons, can urge them with the Icall Grace, fincQ 
 ^our Pradice has fo fully proved their Infufficiency. 
 '^our Experience muil have taught you, that when 
 Piece has any ftriking Beauties, they will cover 
 Multitude of Inaccuracies ; and that a Play need 
 ^lot be written on the feverelt Plan, to plcafe in 
 the Rcprefentation. The Mind is foon familia- 
 rized to Irregularities, which do not fin againft the 
 [Fruth of Nature,, but are merely Violations of 
 thatftridt Decorum, of late fo earneftly infilled on. 
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 fpeare ! What critical Catcall ever proclaimed the 
 Indecency of introducing the Stocks in the Tra- 
 gedy oi Lear? How quietly do we fee Glofter take; 
 his imaginary Leap from Dover Cliff! Or to give^ 
 a ftronger Inftance of Patience, with what a Phi- 
 Jofophical Calmnefs do the Audience dofe over 
 the tedious, and uninterefting Love-Scenes, with 
 which the bungling Hand of Tate has coarfely 
 pieced and patched that rich Work of Shakefpeare! 
 —To inftance further from Shakefpeare himfelf, the 
 Grave-diggers in Hamlet (not to mention Polonius) 
 are not only endured, but applauded ; the very 
 Nurfe in Romeo and Juliet is allowed to be Na- 
 ture ; the Tranfadions of a whole Hiftory are, 
 without Offence, begun and compleated in lefs 
 than three Hours j and we arc agreeably wafted 
 by the Chorus, or oftener without fo much Cere- 
 mony, from one End of the WorM to another. 
 
 It is very true, that it was the general Pradicc 
 df our old Writers, to found their Pieces on fome 
 foreign Novel ; and it feemed to be their chief 
 Aim to take the Story, as it ftood, with all its 
 appendant Incidents of every Complexion, and 
 throw it into Scenes. This Method was, to be 
 fure, rather inartificial, as it at once overloaded 
 and embarraffed the Fable, leaving it deftitute of 
 that beautiful Dramatick Connexion, which ena- 
 bles the Mind to take in all its Circumftances with 
 Facility and Delight. But I am ftill in doubt, 
 whether many Writers, who come nearer to our 
 own Times, have much mended the Matter. 
 What with their Plots, and Double-Plots, and 
 Counter-Plots, and Under-Plots, the Mind is as 
 much perplexed to piece out the Story, as to put 
 together the disjointed Parts of our ancient Drama, 
 The Comedies oi Cougreve have, in my Mind, as 
 little to boafl" of Accuracy ia their Conftru(5lior/. 
 
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 as the Plays of Shake fpeare-, nay, perhaps, it might 
 be proveci, that amidft the moft open Violation of 
 the lefTer critical Unities, one Point is more fteadily 
 purfued, one Charafler more uniformly (hewn, and 
 one grand Purpofe of the Fable more evidently ac- 
 compliflied in the Produdions of Shakefpeare than 
 of Congreve, 
 
 Thefe Fables (it may be further obje£led) found- 
 ed on roaiantick Novels, are unpardonably wild 
 and extravagant in their Circumftances, and exhibit 
 too little even of the Manners of the Age in which 
 they were written. The Plays too are in them- 
 fclves a kind of heterogeneous Compofition ; fcarce 
 any of them bein^ Uri'dlly fpeaking. Tragedy, 
 Comedy, or even Tragi- Comedy, but rather an 
 indigefted Jumble of every Species thrown toge- 
 ther. 
 
 This Charge muft be confefTed to be true : But 
 upon Examination it will, perhaps, -be found of 
 lersConlequence than is generally imagined. Thefe 
 DramatickTaleSjfor fo we may beft ftile fuch Plays, 
 have often occafioned much Pleafure to the Reader 
 and Spectator, which could not poffibly have been 
 conveyed to them by any other Vehicle. Many 
 an intercfting Story, which, from the Diverfity of 
 its Circumftances, cannot be regularly reduced ei- 
 ther to Tragedy or Comedy, yet abounds with 
 Charadlers, and contains feveral afFe«5ling Situa- 
 tions : And why fuch a Story (hould lofe its Force,, 
 dramatically related and aflilled by Reprefentation, 
 when it plcafcs, under the colder Form of a Novel, 
 is difficult to conceive. Experience has proved the 
 Eftcdt of fuch Fiv^lions on our Minds ; and con- 
 rinccd us, that the Theatre U not that barren 
 (/round, wherein the Plants of Imagination will 
 not flourifli. The Tmpeji^ the Midfummer Night's 
 Dreamy thd AUrchihtt y Venice, Js pu like it^ 
 
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 (with a much longer Lift that might be added from 
 Shahjpearcy Beaumont and Fletcher^ and their Co- 
 temporaries, or immediate SuccefTors) have moft 
 of them, within all our Memories, been ranked 
 among the moft popular Entertainments of the 
 Stage. Yet none of thefe can be denominated Tra- 
 gedy, Comedy, or Tragi-Comedy. The PJay 
 Bills, I have obferved, cautioufly ftile them Plays : 
 And Plays indeed they are, truly fuch, if it be the 
 End of Plays to delight and inftru6l, to captivate 
 at once the Ear, the Eye, and the Mind, by Situa- 
 tions forcibly conceived, and Charaders truly de- 
 lineated. 
 
 There is one Circumftance in Dramatick Poetry, 
 which, I think, the chaftifed Notions of our mo- 
 dern Ciiticks do not permit them fufficiently to 
 confider. Dramatick Nature is of a more large 
 iind liberal Quality, than they are willing to allow. 
 It does not confift merely in the Rcprefentation of 
 Real Characters, Charadlers acknowledged to a- 
 bound in common Life \ but may be extended alfo 
 to the Exhibition of imaginary Beings. To create, 
 is to be a Poet indeed \ to draw down Beings from 
 another Sphere, and endue them with fuitablc Paf- 
 fions, Affe£tions, Difix)fitions, allotting them at 
 the fame Time proper Employment ; to hodyforthy 
 by the Powers of Imagination, the Forms of things 
 unknown^ and to give to airy Nothing a lo^al Hahi-^ 
 tation and a Name^ furely requires a Genius for 
 the Drama equal, if not fuperior, to the Delinea- 
 tion of Perfonages in the ordinary Courfe of Na- 
 ture. Shakefpeare in particular is univerfally ac- 
 knowledged never to have foared fo far above the 
 Reach of all other Writers, as in thofe Inftances, 
 where he feems purpofely to have tranfgrefled the 
 Laws of Criticifm. He appears to have difdained 
 
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INTRODUCTION, xxxiu 
 
 I to put his free Soul into Circumfcription and Corf 
 fiiu^ which denied his extraordinary Talents their 
 full Play^ nor g^ve Scope to the Boundleflhefs of 
 bis Imagination. His Witches, Ghofts, Fairies, 
 and other imaginary Beings, fcattered through his 
 Plays, are fo many glaring Violations of the com- 
 mon Table of Dramatick Laws. What then (haH 
 we fay ? Shall we confefs their Force and Power 
 over the Soul, fliall we allow them to be Beauties 
 of the moft exquifite Kind, and yet infift on their 
 being expunged ? And why ? except it be to re- 
 duce the Flights of an exalted Genius, by fixing 
 the Standard of Excellence on the Practice of in- 
 ferior Writers, who wanted Parts to execute fuch 
 great Defigns j or to accommodate them to the 
 narrow Ideas of fmall Criticks, who want Souls 
 large enough to comprehend them ? 
 
 Our old Writers thought no Perfonage whatever, 
 unworthy a Place in the Drama, to which they 
 could annex what may be called a Seity ; that is, 
 to which they could allot Manners and Employ- 
 ment peculiar to itfelf. The fevereft of the An- 
 ticnts cannot be more eminent for the conftant 
 Prefervation of Uniformity of Character, than 
 Shakefpeare'y and Shakefpearey in no Inftance, fup- 
 ports his Charadlers with more £xa(Slnefs, than in 
 the Condudb of his ideal Beings. The Ghoft in 
 Hamlet is a fliining Proof of this Excellence. 
 
 But, in confequence of the Cuftom of tracing 
 the Events of a Play minutely from a Novel, the 
 Authors were fometimes led to reprefent a mere 
 human Creature in Circumftances not quite con- 
 fonant to Nature, of a Difpofition rather wild and 
 extravagant, and in both Cafes more efpecially re- 
 pugnant to modern Ideas. This indeed required 
 particular Indulgence from the Spectator, but it 
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 amply repaid. Let the Writer but once be al- 
 lowed, as a neceflary Datum^ the Poffibility of| 
 any Charadler's being placed in fuch a Situation, 
 or pofleft of {b peculiar a Turn of Mind, the Be-! 
 haviour of the Chara£ler is perfedly natural. 
 Shakefpcare, though the Child of Fancy, feldom 
 or never dreft up a common Mortal in any other 
 than ihe modeft Drefs of Nature : But many (hining 
 Characiers in the Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher 
 are not fo well grounded on the Principles of the 
 Human Heart ; and yet, as they were fupported 
 with Spirit, they were received with Applaufe. 
 Shy lock's Contra(ft, with the Penalty of the Pound 
 of Flefli, though not Shakefpearis own Fiction, 
 is perhaps rather improbable; at ieaft it wou»d not 
 be regarded as a happy Dramatick Incident in a 
 modern Play ; and yet, having once taken it for 
 granted, how beautifully, nay, how natur*lly^ is ^ 
 the Character fuftained 1 — Even this Objection 
 therefore, of a Deviation from Nature, great as it 
 may feem, will be found to be a Plea infufficient 
 to excufe the total Exclufion of y<x\ a itient Dra- 
 matifts from the Theatre. Shakefpian^ you will 
 readily allow, pofleft Beauties more than necelFary 
 to redeem his Faults; Beauties, that excite our 
 Admiration, and obliterate his Errors. True. But 
 did no Portion of that divine Spirit fall to the Share 
 of our Old Writers ? And can their Works be 
 fupprefTed, or concealed, without Injuftice to their 
 Merit ? 
 
 But if any Arguments can induce the Critick to 
 allow the Excurfions of Fancy on the Theatre, 
 let him not fuppofe that he is here advifed to fub- 
 mit to the Perverfion of Nature, or to admire thofe 
 who over-leap the modeil Bounds, which fhe has 
 prefcribed to the Drama. I will agree with him, 
 that Plays, wherein the Tiuth of Dramatick Cha- 
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 ^ai^er is violated, can convey neither Iiiftru6lion 
 Lor Delight. Shakefpeare^ Jonfotty Beaumont and 
 tfletcher, MaJ/tnger, &c. are guilty of no fuch 
 Iviolation. Indeed the Heroick Nonfenfe, which 
 [overruns the Theatrical Productions of Dryden,* 
 [Ho'W^f^i a"^ '^® ^^^^^ illuftrious Prototypes of 
 iBayes in the Rehearfal, muft naufeate the moft in- 
 dulgent Speftator. The temporary Rage of falfe 
 Tafte may perhaps betray the Injudicious into a 
 foolifli Admiration of fuch Extravagance for a (hort 
 1 Period : But how will thefe Plays ftand the Brunt 
 j of critical Indignation, when the Perfonages of the. 
 Drama are found to refemble no Characters in Na- 
 ture, except, perhaps, the difordered Inhabitants 
 of Bedlam P 
 
 If then it muft be confefled both from Reafon 
 and Experience, that we can not only endure, 
 but attend with Pleafure to Plays, which are al- 
 moft merely Dramatick Reprefentations of roman- 
 tick Novels; it will furely be a further Induce- 
 ment to recur to the Works of our Old Writers, 
 when we find among them many Pieces written 
 on a feverer Plan ; a Plan, more accommodated 
 to real Life, and approached more nearly to the 
 modern Ufage. The M^rry TVives of Windfor of 
 
 * Nobody can have a truer Veneration for the Poetical Ge- 
 nius oi DrydeHf than the Writer of thefe Reflexions j but furely 
 that Genius is no where fo much cbfcurcd, notwithftanding 
 fome tranfient Gleams, as in his Plays; of which He hid Him- 
 felf no great Opinion, fince the only Plea He ever urged in 
 their Favour, was, that the Town had received with Applaufe 
 Plays equally had. Nothing, perhaps, but the abfurd Notion of 
 Heroick Plays, could have carried the Immediate Succelfors to 
 the Old Clafs of Writers into fuch ridiculous Contradifticns to 
 Nature. That I may not appear fmgular in my Opinion of 
 Dryden's Dramatick Pieces, I muft beg Leave to refer the Reader 
 io the Rambler f N° 125, where that judicious "Writer has pro- 
 duced divers Inftances from Dryden% Plays, fuffident (to ufe the 
 Rmbler^s own Language) to aivaksn the moji torpid Rifibility. 
 
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 Shakefpeare^ the Fox^ thi AUhymift^ the Silent IVo. 
 tnany Every Man in his Humour of Jonfon^ the 
 New Way to pay old Dcl/ts, the City Madam of 
 MaJJtnger, &c. &c. all urge their Claim for a Rank 
 in the ordinary Courfe of ourWInter-Kvening En- 
 tertainmejits, not only clear of every Obje(5lion 
 made to the abovementioned Species of Dramatick 
 Compofition, but adhering more ftri<5lly to antient 
 Rules, than moft of our later Comedies. 
 
 In Point of Character ^perhaps the moft eflential 
 Part of the Drama) our Old Writers, far tranfcend 
 the Moderns. It is furely ncedlcfs, in fupport of 
 this Opinion to recite a long Lift of Names, when 
 the Memory of every Reader muft fuggeft them to 
 himfelf. The Manners of maf jy of them, it is true, 
 do not prevail at prefent. What then ? Is it dif- 
 pleafmg or uninftru£live to fee the Manners of a 
 former Age pafs in Review before us ? Or is the 
 Mind undelighted at recalling the Characters of 
 our Anceftors, while the Eye is confcfledly grati- 
 fied at the Sight of the AiSlors dreft in their antique 
 Habits? Moreover, Fafhion and Cuftoni are fo 
 perpetually flu(5luating, that it muft be a very ac- 
 curate Piece indeed, and one quite new and warm 
 from the Anvil, that catches the Damon or Cynthia 
 of this Minute. Some Plays of our lateft and 
 moft fafliionable Authors are grown as obfolete in 
 this Particular, as thofe of the firft Writers ; and 
 it may with Safety be affirmed, that Bobadill is not 
 more remote from modern Character, than the 
 ever admired and every-where-to-be-met-withLord 
 Foppingtm. It may, alfo, be further confidered, 
 that moft of the beft Charadlers ir. our old Plays 
 are not merely fugitive and temporary. They 
 are not the fudden Growth of Yefterday or To- 
 day, fure of fading or withering To-morrow; but 
 they were the Delight of paft Ages, ftill continue 
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 fontinue the Admiration of the prefent, and (to ufe 
 the Language of true i*octiy) 
 
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 There is one Circuniftancc peculiar to the Dra- 
 matick Tales, and to many of the more regular 
 Comedies of our old Writers, of which it is too 
 little to fay, that it demands no Apology. It de- 
 ferves the higheft Commendation, fmce it hath been 
 the Means of introducing the moft capital Beauties 
 into their Compofitions, while the fame Species of 
 Excellence could not poffibly enter into thofe of a 
 later Period. I mean the Poetical Stile of their 
 Dialogue. Moft Nations, except our own, have 
 imagined mere Profe, which, with Moliere's Bour- 
 geois Gentilhomme^ the meaneft of us have talked 
 from our Cradle, too little elevated for the Lan- 
 guage of tlie Theatre. Our Neighbour?, the 
 French^ at this Day write moft of their Plays, Co- 
 medies as well as Tragedies, in Rhime i a Gothick 
 Pradice, which our own Sta^e once admitted, but 
 long ago wifely rejected. 'Fhe Grecian lambick 
 was more happily conceived in the true Spirit of 
 that elegant and magnificent Simplicity, which 
 charadterized the Taftc of that Nation. Such a 
 Meafure was well accommodated to the Expreilions 
 of the Mind, and though it refined indeed on Na- 
 ture, it did not contradict it. In this, as well as 
 in all other Matters of Literature, the Ufage of 
 Greece was religloufly obferved at Rome, Plautiis^ 
 in his richeft Vein of Humour, is numerous and 
 poetical. The Comedies of Terence^ though we 
 cannot agree to read them after Biftiop Hare^ were 
 evidently not written without Regard to Meafure ; 
 which is the invincible Reafon, why all Attempts 
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 proved, and ever muft prove, unfuccefsful. The 
 EngUJh Heroick Meafure, or, as it is commonly 
 called, Blank Verfe, is perhaps of a more happy 
 Conftru6lion even than the Gnpcian lambickj ele- 
 vated equally, but approaching nearer to the Lan- 
 guage of Nature, and as well adapted to the Ex- 
 preffion of Comick Humour, as to the Pathos of 
 Tragedy. 
 
 The mere modern Critick, whofe Idea of Blank 
 Verfe is perhaps attached to that empty Swell of 
 Phrafcology, fo frequent in our late Tragedies, may 
 confider thefe Notions as the EfFe6t of Bigotry to 
 our old Authors, rather than the Refult of impar- 
 tial Criticifm. Let fuch an one carefully read over 
 the Works of thofe Writers, for whom I am an 
 Advocate. There he will feldom or ever find 
 that Tumour of Blank Verfe, to which He has 
 been fo much accuftomed. He will be furprifed 
 with a familiar Dignity, which, though it rifes 
 foniewhat above ordinary Converfation, is rather 
 an Improvement than Perverfion of it. He will 
 foon be convinced, that Blank Verfe is by no 
 Means appropriated folely to the Bufkin, but that 
 the Hand of a Mailer may mould it to whatever 
 Purpofes he pleafes ; and that in Comedy, it will 
 not only admit Humour, but heighten and em- 
 bellifh it. Inftances might be produced without 
 Number. It mull however be lamented, that tlie 
 Modern Tragick Stile, free, indeed from the mad 
 Flights of Dryilen, and his Cotemporaries, yet de- 
 parts equally from Nature. I am apt to think it 
 is in great Meafure owing to the almoft total Ex- 
 clufion of Blank Vcri'e from all modern Compo- 
 fitions, Tragedy excepted. The common Ufe of 
 an elevated Didfion in Comedy, where the Writer 
 was often, of Neccflity, put upon exprefling the 
 mod ordinary Matters, and where the Subject de- 
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 manded him to paint the mod ridiculous Emotions 
 of the Mind, was perhaps one of the chief Caules 
 of that eafy Vigour, (o confpicuous in the Stile of 
 the old Tragedies. Habituated to Poetical Dia- 
 logue in thofe Compofitions, wherein They were 
 obliged to adhere more ftridly to the Simplicity of 
 the Language of Nature, the Poets learnt, in tkofe 
 of a more raifed i>pecies, not to depart from it too 
 wantonly. They were well acquainted alfo with 
 the Force as well as Elegance of their Mother- 
 Tongue, and chofe to ufe fuch Words, as may be 
 called Natives of the Language, rather than to 
 harmonize their Verfes, and agonize the Audience 
 with Latin Terminations. Whether the refined 
 Stile of JddiJQn\ Cato, and the flowing Verifica- 
 tion of Rowe liril occafioned this Departure from 
 antient Simplicity it is difficult to determine: but 
 it is too true, that Southerne was the laft of our 
 Dramatick Writers, who was, in any Degree, 
 poiTeft of that magnificent Plainnefs, which is the 
 genuine Drefs of Nature ; though indeed the Plays 
 even of Rowe are more fimple in their Stile, than 
 thofe which have been produced by his SuccefTors. 
 It miift not however be diflembled in this Place, 
 that the Stile of our Old Writers is not without 
 Faults ; that They were apt to give too much into 
 Conceits ; that They often purfued an allegorical 
 Train of Thought too far j and were fometimes 
 betrayed into forced, unnatural, quaint, or gigan- 
 tick fcxprelfions. In the Works of Shakejpeare 
 himfelf every one of thcfe Errors may be found ; 
 yet it may be fafely afierted, that no other 
 Author, antient or modern, has exprefTed him- 
 felf on (uch a Variety of Subjcds with more 
 Eafe, and in a Vein more truly poetical, unlefs, 
 perhaps, we ihould except Homer : Of which, 
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 I would not be underftood, by what I have here 
 faid of Poetical Dialogue, to objed to the Ufe of 
 Profe, or to indnuate that our modern Comedies 
 are the worfe for being written in that Stile. It is 
 enough for me, to have vindicated the Ufe of a more 
 elevated Manner among our Old Writers. I am 
 well aware that mofl Parts of Faljhiff^ Ford^ Bene- 
 dick^ Malvolioj &c. are written in Profe ; nor mcteod 
 would I couniel a modern Writer to attempt the 
 Ufe of Poetical Dialogue in a mere Comedy : A 
 Dramatick Tale, indeed, chequered, like Life it- 
 felf, with various Incidents, ludicrous and JifFeding, 
 if written by a mafterly Hand, and fomcwhat more 
 fevercly than thofe abovementioned, would, I 
 doubt not, lUlI be received with Candour and Ap- 
 plaufe. The Publick would be agreeably ftirprifed 
 with the Revival of Poetry on the Theatre, and the 
 Opportunity of employing all the beft Performers, 
 ferious as well as comick, in one Piece, would 
 render it ftill more likely to make a favourable Im« 
 preffion on the Audience. There is a Gentleman, 
 not unequal to fuch a Ta(k, who was once tempted 
 to begin a Piece of this Sort ; but, I fear^ he has 
 too much Love of Eafe and Indolence, and too 
 little Ambition of literary Fame^ ever to com^ 
 plete it. 
 
 But to conclude : 
 
 Have I, Sir, been waHing all this Ink and Time 
 in vain ? Or may it be hoped that you will extend 
 feme of that Care to the reft of our Old Authors, 
 which you have fo long beftowed on Shakefpeauy 
 and which you hav^e fo often laviflied on many a 
 worfe Writer, than the moft inferior of thofe here 
 recommended to You ? It is certainly your Intereft 
 to give Vsu-icty to the Publick Tsmci and to cH- 
 
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 verfify the Colour of our Dramatick Entertainments, 
 p,ncoura(ye new Attempts ; but do Juftice to the 
 Old ' The Theatre is a wide Field. Let not one 
 or two Walks of it alone be beaten, but lay open 
 the Whole to the Excurfions of Genius! This, per- 
 haps, might kindle a Spirit of Originality in our 
 modern Writers for the Stage ; who might be 
 tempted to aim at moie Novelty in their Compo- 
 fitions, when the Liberality of the Popular Tafte 
 rendered it lefs hazardous. That the Narrowncfs 
 of theatrical Criticifm might be enlarged I have no 
 Doubt. Reflect, for a Moment, on the uncommon 
 Succcfs of Romeo and Juiiei,. znd Every Man in his 
 Humour/ and then tell me, whether there arc not 
 many other Pieces of as ancient Date, which, with 
 the like proper Curtailments and Alter^itions, would 
 produce the fame Effect ? Has an induftrious Hand 
 been at the Pains to fcratch up the Dunghill of 
 Dryden's Amphitryon for the few Pearls that are 
 buried in it, and {hall the rich Treafures of Beau- 
 mont and Fletcher^ Jonfon^ and MaJJinger^.W^ (as 
 it were) in the Ore, untouched and difrcgarded ? 
 Reform your Lift of Plays ! In the Name of Bur- 
 hage, Taylor^ and Bettertotr, I conjure you to it! 
 Let the veteran Criticks once more have the Satif- 
 faction of feeing the Maid\i Tragedy ^ Philajler^* 
 King and no King, &c. on the Stage! — Rcftore 
 Fletcher's Elder Brother to the Rank unjuftly ufurped- 
 by Cibber\ Love makes a Man ! and fince you have 
 wifely defiltcd from giving an annual Affront to the 
 City by a£ting the London Cuckolds on Lord-Mayor's ^ 
 
 • This Uft has bero fince brought on the St.ngc, with proper 
 Alterations, by Ctcrgt Cellmatty Eiq. In this Play it was, that' 
 Mr. Pvuell made his firft Appearance j and gave the Public a 
 pleafing Earneft of what they \kcic to expert from hit great na- 
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 .Day, why will you not pay them a Compliment, 
 by exhibiting the City Madam of Majfmger on the 
 fame Occafion ? 
 
 If after all. Sir, thefe Remonftrances fbould 
 prove without EfFe<ft, and the Merit of thefe great 
 Authors {hould plead with you in vain, I will here 
 fairly turn my Back upon you, and addrefs myfelf 
 to the Lovers of Dramatick Compofitions in ge- 
 neral. They, I am fure, will perufe thofe Works 
 with Pleafure in the Clofet, though they lofe the 
 Satisfa(Slion of feeing them reprefented on the Stage : 
 Nay, (hould They, together with You, concur in 
 determining that fuch Pieces are unfit to be adled, 
 You, as well as They, will, I am confident, agree, 
 that fuch Pieces are, at leaft, very worthy to be 
 read. There are many modern Compofitions, fcen 
 with Delight on the Theatre, which ficken on the 
 Tafte in the Peruial; and the honeft Country 
 Gentleman, who has not been prefent at the Re- 
 prefentation, wonders with what his London Friends 
 have been fo highly entertained, and is as much 
 perplexed at the Town'tnanner of Writing as Mr. 
 Smith in the Rehear faU The Excellencies of our 
 Old Writers are,, on the contrary, not confined to 
 Time and Place, but always bear ;ibout them the 
 Evidences of true Genius. 
 
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 Additional new Plays and ¥ akqzs^ Jime 
 the Appendix to this J^dume^ and the 
 Supplement to the Volume of Lives and 
 Memoirs, were printed off, ,, .,, . 
 
 Continued down to the Month of OSiober 1764. 
 
 By Mr. FooTi. 
 
 THE Mayor oFGarrat, 
 a Comedy, of three Afts, 
 performed at the Theatre in the 
 llaymarkttf 1763. 
 
 In this very humorous and en- 
 tertaining Piece, the Character of 
 Major Sturgeon, a City-Militia 
 Officer, is entirely new, highly 
 wrought up, and was moft ini- 
 mitably performed by Mr. Focte, 
 with prodigious Applaufe. 
 
 The L Y A R , a Comedy, in 
 three Afts. Performed at the 
 Theatre in the Hay Market; and 
 published in the Summer of the 
 Year 1764. The Vice of Lying 
 is attacked with great Humour in 
 this Piece, Some former Pieces 
 of this witty Writers having been 
 cenfurcd by the Reviewers, on 
 account of a Aippofed Tendency 
 to Pniphanenefs, which thofe 
 Critics thought they perceived 
 in them, Mr. Footc in return 
 for their Animadverfions, has 
 here lalhed the Reviewers with 
 the utmort Severity of which his 
 Refcnimcnt was capable: which, 
 it muft be confeded, is not fo 
 cutting as he mipht intend, as 
 he only attacked ihcm with the 
 cli, hack.'d, and bhinted Wea- 
 pon, whitl has lonp ago ceafed 
 to do any txecutirn 5 fiz, the 
 
 Imputation of Hunger, and the 
 horrid Charge of drinking Small 
 Beer, and Lodging in a Garret. 
 
 The PATROt«, a Comedy of 
 three Adls, performed at the 
 Theatre in the Heymarket, in the 
 Summer 1764; and then pub- 
 lifhed : the Hint borrowed from 
 one of Marmoftters Tales. 
 
 The Charafter of the Patron 
 Is that of a fuperficial Pretender 
 to Wit and Learning j who be- 
 ing a Man of Fafliion and For- 
 tune, affords his Countenance and 
 Prote£Vion to a Set of contemp- 
 tible Witlings, for the Sake of 
 the Incenfe offer'd by them to 
 his Vanity, The Charafter of a 
 mere Antiquarian, a favorite Ob- 
 jeft of Ridicule with Mr. Footef 
 is here introduced with great 
 Pleafantry, Mr, Ruji having fallen 
 in Leve with a fine young Lady, 
 becaufe he thought the Tip of her 
 Ear rcfemblcd tha^ of the Prin- 
 ce fs Po/i/cea. Sir Peter Pepfcr- 
 pot, a rich ^yeji-lndia Merchant, 
 comes in likewife, with his Ac- 
 count of Barbecues and Turtle- 
 Feafts : and a miferable Poet, 
 with a low Mber^jW^s Bdokfeller, 
 ferve to complcat the Entertain- 
 ment. This Piece met with 
 greater Succefs than xhzL^ar. 
 
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 I. NoOne'sEiieaybiithhowh Harry Flutter and his Lady, are 
 a Comedy in three Afts, at the fuppoited with Wit and Spi- 
 Theatre Royal in Cofvent Garden, rit; which, notwithftanding the 
 *7"4' Length and Languor of fon. 01 
 
 Although this Pky contains a the Scenes, cfieftually fecured to 
 great deal of fpirited Dialogue, this Play, the Approbation of 
 properly charafterifcd, and well ^ . . 
 
 lupportcd, yet the Character of 
 Carelefs, whom the Author in- 
 tend^* for the Perfon who is no 
 one'i Enemy but hii own, being that 
 of a worthlefs Wretch, without 
 Honour or Probity, the Piece was 
 
 the gayer Part of the Audience. 
 
 z» TheDuPK, a Comedy of 
 five Afts, at the Theatre Royal 
 in Drury Lane. I763. 
 
 Our Fair Dramatift was lefs 
 fortunate in the Produftion ct 
 this, than in her former Comedv. 
 therefore totally difliked by the The Dupe was damned, on ac. 
 PuWic* ccunt of a few Paflages which 
 
 2. fFbat ive muji all comt to, a the Audience thought too indeli- 
 Comedy, in two AAs, at the cate. Whether they were not in 
 ^theatre Royal in Covent Garden, this refpeft, tbemfelves rather tn 
 '7^4* delicate, is a Point which muft 
 
 This was introduced as a tail- not be here ai^ed : certain it 
 piece to the foregoing Comcdf, is, however, that the rigid Sen- 
 and a£ted at the fame Time ; 
 but fhared in the Condemna- 
 tion: although it was gene- 
 rally thought to have had Merit 
 
 tence pafled on this unfortunate 
 Play, redounds greatly to the lie 
 nour of our modern Audiences, 
 who, whether miftaken or not 
 
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 enough to entitle it to a better in their Judgments, have herein 
 
 Fate: but this comes of keep- fliewn, that they will tolerate 
 
 ing bad Company ! The Vice of nothing which has but the leaft 
 
 Gaming is admirably ridiculed in Appearance of bemg oflfenfive to 
 
 it} and the Chara£ter of Drug- the Laws of Decorum. 
 
 .get, the over-grown rich Citizen, 
 
 (who, with an Hundred Tboufand ._ 
 
 Pounds in his Pockei, retires to 
 
 his Country-houfe, clofe by the 
 
 Side ot a dufty Road, within four 
 
 or five Miles of London J is very 
 
 well drawn. 
 
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 By Mrs. Sheridan. 
 
 I. The Discovery, a Co- 
 medy of five Afts, at the Theatre 
 Koyil in Drury Lane, 1763, _ 
 
 This original Compofition was very ferious ia 
 
 By GXORGE COLLMAN, Efq; 
 
 r. The Deuce is in him, a Farce 
 of two Afts, at the Theatre Royal 
 in Drury Lane, 1763,1 with good 
 Succcfs. 
 
 The Plan on which this deli- 
 cate Satire on Platonick Love is 
 founded, has been approved by 
 thofe who are the ftri£left Advo 
 cates foi! Morality in Dramatic | 
 Exhibitions. The Piece though 
 the main., is ex- 
 
 received with uncommon Ap 
 plaufe. It is a very moral, (en- 
 tincntaly yet entertaining Per- 
 
 tremely laughable in many Parts. 
 TheDifeafe, as an ingenious Critic 
 has obferved^ is expofcd but not 
 
 rankled. 
 
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 Additional Playsy &c. 1764. VlV 
 
 lankled. The Author afts like acquitted themfclvcs much to ikc 
 
 a regular Phyfician, without mak- Satisfaction of the Public. 
 
 ing a l3ifplay of hii great Skill, 
 
 by wantonly adding Corrofives, . . 
 
 that he might have the Ctcdit of 
 
 curing the Diftcmper in its Uft 
 
 Stage J a Fault but too common 
 
 vith fome of our beA EngUp 
 
 Diiv/natic Writers i and the a- 
 
 voiding it gave Molnr$ the Cha- 
 
 raflcr he fo juftly bearii 
 
 2. Philafttr, a Tragedy, by 
 Beaumont and Flktchxr, 
 with Alterations, at the Theatre 
 JKoyiWn DrutyLanti 1763. 
 
 The Revival of this Piece was 
 greatly approved by the Public j 
 as Mr, Co/lrnan\ Alterations were 
 extremely judicious. This Play 
 has been generally confiderM as 
 one of the bcft produced by the 
 
 Twin-Writers alovc-inmeJ ; but 
 on account of the Indecencies in 
 fome Parr j of it, hath been deem- 
 ed imfit to appear before a modern 
 Audience. Thefe Blemiflies and 
 feme other Improprieties being 
 removed, the Tragedv thus new 
 modelled, was brougnt on, with 
 this additional Advantage, that 
 Mr. Powe// firft appeared on the 
 Stage in the Re^relentatlon there- 
 
 By Mr. Mallet. 
 
 Elvira, a Tragedy, of five 
 Afts, at the Theatre Royal in 
 Drury Lam, 1763. 
 
 This being looked upon by 
 many as a minifterial Play, and 
 the rather as it was brought on 
 at the critical Time when our 
 Political Pack were in full Cry, 
 hunting down the Scotch Peace, 
 as they called it, Mr. Malleft 
 Performance was beheld in a very 
 unpopular light. The pacific Sen- 
 timents, tho' in themfelves un- 
 exceptionable, futh as the Idea 
 of a Monarch who places his 
 chief Glory, not in that Military 
 fpirit which operates to the De- 
 ftrudlion of Mankind, but in cul- 
 tivating the Arts, which fiourifh 
 only in peaceful Times.— Thefe 
 were fufficient, ar fuch a Junc- 
 ture, to ftamp the Play with the 
 Charafter oi a political Piece. 
 This, together with the Author's 
 being a North Briton by Birth, 
 
 of, in the CharaAer of Pbilafler, proved very unfavourable Crrcum- 
 
 Mrs. fates alfo difplayrd' new 
 Graces en this Occafion , and the 
 Editor's Prologue h%t been both 
 greatly admired and critlcifed.— 
 Of the former Revivals of this 
 Play, we have already given an 
 Account, in its proper Place, 
 where it comts in as an Original. 
 
 ftances, altho' it is certain, that, 
 as a Poem, Productions far in. 
 ferior to it, have been highly ap- 
 plauded. —It is confefTedly an 
 Imitation of Mr. De la Mottt'i 
 Tragedy, founded on the fame 
 melancholy Event, <vix. a Portu- 
 g$itfe Story, taken from that ex- 
 
 3. A Fairy Ttle, In two Afts, cellcnt Poem, the LufiaJ of Ca- 
 nt the Theatre Royal in Drury miens. The Prologue was writ- 
 Lane, 1764. ten by Mr. Carrick, and is, like 
 
 ExtraAcd from SbahJ^trt't the reft of his Pieces of this kind, 
 
 t^djummtr't Night Dream, It • very humoroas and witty Per- 
 
 was performed by CbildrtAi who fornance. 
 
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 X. Love at firfi Sightf a Farce 
 of two A^s, at the Theatre 
 Royal in Drury Lane, 1763. 
 
 An infipid Ballad-Farce. It 
 met with a very moderate Re- 
 ception ; but its Succefs was e- 
 qual to its Merit. 
 
 a. The Royal Shepherd, an Eng- 
 Vtjb Opera, at the Theatre Royal 
 in Drury -Lane, 1 764. 
 
 Taken from Metafiafn. The 
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 ly condemned, for the barbarous 
 Murder of poor Signior Mcta- 
 
 3. Midas 'j an jB»^///& Burletta, 
 at the Theatre Royal in Cevent' 
 Garden f 1764. 
 
 The Burlefque, in this humo< 
 rous Performance turning chiefly 
 on the Heathen Deities, ridicu- 
 lous enough in themfelves, and 
 too abfurd foV burlefque, the 
 Aim of which is to turn great 
 Things to Farce, — this Mock- 
 Opera was therefore not altoge- 
 ther fo fuccefsful, as, in many 
 
 Story, that of Alexander the ^ - , ■ ' ', 
 Great, delivering Sidon from the Reff efts it defcrved to be 
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 W*&*WBDELAZAR or, tie 
 ^ A *^ hy Mrs. yf/>it»rj, or 
 
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 W & W ^-f^* Behn. —This 
 /^♦y*^ Play is no more than 
 an Alteration of Mvrloe^ Las- 
 c 1 V I u 8 <ic I E N , of which 
 
 fee more in it's Place. * From 
 
 it however, Dr. Ttung Icems, 
 tho' without borrowing either an 
 Incident or a Sentiment, tohave 
 taken the Hint of his admirable 
 Tragedy of T H E R E V £ N c E } the 
 Death of a Father, and Lofs of a 
 Crown, being tlic prime Motives 
 of Refentment equally in Akde- 
 kzar and 2»nga, A fimilar Re- 
 lit^lance appears in both at 
 the defccnding to kSti of Villainy 
 for the Gratification of it, 'and 
 koth alike declare the Sum of 
 ihcir Oimes as the Completion 
 of their Revenge. —This Play 
 was firft performed at his R. H. 
 the D. oSYork's The«tre» and was 
 printed in4to, 167 1. — The Plot 
 is intricate, much interlarded with 
 trlvUlC'>rcumAances«an4 tlie Ca« 
 
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 taflrophe on the whole too bloody, 
 yet with a H«le Alteration might 
 be render'd very fit for the prcfeftt 
 Stage. 
 
 Abdicated Princis c* 
 the Adventurer tf fottr Tears. — 
 Trag, Com. — Anonym. - - if^ci 
 at Alba-R(gaUzy by feveral Pcrforv? 
 of greatQuality.— This Piece i!» 
 entirely political, and feems not 
 to have been intended for the 
 Stage :— 'It contains under feigned 
 Names theTranfaflions of the En- 
 glijh Court and Nation during the 
 Reign of Jamet II. with the Ab- 
 dication of that Prince; butwnt- 
 ten with great Partiality ; — the 
 D. oiMonmoutb being made the 
 Hero, and peribnal Abufe pro- 
 ceeding to fo extravagant a Length 
 in it, as to charge the K. with 
 the Death of his Brother Ckarlf 
 II.— It Is publiAedin 4to, 1690. 
 This Play needs no Key, jtlba- 
 Regain evidently beij>g meant for 
 the Englijb CouVt^ and the very 
 Names of the PerfonAgfs fo clofe- 
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 obvious to any one ever (o flightly 
 acquainted "with the public Tranf* 
 anions of that Period. 
 
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 at Cov. Card. 1755. 
 
 Abkaham*s Sackificz. 
 — This Play, neither Langl>aine, 
 yacoby or Gildon pretend to . have 
 feen, to know the Author of, or 
 to afiign a^Pate to; but all of 
 them fuppofeit.a TranHation from 
 ^^btpdare. B^ZM, 
 
 Abr;A*Mulx> or, Lo«e and 
 'Etn^irc-Tng. by Dr. yoffj>b 
 ITra/f, A£ted at the new Thea< 
 tre in Lintoh^'inti-FieUs, 8vo. 
 »704>— The Scene lies in Com- 
 ftantinofUt and the Plot of it may 
 be more fully feen in a Book cal- 
 led Abra-Muki or the true Hiftoiy 
 , of "the Dethronfement of Mahomet 
 IV. by M. Le Noble] tranfla- 
 ted by S. P. The Language of 
 this Phy is in marty Places either 
 profalc or bdmbaft, yet the Inci- 
 dents arc in themfclves foa^ft- 
 ing, and the Plot fo interziliiig, 
 that it has generally met with 
 ApplottTe in the Performance. 
 
 AccoLASTCi.Com. by 'John 
 Wdifp'^rvty Chaplain to Henry 
 VHI. — This Play is no more 
 than a Tranflation for the Ufe of 
 CMldfcn, off • Latin Play of the 
 fymt Name written by Guit, 
 futionkisy m the Story of «he Prb- 
 SpA Soin.-^It is printed ia tbfc 
 «U Biaclt Letter, j^to, 1^40, and 
 ^leftcated t»the Kmg. — This ws(s 
 ttie thi^ dramat':. Piece w* 
 ytibUAed it EnglatiA 
 
 A-CC«<MTl.ltH*DF««I.S. VUt 
 
 Tsvnct HosiAwn. 
 
 AcHiLLsa, or 1f4tigeme in 
 
 ^Hs. Tr. by ytbtl Bm<t'.~-*r\M 
 
 \t no aioic than a franfliMo* frov* 
 
 AcnrLixs Aw 0pcra, *y 
 ythn'Oayi 8vo. •- — Thia Piece, 
 which is in the MMner of vhtt 
 flcfgar *s Qftn, k aiolicfWM'Re- 
 
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 lation of the Difcovery of Achillei 
 by Ulvpi. — The Scene lies in 
 the Court, of Lycomedcs. jSclillti 
 is in WiJman's Cloaths thro' thf 
 whole Play, and it concludes by 
 his Marriage with Deidamia. It 
 was not afted till the Year 173^, 
 which was two Years after Gaj\ 
 Death. 
 
 A c I s and Galatea. A 
 Mafque, by Mr. MotteuXy from 
 Ovid'x Met am. Book xiii. fet 
 to Mufic by y^bn £ecksy and per- 
 form'd at the Tb. Roy. in Dr. 
 Lane by his Majefty's Servants, 
 8vo. 1723. The Scene laid fn 
 Sicily. 
 
 Acts and Galatea. An 
 Eijglifli Palloral Opera, in three 
 A^s. It is in Recitative an4 
 Air, the Story taken from the 
 13th Book of Ovid's Mctam. the 
 Mufic compos'd by Handel, and 
 was perform'd at the Hay-markef, 
 173ft. 
 
 Act AT Ox** OR n. Com. by 
 TiotHas JSaker^ -^Thc Scene of 
 this Play lies in the Cuivcrfity j 
 it was never »€te4y bat was pub' 
 liih'd in4to. X704. 
 
 Acta:o'n 'AND DlAi>fA. Aft 
 
 Interlude, by M*. Robert Chxy^iih 
 a Paftoral Story of the N^ph 
 Oenttte, followed by the fevera) 
 toneeited Huimottrs of Bumpkin 
 the l*Iitnefn)a!n, If0^iff«/ Che Shep- 
 hec^ Sitfgiflig Simkhy and John 
 £««^<v the Seaman, 1696. The 
 Story i^ taken fVom Ovid^t Me 
 nmfbt^s. 
 
 ^tt't^Hi^ <fr the Brothm, 
 Com.—- TranflaM^ 'tt6m Terenct, 
 t>f9l$fbapMS&ita/^,4to. 1598. 
 
 A V IE 4. r « r. The IkrtiePIay, 
 Itail'fliRed by Lawrence EcbarJ, 
 <9«ft. ^694. 9>Teithef af \htk 
 1/Mtc ««er hiteflded fw, n<^r are 
 t!bey by 'any Means adapted to, 
 titt fef)^/|^ Stage. 
 
 Ab«f«Tvs King bf Tlejh.y, 
 *- An <Itri. O^. livo. Jr7»7, pef 
 fiMto^A. it ^kt ^, net, in tht 
 
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 tU\'maiket. Mufic hy Handel, Scene 
 
 \»'Lari[fa, the chief City of- 
 
 Ibi'ilaly. 
 
 Adrasta, or tbe JVomart's 
 Sf>Uen and Love s ConjueJI ; 'i'rag. 
 Com. hyjohn Jones, never aftcd,- 
 but printed in 4to. 1635. Part of 
 it is taken from Boceace, Day, 8. 
 Novd, 8. 
 
 Advevturbs in Madrid ; 
 Com. afted at the i^/j The. in 
 ihz'Utftiarket j no Date. -»- Au- 
 thc» unknown. 
 
 AfevENTURKS OP A CrOWN. 
 
 ;W. Bloody Duke. 
 
 Adventures of five 
 Hours. Tr. Com. by Sir 5a- 
 mui'lTukeyBirt, 410.1663. Dawnes 
 ii his Rofcius AHglkdn. fays it 
 was written ky that Gentleman 
 and the E, of Brijhl. It is tranf- 
 lated from a Sfattijh Play, was 
 ailed with great Applaufe, and 
 liM feveral (^piea ofVerles prc- 
 fi«ed to it by Mr. Cvtv^y, and 0- 
 ther eininent Poets of t^^t 
 Time. 
 
 Advinturis of four 
 Years. Vid, AjpiCATED 
 Prince. f 
 
 ADVENTuijres of half an 
 Ho u R . — F. by Chrifiofbir Bui- 
 lock, iimo. 1717. 
 
 Ad ventures of John 
 Shephard. f^id. Prison 
 Breaker. 
 
 Adventures of Rod. Ran- 
 som. ^;</, Charles XII. 
 
 The Affected Ladies, 
 Com. by ^ohn Oxeil, — This Play 
 is only a literal Tranflation of the 
 Frecicufes ridicules of Molicrc. 
 
 Against Momus*s and 
 ZoiLus's. — A dramatic Piece^ 
 by Jottt Bale, Bifhop cjf OJJbry, 
 the firft Englijh dramatic Writer, 
 ■—Of this Piece we have no Re- 
 mains but the bare mention of it 
 by himfelf in his Account of the 
 Writers of Brlt^nin, 
 
 Av-5AINST THOSE WHO 
 adulterate THE WoRD OF 
 
 God, A dramatic Piipce by the 
 
 A G 
 
 laft mentioned Author j and of 
 which we hav€ exaftly the fame 
 Kind of Knowledge.— It is pro- 
 bable that neither of them were 
 ever afted or even printed, but in 
 all probability they were written 
 at fome time between 1530 and* 
 X540. 
 
 Agamemnon. Trag. by Jamei 
 7homfon, Authorof the Sealbns, 
 8vo. 1734. 
 
 Agamemnon. Trag, tranfla- 
 tcd from Seneca by yohnStuddy^ 
 in Queen Elixabeth's Reign. — 
 He has, however, added a whole 
 Scene in the fifth Aft. 
 
 A G I s. Trag. by John Ihme^ 
 performed at the Tb. Roy. in Dr. 
 Lane, 1758; 8vo. — This Play 
 is founded on 4 Story in the Spar- 
 tan Hiftery j whether the Au. 
 thor is only warm'd by the Spirit 
 of a particular Party, or that he 
 chofe in this Piece to give Vent, 
 to his Reftntments againft his 
 Countrymen for theRigourwhcrc- 
 with they had pcrfecuted him on 
 Account of his former Tragedy of 
 D&uglaSf it is difficult to deter- 
 mine, but it is at leaft apparent, 
 that throughout the whole of the 
 Piece, he has kept up a figurative 
 Retrofpcft to the Conduft of the 
 Scots, in Regard to K. Charles I. 
 and, that in the Charafter of his 
 ^jf/j, he has never lolt Sight of the 
 Idea of that un'ortunate Prince. 
 It was performed with tolerable 
 Succefs, being ftrongly fupported. 
 not only by a Part)- Zeal in the 
 Author's Favour, but alfoby tho 
 additional Advantages of very fintf 
 Ailing, and two pompous and fa* 
 lem mufical Proceflions. With- 
 out thcfe Afliftances, however, it 
 is fomewhat doubtful whether it 
 might have met with the fame 
 Succefs. 
 
 Aglavra. Trag. Com. by 
 Sir John Sucklirg, afted at th« 
 private Houfe in Slack Fryars, ani 
 firft printed in fol. 1633. — The 
 Au^or has fo contrived this Play, 
 
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by Means of an Akeration in the 
 laft A£l, that it may be acVcd ei- 
 ther as aTragi-Conit or a perfc£^ 
 Tragedy. The Scene lies in 
 Pcrjia. 
 
 Agnes de Castxo. Trag, 
 by Mrs. Cath. trotter, 4to. afted 
 at the Th. Roy. 1696. It is built 
 on a Fr, Novel of the fame name, 
 tranflated by Mrs. Bebn, and de- 
 lervedly met with very good Sue* 
 ccfs. 
 
 ACREZASLE DiSAProiNT- 
 
 MENT. /^iV/. Love bbtray'd, 
 
 Agripfa King of AtaA, 
 or, the fa/fe Tiberinus, Trag. 
 Com. by John Dancer, This i$ a 
 Tranflation from M, Sluinattlt } it 
 is in heroic Verfe, was performed 
 fcveral Times with great Applaufe 
 at the Tb. Roy. in DuMn, andwai 
 printed, at London in 4to. 1675. 
 
 AcairriNA Emtreft 9/ ieme, 
 her Tragedy, by Tho. May, £f()) 
 — Thft Scene of this Play lies in 
 Home, and the Plot is taken from 
 >he Rman Hiftorians — It was 
 aded in 1628. and printed in 
 i2mo. 1639. 
 
 King Ahasvbrvs andQiieen 
 Esther .—Whether this Piece is 
 a Trag. or Com. I know not i it 
 le, however, attributed to Robert 
 CoXy Comedian, and is publiHied 
 in the fecond Part of Sfsrt ufton 
 ^port^ 1672. 
 
 A J AX. Trag. 8vo. 1716. — 
 This is only a. Tranflation from 
 ;he Greek of Sophocles by an tm- 
 known Hand, but revifcd by Mr. 
 Rowe, 
 
 Alakam. Trag. by Sir FuJke 
 Crevile, Losd Brook. The Scene 
 cf this Play is laid at the Mouth 
 cf the ferfian Gulph, and the 
 Plot taken from fomc Incidents in 
 ilerbert'% Travels. —The Ai.thor 
 kas followed the Model of the 
 Ancients \ the Prologue is fpoken 
 by a Ghoil, who gives an Account 
 ef every Charafter, and foftri^Iy 
 kas he adhered to the Rules of the 
 
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 Drama, that he has not througii. 
 out introduced more than two 
 Speakers at a Time, excepting in 
 the Chorus's between the Afts. 
 
 At. areas. A dram. Opera, 
 written by a Gentleman of Q^u- 
 lity* and atted at the ^etns 'ih, 
 in the Hay-market, — 4ito. 1709. 
 The Scene lies in Jircadia in 
 Gnete, 
 
 Alarum roa London, 
 
 or, 
 
 tbi Siege of Antwerp i tvitb tht 
 t'cntroui /{(id and valorous Deed: 
 cfthe lanw Soldier, Trag. Com. 
 
 — This Play is not divided into 
 A(\i, the Plot is taken from the 
 tragical Hiftory of the Citf of Atit' 
 werp, and was a£ked in 1602. 
 
 Albert vs Wallenstein, 
 latt Ditkt of Fridland, and Gtneral 
 to tht Bmptror Ferdinand II, Tragi 
 by Hitirv Glaptborne.'—Th9 Scene 
 lies at Stirs, and the Plot merely 
 hiftoric Jy being buHt on F*A», 
 not very diftant from the Time 
 of writing it.— It was a£ted at the 
 GUh by the Bank Side, and it 
 publifted in 410. 1634. 
 
 Albiok. An Interlude, 1593. 
 
 — Of this I know nothing more 
 than the Name. 
 
 Atti-ON, or, the Court of Nep' 
 tunf, a Mafque, by Cooke, 8vo, 
 1724.— —The Scejie laid on the 
 Britijb Seas. 
 
 Albion and Albanius, an 
 Opera, by Dryden,-^Set to Mufic 
 by Lttuis Grabue, Efq j The Sub - 
 joC^ of this Piece is wholly alle- 
 gorical, being intended to expose 
 Lord Shaftijbury and his Adhe- 
 rents.— lieivflM tells us, that hap- 
 pening to be firft performed at a 
 very unlucky Time, being the 
 very Day on which the D. *f 
 Monmouth landed in the Weji, and 
 the Kingdom in a great Confter- 
 nation, it ran but fix Nights, 
 which not anfwcring half the 
 Charge the Company had been at 
 in getting it up, involved thcjn 
 very deeply in Debt, 
 
 Al8lC^» 
 
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 Albion Qji i e n 9, ViJ, 
 IsLAKP Queens. 
 
 Albion restor'd, ar,Time 
 tunCd Ocuiiji. A Mafque, never 
 aded, 8vo. T758. 
 
 Albion's TmvMrH, terfe- 
 r.atcd in a Majkc at Court, by the 
 King's Majefty and bis Lords, (all 
 whofe Names are at the End) tbe 
 Sunday after Twe/ftb Nighty 1 6 3 1 . 
 4to. — The Scene is Albifolis, the 
 chief City ni Albtcn. — Inigo Jones 
 bad a Sliarc in the Invention of 
 tliis Mal'que. 
 
 A L B V I N E King of tbe Lorn- 
 hards, Trap, by Sir fV. Davenant, 
 — The Story is taken from Bani- 
 ddk'i Uijioires tragiques, Tom. 4. 
 Nov. 19. and I'ome of the Hifto- 
 rians of the Francs and Lombards^ 
 and the Scene lies in Verona, — — 
 Jt was firft printed in 4to. 1629 
 
 Albumazar. Com. T.Ve 
 Author of this Play is unknown j 
 yet the Language, Plot, and Con- 
 iiu(flof it, might do Credit to the 
 inoft eftablifhed Name. Dryden, 
 in a Prologue written by him for 
 the Revival of it, confiders it as 
 the Original of the Alcbymiji, and 
 accules Ben yobnjon in very pofi- 
 
 rive Terms, with Plagiwj', 
 
 But as neither Lar.ghairr, y^H^i-, 
 (l.lJon nor iJl.'inicj>, have vi*te<4 
 tile firft Appearance of flu Pl.iy 
 earlier than 1634, and thit the 
 full Edition of Johrj\r:"s Aldy- 
 p".{/f, was fo far^ack is 16 10 ; the 
 latter feems to ftitnd pretty clear- 
 Jy exculpated from this henvy 
 Charge. — As Drydrn, however, 
 liv'd fo much nrarer to the Time, 
 and had probably even converfed 
 with thofe who vvsre ftill better 
 acquainted with thefe Circpm- 
 ftances, k is dii)ic\ilt to imagine., 
 he would fo boldly and publicly 
 venture an AfTertion vrhcrci^ 
 he might fo eafily be refuted^ 
 without very good Qrounds.— — 
 And thus far I muft acknowle.d|e, 
 tbat in fome MS, Notes i>y jlUc 
 
 A L 
 
 late indefatigable Mr. Coxetrr^ 
 now in my Pofleflion, and from 
 wbofe Accuracy I have received 
 great Affiftance in the Courfe of 
 this Work, he has trac'd the Re< 
 prefentation of Albumaxar twenty 
 Years farther back, and declared 
 it to have be»n a£led before the 
 King, at Cambridge, March gtfay 
 16 14, and mentions a 4to Edition 
 of it in 16 1 5. — Now as the Co* 
 pies of Plays, at that Period, fre- 
 quently rcmain'd unprinted in thd 
 Hands of the A£lors, for man/ 
 Years aflcr their Appearance en 
 tbe Stage, I cannot help thinking 
 the PoiHbility of Dryden' & Accu- 
 fation, in fome Degree, confirm*! 
 by this Circumftancc} more efpc* 
 cially fmce the Appearance of a 
 Plagiary on one Side or other, be- 
 ing fo evident from tbe Simila- 
 rity of the Defigns, one would be 
 apt to imagine that, if any wayt 
 doubtful of the Fad, he would 
 rather filently have permitted the 
 Sufpicion of Theft to have fallen 
 on a namelefs and perhaps forgot- 
 trn .*kOthor, than have in {i$ 
 <i_^ix()tc-like a Manner, couch'i 
 his Launce at the Reputation of a 
 Writer fo well eflablifted, ari 
 whofc Works were at that Tine 
 miuh more in Vogtie than even 
 thofp of the immortal Sbckeffcar 
 himfelf. Be this, however, as it 
 v.lll, both thefs Plays are excel- 
 lent in their Way, nor can there 
 be a* .much ftrcnger Teftimony 
 borne to the Merit of that nder 
 our prefent Conli Juration, thaii^-' 
 the general 'Approbation .' met 
 with when revjv'd by Gar-ick in 
 the Year 1747, notwith/landing 
 the great Stre;igth wherewith the 
 Akhymift was at that Time fup- 
 pprtcd, • even excJufive of that 
 Gentleman's ow^ peculiar Etcel- 
 lence in .the P^rt pf Abel Drug- 
 gtr, 
 
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 Pardon of my Readers for this lit- 
 tle Digrcfiion^ which, however, I 
 could not thin^. a Point of I'o much 
 Importance to the Characters of 
 two Men of capital Genius would 
 permit me entirely to avoi<l, but 
 which, I leave to the Judgment 
 of the Public to determine. 
 
 Ax. a A M B N E s and Mi n a m p - 
 »A. Tr»g. Com. i668. The 
 Author unknown. 
 
 Alchymist. Com, by Ben, 
 Ifobrjfgti, —This Play is too well 
 known, and admirM to need any 
 Comment on, or Account of it.— 
 Let it fuAice to fay that the Dcfign 
 of it was to laOi the then prevail- 
 ing PaHion for Alchymy, and 
 point out how cafy it is for Man- 
 kind to be impos'd on, v.hcre 
 iDme darling FolLy lends its Aid 
 to the Impofture. — • It wa^- firft 
 Ai\cd in i6io, and publilhed in 
 4to. the fame Year. 
 
 Ai.ciBJADES. Trap, by 0/- 
 
 "Moy, 4to. 1675. '^^^^ Stnry of 
 
 this Play is taltcn from Corr. Ne- 
 tos Olid Phtatib. The, Author 
 tias, however, confjdcrably dejiai tr 
 ed from the Hiftory, making his 
 Hero, ^cibladcif a Man of the 
 (trittcft Honour, who chufcs ra- 
 ther to lofc his Life than wrong 
 t>ia Defender K.\n%A^is, or abufe 
 hi > Bed; wla-reas Plutarch gives 
 him a quite different Charaftcr. 
 
 AtnrHMAN NO Conjuror, 
 Vid, Cvcico;.Pi Havek. 
 
 A L n E n M A N V. Ha r g a i n» . 
 yid. Lucky CuANrr. 
 
 AlkxaisPKr. Tiug. by 0- 
 Xtll., tranflatt'd from Ran'^e. 
 
 Alktandkr. An Ital. Op, 
 prrform'd at the K*s Tie, in the 
 }lay-markt() the Mufic by llanJtL 
 '•^Sccnc OxIJracaf 8t0. 1726, 
 
 Alexander AND Camp A s> 
 T.C , A tragical Comedy, by Jobn 
 lyi'v, Mtt. play'd before Q^£//«. 
 •nTwrlfth Night, 1584. Plot 
 frcm F/lnyi Nat, Nifi, B. 35, 
 Ch, IP. 
 
 Ai.KxANBx»'a FB\tTi Aa 
 
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 Oratorio. •^Thisls no more than 
 Dryden\ Ode on St.CacUia'i Day,, 
 fet to Mufic by Handel. 
 
 Alexander th* great. 
 l^id. Rival Queens. 
 
 Alexis's Paradise, Dram, 
 Op. 1680, 
 
 Alexis's Paradise; or, 4 
 7rip to the Garden of Love at 
 Vauxball, — — Com, by Jamn 
 Newfon, Efqj 8vo. 1722. — Of 
 thcfe two lail I know nothing 
 more thaa the Names. 
 
 A L K R E D. A Mafque, by 
 yamci Ihomfon and David Mallet, 
 8vo. 1740. — The Scene of this 
 Play lies in Rritain, and the Siory 
 from the Englijh Hiftory at the 
 Time of the Danip Invafion. — ~ 
 With fume few Alterations, and 
 the Advantage of a very fine mu- 
 ficalCompofition, it was brouglit 
 on the Drury Lane Stage by fA/r- 
 ruk, about 1 748, where it met 
 with great Succefs . 
 
 ALKaEn, An Opera, as .lUer- 
 ed from the above IMay, Svo,. 
 »74S- 
 
 A'l. 1 M Q N Y L.A O Y. Ftd, 
 
 Lady Alimo.'^y, 
 
 Ail alive- and mirrv. 
 Com. by Jilnfon, the Dancing- 
 Maftcr, 8vo. 1738. — For fomc 
 Judgment of this Gentleman> 
 Writings in general, I'lJ. lltir!. 
 thrunJ.j, — I. cannot find thai thi<. 
 Piece vva^ ever a^ed. 
 
 All BFntviLLED. /'.■•/. 
 Pot. ID us. 
 
 Ai I. Fools. Com. by Cfc. 
 Cbaffnan, 4to. 1605. — '^^^^ ^''"' 
 »■; founded on Tercme't Uraiitonti' 
 mvrumenoi.—li was accounted an 
 excellent Play in thofe Time, 
 and was aftcd at the Biack-Friats, 
 
 A L I r o >« L o v K, or, Tbe 
 World noell kji, Trag. by Dry 
 dtn,~^1h\% is generally confidcnd 
 by the Critics as the moft com- 
 ficat dramatic Piece of that juftly 
 admired Author,— There needs, 
 perhaps, no ether Reafos to bp 
 afli|n d for its being io^ than that 
 
 it 
 
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 H was the only one (amongft a 
 very large Number) which he was 
 permitted to bring to that Perfec- 
 tion, which Leilure and Applica- 
 tion, added to a moft capital De- 
 gree of Genius, might be expcft- 
 ed to attain. — The Plot and ge- 
 neral Defjgn of it is undoubtedly 
 borrowed from Shakefpeare' s An- 
 thony and Cleopatra, yet Juftice 
 and Candour require this (Jonfef- 
 fion at Icaft from us, that as miicli 
 as he has fallen (hort of his firft 
 Model in Fire and Originality, he 
 has equally furpafTed iiim in Point 
 of Regularity and poetic Harmo- 
 ny ; and it may perhaps ftand 
 hereafter as a Matter of Conteft, 
 whether or not this Tragedy is 
 not to be efteemed as an invin- 
 cible Maftcrpiece of the Power 
 of EngUJh Poetry. It was firft 
 i£lcd 1678, and printed in 4to. 
 in the fame Year. 
 
 All roil Moniy. Trag. 
 by 7bo. Lupon. (N. B. In the 
 Catalogue annexed to Wbinc(,p'% 
 Scandi'rheg, this Gentleman is 
 called Lupton.J^Of this Play lit • 
 tic more isknownthan.the Name, 
 ind that it is written in Rhime, 
 Langbaine declaring that he had 
 icvcr feen iti^— It was pitnted in 
 4to. : 578. 
 
 All for the bitter, or,. 
 ihe JnfallibU Cure, Gom. by 
 Manning, ad>ed at the Tb, Rcy, 
 in Or, La. 1 703,— 410.— ——The 
 Scene lies in Madrid, and the 
 Prologue was written by Far- 
 quhar. 
 
 All MISTAKEN, or, 7be 
 Mad Couple. Com. by the Hon. 
 ^<t. Howard, £fq^ it was aflcd 
 at the Tb. Rcy. in 1671,— — 4to. 
 — The Scene liei in Italy, anJ 
 it was accounted an excellent 
 Flay. 
 
 All ruzxLCo. Far. Ano* 
 •ym. 170Z. 
 
 Ait's i,oiT BT LvtT* Tr« 
 
 A L 
 
 by Wm. Rowlev, a£led at the 
 Pbeenix, 1633. —This Play wa? 
 well eftccm'd.r— It's Plot is chiefly 
 from Novel 3, of the Unfortunatt 
 Lvfien. 
 
 All's will that ends 
 WELL. Com. by Sb^ktfpcare, 
 The Plot of this Play is taken 
 from the 9th Novel of Day 3, of 
 .fiofftfrt's Decameron. — Fora more 
 particular Account of it and the 
 Novel, fee Sbakefpeare illufirjted, 
 Vol.1, p. i»5.-^Thc Scene lies 
 
 in France. The Incidents of 
 
 Heknd'i Story and the clofing of 
 the Cataftrophc arc very intcrcft- 
 ing, and the Dlfcovery of Pardlts's 
 Cowardice is truly comic and en- 
 
 tertaining. In fliort, on the 
 
 whole, if not one of the Author's 
 moil capital Pieces, it is at Icaft 
 fuperior to moft of the WrilcrS 
 fincc his Time. 
 
 Ali. Vowa KF.fT. Com. 
 8vo. 1733. Of this Play I meet 
 with noiliing more than the 
 Name, and that it wasadurd with 
 great Appluufe in Dublin. 
 
 All without Nfc n x v* 
 Vid. Novelty. 
 
 Almahioe. Ital. Op. prc- 
 fcntcd at the Tb. in the Hay. Mar- 
 ket, 1710— 8vo. — The Scene He< 
 In Granada, and the Plot is tak- 
 en (tomDrydenn Conq^uist or 
 Granada,— The Dedication is 
 fubfcribed by y«« jfa. Hiid.ggtr, 
 from whc»,ce it is concluded, that 
 Mr. Heidegger was the author of 
 this piece. 
 
 Almyka; or, the Arabian 
 Vovf. Tr, by Mrs, M — . afted aC 
 the Tb. Roy. in the Hay-markrt, 
 1707. — 4to, — Tke Scene lies in 
 the Capital of Arabia, and the 
 Fable is taken from the Life of 
 CaJipb Valid Amaitxer, with fome 
 Hints from the Arabian Nigbt*t 
 Entertainmentt.'-^Tht CharaAer of 
 Almyna ii drawn from DfeNNii'i 
 JPJaj 9M Oftrat, whtrci»i> given 
 
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 a View of what heroic Virtue 
 Ought to attempt, 
 
 Alphcnso, K. of Naflcs. 
 Tr. by Geo. Pmvell, a£Ved at the 
 T*/.. Roy. 1691. 4to. — The Scene 
 lies in Naj'Lsf and the Story is 
 taken from the Neafolitan Hi- 
 ftory. 
 
 A1.PH0NSUS, Emperor or 
 Germany. Tr. by Geo. Chap- 
 man, often a£l«d with great Ap' 
 plaufe in Bl. Friars, printed in 
 4to. 1654. — This Play feems to 
 have been written in Honour of 
 the EngUJh Nation, in the Per- 
 fon of Rich, E. of Cormoall, Son 
 to K. John, and Brother to Hen, 
 III. who was chofcn K. of the 
 R$mam in 1157, at the fame Time 
 that Alphonjiis, the loth K. of 
 Caftile, was chofun by other E- 
 ' j kilors. — In Order to caft an Op' 
 j ' pfobrhm on this Prince, our Au- 
 j I tjior reprcfents him as a hloody 
 i| [ Tyrant, and, contrary to other 
 *{ \ Hiilorians, brings him to an un- 
 I * timely End ; fuppofing him vo le 
 killed hy his own Secretary in 
 RefciUment for the Death of his 
 Father, who had been poifoncd' 
 hy him ; And to complcat his Re- 
 venge, he nnJices him firil dcoy 
 I % his Saviour in Hopes of Life, and 
 I I then Aabs him, glorying tliat he 
 I had at once deftroycd both Soul 
 i and Body. — This Paflfage is in- 
 , '! 4ecd related in Clark'% Examples,, 
 \ and fomc other Authors, butfon 
 'I : the true Story confult Mariana de 
 ' Reb. Hifpan. and other Spauijb 
 Hiftorians. 
 
 Al^honsvs, Kitr* or ^-' 
 lAcoM. Hiftor. Play, by J?. (7. 
 , t a!led with Applaufie, andpublifli- 
 \\ cd in 4to. I599< 
 
 AtTBMiRA. Tr. in .Rhime, 
 \yRtgirB»yU, E.^ Orrery, «ft» 
 cd in Linc.-jMM'Fieldi, 1703.— 
 4to.-^The Scene it Sieih. Tkii 
 ^«y bciog Ufc unfiniwed, the 
 Hon. Cha. Svyle, afterwards if. 0/ 
 Qrrtry^ was plcafcd to rcvife it,. 
 
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 and to feperate from a vaft Vari- 
 ety of Wit, and Redundance of 
 moral Thoughts, which made the 
 whole of an extreme Length, the 
 moft beautiful and inltru^ive 
 Turns of both, fo as to reduce the 
 Poem within a real'onuble Com- 
 f fs. 
 
 Alzira, or, the Spanijh In- 
 fult reptntrd, Tr. by Jlaron Hill, 
 — -A<ted at the Tb. Roy. in Dr.L. 
 in 1735, with good Succcfs,—— 
 This Play is a Tranflation fnun 
 ybltaire, and ah ho' IliJi'j Lan- 
 guage isvery nervous and ^'vrtiblc, 
 yet the ftrift Adherence to the 
 Rules of the Drama, and that 
 Paflion for long-winded Decla- 
 mation , fo prevalent among 
 the French Writers, throws i 
 Heiivincf; into the Piece, whuh, 
 however rtrongly it may be fup- 
 portcd, renders it ever tedious unci 
 infipid to the Taftc of an Er.g'.'.jh 
 Audience. 
 
 Amadis or Gaul. Itjl.Op. 
 pcrform'd at thc/fd^-fijrt(/, »7 1 j, 
 dedicated by J, J. Jlfidcggrr. 
 
 Amalazonta. Tr. Of this 
 I meet with nothing more thiti 
 the Name, without tl\at of it's 
 Author, or the Datp of it'" Ap- 
 pearance in WI6»«i*e/'s Catalopiic 
 
 Amasis, K. or Egypt. T«. 
 \ly Cha. Marjfj, aBookfdlor, nj- 
 ver aAed, but publiihcd in %\o 
 
 Amaion Quirv, or, tit A- 
 mourt of thakjlrii to Ali'<an.let tht 
 Great. A Tragi-Com. in heroic 
 Verfe, by Jn. fVtJion.—lht: Sro- 
 ry from ^ Curtiui and Stral'o.-^ 
 This Play was never a€tcd, by 
 Rbafon of tht Author's hearing of 
 two Playa bcftdcs on the fame 
 SubjeCk intended for the Stage ; 
 but it was printed in 4to. 1667. 
 
 Ambitious Father, riJ. 
 Jnjvr'd Lovrrs. 
 
 Ambitious Qukkn. Fi4. 
 SiKGit or KsMrNii» 
 
 AM' 
 
 AmbitI 
 LovE-sic[ 
 
 TheA» 
 
 4 Otnerou^ 
 
 kanah Set:: 
 
 15 the Fro] 
 
 Play met ' 
 
 The Al 
 
 MAN, or| 
 
 Tr. by Jri^ 
 
 •ho' efteed 
 
 one ot his I 
 
 with very] 
 
 IheScen^ 
 
 the Plot, 
 
 &c. 
 
 The A! 
 
 THERt 
 
 The Seen 
 the Chara^ 
 the Defigr 
 have been 
 bUfhing S« 
 David, by 
 Prieft, an« 
 See I JC/il 
 
 AMI01 
 
 iht Dut<b i 
 Tr. by Df 
 -The Pic 
 founded or 
 Hift. of M 
 Rape of Ij 
 built on a 
 cad. 5. N 
 
 Amelj 
 ium Manr 
 10 Mufic 
 performed 
 the Hay-r. 
 
 Amem 
 the merr 
 pii'Jf, or 
 Com. by 
 Scene Lo 
 d-'s tem 
 Requcft 
 founded < 
 (ui Imper 
 This Pla 
 thor, by 
 dies Ami 
 
n ■ 
 
 A M 
 
 Ambitious Politick. F/ii/. 
 
 Love-sick Court. 
 
 TheAMBiTious Slavx, or, 
 4 Generous Rovenge, Tr. by El- 
 hnahSet:':, l694.—The Scene 
 15 the Frontiers of Ruffia. This 
 Play met with but ill Succefs. 
 
 The Ambitious States- 
 man, or, the Loyal Favorite* 
 Tr. by Jn. Crowne. — This Play, 
 tho' efteemcd by the Author as 
 one ot his beft Performances, met 
 ^vith very indifferent Succefs.— 
 i he Scene lies in Pjm, and for 
 the Plet, fee de Herret, Mtzeray, 
 
 The Ambitious STir-MO- 
 THER. Tr. hy Nic* RevM, ■ ■ 
 The Scene lies in Perfepelitf and 
 the Characters raade Ferfian, but 
 the Defign of the Play feems to 
 have been taker from the efta* 
 bliihing So&ffHf ^he Throne of 
 David, hyBati ,:)>.. i. Ztdtthxh^ 
 Prieft, and A ' .at Prophet. 
 See I Kingt, Gb. i. from v, ^. 
 
 Am BOY MA, or the Cruelties of 
 iht Dutch to the Enrlijb Merchants, 
 Tr. by Dryden* Scene Amkyna, 
 —The Plot of this Play is chiefly 
 founded on Hiftory, See fFau ' "'s 
 Hill, of Man, Lih.iv, c» lo. 'fht 
 Rape of Jfahinda, by Harmari, is 
 built on a Novel ofCiraldi, De> 
 cad. 5. Nov. 10. 
 
 Amelia. Oper. after the //«- 
 (um Manner, by Harry Carey, fet 
 to Mufic by y, F. Lampe^'ind 
 performed at the French Th, in 
 the Hay-markety 1731.. 
 
 Amends for Ladies ; with 
 the merry Pranks of Metl Cut- 
 purje, or the Humours of Roaring, 
 Com. by Nat. Field, 4to. 1639. 
 !5> one London, — The Plot of Sub- 
 tle"^ tempting the Wffc at the 
 Requcft of the Hufband, fccms 
 founded on the Novel of the euri- 
 tus Irt^rtinent in Don ^ixote.-~ 
 This Play was written by our Au- 
 thor, by Way of making the La- 
 dies Amends for a Comedy called 
 
 A M 
 
 ^nun'f a Weathercock, which Ife 
 had written fome Yean before, 
 and whofe very Title feem*4t» 
 be a Satyr on their Sex. 
 
 American Savage. Vid* 
 
 TOMBO-CHiqUI. 
 
 Aminta, a Paftoral, 4to. 
 17x8. Trandated from the /M/fdn 
 of I'ajfo, with Ariadne''% Com- 
 plaint, in Imitation of Anguilara, 
 
 A M I N t A s . Dram. Pai^» 
 tranHated from tajfo, by lyht, 
 Ayre, 8vo. r737. 
 
 Amorous bigot, with vhe 
 fecond Part of Tettgue a Divelly* 
 Com. by Tlo, Shadwell, 410. 
 1690. 
 
 Amorovs Friar I* l^td, 
 Rome's Follies. 
 
 Amorous Gallawt, or» 
 Love in Fajbieti, Com* in heroic 
 Verfe, by y, B, Gent. 4X0. 1675, 
 It firft appeared under the Title 
 of the Amorous Orontus, and is a 
 Tunflation of the Amour a la 
 Mode of T. Corneille, the original 
 Plot of which is borrowed fronva 
 Spanijb Play called Elamoredufo, 
 by Ant. de So/is. 
 
 Amorous JilT. yid$ 
 YovNOBR Brother. 
 
 Amorous Miser, or, thf 
 Younger the JViJer, Com. in three 
 AAs, by P. A. Motteux, 4to» 
 1705. —The Scene lies in Spain » 
 
 Amorous old Woman, «r, 
 'TVi well if it takes. Com, attri- 
 buted by Langbaine taTho, Dufftt^ 
 4to. 1684.— —It was afterwards 
 rcpublifhed with a new Title Page, 
 by the Name of The Fond Lady, 
 
 Amorous Orontus, Vtd, 
 Amorous Gallant, 
 
 AMOkous Phantasm. Tr, 
 Com. by Sir IVm, Lower, txmo. 
 1658. —This Play is trandated 
 from the Fantome amorcux of S^ui- 
 nault, which appcar'd with great 
 Succefs on the French Stage. 
 
 Amorous Prince, or, tht , 
 Curious llujband. Com. by Mrs. 
 Dthn, 4to. i69i.—Thc Plot of 
 
 this 
 
 i ' r 
 
 ■II 
 
 : 
 
 
 ril 
 
 i !l 
 
 ?H 
 
 
 
 
r I 
 
 A M' 
 
 tJiis Play h built on the Novel of 
 the Curious Impertinent^ ano on 
 
 Ravenfiroft'f City Night Cap. 
 
 Mrs. Behn has however greatly 
 excelled tliat Play, and even im- 
 proved on the Novel itfelf. Scene 
 the Court of Florence, 
 
 Amorous QuARRitt. Com. 
 by Oxf", tranflated from MoUere's 
 depit tourettx. — From this Play 
 Dryden s Mock AJh-eloger, and the 
 greatcftPart o^avenJcroft'sWr ang- 
 ling Lovers, are apparently bojsr 
 rowed. 
 
 Amorous War. Tr. Com,- 
 by Jafptr Maine, D. D. 410. 
 1658. 
 
 The Amokovs Wipow, or, 
 The wanton JVife, hy Betterton^-^ 
 li/' \ \ 4to. 170*.— Thisisnomor^thaa 
 
 ■ ,j j a Tranflation ad LUitum of MoU- 
 
 jj; i I tpe^s George Dandin. — Exclufivcof 
 
 t . fomelittleDeficieneiesinPoiat of 
 
 ' l>elicacy.. this may juftlybe cf- 
 
 ! I Itemed a very good Pfey, aod even 
 
 i 1 now meets with confid^rablc Ap- 
 
 ! plaufe whenever it is performed. 
 
 Amours or THAttsTRis. 
 Fid. Amazoniak Queek. 
 
 AMfHTTRJON, pr, VHbe tu'^ 
 Secias. Com. by Dr'dcn, 4^0.— 
 This Play is foun^e^ on the two 
 jfmphytrions of 4*lautui and Motiere, 
 and wae afted at the Th. Roy, 
 1691.— The Scene lies in Thebest 
 and the Mufic of the Songs iscom- 
 pofcd by Purcrll. 
 
 Amfhytrion. Com. tranf- 
 Jated from Plautat, by L. Ecbard. 
 Amphvtrion, Com, tranf- 
 Jatcd from Me'icrr, by Oac/l. 
 
 Amphvtrion. Com. altered 
 from Drydcn, with Mel:ert'% Dia- 
 logue Prologue between Mercury 
 and Night introduced intothf firft 
 Scene, and the Addition of fomc 
 now Mufic : afted at the TA. Roy. 
 in Dr. La. 8vo, 1756. 
 
 AmurathI. f^J.CoVKA- 
 
 «ioui Turks. 
 Amynta. Paft. 8vo. 1660, 
 
 ill 
 
 •<i 
 
 A N 
 
 aTrandation from TaJh^sAmiuta^ 
 by y. Dancer, or Dauncy. 
 
 Amy NT, AS. —A Iranflatton 
 of the fame Piece in Hexameter 
 Verfe, by /Ihrab. Fraunce, 4to. 
 
 AMYNTAs. The very fame 
 Work, by O/t/w/xew, — The ^t- 
 fore-mentioned Tranflations were 
 not intended for the Stage. This, 
 however, was brought on ; but, 
 as the Preface iafornjs us, with 
 ill Succcfs.. ■ 
 
 A m T N T .vs> or, The imtojiblt 
 Dowry. Paft. 8vo. l66», by 
 Tho. Randolph. 
 
 The Anatomist, or, ^Tht 
 Stam DoHiir. Com. by Ed. R^* 
 awijfrr«j/?,*»4to. 1697.— It was af. 
 terwardspublifhed in ismo. I'^zi, 
 with a Qiufical Mafaue annexed, 
 pr rather infcrted in it> called fV^ 
 Lovei of nfyrs and FenMs.~^ln Jt'j 
 original For;n, however^ it hat 
 been long laid aftde j but th^ 
 Do^or being tranfhtej into a 
 Frercbtnan^ by the Name qf M^nf, 
 ieMedfcin, and almoft evenr Thin| 
 curtaiKd but the Scenes between 
 him, hU Maid Beatricf, and Crif- 
 pin, it ftands in that mangled Coa> 
 dltion as one of the moft A;andar4 
 Farces. 
 
 Andsia. Com. tranflated 
 from Terence, by Rich, Bernard, 
 1^98. 
 
 A K o R I A. The fame Play, 
 tranflK^ed by Echard, 
 
 Ak PR I A. The fame Play, 
 by .S'. Pjtrick, 1745. 
 
 Andror ROb. A biographi- 
 cal Farce, thrrc Adls, i'i>. 
 tl-e Senate, the Confiftorj, aud 
 t,ie Apofhcofis, printed at Mono- 
 npoHs, fince Auguft, 17c-. — The 
 Dedication to Don Com. Fix.- 
 Scene, Long Gallery in Mcorjields. 
 Mr. Coxeter fays that, in a Crtpy 
 of this whimfical Piece which lie 
 had fccn, there was a Af/i. dc- 
 
 clsiring 
 
 \ 
 
 h 
 
AN 
 
 [claring it to bc written by Go- 
 (ivtrrior Huwrr. 
 
 ANDROMAf :S Tr. by J. 
 ^Ci^vre, -This Play is only a 
 
 Tranflation of Racfne's Jlttdrotrto" 
 \jue, by a young Gentleman, 
 
 chiefly in Prole, an J published 
 
 v/ith Ibme Alteration by Crowne. 
 
 It was brought on the Stage, but 
 j without Succefs, and was printed 
 
 in 4to. 1675. 
 
 Andromava, or, rJ>e M^r- 
 Uhavt'sWife. Tr. 4to. iUo. by 
 
 y. 5. *- The Plot K founded on 
 
 the Story of PlanguSf in Sir P. 
 \ Sidney's Jreadia.-^The Title in 
 
 the firft Page is. The Tragedy of 
 J Andrfyrnanaj or, ihe fntal End of 
 \j)if,<yaUy and Ambition. 
 
 AN'DROMCU'S CoMNZNiirs. 
 jTr. by7».-. Wiijgn^ 4(0. 1663.*— 
 
 Scene ConfaMtinople.-^-'—Yot the 
 
 Story, fee HtyHn'sCofmognJptyf in 
 
 the Defcrjftion of Greece. 
 1 Andronicus. Tr. impietie's 
 {long Succeflfe, or Heaven's late 
 j Revenge, 8vo. l66t.-^SceneC«i»»'- 
 Ifjntincp/e. — For the Plot, fee the 
 ILife oi Andronicm in F*iffer's'Ho/y 
 I State. 
 
 Anna Bolt.iv. Fh/. Vi*> 
 
 TUE BITHAY'd. , 
 
 Anthony and CtrofA- 
 
 TRA. Tr. hy Sb0k<fpe0re. — Th« 
 
 ! Scene of this Ph^ is difperfed 
 
 thro' many Pans of the R<»ti0n 
 
 Empiiv, and the Story taken frdm 
 
 Appian, Phutarcb's Life of An- 
 
 tbchy, &C.-— It is a moft ftdmirable 
 
 I Play, and ha* been fVe<]ttertt)y 
 
 fetformed M^khgre>t Sutcifs even 
 
 in our ovirn Titncs, ndtWitltftafnA- 
 
 ing the Advantages which Dry- 
 
 L lUn't Alc roil i.oVM may ha^ 
 
 over it with Refpe£t to llie Kt^ 
 
 gularfty bf the Dfama. , 
 
 Anthony a«» ^lcoya* 
 v»A. Tr. by Sir CJha. StD- 
 11 », ^i6. i#77.*^M9tlihf*hiy 
 i^ fouMte^ «h the feme Story ttilk 
 <Se liM-ttikiiti«h«<l^i*, IbAccaA 
 k to R««iki%» Uj^l%ktfh0^ 
 
 A N 
 
 tker concerning it than that, ii> 
 tho' far Irom a bad Piece, it ne- 
 verthelefs falls greatly fliort of the 
 Merit either Of :that or of Dryden's 
 Tragedy. 
 
 Av T I e o N E, rf»< Tbebane 
 Pritieefs. Tr. by Tho. May, 8vo. 
 163?, — Scene in Ti^/w.-— Tlie 
 Plot from the Artigova of Sopbo- 
 eJes, Seneca^s Tbctait, &c. 
 
 A-MTiocHvs. Tr. 8vo. 17^1* 
 acted at the Th. Roy. in Lincoln" im 
 Jttti-fe/dt.-^By the Dedication t# 
 iVaJbingtdny £. of Tcymrs, it ap- 
 pears that the Author was nearly 
 reiiSed to that Nobleman. — I'he 
 P4ot is built on the well-known 
 Story of Sehucut Nicanor giving 
 up his Wife Utratowa 10 his Son 
 Atiiicdus, an being informc-d by 
 his Phyfictan, that his incurable 
 lllnefs was ecctiioned by bi« LoMe 
 for her. The Scone lies in An- 
 tietb. 
 
 AXTiocKf/s. Tr. on the 
 lame Story, by a Gentleman ci£ 
 Chuteftirjhin^ never a^ed, but 
 printed 1753. 
 
 Antiochvs. Ital. Opcr. de- 
 dicated by Ht'degger, Svo. 17H> 
 performed .11 the Tb. Key. ia the 
 Htty-Ht«riet. 
 
 ANTiVobKv. Com. hy Ri^b^ 
 Brtme. The Scene Londct, At\tk. 
 by the j^^rn's Servants at Salif- 
 bury-court, in FLct-ftpeetf l6i8.— 
 publilhed 4te. 1640. 
 
 The Anri<tuA>iiv. Com. by 
 Shaktrly Marmiiitii j\Xo, l'64l.— *• 
 This Is a vary pleafin^ Play. — 
 Auniia^i declaring his Marriage 
 to^ttae Oake and Ixenofdo from 
 his HtMyefs Lucrttis*i Lodging*, 
 to Wbith he hhd got AdmittMct 
 ^ro' ttie -AiDftftBoe of k«r Mm^ 
 i» «n fKridentVhat KiU been mode 
 -mk of in fc^^enil Pim, panicno 
 UAy in ffkumn'i a 9t/(^l/r.— I'hc 
 dMMAer of the Aik'^fumy, wH* 
 cfeniMRiHMKfHMiiy Thimg biK what 
 ii^d. it yridnr^lrabkcHiM, ori^ 
 
 MCMkf 
 
 r 1 w 
 
 i 
 
 i( 
 
 - d 
 
 I, 
 
 M.' !■!*■ 
 
 
 t 
 
 ir? 
 
 I 
 
 ^ i)i' '. 
 
 ;iK^^ 
 
 !i 
 
 li 
 
 t i 
 
 'r \ 
 
 t) 
 
 1$ 
 
 :Mi\ 
 
 ■.w. 
 
hi I'll 
 
 i 3 
 
 i ri' 
 
 A P 
 
 ^ndar the Pan of an &hh Writeri 
 be turned ts very great Advan- 
 tage. 
 
 Antonio avo Me lid a. 
 An hift. Play. 
 
 Antonio's Rkvxngz ; or, 
 tite fecond Part of Antonio and 
 Melida. Tr. —Thefe two Plays 
 were written by J. Marftoriy both 
 vrere a£led by the Children of 
 St. Pam/'s, and both printed in 
 4to. i6o2. 
 
 Antonivs; or. The Trage- 
 jdy of Mark. Antony, Done inlo 
 Englijh from the Frencbt by Maryt 
 Countefsof Pembroke fizmo, 1595. 
 •—At the End of the Play Is this 
 Date,— At Ram/bury t 26 of No- 
 vembery 1 590. 
 
 Any Thinc por a t^rsntr 
 Life. Com . by Tbo. Middleton^ 
 a£led axBkck Fryarty printed in 4to. 
 1625.— -The Plot of this Play is 
 a Game at Chefs, play'd between 
 <he Church of England and that 
 of Rome f wherein the former comes 
 off viftorious, Jgnatiut Loyola be- 
 ing a Spe£later. *• It was printed 
 before, under the Title of AGamt 
 at Chefs.'— It was often performed 
 with great Applaufe ; and, by it's 
 being one of the Manufcripts pub- 
 lifhed by Ktrftmati, it is probable 
 that it was in Efteem on the 
 Stage before the breaking out of 
 the civil Wars. 
 
 AnyThing kathxr than 
 TAit. yHd, Maid's last 
 Prayek. 
 
 ArocRYPHAL Ladies. 
 Com. by Margaret, Duchefs of 
 Iftwcajile. —This Play is one of 
 thofe which help to fwell the 
 Bulk of Writing of this volumi- 
 nous titled Authorefs.— It is, as 
 many other of her PieceSj irre- 
 gular and unfiniHied, and is divid- 
 ed into twenty-three Scenes, but 
 not reduced to the Form of AAs. 
 
 AroLto AND Dapmni. a 
 Mafque, by Jn, Hugbts, %\o, 
 .1716,— The Story from which 
 
 A P 
 
 this IS taken, is too well knoHT. 
 to need any farther Notice in th\s 
 Place. — The Scene lies in the 
 Valley of Tempt in Thejfaly.--^ 
 It was fet to Mufic and perform'd 
 at the Tb. Roy, in Dr. Lane. 
 
 Apollo Shroviko. Com, 
 8vo. 1627. — The Letters E, fV, 
 preiix'd to it, are Initials of the 
 Name of a Perfon who, tho' not 
 the Author, was the Ckcaflon of 
 the Publication of this Piece, 
 which was written by the School- 
 mafter of Hadleigb in Suffolk, fbt 
 the Ufe of his Scholars, and adted 
 by them on Sbrove-Tuefdtrf, Ftb, 
 6, 1726. 
 
 The Apparition, or, 7tt\ 
 Sham fFedding, Com. a^ed at j 
 the Tb. Roy. 17*4. written by I 
 a Geatleniao of Cbrlfi-Cburcb Col- 
 ledje, Oxford. 
 
 Appius. Trag.— Anonymous, , 
 8vo. 1755. —This Play was not 1 
 a^ed J but feems to have been 
 written, or at leaft publiihed, in 
 Confequence of the Virginia 
 of the preceding Year. 
 
 Appius AND Virginia. 
 Trag. Com. hyR.P, 410. 1576, 
 in Bla«:k Letter, and not divided 
 into A£ls, ivkerein (as it is im 
 in the Tit?c Page)« lively expreffti \ 
 a rare Example oj tbe fertue of | 
 Chajiity in wilhing tatber to it ' 
 fiaine at ber oivnt Father^* Hank 
 tban to be defouered of the ivickd 
 Judge Appius. 
 
 Appivs and Virginia, 
 Trag. by J. IVthfiery 4to. 1659. 
 —The Scene lies in Rome, and 
 the Story is t^:en from Lnjf, 
 Florus, &c. — -This Play was af- 
 terwards revived and altered by 
 Bettertou. 
 
 Appius and Virginia. 
 Tr. by 7. Dennis^ 4to. no Date. 
 —The Story is the fame with the 
 foregoing cnesy and it was adtcd 
 at the lb, Roy. in Dr. Lane. 
 
 Appius and Vcrciniai 
 Vid, UKjvij-.JuD^i* 
 
 Ar- 
 
 '*' 
 
ell know. 
 tice in th'ts 
 lies in the 
 ejfaly — - 
 1 perform'4 
 Lane. 
 c^ Com. 
 ters E, fy, 
 ials of the 
 
 0, tho' not 
 Occafion of 
 :his Piece, 
 the School. 
 Suffolk, for 
 
 1, and ailed ! 
 lefdc^y Feb. 
 
 I, o», 7ki\ 
 
 1. a£led at J 
 
 written by 
 
 ChurcbQfA- 
 
 Inonyraous, 
 lay was cot I 
 have been I 
 ibliihed, in 
 
 IVXRCIMA 
 
 t 
 
 ZRCINIA, 
 
 4to. X576, 
 not divided 
 
 it is ii\i 
 
 'tfy exfrcjfti 
 
 Vertue ij\ 
 
 ttber to kt 
 
 iter's Hanit 
 
 the wt'ckii 
 
 jRG INIA. 
 
 uxo. 1659. 
 \R0me, and 
 rom Lhj, 
 [ay was af- 
 1 altered by 
 
 tlRCINIA, 
 
 no Date, 
 le with the 
 
 was a^cd 
 \Lane, 
 ;ii«INiA. 
 
 IS* 
 
 A R 
 
 Ar I" i< K N T UK. Fiifcc, i)i two 
 
 [Arts by Athr Murphy ^ — 8vo. 
 
 |j.jr).—l— The Intention ot' this 
 
 |t\i:ic is entirely to cxpole the ab- 
 
 luid P-iflion lb ijruv.ilcnc amongft 
 
 Apprcntict-'s iind ochcryowng Hco- 
 
 pie, wlio, with no Talents or 
 
 lEilmarioiv, aiVcn\blc themfelves 
 
 A R 
 
 Ph. Sidney's Arcadia, and is ir'" 'f 
 the Foundation of a very modern* 
 Tragedy, called Pkilocka. 
 
 Ar DEN of Feveus.s A M. Trag. 
 Anonym. 4to. 1 599.— The Story 
 of this Play is bir'' on a true 
 Hiftory, then pre y recent, of 
 one Aiden, a Gentleman of Fevfr^ 
 
 in Bodies coiTipos'd of Noife and JJ^atrf, in th^ KQi^ncf Edward V. 
 
 iNonllnff, under the Title of 
 liS}'a'//>.'f C/ul'Sf M'hcre, without 
 Ithe Gait or Accent pf Tiirk^ Chi- 
 ji:.}>!, or Man, tlvcy unite in tom- 
 [ini'tingthc molUionihlc Murders 
 [on Common .Send", and the Works 
 Lt po-^r UL'p.uted Authors, who, 
 Itould tlicy rile again, wouUl by 
 
 who was murthered at the Infti- 
 gjtion of his Wife, who being in 
 Love with one Mofe/'ie, hired two 
 •'.'fperate Ruffians oftlie Names of 
 J'./aclk Will and Shak-ba^y to kill 
 him as he was playing a Game 
 at Tiblcs with the faid Mofehic. 
 — The Faft is related by Kol- 
 
 Ino Means be aMc to lay Claim lin!' /bead uni Baker, and in Beard's 
 |i I tlic very OflVpring of t!it'ir «\Kn Tieatrt: 
 
 iirii'ns thus defaced as thry arc 
 
 Iby t!\ffc pitiful Retailers i>( their 
 
 [Rcmnints of Ucninani'. j and .ill 
 
 ('.'■I; to the I.of;^ and IX-lh'uttion 
 
 Y^ fon-ifwhiit ilill mure invahia- 
 
 \h\'., their 'J'imr md Hopntations. 
 
 ■ -It rici with i'<;nfi(ici.ihl'j Ap- 
 
 Mifc, and contnhuU'd in fotne 
 
 Ic.mV.u', tho' it lould not ctFcc- 
 
 tuil.y c.iriy the Hoint, to drive 
 
 thi'^ p'rnicicusFcdly out of Doors. 
 
 Ati^iiii 1 r; , Jtal. Op. Svo. 
 
 [j-20j portMrnit'd at tlie K.'i'lli, 
 
 jin rhc FrtV'V.}r^^r^— — Th« St.cnc 
 
 lii,^ in o\ >•,;;•//(•, and the ncigh- 
 
 ji;; 'jnng Ooajt. 
 
 AaABiAN Vow, I'id, At- 
 Iv ^ N A . 
 
 ARfJALUS ANI> PaRTHE- 
 
 NiA. Trag. Com. by H. Glan- 
 
 ii>ornf, 4to. 1639. The Plot 
 
 of this Play is alfo founded on the 
 Story of thoff two Lovers in Sir 
 l*h. Sicir^ey's Arcadia, vid. p. 16, 
 
 Ariadne, or, Tke Marr:a<rf 
 
 if Bacchus. Oftr. by .". P. 
 
 1674. This Piece is a Tranf- 
 
 l.«tinn from the French, and was 
 prcfontcd at the 7h. Rcy. in Cot'. 
 Card, by the Gentlemen of the 
 Academy of Mufic. 
 
 Aristippus, or, the Jotual 
 T'hii-4of)her. Ry T. Rjfuhl^h, de- 
 »tovp.fatii::li('proveit<g that ^uartes, 
 Vtrtes and I'cttles are fomct'tKes tir- 
 Arcapfs. AKindof Mafquc, cejfary Authors in a Hchohr'' s Lt- 
 y J. Miln.':. — This is only Part hrary^ prcjcr.tcd in a privctc Shctv ; 
 
 toivhich is lidded 'Tut. cone r. IT' 
 r. Ptni.EU, prcfvritcdin a Jirange 
 
 ^i ;iii Kntcitainnu'ut prcftntcd to 
 the Counteif, Dowaper of Dohy at 
 hhrtjidd, I y f.-n\c nohh* Perlons 
 [if her Family. — — It is Vfry 
 li'tiort ntui incomplfat, yet ns it is 
 Ithc Work o! that firA rate Poet, 
 Lnd is publiftitd amonit his pocti- 
 |t.il Pit'ccp, I could not here pais it 
 |cv(r ur noticed. 
 
 Arcadia, Dram. Pa(K by 
 }^ame\ Ulir/iy, ^to. 1640. The 
 
 .V/^i'W, 410. 163c'. 
 
 A R I s n o M E N E s, or, the Rryal 
 Shepherd. Tr. by Anne, Coun- 
 
 tcfs of JVinehelfea, 8vo. 171 3. 
 
 'J he Story of this Pl.iy is founded 
 on thcL<7nvj'rfWJ«/aH Hlrtory, and 
 the rrntral Scenes arc Ariflome- 
 >)(.?'•• Camp before the Walls of 
 
 Fiarea, fomctinu's the Town of 
 lot of this Vlay is tuuudcd on Sir Flterea, and fotnctimcs the Plains 
 
 C a. 
 
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 ■Ml 
 
 >M 
 
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 A R 
 
 among the Shepherds. 
 
 Arm INI vs. Tr. hy Pattifon, 
 8vo. 1740. This Play was rcfu- 
 fcd a Licence by the Lord Cham- 
 berlain. 
 
 A R M I N I u 8. Ital. Op.. 8vo. 
 1714. dedicated by HeiJtgger to 
 Lady Godo/fbin, and arted at the 
 ^.'* Tb. in the llaymarket. 
 
 The Arraign MEN 1' or 
 Paris. A Dramatic Pafloral, 
 prefcnted before the Q/s Majcfty, 
 by the Children of her Chapel j 
 and printed in4to. 1584. — Kirk- 
 man attributes this Piece to ^A^/J^- 
 fpeare, but on what Foundation, I 
 >vill not pretend to fay. 
 
 Arsace. Ital. Op. hy Pac/o 
 Rolli J performed at the K.'i Th, 
 in the Jicymarkat, 1711, 8vo. — 
 The Subjeft of this Drama, is 
 the fame with that of T. Cortieil/e's 
 Trag. of the Earl of Effex, but 
 the Method is very much varied 
 from the firfl; Author, and the 
 Names of the Perfons and Places 
 entirely changed, the Scene in 
 this Piece being laid in Peifepolis, 
 the Metropolis oi Perjia\ <^E- 
 lizabctb, call'd Statira, the E. of 
 EJJ'ex, Arfacty vcc, 
 
 A R s I N r. , or the Incefiuous Mar- 
 riage, — Tr. by ^. HenJcrfon, — 
 8"o. 1752— This Play was never 
 a''"ied, nor indeed ever dcfervcd 
 fo to be : The Stury is Egyptian, 
 but the Execution of it truly 
 wretched. 
 
 Aksinoe Queen or Cyprus. 
 An Opera, after the Itaiian 
 Manner, by I'ho. Clayton -— per- 
 form'd at the Tb. Roy, in Drury- 
 Lane, 1707. — 4to. 
 
 Art ANn, Nature. Com. 
 by the Rev. Mr. Milhr, 8vo. 1735. 
 The principal Scenes in this Play 
 are founded on the Arkquin Sau- 
 fagf, of M. Dc rjJh',-~-h\it it met 
 with no Succefi. 
 
 ARTAXBRxr.8. Ital. Op. by 
 ihi Abbe Mtt.tjiaiiif Svo. 1724. 
 
 A S ' 
 
 perform'd at the fC.-s th. in the 
 Haymarket. — This is a moll ad- 
 mirable Piece. 
 
 ne Artful Husband, 
 Com. by^. Tavermr, Svo. 1716, 
 —ailed with great Applaure .-.; 
 theTi». in Lincolr.s Inn-Field:, — . 
 Mr. Coxcter mentions his having 
 been informed that this Play w,. 
 chiefly written by Dr. Joj'c^'.^ 
 Broivne. 
 
 The Artful Wife. Com, 
 alfo by Tavertier, afted in the 
 fame Place, and in the enfulug 
 Year, yet ahho' it is in every 
 Refpe£t far fuperior to the For- 
 mer, it had not the Fortune to 
 meet with the fame Succels. 
 
 Arthur. Tr. hy Nich. Trot. 
 
 Artifice. Com. hy Sufama 
 Ccntli'vre. afted at the Th. Rqj. 
 in Drury-Lane, 1721. 
 
 Art of Management, or 
 Tragedy expelled, a Dramatic Piece, 
 by Mrs. Charlotte Charke ; per 
 formed once at the Concert Room 
 in York Buildings. — This Piece 
 was intended as a Satire on Cha, 
 Elccttvood, Efqj then Manager of 
 the Th. Roy. in Dr. Lane -^ but 
 that Gentleman and his Party, 
 found M^ans to put a flop to its 
 further Pfogieis on the Stage.— 
 It was printed in 1735, with 1 
 humorous Dedication to Mr. Flat- 
 ivood, wlio endeavoured to fnie- 
 ther it, by purchafing the whole 
 Impreflion. — Some few, however, 
 efcaped the Flames, and have j 
 crept into the World. 
 
 Arviragus ampPhilicia. 
 Trag. Com. in two Parts by, Lo- 
 doi-ick Carlell.'— The Story of this | 
 Play is founded on the Britijh Hilt, j 
 by Gioffr. Mor.mouth and others, j 
 concerning.,4r'r;/Vi7g'&'j, who reign'd 
 in Britain in the Time of C7j«- i 
 dins Cafar. — It was iince rcv'vtd, 
 with a new Prologue written byj 
 Dryden, and fpoke by Hart, 
 The Asparagus CARrFS 
 
 Cora. I 
 
 
AS 
 
 Com. by R'cb. Brotne, afted In 
 1635, by the then Company of 
 Revels at Sahjbury Court. — Printed 
 in 4to. 1640. 
 
 Tbi AssBMBtv. Com. by a 
 Scots Gentleman, 8vo. 1722. 
 Scene Edinburgh. — This Piece is 
 no roore than a grofs Abufe on 
 tiic Whig Party in Scotland, ^yith 
 the moil barefaced Profefllon of 
 Jacobitjrm; and Inveftives againft 
 ill who m^ntain'd the Caufe of 
 iv. }^tl!iam io Scotland. 
 
 The AssKMBLV. Farce, by 
 Jamei fyorfdale. — This Piece had 
 nothing extraordinary l^ it, but 
 the Excellence of the Author in 
 pertoiming the Part of ajj old 
 Womaiji ( old Lady Scandal ) 
 io it. 
 
 '^[hi AssJGKAT^oN, at Love 
 in a Nunnery, Goon, by Drydfttt 
 f^o. ;673.rTrThis Playw^ dam- 
 ned In the Zleprefentation, smd i% 
 4)0e ,of thpfe l^afty Perfprmfiices, 
 yi lich at Tin^ep^ tl^rey/ a Cloud 
 over the A|eHt uf that Prii^ce ^f 
 Poets. T^e Incidents fnd Cha- 
 radlers are almofl all bio;ri(^we^, 
 ^ are very ^aqgfly ji^;pbled 
 
 together. This is tlje M^y 
 
 ^yhich the D. of Bufkifigiapi h^s 
 made Mr. Sayes boaft of, for in- 
 troducing a Scene of a Pe^icoat 
 ^n(J the Belly ach : bjut wher> it is 
 con'^dered that this great Man 
 was abfolutely con/irajned to write 
 iix Plays in ^ Year, will it not 
 appear much more aoiaz^^^g that 
 bis Pieces have any Merit at al), 
 than that they haye no more. 
 
 AsTARTUS. Ital. (pp. jby P' 
 Kolli, afted at the K.'t Th. m th^ 
 Haymarket, 8vo 1720. — r-T^c 
 Scene Tyre. — The Author has 
 received great Helps in this 
 Drama from two 'i ragedies of M. 
 Sluwaulty viz. V^Jiarh and VA- 
 malajantq. 
 
 ASTRF.A, 
 
 or true Lovii Mir- 
 rour, a Piiftor^l, by Leon^r4 ff^il" 
 
 A S 
 
 laffi 8vo, i65i.-*-The Plot from 
 a Romance of the fame Name. 
 Tifcf AsTROtoGER. Com. by 
 
 Ja. Ralph. 8vo. 1744. This 
 
 Play was never a£ked.— The De- 
 fign of it is founded on Albv- 
 MAZAR, of which fee before. 
 
 As TV ANA X. ItaJ. Oper. 8vo, 
 1727 — Dedicated byiV. Haym..-— 
 The Scene is £utbej$us, the Capi- 
 tal o(Efirus. 
 
 A? vou FIND IT. Coro..Av- 
 thor and Date unknown. 
 
 As vou LIKE IT. Com. by 
 ^. Sbakefpear. — T^e Plot of it, 
 ^s far as relates to the Charadlers 
 of Oliyerf Jaqucs, Oflandoy and 
 Adam, with the Epifodes of the 
 Wreftler and, the baniftied Train, 
 fceijj plajnly to bjp jbpriowed frojn 
 Ctfiucer s Legjcnd of Camelyriy in 
 the Cook''^ Tale.— The Charaaers 
 of Mofalinel ^nd Tonchfionet toge- 
 ther withi the Conduft of the 
 Piece, arc alj th,e \|f^pvlc of it$ 
 imijaprtal V^itthoi-.-rr"-!^ JSj ^Vt- 
 hape, fhe tiueft Paftor^I Drama, 
 tiiat jcver yas written ; nof is it 
 eyef ieen withot^ Ple^ure to ail 
 pre^nt.— ii^ the Clofet it gjves e- 
 fi/aji \ifL\\^t from the ^eayty 
 and Sifjapjicity of the Ppet/y. -r 
 \ti this Play, ampngi^ numberle/s 
 otl>er Beauties, iis the celebrated 
 Speech on the Stages of human 
 Life, beginning with, ** ^1^ the 
 ?* W'<vi'l's a Stage."— The Scene 
 lies partly at the Coi^rt of one of 
 the provipcial Dukes of France, 
 and partly in the Forreft of Ar' 
 den. 
 
 Athaliah. Trag. by Dutt- 
 cottibf 8vo, 1733. T-: — Tl^isis po 
 more than a Tra^jflation, wit^ 
 very little Liberty of the Athaliah 
 of Racine. — The Story pf it may 
 be feen in i^ Kings, Ch. t\. and 
 in I J Ci>r0fl. Ch.xxii. andxxiii.— 
 The Chorufes are elegantly tranf- 
 lattd, yet as the necefTary Muiic 
 muft have amounted to a ^rodi- 
 C a gious 
 
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 gious Expence, and as religious 
 Snbjcrts do not fcc:n the molt pe- 
 culiarly adapted to dr.imatic Re- 
 prcfentations j this Piece, altho' 
 capital in Merit, was never 
 I fought on the Stage. The Scene 
 lies in the Temple of Jerusalem, 
 
 Tlie Atheist, yid. Sol- 
 dier's Fortune. 
 
 The Atheist's Tragedy, 
 or Ihe honeji Man's Revenge : by 
 Cyrii Turnery 4to. ibii. — The 
 Plot, of Levidulciai's conveying 
 Sebaftian and Trefco out of her 
 Chamber, when lurprizcd by the 
 coining of her Hu/band Belief cn-ejif 
 is taken from Boccacc, Di-c. 7, 
 X^oii, 6. 
 
 Athelstan. Tr. by Brownet 
 
 8vo. 1756. This Tragedy is 
 
 founded on the Britijh Hiftory, 
 and has great Merit, yet fcem' j 
 not to meet with the Succefs that 
 Meritclaim'd, having been fcarcc- 
 I y heard or thought of fince its 
 
 f rft Run. ^The Struggles and 
 
 Conflicts of various Pafllon, 
 which Athelftan is made to under- 
 go before his paternal and domeftic 
 Affections, get the better of a Re- 
 fentxneat, which had led him into 
 an A£t of Treafon againft his 
 Prince and Country, are finely 
 fupported, and perhaps fcarcely 
 excelled in any of our modern 
 Tragedies. 
 
 Athelwold. Tr. by Aaron 
 Hill, Efq; 8vo. 1730. ailed with 
 fome Succefs at Dr. Lane. — This 
 Play had made its Appearance at 
 the fame Theatre in 1 70 1, under 
 the Title of El fr id, or the fair 
 Jnconjiant, and had met with con- 
 fiderable Approbation ; the Au- 
 thor has, however, made great 
 Alterations for the better, in the 
 prefent Piece. — The Plot is foun- 
 ded on the well known Story of 
 AtM'wo'd's marrying the fair £/- 
 Jrida, whom he had been fent by 
 Kin% Ed^ar, to fee and make his 
 
 A U 
 
 Report of, with a View t(j her 
 
 becoming his Miftrcfs. The 
 
 Poet has greatly heightened the 
 Infidelity of Atbeliuold, by niakinj 
 him, previous to his having fecj 
 Elfrida, to have feduc'd under the 
 moft folemn Promifts of Marriage, 
 a valuable Maiden, and her too, 
 the Objod of Adoration of hi; 
 dearcft Friend Llcolyn ; thus niak- 
 inghim trebly falle toFriendfhip, 
 Love and Loyalty.— —The. Con- 
 fcioufnefs of this ill-fated Error, 
 blended with the Honour, Cou- 
 rage and Tendernsfs, which con- 
 ilitiite the other Parts of Athd- 
 woZf/'s Character, afford great Op. 
 portunitics to the Author, of 
 painting the Movements of the 
 human Heart ; nor has he loft 
 t lofe Opportunities. —The Lan- 
 guage is poetical and fpirited, tht 
 Charadlcrs chaile and gentii;)e, 
 and the Defcriptions affe£ting and 
 pifturefque. — In a Word, I can- 
 not help confidering this little 
 known Tragedy, as very far from 
 the leaft valuable of Mr. Hilh 
 dramatic Pieces. 
 
 The Athenian Coffeb- 
 HousE. Com. — This Play ftands 
 in Mr. IVhinctp'i Catalogue, a- 
 mongft the anonymous Pieces 
 written fince the Relloration j in 
 Mr. Coxeters MS. Notes, it is 
 faid to be printed in 4to. and the 
 Scene to lie in an upper Coffee- 
 Room.— I am apt to fufpedl it to be 
 the fame Play, with that which in 
 the Britifh Theatre, is called the 
 New Athenian Comedy, and 
 is faid to be a Satire on that So- 
 ciety, that is, I fuppofe, on the 
 Authors of the Athenian Orach. 
 
 Augusta's Triumph. Vii, 
 Brutus of Alba. 
 
 A U R E N G E-Z E B E, or Thi 
 
 y Great M^gui. Tr. by Dry den.— 
 Thiii Play is written in Rhime, 
 yet is far from being the worft of 
 the Writings of that great Poet. 
 
 ~The 
 
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 ^ The Scene lies at j^gra, the 
 Capital o:" the Mogul's T exiUo- 
 ,i,.s \n India, and the Plot may be 
 lound in lawmitr'^ Voyages, 
 Vol. I. Part 2' GJ"P' -' — ^'^'fg- 
 haine accufes the Author with 
 having borrowed hi>' Charafters 
 of Jiircnge- xebe and Nourmahal, 
 trotn the HypoUtus and Pbadra of 
 Scr.eca, and alfo with having fto- 
 len feveral Hints from MiitorTs 
 Satr^fon Jgonijia—Ytom the firft 
 of thefe Charges, howevei, Jacob 
 takes lorne Pains to vindicate 
 
 him. 
 
 The A u T H OB . Com . of 2 Atts, 
 $vo. -1757, hy 6\ Fcote, Eiqj — 
 This Piece was written only for 
 the Sake of a^ftbrding to the wri- 
 ter of it, an Opportunity of ex- 
 erting his Talents of Mimickry, 
 at the Expence of a Gentleman 
 of Family and Fortune, whofe 
 Particularities of Charddter, altho' 
 entirely inofFenfivc, v/ere rendered 
 the Butt of public Ridicule in tlie 
 Part of Cadtvallader. — The eager 
 Fondnefs which the World will 
 ever fiievv to perfonal Slander, ad- 
 d.d to the inimitable Humour of 
 this Wnter and Pcrfornier, in the 
 Reprefentation, for feme Time, 
 brought .crowded Houfes to it, 
 'till at length the Rcftmblance 
 appearing too ftrong, and the Ri- 
 dicule too pungent not to be feen 
 and felt by the Gentleman thus 
 pointed out, occafioned an Appli- 
 cation for the SupprefiioH of the 
 Piece, which was therefore for- 
 bidden to be any more performed, 
 
 Tk' AuTHOii''3 Farce. Com. 
 of 3 Ads, by H. Fielding, Efq; 
 j5vo. 1752. This -Comedy con- 
 tains a fuppofed Rehearfalof ano- 
 ther Piece, entitled The Plea- 
 sures OF THE Town, intended 
 principally to ridicule the then 
 prevailing Fondnefs for the Italian 
 Singers,— It was aited at the Lit' 
 
 PA 
 
 tie 7h. in the Hay/nariet with very 
 cotniidcrable Succcfs. 
 
 7'i)* Author's TjiJUh^ph, or 
 tie Ma/tagers managed. A Farce, 
 Anovym, — This is plainly the 
 Work of fpme difappointed Au- 
 thor, whofe Piece having been ^e- 
 fufed a Reception intp a Theatre 
 Royal, had, however, Intereft or 
 Money enough, to procure one 
 Night> Reprefentation of this 
 little Squib of Vengeance, atone 
 of the fmalferTheatres.-r-Itfeftms 
 to have met with the Coi\tempt, 
 it's total want of Merit, render'd 
 it liable to j yet even this was^nc^ 
 fufficicnttocure the Author's Va- 
 rtity ; for In a Preface to thi^ 
 Piece, he attributes it's Failure 
 entirely to the Fault of thsA£lors> 
 and Want of Judgment in the 
 Town.— How fcvere is t;he Fate 
 of a Manager, who, whilft he 
 with unwearieU Diligence, watches 
 over the Public Sources of En- 
 tertainment, carefully kffcping a- 
 way all the Rubbifli which aims 
 at polluting the Stream, iinds his 
 own Reward, the lying open to e- 
 very Attack on his Reputation, 
 his Uxiderftanding, and even his 
 Property, from the unlimited A* 
 bufe of every petty Scribbler, 
 who thinks himfclf aggrieved, by 
 not being permitted to abufe the 
 Judgment of the Town, and 
 bring Contempt on the very Name 
 of dramatic Performances ! 
 
 'i\''i' 
 
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 BAjAziT II. Vid. Racing 
 Turk. 
 The Ball. Com. by Jamei 
 Sbirky, 4.to. 1639. In this Play 
 the Author was aflifted by G, 
 Chapman. 
 
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 Diflrefs. Com. by 7*. Durfey, 4t0f the bluftering Monarch in the 
 i686. — The Scene lies in Madrid, Mourn ino Bride. — Yet did 
 and fome Part of the Plot is taken this Tragedy meet with more Suc- 
 from ShirU/s Sisters. — This cefs ihati ^theljhriy from the Ad- 
 Play met with fomeOppofitionin vantages it appeared under, by the 
 the Performance, by Pcrfo > Perfoimanccs of Mr. Gairnk ani 
 vithCatcallsj on which Account, Mr. Mfff^ in the Parts oi Ad- 
 Durfey has prefixed to it R humo- mtt and Barbaroffit. 
 rous Dedication, in which he Bargain broken. nj, 
 fcems to aim at fome particular Canter nURv Guests. 
 Perfon, under the Title of Sir Bartholomew Fair, Com, 
 Critic Catcall. ' by Bm Jehnfotty 1614. — Thi; 
 
 Banti, Ruff and Curr. An Phy has an infinite Deal cf Hu. 
 Interlude: a£led in a Shew ut the inour in it ; and is, perhaps, th? 
 Univerfity of Cambridge^ 4to. ErcatcftAfremblage of Character?, 
 1615. that ever was bVought together 
 
 BanisheoCavali£RS.^}</. wltliin the ("ompafs of one fingle 
 Roves. Piece: Some oi the Charadlei-, 
 
 Banished Duke, or 77* Riid indeed thf? jjrcatcft Part of the 
 Tragedy of InfortunaUtiy /^tQ>\\iXcA Humour in it, may be look'd 01 
 at the 7 A. Roy. 1690 — The Ir'cctie as extremely low, but the laten- 
 lies in a Village in Fci^iuni, tion of the Avithor in rendcrinr 
 the Charadter of Infrtunuiin is them fo, was to fatirize the T.uIj 
 drawn for the Duke of Mvn- of tho Times he livei in ( not 
 wouthf and thofe of Rornanus and Rtcatly different from th;it of our 
 Papiffa, for K. Jama II. and his t.>wn Ago) by pointing out, ho«.v 
 Queen. ' ' " 
 
 OfBAPTiSM amdTempta- 
 TioN, two ComedieSj by Bifhop 
 Bale. — Of this wc know no more 
 than the Name, as mentioned iiy 
 himfelf in the Lift of his own 
 Works. 
 
 BARBAROSiA. Tr. hyBriti.'r.t, 
 ——This Play is by noMeans fo 
 good a one, as the W/'/r/)?*!^ of tiie 
 
 fame / uthcr abovemcntioned.— 
 The DefpnT'ctm'' borrowed from 
 the Tragedy of M e m P f . — Za- 
 fhira^s Diftrefs and her Refc lu- 
 tions greatly rcfcrnble, tho' tiieV 
 fall far fliort of A 'crop:'' s, — Ai>- 
 iKrt's 'lechring himleir, tind Fu- 
 rr.enes' s^sii]' fufptdt (^, the mur- 
 derci"; of t' cir refpi-^ivc <VlvC'>, 
 art too much alike, to all' w ,^ 
 C .'TTi to muc'n Invention \u the 
 /ut'ncr of th'^ Plav, .Tnd the 
 Chara-^cr of Br/'an/Ta feems to 
 b'- ('.ra'.vn fitter f'o •'.•>•''*•''■'«, with 
 fome few Strokes cf Btja^a ani 
 
 exalted a Degree of Applaufe 
 might be obtained by this light 
 und low Manner of writing, at the 
 fame Time that his Cat al ink, 
 rt long-laboured and learned Pice :, 
 a!; ho' tolerably received, haJ not 
 obtained that Applaufe, which 
 h(T, and every other judicious 
 Critic Was, and mult be convinced, 
 it's Merit had a Title to. 
 
 A Bartholomew Fair- 
 in c, Wi'w, wrzf, nc^u, fent from 
 thi' raifedSifOf before Dublin, ai a 
 prfja'nto'y Prcfer.t fo the great 
 Tiutiiklgii'in^ Day. — To be commt- 
 tiicittfd 6u/y to Independants. This 
 Piece is a mere Party AtTair, and 
 never wai; performed, but printed 
 in 4to. five (hort Adls, 1649. 
 Tlie BAfHFUL Lover. Tra;:. 
 
 Com. by P. MaJ^mger. This 
 
 Plav wa ; frequt ntly a£led, anJ 
 With threat Applaule, at the pri- 
 vate \rLv\W in h' lack Friar i, — And 
 w.*s printed in 3vo, 1655. 
 
 The 
 
B A 
 
 The Bashful Lov»R9. 
 
 Jacob, and at'ter bini JVhincopy 
 mention a Tragi-Com. with this 
 Title, to which arc prefixed the 
 Letters B. y. whence they fcem 
 to infer Ben Johnfon to have hecn 
 the Aippofed Author — but as the 
 orh?r Catalogues take no Notke 
 of this Play, and as the Date, fize 
 of Edition, and Place of Perfor- 
 manre, are all the fame as in the 
 lart mentioned Piete, I cannot 
 help conjeduring that it may be 
 the fame, with only the DiHcr- 
 fuce of a fpurious Title Page, to 
 piits it on the World as a Work 
 of Bni yohnfofi's. 
 
 1'he Basset Table. Com. 
 bv Mr?. C(?wr/rV;r, 4to. 1706. — 
 
 'i'hc Scene in Covert Gard-jr.. 
 
 This Play, like the molt of this 
 Lady's Writing"?, contiiins acrcnt 
 deal of Plot and Bufinefs, without 
 much either of Sentiment or De- 
 licacy. 
 
 The Bastard, Tr. — 410. 
 1552. — Some Part, both of ttie 
 Plot and Language is borrowed 
 from the Loves o( Schiarra in the 
 Englijh Lovers, and the Incident 
 of Catalina'i fupplying her Mif- 
 trefs Man'atras Room on the 
 V.'edding Night, from the Story 
 of Roberto and Ifdaura, in the 
 Unfortunate Spaniard, p. 87.—— 
 Scene \n Seville. — Mr. Coxeter 
 attributes this Play to Cofmo Ma- 
 r.uche, 
 
 Bath, or the fVeJi.m Lafi. 
 Com. by T. Dtirfey, 4ta. 1607. 
 
 The Ba-th UNMASK'n. Com. 
 by Mr. Odingfclh, 8vo. l -25. 
 
 Battle of the Affec- 
 tions, ^-rf. Pathomachia. 
 
 The Battle of Alcazar, 
 with Capt. Stukeley% Death. Tr. 
 Anonym, afted by the Lord High 
 Admiral's Servants, 1594, 4to. 
 — The Story relates to Sebaftian^ 
 K. of Portugal, and Mdelemech^ 
 K, oiMerocfOt — The Plot taken 
 
 B A 
 
 from IIeyh'n*t Cofmografly in the 
 Hiftory of Spain, Sec. Mr. Coxe- 
 tcr mentions having ictn a Play, 
 entitled, " The famous Hiftory 
 ** of the Life and Death of Capt, 
 " Tbo. St;/k?ley, with his Mar- 
 " riagc to Alderman Curtas^s 
 " Daughter, and valiant ending 
 " of his Life at the Battailc of 
 •' AUaxar, as it hath been afted ;" 
 4to. 1605, in black Letter; and 
 adds a Quere whether it is dilTer- 
 cntfrom, or only another Edition, 
 with a new I'itle of this Bat- 
 tle of Alcaxar, — It is probiiblc Dry- 
 d<:n might take the Hint of his 
 Don Seba/lian from this Phi^ 
 
 The Battle of Avohkim, 
 or tie Fall of St. Ruth. Tr. in 
 heroic Verfc, 410. 16^4. — This 
 Play is little more than a t>om- 
 hiiftic Narrative of the Tranf- 
 actions of the celebrated 1 ith of 
 Jiily, 1 69 1, when th- Irijh Re- 
 bels, under the Frcr.ch General 
 St. Ruth, met v.'ith a thorough 
 Defeat, from the Arrriy belonging 
 to K. William, under the Com- 
 mand of General Mackay, on the 
 Plains near Aughrim in Connaugbt. 
 -—The Writer has {hewn great 
 Warmth and Zeal to the Caufe };e 
 cfpoufes ; but would have done 
 better to have confined himfelf 
 within the Trammels of a Profe 
 Narrative, than to have attempted 
 the Flights of Poetry, which ap- 
 pear to be entirel\ rut of his 
 reach. — The Scene livj. i-i and 
 bjfore the Town of Augtrim. 
 
 Battle of Poictiers. 
 P'id. EnwARi> the black 
 Prince. 
 
 BAiTr.i. OK Sedgmoor. — 
 A Farce of one ftiort Ac^, faid by 
 Coxster, to have been reherufd at 
 Whitelall. It was never afted, 
 but injurioufly fathered on the 
 D. of Buchn?ham, and printed a-> 
 mong his Works, in 2 Vol. 8vo. 
 1707. ——•The Scene hts In a 
 
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 Rattle 0/ t«e PoiEts, or 
 tl>e Contention Jor the Lattrd, afted 
 if. Ahe LtttU '(Ch. in the fiifymarMet 
 
 »bout J 7 30 or 173 J. It U no 
 
 more thvn a few loofe Scenes to 
 be intro.iuccd into the Tragedy 
 of Tom Ibutthh, intended to caft 
 »Q Ahull* not only on Mr. Cil/icr, 
 v/ho was made Laureat at that 
 Time, hvi alio on y^aron Hill, 
 St<'pbcrt Ducky and other Compe- 
 titors for the Liiurel, whom the 
 Writer has introduced under .the 
 Chara£lrrs of Sulky , Bathos , 
 flfiilc, fee, as he has done the 
 Lutireat under tliat of Fopling 
 /W/v/(f. — — The Piece contains 
 much Scurrility with very little 
 W>r. 
 
 Bawd turk'd Puritan. 
 
 Vii BRACCAnOClO. 
 
 BaYES the YOUNG jr. ^/</. 
 
 New Rehear sal. 
 
 Bayxs in Pjetticoats. 
 ;f arce, by Mrs. Quharitit Clive,— 
 Written and performed for that 
 Lady's Bcneiit, at the Th. in Dr. 
 l^ane, 8vo. X753. — As th« Work 
 of a Female Hen, it requires fome 
 Indulgence, but has in itfclf but 
 9 very fmall Share of Merit.— — 
 Xhc Scene liespitrtly in a Poetcfs's 
 Lodgings, an^ partly at the The- 
 atre. 
 
 Bayxs no Pocta«txr. 
 ytJ, Q^£ens or Brent- 
 
 r OR D. 
 
 Ba yes's Opera, by Oding- 
 felliy 8vo. 173 !♦ — This is one of 
 the many muncv-tl Pieces which 
 the Beggah's Oprra gave 
 Birth to. — It met witli tolerable 
 Succefs.— PreflxM to it is an Ef* 
 f.iy on that Kind of Writing. 
 
 The Bkau DEFKArru, or 
 the lucky younftfr Bro:b:i , Com. by 
 Barki-r, — This 'M.iy I have never 
 fecn ; it was attcd, however, at 
 the Ikat* ia Litt(ifin't-JtiM''f)Wtf 
 
 B E 
 
 and vas pubUlbe^ in 4(to. without 
 a Date. 
 
 EtiiU iw THE Svpt_. nj, 
 FfMALS Parson. 
 
 The Beau Merchant. 
 Com. 4to. 17J4. Written, ac- 
 cording to Coxeter, by one Mr. 
 Blanch, a Gentleman near Glou- 
 cejler, but was never acted. — This 
 Scene hcs in a CofifcenHoufe in 
 Stockjobbing Alley. 
 
 fi£AU METAMORPHOSED. 
 
 Fid. Happy Lovers. 
 
 The Beau's Adventures, 
 Farce, hy Phil, Bfnitet,fi{{^ *733,. 
 This Farce is not mentioned in 
 any of the Catalogues, nor have I 
 ever feen it. — It is, however, a- 
 mongft the Publications of that 
 Year, but probably was never 
 a*Stcd. 
 
 The Beau's Duel, or a Sol- 
 dier Jlr the Ladiis. Com. by Mrs. 
 iCt'ntlivre, 410. 1 704. — This is 
 one oi the moft indilFercnt a- 
 mongil that Lady'« Pie.:esj and is 
 now never adled. 
 
 The Beau's Strat^igem. 
 Com. by Fdr^ubav, 17 10. — This 
 Play was begun and ended in fix 
 Weeks, the Author having all 
 the Time a fettled lllncfs on hin^, 
 and wb^ich carried him off* during 
 the Run of his F^iece. In a Ihort 
 Advcrtifcmcnt, he acknowledges 
 the Fricndlhip of Mr. Wilka, to 
 whom he .attributes its SucccGs : 
 The Frequency of its Reprefcntjj- 
 tion to this Day however, and 
 the Pleafure it conft.intly affords, 
 are Proofs that the Piece has :\n 
 intrinfjc Merit in itlelf, which 
 cannot netid to ftai)fl indebted to 
 the Performance of any A£lqr.for 
 the Ap[-'?ufc it mee's jviih. 
 
 Bjiauty in Distress. Tr. 
 by P. filitt/fu)(, 4to. 1698. — There 
 arc many fine Lines in this i'lay, 
 and a great Variety of plcalhig 
 lAcidems.'— U i' (^h however, on 
 
 :(hc 
 
 
B E 
 
 die Lift of afting Plays. 
 
 Beauty the BEsrAovOf 
 cATE. yi<i' Measure for 
 Measure. 
 
 Beauty the Conq,ueror, 
 rr the Death of Marc Anthony, Tr. 
 by Sir Cha. Huiley, 1 702. — This 
 riay is written in Imitation of 
 the Roman Manner, but was ne- 
 ver aded nor printed with his 
 
 Works. 
 
 Beauty's Tr lu M p H ; a 
 Mal'que, by Tho. Vuffet, prefented 
 by the Scholars of Mefl'. HartM\A 
 f>tiiujier, at their Boarding School 
 ztChclrc, and printed 4to. 1676, 
 BrCGARsBuSH. n<if.RoYAL 
 Mkrchant. 
 
 Beggar's Opera, by John 
 Gay, i7?.7. — The great Succefs 
 of this Piece, which carried it 
 thro' a Run of Sixty-three Nights 
 (lining the firft Seafon it was per- 
 formed, and the frequent Repe- 
 titions of it fince, have render'd 
 its Merits fo well known, that it 
 is unneceffary to fay any Thing 
 farther of it in this Place. 
 
 The Beggar's Panto- 
 mime, ov the contending Pollies. 
 Farce, afted at the Tbcat. Roy. in 
 Dr. Lane. — It feems founded on a 
 Contention between Mrs. C/ive 
 and Mrs. C:'I>ber, for the Part of 
 Polly in the Beggar's Opera. — It is 
 printed without a Date, but mufl 
 I believe have been performed a- 
 bout 1730. 
 
 TheBEHCARS WEpniNC.A 
 Ballad Opeia of three Adls, by 
 Cha. Ciffey. — It was firft per- 
 formed at Dublin with but indif- 
 ferent Succefs, but bcin^ after- 
 wards reduced into one Adt, and 
 pl^.y'd in London under the Title 
 of Plft^c, in J 7x9, it plcafct'. fo 
 wfll as to obtain a Run qf thirty 
 Nights. 
 
 Believe AS YOU list. Com. 
 by lif'ijiifrr. — ThisPl.iy was ne- 
 ver m print, but mull have been 
 
 B E 
 
 a£ted from a Licence annexed to 
 the MS. Copy, and figned by Ld. 
 Herbert, 163 1. 
 
 Be L L A M I R A, or tie Miflreff, 
 Com. h\ Sir Cka, Sedley, 4to. 1687. 
 — The Scene of this Play lies m 
 London, but the Plot is taken 
 from the Eunuclui of Terence, 
 
 Bellamira her Dream, 
 or, the Love of Shadows. "Vr. 
 Com. in two Parts, by Ti.o. Kit' 
 ligrctc. — Thefe two Plays were 
 written during the Time that the 
 Author was refident at the State 
 oil'''enire\ and were printed with 
 the reft of his Works in Fol. 
 1664. 
 
 Bei. L IN Campo. Trae:. in 
 two Parts. Thefe two Plays 
 are the Produce of that indefati- 
 gable Authorefs , Margaret ^ 
 DuchefsofiVrriY /?//•. — I imagine 
 it was never adled, but is printed 
 among her Works, Fol. 1662. 
 
 Bellisarius. Trag. )Svo, 
 1725. Of this I find nothing 
 more than the Name. 
 
 Belphzgor, or tie Marriage 
 of the Devil. Com. by John fVil- 
 fon, in 4to. 1690. — The Plot of 
 it is taken from Sluevedo'i No- 
 vels, and may be found in Ajeletl 
 CJle^ion of Ncinh and lli/lorieif 
 in 6 id. \zn:o, publiflicd about 
 
 rv 
 
 -'I he Scene Gcno^, 
 
 Bflsh A7,7AR. An Oratorio, 
 performed at C01'. Gurden, 410. 
 
 B E L T K ? H A Z Z A R , or r/>f HtTC-C 
 
 yc-w. A dram.uic Poem. Anonym, 
 — - Scene Ilab^kn. — Never aCtcd, 
 but printed in izmo. lyr.y. 
 
 The Benefice. Com. by 
 Dr. R'.b. ;/:/,/, 4t). 1680. The 
 Opinions \vh;ch the Prclh^tn-iatit 
 (of whom this Author wjs a 
 very zc;u.->ur. rne) e t'>."rtiiii of the 
 Ortiiodox Clcrcy, may be collect- 
 ed from this Comedy. —The Dc« 
 fign is tiltcn from anorticr Play, 
 r Jlcd the Return friKt Parn,ilhit. 
 
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 Tte BxTKAmi or his 
 Country, Trag. by Henry 
 Brooke, Efq; 1741. — This Gcij- 
 tlcman's writings all breathe a 
 great Spirit of Patriotifm and Li- 
 berty, anii this, ^mongft the rci>, 
 is fgii 01 featjmcnts of that kind. 
 —It has been arted on the Dublin 
 Stage, by the Title of the Earl of 
 fVtjimorland^ but I believe was ne- 
 ver publi/bei. 
 
 Betrayer or his Coun- 
 try. Z^*/. Pausanias. 
 
 Betty, or ihc Country Bump- 
 kins. A Ballad Farce, by H. Carey, 
 — This was afted with very little 
 Succefs at Dr. Lane, 1738. 
 
 BiCKEgSTAKF's BuRYINR, 
 
 tix Work for' the Uf bolder:. Farce 
 •f three long Scenes, by Mrs. 
 Centiivre, aAfid at the HaymarLt, 
 and dedicated io the ma^nijiiiat 
 Comfi0fij of Upbolien, 410. no 
 Date. 
 
 BicxKBSTArr's vnbviizd 
 DxAP. Farce, aiAed at Dr. Lang, 
 1742. 
 
 A Blip IN aCags. Com. 
 by Ja. Shirley f 410. 1:6^3. Scene 
 in Mantua.-^Thii is an cxcetfcAt 
 Play, and has prefixed to it an iro- 
 nical Dedication to the famous 
 fi''m. Pr^nne, Efc); who had been 
 a raod furious Antagoniftto Plays, 
 but was at that Time a Stat£ 
 Prifoner for high Mifdcmea- 
 nors. 
 
 BiBON's CoNSPIR \CY. Fid. 
 CoNS-PIR At' Y. 
 
 The BiPTH OF Merlin, or 
 ihe Child hat lofl a Father. — 
 TrSj-^-Com. by //' Roivle^. The 
 ficeno lies in lintain, and the 
 Story taken fromO'ecJfriy o.'Mon- 
 tnauth. — Shakffpcare MVihcA in the 
 writing this Play, and his N >mi; 
 is in the Tirle-Fage. — It was fre- 
 quently a»ftcd with great Ap* 
 plaufc, and was p> iiliniedi4i 410. 
 1661. Mr. CtXi<:.>, on what 
 Authority J know not, has the 
 
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 fccond Title, V'k- Child bai founJ 
 his Fath r. 
 
 The Bits*. Com. by Mr. 
 i?<^:y^', 1 704. -^This w.tg the only 
 Attempt of our Author in the 
 comic Way, and met with no 
 Sutccfjj. — Vet it is not withoiit 
 fome Share o#" Merit, and wjs 
 meant to expofe the Bitcn, a fort 
 of Charadtcr of that Period of 
 Time, not much unlijce the. 
 H^mbiiggfti of this Age. 
 
 Tiie B 1 T » » $ BIT. Vid. 
 South-Sea. 
 
 The Black Man. An In- 
 terlude, attributed to Cox tlie 
 Comedian, and printed in the 2d 
 Part of Sport upon Sport, 16^9. 
 
 'rheBLACK PuiNcr. Trig. 
 by Roger E. of Orrery, Pol. 1669. 
 — The Story is taken fiom the 
 ^'^gl'/^ Hiilorians. 
 
 The Bla^imq Cqmct, A 
 Play, by yoit^on, the Author of 
 Hyrlithntmo. Thil is like hi^ 
 other Writings, a Fitrr^o of 
 Madnefs, Abrurdity,«nd^mbaft, 
 intermingled with fome an^azii^ 
 Strokes of Cemus aod Imagina< 
 
 UOQ, 
 
 The Bl Ae r - '^ Wo* to. C 
 
 by the Duchefa ^i Nitwrm/I/'', -- 
 There are no more than two Ads 
 of this Play, the Author having 
 never fu)ifh''d it, but it is p.iuicj 
 with her other Works. 
 
 .The Blind BecGAit or 
 A L r. :: an DR I A. Com. Moi 
 fluafantly difcourfmg his .various 
 Humours indilguifed Shapes, full 
 of Conceit and Pleafure, by Ceo, 
 Chapman. •— It wai publiftieJ in 
 1578, is the Author's firit PJay, 
 and is neitlier dividsJ into A^^s 
 nor Sccnei. 
 
 The Blind BtnfiAt or 
 Bktmnai. GatJtK, ti/ith th 
 merry Humour of'Yom Stroud, the 
 Norlolk Yr»t:tui. Cam. by jf^hn 
 D.tie, 4to. iti^t), Fiv the Story, 
 as far as it concerns Mi^u^y, «»«>*• 
 
 fult 
 
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 fult the Writers on the Reign of 
 Hcrry VI. 
 
 7 he Br. I NO Beggar of 
 BethNAI. Grkkn. a Ballad 
 F.ircc, by RoL Dodjley. This is on 
 the I'.imc Story with the forc- 
 Qjng. — It was afted at 2:?r. I,tf»f, 
 liut without much Succefs, in 
 jT^n, and if to be found in a Col- 
 K'^^ion of the Author's Works, 
 publiftcd under the modelt Title 
 Qi'Trifts, 8vo. 1748. 
 
 The Blind Lady. Com. by 
 Sir Robert Hcward, 8vo. 1696. 
 
 The Scene lies in Poland, and 
 
 tiic Hot is taken from llcylin'i 
 Ccfrngraphy, Lib. 2. This Play 
 is printed with divers other Poems 
 of the fame Author. 
 
 The Bloody Bano^tjet. Tr. 
 prinrcJ in 4to. 1620, with the 
 Letters T. D. but is in fome of 
 the old Catalogues afcribcd to Tho, 
 Biirhcr, 
 
 The Bloody Brother, or 
 Rdh D. of Konr.andy, Tr. by 
 Bov.itant and F/etder, 4to. 1639. 
 This is tltcomed a very excellent 
 Tr.igedy. — The Scene lies in 
 Nortf.c'dy. The Plot is taken 
 from 'Heroi'iani Hijl. Lib. 4. and 
 I'ai 1 of the Language from Sciuca's 
 Th.hais. 
 
 The Bloody Duke, or the 
 Mven:urci for a Croivn. Tiiig- 
 Com. a£^cd at tho Coxntoi /i!oj. 
 Rqialn, by fcveral Perfons of 
 grtMt Quality, 410. 1690. — This 
 is a political Piece, cxpofing the 
 I'opifh Plot, &c. .ind is written by 
 the Author of the ABorcATEn 
 Prtnce, of which fee above. 
 
 Blurt, Mr. Constahi. e, 
 or the Spaniard'! Nip;ht JVulk. 
 Com. by Tho, Midtllttcn, 4to. 
 1602. 
 
 BnAMcEA Queen or Bri- 
 tain. Trag, in Heroic Vcrle, 
 
 hy C/a. Ihpkins, 410. 1697. 
 
 The Story of this Queen is to be 
 found in Tacitui, and in the En- 
 
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 glifi> tli/lorians, and is vcr^' wpll 
 condufted in this Play, more ef- 
 Ijecially the Difcovery ofCami//a*s 
 Rape in the fourth A£l. 
 
 BoADicxA. Tra^ hy Ricbard 
 Glwtr, 8vo. 1753. — This Gen- 
 tleman's Poem of LeoridaSf and 
 his known great Abilities, occa- 
 fioncd the moft fanguine Expcfta- 
 tions to be formea with Rcfpcft 
 to this Play, which had been 
 many Years written before it wa" 
 brought on the Stage.— It did not, 
 however, perfeftly anfwer thofc 
 Expe^itations ; there being ra.her 
 a Deficiency both as to incident 
 and Charaftcrs, yet the Langua '.e 
 is very poetical, and the Dclcrip- 
 tions beautiful. — In a Word, it 
 feems much better adapted to 
 give pleafure in the Clofct than 
 the Theatre. 
 
 BoARniKG School. Fiti, 
 Love for Money . 
 
 Boarding School Romps* 
 Ballad Farce, by C. Ctfey, afted 
 at Dr. Lane, in 1733. — This is 
 only an indifferent Alteration of 
 the lalt mentioned Play of Mr, 
 Durfey's, which being in'itfclt but 
 a very poor Original, it is fcarcely 
 to be cxpefled tliat this cold fe- 
 cond-hand fervice of it fhould be 
 very palatable, and it confequent- 
 ly met with no Succefs. 
 
 A Bor.D Stroke ko* a" 
 Wife. Com. by Mrs. Certlnnet 
 adtcd at Lixc/n's - Inn - Fwuit^ 
 1717. — In this Play (he. was al- 
 fitlid by Mr. Mottlry, who wrote 
 a Scene or two entirely -~It met 
 with very good Succefs j and in- 
 deed, nolwi'hftanding the abfur- 
 (lity and Impoflihility of fhu 
 Plot, and the Poorncfs of th** 
 Lang,u.it:e, there is fo muih Bufl- 
 fiefe and Variety in it, to kepp up 
 the AtiCnfinn of an /Viidicmp, 
 that it is itiil generally fccn with 
 Pif'aftire. 
 
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 Story, by Majjlrgert 4to. 1633.— 
 This is a very excellent Tragedy. 
 — The Scene lies at Syractif:'. — 
 Ths Plov, of the Slaves being fe- 
 duc'd to Rebeiiion by Pijaniiery 
 ajid rcduc'd by TiiKohon, and 
 their Flight at the Sight of the 
 Whips, is borrowed from the 
 Story of the Scytk'an Slaves Re- 
 bellion againit their Mufters, in 
 yajiin. Lib. 1. Ca-?. 5. It was 
 reviv'd with Altcraiions and 
 Additions, ;<nd a ffcond Title of 
 Lm^c ofui Liinrty, and adled at Dr. 
 Lane, I7i9> Svd. 
 
 BoNnvcA. Trag. by Ijcau- 
 rMKt and FUtchcr, — This I'iay is 
 upon the St(^i y of Boadicia, Q^of 
 Britain, who is inuitietently Iti- 
 Ir.d by the Hirtorians by that 
 Name, and that of Bonduca. It 
 is eftcemed a very fine Play. 
 
 BosnucA, or the Britijh He- 
 roif'i. Trag. ky do. Pavtl, 161,6. 
 This is no n^ore than an Altera- 
 tion of the above Play. 
 
 Ho.. NciNG Night. Vid. 
 
 . Tilt. Tr a r g a noc i o, or Bawd 
 tu^r\l Pur.tar. Com. written by 
 a Perfcn ot Quality, 4to. i6yi.— 
 Scene I cndon. 
 
 Brave Iimshman. f^id. 
 CAnAiN O'Dlundfr. 
 
 15 « a V o n u R r ' D B u r. l v . 
 A larce. — ()t this I know no- 
 tiiinp mo c tlu'n the Name, 
 liaving met with it in a Cata- 
 logue, but never fecn the I'iecc 
 itfelf. 
 
 IheBRAZFN Am:. AHiftorj', 
 by I'o. liavnvcfd, in 4to. 16 13. 
 ThefirftAa nnlains the Death 
 cfthe Ccnti'ui Ntlki:, the 2d the 
 Traj'.cdy ot AL/r.i^if ; the 3 the 
 TriijTf'y ijijafon m A Medea j the 
 4th ru/cans Net 5 the 5th the 
 L,ilio»\is and Death of }Jercu/^s 5 
 being; all of them Stories taken 
 fiom (kjid'i Afitam, Lib, 4. 7. 8. 
 
 aiiii 91 
 
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 BkENNOR ALl 
 
 contented Colan:l. 
 
 , or the Dij- 
 Trag. by Sir 
 Jubn Suckling. This is prin'.ed 
 among his VVorks, in 8vo. 1648, ' 
 
 Br j o a I. s. Com, by the 
 Duchefs of A'civcaftle, publiihcd 
 among her "Works, Fol. 
 
 The Bride. Com. by Tk, 
 Nabhes, Ato. 1640. 
 
 Britain's Happiness. A 
 Mufical Interlude, \iy P. Mottcux, 
 performed at both the Theat. 4to. 
 1 704. — The Scene, a Profpcdt of 
 Dcui-r CalUc and the Sea. — This 
 Interlude had long before been 
 intended only for an Introduftion 
 to an Opera, which, if eve: fi- 
 nifli'd, vas to have been cili'd 
 The Lovis or Ecrope, every 
 Adt (hewing the Manner of a dif. 
 fercnt Nation in their Addrefi to 
 the Fair Sex. 
 
 Britannia. An F.n^rllp O- 
 pei-a, with a Print of the tranf- 
 parent Theatre. Anonym. 1772, 
 
 Br I T A N N I a. a Mailjiie. 
 
 '755- 
 
 Britannia and the Oods in 
 Cojncjl, A dramatic Poem.— 
 Anonym, 175O, 
 
 Britannia t r i u m p h a n s. 
 A Mafque, by Sir V/. Davitiant 
 and Irigo 'Jonci. — It was prefentcd 
 Mmi/rla.'!, by K. CJar/ts I. and 
 his Lo-ds, on the Sunday aficr 
 Tvvelfth Ni[^,ht, 1637, and v u 
 prinred in 410. 116^7, but is not 
 infortrj in the Folio Edition of 
 Sir lF;!lianii> Works. 
 
 Britannicu?. Tr. by J, 
 0.i.cIL Thi . is only a Tranflation 
 oi AFnnch Play of the fame Name 
 by M. Racine. 
 
 The Br IT tsn Fn CHANTERS, 
 or, No Mtf^ic !i'<r L.y: t\ A dia* 
 matic Opera, by Lord Laiifdciune, 
 — It was firft called a T.-a^'oly, 
 and was adtcd at tlie ^'1 1h. in 
 the Hay-market, ^xo. 1706 — The 
 Author, who took an arlyDiflikc 
 to the French and Ituiian Opt 1 as, 
 
 items 
 
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 this Attempt to have 
 aim d at reconciling the Variety 
 
 leeflBS in 
 
 and Magnificence cflcntial to O- 
 peras, to a more rational Model, 
 by introducing fomewhat more 
 iubftantial than the mere Gratifi- 
 cation of Eye and Ear.— Its Suc- 
 ccfs was great, but was put a Stop 
 by the Divifion of the Theatre 
 
 Prohibition of Mulical 
 
 Heroine, yid. 
 
 rid. 
 
 to 
 
 and a 
 Pieces. 
 British 
 
 BONDUCA. 
 
 British Worthy. 
 Kino Arthur. 
 
 The Briton. Tr. by Ambroje 
 Tliliph afted wiih confi'icrablc 
 Succefs at the Theat. Roy. in Dr. 
 lane, 8vo. 1721. 
 
 Britons strike home, or 
 the Sailors Rthearfal. A Ballad 
 Farce, by Edio. Philips, perf»rmM 
 bucvsithout Succefs, atjDr. Lane. 
 174-'., but not printed. 
 
 The Bp.oken Heart. Tr. 
 b Mr. John Ford, 4.to. 1633. 
 
 'TJic Broken Stockjob- 
 itRS. Farce, Anonym, and 
 
 without Date. Whether this 
 
 Piec.- was ever pcrform'd or not. 
 
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 in the Eng. Language.-— But there 
 is one particular Clrcumft^nce re- 
 lating to this Play, which docs as 
 much Honour to the Heart, as the 
 Play itfelf does to the Abilities of 
 the Author, which is his having 
 not only given up the entire Pro- 
 fits of three Benefits arifing from 
 it, but alfo even made up the 
 Amount of them to the Sum 
 of 1000/. and generoufly beftowed 
 it to the nobleft of all Purpofe^ 
 vix. the Propagation of the Gol^ 
 pel in foreign Parts. 
 
 Brvtvs or Alba. Tr. bjr 
 Nahum Tats, atlcd at the Duke'i 
 Tb. 4to. 1678.— The Plan ofthi* 
 Play is taken from the xv Boul^ 
 of yirgiPs yEneid, 
 
 Brutus or Alba, or/Jiv. 
 guj}a*s Triumph. An Opera, by G» 
 Potvell, afted at the Theat. in 
 Dorfet Gardens, 4to. 1697.— The 
 Scene of this Piece lies moftly on 
 the Thames, and the Plot is taken 
 entirely from the laft mentioned 
 Play, and fomc of the old dramatic 
 Wrircri, 
 The Bubble. Tf//. Wits. 
 BvRY Fair, Com. by Tho. 
 
 1 cannot pretend to fay, only find- ShadiveU, 4.to. 1689.— The Cha 
 
 rafters of Old Wit, and Sir Hum- 
 phry Noddle in this Play, arc ap- 
 parently borrowed from Jujiic* 
 Spoilivit and Sir John Noddy, in 
 the D. of NcivcaJHis Triumphant 
 Widvx, and that of La Kocht from 
 the Prcacufts ridicules oi Moliere, 
 BusiRis. Trag. by Dr. Ed' 
 nvarcf Tourtg, Author of the 
 BroJnri above-mentioned, 8vo, 
 This Play is founded on Hiftoryf 
 and was a»f>cd with great Succefs 
 in the Year i-'T'^, 
 
 BussY d'Amboise. Tr. ny 
 G. Chipm.tn. — This Play was 6. 
 ten prcfcntcd at PauTs, in the 
 Reign of Jama I, and after the 
 Reftoration was revived with .Suc- 
 vcrlupsthefincft Piece of Oratorv ccft at the T/.'w.'. Rcyal, — 'I'he 
 
 D pbr 
 
 ing the Name of it in the Liftj 
 luit I imagine it to be unc of the 
 manv Pieces which the Bubbles 
 of the memorable Year 17Z0, 
 i;ave Birth to. 
 
 The Brctxers. Com. by j'. 
 Sbiihy, a£lcd at Bla:k-Fryars, 
 
 1652. 8vo, Scene lies in 
 
 \Udrd. 
 
 Th'; Brothers. Tr. I y Dr. 
 Iwn^, 8vo. 1752. — The Scene 
 a this Play lies in Macedon, and 
 the Plot from the Hiftory of Ma- 
 ctdonia in tlie Reign of the laft 
 Philip, — The two Charaftcrs of 
 Iknii'irius and Pcrjcus are admira ■ 
 kA^ drawn, aiid their Contcft be- 
 fore their Father in the 3d Aft, 
 
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 Plot of it is taken from the Trench 
 Hiftorians in the Reign o( Hemy 
 III. of France. 
 
 BvssY d'Amboisx, hisRx- 
 VEN.GK. Trag. by the fame, 4.10. 
 J613. This Play is nsither fo 
 good a one, nor fo ftriOly founded 
 on Truth as the foregoing, nor 
 was it received vith fo much Ap- 
 plaufe upon the Stage. 
 
 BussY c'AmBois, or, the 
 Jtu^anSs Hevcnge. Trag. by T, 
 tiurfey, — This is no more than a 
 Revival oi CkafmanWhy ^ with 
 fome Improvement on the Cha- 
 racter of Tjmyra. — For the In- 
 trigue o(Bu//y arVi Tamyra, Vid. 
 Mr^i'^ yjipoires ragijues. Hi ft. 
 
 C JE 
 
 and the Hiftory of the Gardejj 
 Gate, are both borrowed from 
 Ben yonfon'& Com. of theZ)m7'j 
 an ^fi. 
 
 /ESA^ AND POMPEY. 7r. 
 J by G. Chapman 410. 1632J 
 
 }].•/%, res 
 '7' i'- .0? "nli-f the fcign'd 
 Naavc. .-f f-i/ i^Kd^i/r/-.-- -'I'he 
 Scene Hes. --ir. .forj-. 
 
 Tl ■ e B J* t ^ B c )j r . Com . by 
 Mr?!. Cenfl'itr, a€Vcd at the Th. 
 Ttoy. in I>r. tare, 1700. — Tnis 
 Flay met vi'ith fo flight a Recep- 
 •tion from the Piayers, that they 
 •ffiren for a Time tefufcd to a£t it, 
 and when prevailed upon fo 10 do, 
 witkh was not till towards the 
 Clolc of the Seafon, Mr. ff^i/kts 
 {ktwtd (o much Contempt for the 
 Part of Sir George Airy, as to 
 throw it down on th^ Stage at Re- 
 Itearfal, with a Declaration, that 
 jjo Audience would endure fuch 
 Stuff, The Succefs the Piece 
 jmttwith, however, falfified thefc 
 PrognoRications, and Ko do Juftice 
 to the Author it mud be confefs'd, 
 that aitho' the Language cf it is 
 very indifferent, and the Plot 
 mingled with fome Improbabili- 
 ties, yet the amufing Sprightlinefs 
 of Buiinefs, and the natural Im- 
 pertinence in the Chara£ler of 
 Marriott make confidcrable a- 
 xnends for the above-mentioned 
 Deficiencies, an-< render it even to 
 thix Hour tt . .'tertaining and 
 flanffard PeK • 'ice, Thedumb 
 Scene of Sii OVerr/ with Miranda, 
 
 athvi at the BUck Ifyaru^i^^, 
 PIo of this Play is taken from 
 the Roman Hiftory, anJ the Mo. 
 lal^ intend,.! to Li Inculcated bjr 
 it is, 83 the Author has hirr-.fdf 
 exprefs'd in h'= litle-Pipc, , | 
 only a jnft Man is a tru Man. - 
 Scene Rome and Pharfalia. 
 
 C«SAB 'QoKGiAfSon to Popt 
 Akxa-Jtr VI. — Trag. by JV^^ 
 Lecy 4to. 16S0.— The Scene iiei 
 in Romey and the Plot built on 
 the Hiftories of Guieciardini and 
 Marina, and /?/>,itt/'s Lives of the 
 Popes. This Play, like miny 
 others of this Author's has great 
 Beauties, mingled with many 
 Strokes of Rant, Bombaft anj 
 Abfurdity, and therefore does not 
 now fland in the Lift of adin' 
 Plays. — It met, however, with 
 good Succefs at firft. 
 
 Cjesar hisRevenge. Tr. 
 Anonym. — This is in all the Cj 
 talog ;es, but without a Date, ex- 
 cepting in the Bruijh Theatre, (rhc 
 Author of which I take to te 
 Mr. Chet^uood) where two Edi- 
 tions are mentioned, t//'*. 1604, 
 1 644. ~- 1 never met with the 
 Play any where, and Langham 
 declares the fame of himfelf. 
 
 Casak w F; ypt. Tr. V 
 C. Cibber, 8v f \l%i^. Thi) 
 Gentleman's 
 pleating in Co 
 tar fro 
 
 pt' 
 
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 Pl.jy cv^ii ^or 
 
 ..ius, however 
 
 i'.: has been v;ry 
 
 admir'd in fhe 
 
 v'iting, nor isthii 
 
 ■*uer'd as his }A\-\ 
 
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 f!cr-piece. — — The Scene of it 
 ties in Mxandrit, «nd the Plan 
 is borrowed from the Ptmp^e of 
 P. CorntiUt J but how far it falls 
 fljort of the Merit of thit celebra- 
 ted Author, we Hiall leave to the 
 J;idgment of thofe who chufe to 
 be at the Pains of comparing the 
 I wo Pieces. 
 
 CaIUI MaRCIVI Con t OLA- 
 US. fid. CORIOLANVI. 
 
 The Hiftay and fall c/Caxv 
 Mar 11/8. Trag. by T. Ottuay, 
 4to. 1680. — The Scene of th'is 
 rUy liei at Rome, and the Cha- 
 tiAttt of flfan'iit, juHi and Lavi' 
 riia, arc taken, and that even in 
 many Places verbatim, from thofe 
 ciRomn and Ju/itt. — The Plot 
 into which tne Story of tlicir 
 Love ii thui interwoven, may be 
 found in PbitMreb^B Life of Caiut 
 Mariui, and in Lwsnt Pharfatia, 
 
 Ca L I o u I A, Empmr tf lt$me. 
 Tr. by J. Crew^t. 4X0. KSyS.— 
 Thq Scene Itri in tho Imperial 
 Palace in Rem, and the Plot ii 
 taken from Smtoiiiiu't l^ifc of 
 that Prince. 
 
 Ca 1 1 • T 0, or tbt thif/h i^yw^. 
 A MajTque, by th« famt Aothor 
 with the laft nam'd Plav. ^ It 
 wai written by Command of K. 
 Cbarla IPa Queen, and wai of- 
 tentimei performed at Court by 
 Perfons of great QjJality.— It hai 
 Songi between ihe AAi. — The 
 Scene lies in 4* t^e \ hie Dura- 
 tion of it an §rt{fiei»l Day \ anu 
 vHc Plot it founded on Ovid'i 
 Metam. Lib, %. Fab. 5. 6. 
 
 CAtrHURNiA. An halianO^, 
 8vo. i7»4. — The Scene Rom^t 
 the Hiftorical SuhjeA of thg 
 Drama from I'^i^^'a" 
 
 cHUb. Operi^ , John Hughcst 
 Efq; 8vo. 17s?. perfbrm't^ at the 
 Queen's Thea'. in the Haymarht, 
 —The Mufjc compofcd by Mr. 
 C<i//" rJ. — Thii Opwa wai an 
 
 C A 
 
 Effay for the Improvement of 
 Theatrical Mufic in the Englijb 
 Language, after the Model of the 
 Italiatti, ^-The Story on which it* 
 is founded is in Homer, and im- 
 proved in the Adventures of 7V/*- 
 machux by the Archbp. of Cam* 
 bray. — Our Author has changed 
 fome Incidents, and added the 
 Character of Proteus^ to give it 
 the greater Variety. 
 
 Cambysxs, at. ofPerJia.^^ 
 Play in old Metre, by Tho. Pref- 
 ton, without a Date. — Its running 
 Title is, a Comedie of King Cam- 
 bijts ; and its fuller one as fol- 
 lows — " A lamentable Trag. full 
 of pleafant Mirth, containing the 
 Life of C A M B I s £ 8, King of Per^ 
 Jia^ from the Beginning of his 
 Kingdome unto his Death \ hit 
 one good Deede of Execution, af- 
 ter the many wicked Deeds and 
 Tyrannous Murdete conunitted 
 by and thro' him. — And laft of 
 nil,' his odious Death, by Gcd'f 
 Judgment appointed, done in fuch 
 Order as foUoweth." — The Story 
 is taken from Uendotut and 
 Jufii». 
 
 Cambysxs« King of Ptrfia* 
 Trag. by Elkanob Settle, 4to. 1672. 
 •—This Play is on the fame Story 
 with the foregoing, and is written 
 in heroic Vcrfe. — The Scene lies 
 in ^uTca, sinACaml>yfet\ Camp near 
 the Walls of Suza. 
 
 Camilla. An Opera, firft 
 performed at the Th. Roy. in Dr. 
 Lafe, and afterwards in the f/djr- 
 ««r*^^— Anonym. 4to. 1706. 
 
 The Campaigners, or plea- 
 fant Adventurei at Bruff'ih. Com. 
 by T. Durfey. — Part of ^he Plot 
 of this Play is taken rrom a IJo- 
 vcl call'd Female Faijhood. — Scene 
 Ji'-uJ/els. Time 35 Hours, 
 
 "j'heCANTEfcTURY GuESTS, 
 
 or a Bargain Broken. Com. by 
 E. RarcHjcro/i, t^to. 1695. Thil 
 ii a \ery indifferent Play, and 
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 met with very indifferent Suc- 
 cdV,— Scene Canttrbury. 
 
 The Capricious Lovers. 
 Com. by Mr. Odingfcl/Sf atlcd at 
 Drury Lawf Theatre, 1725. 
 
 The Captain, Com. by 
 
 Beaumont and FltUhcr, — Thif^ is 
 
 far from one of the moJt ca^Mtal 
 
 ^ Pieces of thefe united Authors, 
 
 »nd is now never performed. 
 
 Captain 0'Ht.undeh, or 
 tte brave Injhmon. Farce, by 
 Ti'O. Skeridan.—-Dubhn Iimo. a- 
 bout 1748. — This Fart c h;u al- 
 l^rays met with great Approbation 
 in Ireland, on Account of the fa- 
 ■vourabic Light in which the Jrijh 
 Gentleman, notwithilandtng all 
 his Abl'urditics and frequently 
 forced Blunders, ftill appears to 
 ftand.— One of the principal, and 
 indeed moft entertaining Scenes 
 in it, is borrowed from the Sieur 
 Paurceak^vac of Moliire* 
 
 The CArTivi8< Trag. by 
 yohn Gay, 8vo. lyao. Afted 
 with tolerable Suctefs in Lineohs- 
 JrtH' Fields. But ai tl.>e Fort of 
 that admirable Author's Genius 
 did not ferm to be pUc*d in Trag. 
 I have little to fay with Regard 
 to the Merit of this Pity. 
 
 Caractacus. a Dramatic 
 Poem, by Mr. Mafon, 8vo, iy^tj, 
 — This Piece is written after the 
 Manner of the Creek Tragedy, 
 with Odes and Choru(P'8, and 
 was never intended for tbc Englljh 
 Stage ; and indeed, any Attempt 
 to have it pf'rform'd in fuch a 
 Manner as to do it JuAite, mufk 
 have been attended with Expcnci s 
 too grrut to hazard on the pre- 
 carious Tafte of an Aiidicnre, as 
 it is only for real Ccniufes to 
 tafle that Redundance of incx- 
 prcrtible Beauties, which appears 
 thro' the whole of it, and which 
 would render it as Haml<t fays, 
 " Caviare to the Multitude." in 
 the Clofct, however, it muf* ^ver 
 
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 give ineffable lOelighf; to evrty 
 Mind capable of Judgment, as it 
 lays the Itrongcft Claim to Immc r- 
 tality, and is one among a few 
 Inftaiiccs that poetical Gcniu« is 
 fo far from it's Decline at'thii 
 Time in thefe Realm?, that wf. 
 have Writers now living, foincri 
 whofe Works no Sritijh Bard 
 Vvhatfoever,S£i<i*:_^<Tflr, Spcnur iuid 
 Milton not excepted, would h.;vc 
 Reafon to bluih at being reputed 
 the Aiitl.or of. 
 
 The Cardinal. Tr. by Ja, 
 
 Shirley. 8vo, i6,,-2, afted in 
 
 Black Fr)'.jrj.— Scene Navarre. 
 
 The Carkliss Husband. 
 Com. by C. O'bber, 4to. 1700.-— 
 This Coir.edy contains, perhaps, 
 the moll elegant Dialogue, and 
 the moil perfe£l Knowledge of 
 tha Manners of Perfons in real 
 high Life extant in any dramatic 
 Piece that has yet appear'd in any 
 Language whatever} yet fuch i; 
 the natural Malevolence of Man- 
 kind, and fuch cur unwilling- 
 nefs to beftow Praife, at leaft on 
 the living, that Mr. Cibher''i Co- 
 temporaries would nor allow him 
 to have been the Author of it 5 
 feme attributing it to the D. of 
 Argyky to whom it was dedicated. 
 fome to Mr. Defoe, fome to Mr. 
 Manwaring, Sec. — As, howo/er, 
 during a long Courfe of Years, 
 in which it has conftantly been 
 performed with the greateft Suc- 
 ccfs, no Claim has been laid to 
 any Part of it, we furely may pny 
 the dcfervcd Tribute of Praitc to 
 him, who by this Prcfcriptiort, 
 (lands as the undoubted Author 
 of the wh' Ic, and to whom the 
 F.ngli/h Stage is to this Hour 
 greatly obliged for a very confider- 
 able Share of its comic Entertain^ 
 ments during the Courfe of every 
 Scafon. 
 
 The Careikss Lovfr;: 
 Com* by £. Rav. nfrofi, -"Tki- 
 
 PIpj 
 
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 play was written after the Time 
 that Dryden had attacked this Au- 
 thor'i Mamamonchiy and therefore 
 in the Epiftle and Prologue he 
 has endeavoured to revenge his 
 Caufc, by an attack on Dryden* s 
 Almanzor and bis Love in a Nun- 
 fiery. — And retorting back on him 
 the Charge of Plagiary, which 
 notwithftanding what Mr. Ra- 
 vtnjcroft fays in his Prologue, he 
 13 far from being clear of in Re- 
 gard to this very Piece, as the 
 fliam Scene in the 4th Ait, where 
 Mrs. Brtednuclt and Clapham bring 
 in their Children, and challenge 
 Marriage of the Lord de Boaftado 
 is apparently ftolen from Moliere^s 
 M. de Fourctaugnac, Aft 2. Scene 
 7, and 8. — Whatfoevcr of that 
 Comedy moreover the Author 
 had not before made Ufe of in his 
 Mamamoucbi, he has tranfplanted 
 into this Piece. 
 
 TheCAKELEss Shepherd. 
 A Paftoral. — I never faw this 
 Fiece, but it is in all the Cata- 
 logues without either Author's 
 Nnme or Date. 
 
 The Careless Shepher- 
 dess. A Paftoral Tragi-Com. by 
 Jibn Goffe, 1656. —This Hlay 
 was afted before the K. and f\^ 
 at Salijbuty Court. — The Scene 
 li«s in Arcadia.— ^\t has however 
 i Preludium, whofe Scene is 
 flac'd in Salijhury Court ; and to 
 the Play is annexed a Catalogue, 
 extremely erroneous however 
 throughout, of all the Plays 
 which had before that Time been 
 printed in the EngUJh Language. 
 
 The Cares or Love. Com, 
 cf this nothing more -npears in 
 the Catalogues but its Name, and 
 that it was one of the Produc- 
 tions of the 17th Century 
 
 The Carkival. C*^**. b^' 
 
 Tfbo. Porter^ 410. 
 Cartcuch, 
 
 i66„ 
 
 Sctnf 
 
 or tke Frtncb 
 
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 Rohbtr. Farce. Anonym.*^ This 
 is a Tranflation from the Frencb, 
 and was afted at the Theat, ia 
 Lincoln' t Inn Fields^ I7»2.— The 
 Plot is founded on feme Parts of 
 the Life of Cartouche the celebra- 
 ted French Highwayman* 
 
 TheCASE It A iter's. Com* 
 by Ben yonfon, 4to. 1609.— Thi« 
 is not one of the moft celebrated 
 of this Author's Works, nor is 
 it at this Time ever afted. — It it 
 partly borrowed from Plautut^ ai 
 will be apparent on a Comparifon 
 of feveral Scenes in it with the 
 Aulularia and Capteivei of that 
 Author. 
 
 Cy> JANDRA. AW. VlRGIIf. 
 P." .iPHETESS. 
 
 Cataline his Conspi- 
 racy. Trag. by Ben Jonfon, 4to. 
 1611. — This Play has great Me- 
 rit, but is too declamatory for the 
 prcfent dramatic Tafte. — yenfon 
 has in this, as in almoft all his ^ 
 Works, made great Ufe of thxi 
 Ancients. — Hii Sylla't 'rhoft at 
 the Opening of this Pla^, is an e- 
 vident Copy from thnt of Tantawt 
 at the £'>eginning of Seneca's Thy 
 ejieif and much is alfo tranflated 
 from Saliuji thro* the Courfe of 
 the Piece. — For the Plot fee 
 ^alluji, Plutarcb'a Life of Cic«r\ 
 and L. A. F/or«i. — Scene m 
 Rcme. 
 
 Cataplasm. Fid, Noam** 
 Fr ooD. 
 
 Catharime and Petrv 
 CHio. Farce, 8vo. 1756. — This 
 is nothing more than an Altera«' 
 tionofSbakefpcare'sTAMJVc c^ 
 THE Shriw, by inverting and 
 tranfpofing different Parts of it, 
 rejcfting ihe fuperfluous Scenes, 
 and reducirsT; the whole into «' 
 regubr Piecf of three Afts. — Bitt 
 the Judgmc:. wherewith this i'a 
 executed, and the valuable Ufr. 
 that the im>de<> unknown Author, 
 "whofocver ho aiay be, has ma je 
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 o> Sldktffeare, whom he has nci- 
 liUcr deviated frona, norndded to, 
 does great Honour to his Undcr- 
 itandiiig and Knowledge of thea- 
 trical Condu£l, and has rendered a 
 Comedy, which from the mnny 
 Abfurdities mingled ur». ,i:,u- 
 iqerous Beauties, lad \oi,g l^-r.n 
 thrown afide, one »>{ the moft en- 
 tertaining of the fiitites Piects on 
 the prefent a£ting Lii^. 
 
 Cato. Trag. by y. Addifcn, 
 4to. 1712. — This Play was per- 
 formed 18 Times during its firfl 
 Run, is ulher'd into Notice by 8 
 compiimentory Copies of Verfcs 
 to the Author, among which, one 
 by ^'.'i- Jiici>» Steele leads up the 
 Van, >.efides a Prologue by Mr, 
 Si>/>e and an Epilogue by Dr. 
 Garth, and has ever fince been fo 
 Uiiivcrfally admired, that it ap- 
 pears totally unneccfrary to add 
 any Thing further in its Com- 
 roenda'ion.-^-As ta its Faults, if 
 fuch it has, the Cotcmporary Cri- 
 tics have fufficiently endeavoured 
 to point them out.<— It may not, 
 however, be impertinent to ob- 
 ierve in this Place, that the 
 Beauties of Poetry and the Spirit 
 •f Liberty which fhine thro' the 
 ■xvhole, fcarcely mere than com- 
 f enfate for its Want of Pat^osy 
 and the Deficiency of dramatic 
 Bufinefs. — It cannot, however, 
 iiirely be thought ko ill Compli- 
 ment to the Author, to confeis,; 
 Uiat altho* as a PJ ay it may have 
 inany Superiors, yet it muft ever 
 be allowed to ftand foremoA in 
 the Lift of our druratic Poems. 
 --The Story is founded on Hiftory, 
 and the Scene li«s thro' the whole 
 Piece in.tha Gov«rfV)r's Palace at 
 Vtica, 
 
 Cato ot llTHJk* Trag. by 
 y. OxtUy afled at the Theat. in 
 Liniolnt'lMi'F'ddiy 8vo. 17 16. 
 —This is ooty aTranilation from 
 a French Play of the fame Title, 
 ky M. D*fcbemj>s, to whkh is adr 
 
 jvsi 
 
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 dc>l, a Par illel between that Play 
 and the lait mentioned one of Mr« 
 j'lddifons. 
 
 Cautious Coxcomb. Vid, 
 Sir Solomon Sikglx. 
 
 Celeetina, or the Spanijh 
 Bcnvd. Com. 1708. — This waj 
 wrote originally in Spamjh, by 
 Don Mateo Aleman, one of the 
 moft celebrated dramatic Writers 
 of that Nation, in z A£ls, and 
 was tranllatcd above an hundred 
 Years ago, at the End oiCufman 
 de Alfi.- ., the Spatiijb Rogue. ~^ 
 in the 2d Vol. of the new Tranf- 
 lation, it is reduced to 5 A£ts. 
 
 Cenia. l^id. Eugenia. 
 
 Chabot (Philip) Admi- 
 ral OK France, his Tragedy, 
 4to. 1639.— This Play was writ- 
 ten inConjundion by ya. Siirlcy 
 and Cbapn:an. — The Story of it ij 
 taken from the French Hiftoiians, 
 in their Account of the Reign^ oi" 
 1 rands I. 
 
 A Challenge at Tilt 
 AT A Marriage. A Mi'fc. , 
 by Bin Jonfon, — Fol. 1640. 
 
 Challenge for Beauty. 
 Tragi-Com. by rbo. Haynvocd, 
 4to. 1636.— Aded in Black Fry 
 art. — Scene Portugal. 
 
 TheCkAMBERMAiT. Ballad 
 Opera, hy £div. Pkiifs, perform- 
 «;d at the Theatre Royal in Drury 
 Lane, 1734. 
 
 Chambermaid Turn'd 
 QUAKER. ^/</. Country In- 
 
 NOCENCE. 
 
 The Chances. Com. by 
 BcautKont and Fletcher, — The Pint 
 of this Play is takenfrom a Novel 
 of Cei-vanteSy called the Lady icr- 
 / lia, which is amongft the Coir 
 
 £lion of Novels in 6 vols. 12". 
 vv hici I mentioned before.— The 
 Scene liesin Bologna. 
 
 The Chances. Com. by the 
 D. of Buckingham, 410. 1 682. -~ 
 This is only the preceding Play 
 alter'd and amended. — It has been 
 fxequently performed with great 
 
 Ap- 
 
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Vid. 
 
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 lY In- 
 
 iin. by 
 
 he Plot 
 , Novel 
 dy 4'cr- 
 hc Coir 
 
 12". 
 
 I— The 
 
 I by the 
 
 ig Play 
 |as hecn 
 great 
 
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 Apilaufe, and indeed, the vaft Caasqzl ikgs. f^J.CovKT 
 
 Variety of Bufmefs and Hurr> oi" ano Country. 
 
 Intrigue, which is adtually produ- The Chaplit. A Muficai 
 
 ced by theConfufionotnnirtaking Entertainment, by Mendex, Svo. 
 
 two Char^iflers fo extremely dit- 1749. — This Piece had a very 
 
 ferent as thofe of the Conjiantias, confiderablc Run, and Hill ftands 
 
 cinnot avoid keeping up the At- 
 tention of an Audience, and 
 making the Piece appear, if one 
 may fo term it, entirely alive.— 
 Vet notwithftanding the Altera- 
 tions made in it firfl by the 
 Duke, and fince that in the pre- 
 paring it for feme ftill later Re- 
 prcfentations, there runs a De- 
 gree of Indelicacy thro' fomc 
 Scenes,, and a Libertinifm thro* 
 the whole Charafter of Don jfohtty 
 which, to the Honour of the pre- 
 Icnt Age be it recorded, have for 
 many Years paft, experienced 
 a very flngutar Difapprobation, 
 whenever they have been at- 
 tempted to be obtruded on the 
 Public. 
 
 Changes or Govirn- 
 MFNT. F/J. Conspiracy. 
 
 Ch A "^ c X s, or LcTt in a Maxc. 
 
 in a very favorite Light amongil 
 the mufical Part of Dramatic En- 
 tertainments. — The Poetry of it, 
 on the whole, if not great, at 
 leaft deferves the Praife of being, 
 very pleafing, and will, perhaps, 
 give Pleafure where Works of 
 more efl'entiai Merit may meet 
 with a lefs kind Recaption. 
 
 C H A R A D O R K. or Cam> 
 
 B R I A. Fid. Va l I a m t 
 Welchman. 
 
 Charles I. K.. ot Eng- 
 land, the famout TrageeHe •/'.— 
 Anonym. 410. 1649. — This Play 
 fccms to have been written by 
 fome very ftrong Party Man, who 
 thought at fo critical a Juncture 
 the Declaration of his Name 
 v^ould have been attended with 
 Hazard, perhaps even of Life ; 
 yet was kardy enough to declare 
 
 Com. t Ja. Siirhy, 410. 1632. his Principles under the Protec- 
 — Scene London. — This Play met tiwi and Secrecy of the Prefs, at 
 
 with conilvierable Succefs, not 
 only in the Author's Life Time, 
 
 but for a long Time after. A 
 
 .Scene in the firft A£l, where 
 Ccldfwcrtb on examining his two 
 Daughters, finds them both in 
 Love %vith the fame Perfcn, has 
 been made Ufj of, altho' indeed 
 confiderably improved, by Drydtn 
 in his Mtiidtn ^een. 
 ThcCHANGSLiNG. Ttag. by 
 
 a Time, and in a Manner, where- 
 in he muft, if known, have ren- 
 dered himfelf liable to the moft 
 rigid miniilerial Refentment. — 
 Nor i» this, perhaps, the only 
 Inftance which might urge us to 
 wifh that warm Integrity and fer- 
 tile Genius were ever conftant 
 Companions. 
 
 Charles Vlll.or Francs, 
 or, the Invafion cf Naplet by tbt. 
 
 tbo. Middletcn, 4X0. 1653,. — Fr<wi. An Hiftorical Play by ^. 
 
 J?«w/cy join'd with our Author in Crown, 4to. 1680. — The Plot of 
 
 this Play, which met with very this Play is taken from Cuicciar- 
 
 greatSuccefs. — The Scene in ^i- dim, and fome of the French 
 
 cant, and the principal Eounda- Hiftorians. — Scene Naples,— It is 
 
 tion of the Plot may be found in written in Heroic Verfe, and 13 
 
 the Story of Alfemtrs, and Beatrice perhaps, one of the moft ftriking 
 
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 ■who notwithftanding the Compli- 
 ment paid him by the Writer, 
 in dedicating this Play to him, 
 could not avoid ridiculing the 
 Piece and its Author, in his Imi- 
 tation of the 3d of J?o»7rtf«'j Sa- 
 tires, in which he even mentions 
 Mr. Crev/tte and this Play by 
 Name, quotes a peculiar PaiTage 
 from it, and in a Remark upon 
 ^t points it out to that Cenfure, 
 which otherwife it might perhaps 
 have efcaped. 
 
 Charles XII. K. or Swe- 
 den, or, the Afventuret o/*Rode- 
 ric Random and bis Matt Strap, 
 8vo. 1748. — ThisPlayis a Kind 
 of Tragi - Comedy, was never 
 performed, and feems to have 
 been written as a Ridicule on 
 the ingenious Author of Redtric 
 Random. 
 
 CHARLES D. or BiRON, Fid, 
 Conspiracy, 
 
 Chaste lady. J^/</. Ermi- 
 
 KIA. 
 
 ACrasteMaid in Che a?- 
 siDX. Com. by T^bo. Mrddletoitt 
 410. 1620. 
 
 Chaste Ntmfh. Fid. 
 Caxista. 
 
 The Cheats. Com. by ^». 
 H^lfon, 4to. 1664. — This Play 
 met with general Approbation j 
 notwithftanding which, the Au- 
 thor's Modefty induced him to 
 make an Apology for its Faults, 
 in a Preface to the earlier edi- 
 tions.— To the 4th Edition, which 
 was in 1673, there is the Ad- 
 dition of a new Song. 
 
 The Cheats or Scavin. 
 A Farce, byT. Ofway, 4to. 1677. 
 — This Farce is printed at the 
 End of the Tragedy of Titus and 
 Berenice, which confilts only of 
 three A£ts, and was probably in • 
 tended to be performed with it in 
 the fame Manner as we have 
 lately feen fomc Pieces of irrc- 
 |ular Length deftined for a joint 
 
 MM 
 
 C H 
 
 Performance.-— It is no; ji;t«l» 
 more than a Tranflatio:. of 
 M»iiirt*t Fouhetrit de ^capien^ 
 the Plot of which, moreover, is 
 borrowed from the Fbormio of 
 Tirnww.— The Scene Dover. 
 
 The Cnsati or Scafin. 
 Com. by 0»#//. — .This is only 
 the abfolute Tranflation of Mo- 
 liere'9 Play, was never afted, but 
 is printed among the reft of OzeWi 
 TranHations from that Author. 
 
 TheCHBSNIRECOMICS. C. 
 
 by Jobnlon, 8vo. 1740. — This 
 Piece, written by the Author of 
 Hurhthrumbo, is, like that, full of 
 Madnefs and Abfurdity, yet like 
 that, has in it many Strokes of 
 wonderful Imagination. 
 
 Child has lost a Fa> 
 THER. Fid, Birth or Mer- 
 lin. 
 
 The Chi MAR A. Farce, by 
 7*. Odtll, 8vo. i7»o. — The Date 
 and Title of this Piece, are fuffi- 
 cient to point out the Defign of 
 it, which was to expofe the Fol- 
 lies and Abfurdities that Man- 
 kind were drawn into by the epi- 
 demical Madnefs of that extraor- 
 dinary Year. 
 
 The Chinese Orphan. 
 Hiftorical Trag. Anonym. 8vo, 
 1740.— This is little more than a 
 Verfificatiorfbf aC/fc/'flf/j Tragedy, 
 which Du Hafde has given us a 
 Tranflation of at the End of hi<t 
 Hiftory of Cbi/ta. — See farther 
 under Orphan or China. 
 
 Chit Chat. Com. by— — 
 Killigrtw, Efqj 8vo. 1722.— 
 This Play is little more than 
 what its Title implies, viz. a 
 conneAed Piece confifting princi- 
 pally of cafy and genteel Conver* 
 fation yet it met with confidera- 
 ble Applaufe when reprefented at 
 Dr. Lane Tbeat. and fo ftrongly 
 was the Intcreft of the Author, 
 who had a Place at Court, fup 
 ported by the D. of Argyle and 0- 
 
 the» 
 
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 •hers of bis Friends, that the 
 Profits of this Play, were faid to 
 )i»ve amounted to upwards of a 
 tboufand Pounds. 
 
 CntOKivt A, or Rites to Cbloris 
 ard her Nympks, Mafque, by 
 Btn JonfoHy prefented at Court by 
 the Queen and her Ladies at 
 SbrwitiJf, 1630, 4to. 
 
 The Christian Hero. Tr. 
 by Geo. Lilloy 8vo. 1 7 34.— This 
 Flay is founded on the Hiftory of 
 the famous George Caftriott com- 
 monly called Scaiuleriegf K. of 
 Epirus.— 'It was performed at the 
 Theatre in Dr. Lane, and with 
 but very little Sucrefs.—The E- 
 ditor of H7>iiicop^s Scanderheg, 
 feems, in a Preface to that Play, 
 to glance a Hint of fome un* 
 {enteel Behaviour in Mr. L/V/o, 
 with Regard to it. — But as it is 
 well known, that Difappointmefit 
 on one Side, is fometimes the Oc« 
 cafion of InjuiUce towards the o- 
 ther, I cannot think the Reality of 
 the Accufation io this Cafe feems 
 perfeAly authenticated. 
 
 A Christian tvrh'd 
 Tv R K, or, the tragical Lives and 
 Deaths of the /we famout Pirates 
 Ward d»/DAN8iKER. Trag. 
 not divided into A As, 4to. 16 12. 
 — The Story is taken from an 
 Account of the Overthrow of 
 thofe two Pirates, by Andrew 
 Barker, 4to. 1 609. 
 
 Christmas, his Mafque, by 
 Hen Jonfon, prefented at Court, 
 1616. 
 
 Christmas Ordinary. A 
 private Shew, wherein is expref- 
 iti the jovial Freedom of that 
 Feftival, a£ted at a Gentleman's 
 Houfe among other Revels, 1 682. 
 ~ This Piece is written by a 
 Gentleman who was Maft^r of 
 Arts, and is figned with the Let- 
 ters R. W. 
 
 Christ's Passion. Trag. 
 i^G4o, Sandys, 8vo. 1640.— This 
 
 C H 
 
 Play was not intended fbr th« 
 Stage, and is only a Trandation 
 of the Cf'ri/ius patiens of' Hugo 
 Grotius, with Annotations. — ' It 
 was, however, e'fteemed a very 
 good Trandation by his Cotem> 
 porarles, and is even ftrongly 
 commended in a Copy of Verfes 
 prefixed to it by the great Lord 
 Falkland. 
 
 OfCHllST WHEN HE WA«- 
 
 TWELVE Years old. Com. 
 —This is one of the Pieces writ- 
 ten by Bifliop Bale, of which we 
 know nothing more than the 
 Name, as handed down to us by 
 himfelf in a Catalogue cf his 
 Works. 
 
 Chrononhotontht>logo4» 
 A Mock Trag. by Harry Carey, 
 8vo. 1734* adled with Succefs at 
 the Little Theat. in the K^y- 
 market. 
 
 Chuck, or the ScbotlBofs 0- 
 pera, 1736. — This Piece is ex- 
 tremely puerile) yet the Author 
 or Editor has thought proper 
 to put Mr. Gbher'i Name to it. 
 
 CiciLiA and ClORINDA) 
 or Love in Arms, Tra^-Com. by 
 Tbo. Killegnw.-^TYi\% is formed 
 in two Plays, the firft of which 
 was written at Turin, about 1650, 
 and the fecond at Florence, in 
 1651.— The Scene of both Pieces 
 lies in Lombardy, and the Cha- 
 ra£lcrs of Amadco, Ducius and< 
 Manlius, feem Copies oi Jlglatides, 
 Artahes and Megahifes inthe GrtfwT 
 Cxrus, Part L Book 3. 
 'The CiD. Tragi -Com. by. 
 Jofefb ;jtf/rc-r.— This Play is alfo 
 in two Parts, both printed in 
 i2mo. the firft in 1637, the fe- 
 cond in 1640. — They are Tranf- 
 lations at large, and with fome 
 Alterations of the celebrated Cid,. 
 of Corneille, and were undertaken, 
 the firft at the Requeft of the E. 
 of Dorfet, to whofc Son the Au- 
 thor was Tutor, and the fecond 
 
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 by the Command of K. Charles I. 
 who wa« to well fatisiicd with the 
 lirft Titnflation, as to order the 
 f«cond Part to be put into Mr. 
 Jlutur'e Hands for the fame Pur- 
 pofc. 
 
 CiNNA's Conspiracy. Tr. 
 Anonym, afted in Lincohr i-Inn . 
 
 Fieldt, 4to. 1713 The Scene 
 
 Rome. — Plot from the Roman 
 Hiitory. 
 
 CiBcs. Dram. Opera, by Dr. 
 Cha, D'Avtnatitf 410. 1677 > a^ed 
 with confiderablc Applaufe. — 
 Prologue by Drydeny Epilogue by 
 Lord Rocbejitr, and the Mufic by 
 Bannijltr, — The Scene lies in 
 Jauricu Cberfomfus, and the Plot 
 15 borrowed from poetical Hiitory, 
 y\z. Ovid's Metam, Book 14, 
 BouMtt Nat, Cmet, *c. 
 
 CxTissN tuxm'dGxntlb. 
 MAN. rid. Mamamouchi. 
 
 The CiTv Br I » it, oi, tie 
 merry Cuthld. Com„ hy Jcf. Hmr. 
 n'f, 410. 1699.— ^Thjs Piay is 
 borrowed almoft entirely from 
 H^dfitr'tCtrtJir a Cuckold, feve. 
 n\ whole Scenes being the iiune, 
 but (JMiled br the prefent tranf- 
 pofer, fo that its Succeft was but 
 wry indiflferen.. 
 
 The City Farce, 1737. Of 
 this J know nothing more than 
 the Name. 
 
 The City Oallant. 
 f^id. Orexn*8 Tv qjjonyt. 
 
 The City Hcirkss, or Sir 
 Timtiy Tnstail. Com. by Mrs. 
 BebHy 4to. i68a. — This Play was 
 well received, but is in great 
 Meafure a Plagiarifm, Part of it 
 being borrowed from Middlctoti's 
 Mttd U^or/d my Mafterx, and Part 
 from Maffmpr't GuBrdian. — 
 From the Chara^er of Sir Tim- 
 tbyTrfsttf, *ati thzt of Mi dd/e- 
 tofi't PLiy from which it was 
 taken, celie6ted together, may 
 be deduced the Origia of die Sir 
 
 CI 
 
 Jobn Eng/i/b, in C. Jebn/on': 
 Country Laffeit-' Mrs. bebn has 
 alfo introduced into this Play a 
 great Part of the Inner Temple 
 Ma/aur, by Midd/letcrt. 
 ' The City Lady, or Folly re- 
 claiuCd. Com. by Tbo. Dilke^ 410. 
 1697. — Scene Covent Garden, 
 
 The City Madam, Com; 
 by Maffmgery 4to. 1658. —This 
 is an excellent Comedy, nor can 
 there perhaps be fliev;n a aiorc 
 perfeft Knowledge oS the Difpofi. 
 tion of the human Mind, than is 
 apparent in the Behaviour of the 
 City Lady and her two Daughters, 
 to the Hufband's Brother, who ij 
 unfortuiiately- fallen into Diftrefs,. 
 and is become a Dependant on the 
 Family.— The Plot, the Bufinefs, 
 the Conduifl end the i.aiiguage of 
 the Piece ere all fo admirable, 
 that it wouM need viuy little 
 Aiteratioa to hriag it on the 
 Lift of car tank plea£ng a£lii» 
 PUys. 
 
 The City Match. Com. 
 by Jafper Maine, D. D. — This 
 Play was prefented before the 
 K. and (^et ff^tebaJl, in 1639, 
 and there te an Edition of it in 
 Folio the iiime Year, and another 
 in 4tt. 1648, bac no correA one 
 earlier than that at Oxford 1659. 
 —The Scene lies in L<mdon, and 
 it has been eileemed as a very 
 g'^od Comedy. 
 
 The City Night Cap, or 
 Cred-quod babet & bates. Com, 
 by Rob. Davenport, 4to. J.ondin 
 1661.— This Play met with very 
 good Succcfs. The Plot of L». 
 renxo, Pbtlippo and Abfletnia, ii 
 taken from the Curious Imperti- 
 nent in Dm S^utxcte, and that of 
 Lvdovicot Francijc9 and Dtrotheit, 
 in which the new married Ladr 
 is fet to do Homage io h^r Kui> 
 banu's Night Cap, whicii Mr. 
 RMtienfcroJi has alfo introducel 
 
 f 
 
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 into' his London Cuckolds, is bor- 
 rowed from Bcccace^ Decameron, 
 Day 7. Nov. 7. 
 
 CiTV Politics. Com. by 
 y. Crown, 4to. 1683. — This Play 
 was a very fcvere Satire upon the 
 Whig Party then prevailing; yet 
 has the Author vindicated him- 
 felf in his Epiftle to the Reader, 
 of wliat had been laid to his 
 Charge, vix. that he had intend- 
 ed a perfonal Ahufc on a certain 
 eminent Serjeant at Law and his 
 Wife, under the Characters of 
 Bar!o'in and Luanda, and a Doftor 
 under that of Punchy. 
 
 The City Ramble, or the 
 P'.ayhoiife fVedding, Com. by Set- 
 tle, 4to. 1699. — The two fird 
 Speeches of this Play aj'C taken 
 from Beaumont and Flitcher's 
 Knights of the Burning P^^/i', and 
 much throughout the whole 
 Piece from the Coxcon:b of the 
 fame Authors. 
 
 A City Ramble, or the 
 Humours of the Compter, Farce, by 
 
 Cha. Knife, 8vo. 17 15. 1 he 
 
 Nime of this Farce is fufKclent 
 to point out its Subjedl. 
 
 The City Wit, or the JVo- 
 mnn loet rs tkt Breeehs. Com. by 
 Rich. Broome, Svo. 1654.. — The 
 Prologue is a mixture of Profe and 
 Vcrfe. 
 
 CtAwnius Tiberius Ne- 
 ro, ^om.t' s greateft T\ra>t (the 
 tragtdie of) truly reprefented out of 
 the pureft Records of tkofe Times, 
 4to. ift J J. "^Dedicattd to the 
 ri^ht wcrjhipful Sir Arthur Man- 
 nering (Sonne and Heyrt unto Sir 
 Crorgc Mannering, of Eithfield 
 in the County 0/" Salop) Carver unto 
 Prince Henry his Grate. Thie 
 Play I havs never fecn, «ior is it 
 in any of the Catalogues, that I 
 know, yet Mr. Ccxttcr in his MS. 
 K^:fs, hat it under this ample 
 and particular 'I'itle, which is 
 (ttrcly a fuAcicat Authority tor 
 
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 myinferting it in this Place. 
 
 Claricilla, — Tragi-Com. 
 by Tho. Kiiligtenv. — This Play 
 was written at /Jew*- about i6ca, 
 and is dedicated by the Autnor 
 to his Sifter the Lady Shannon, 
 
 Clear TEs. An Ital. Opera, 
 8vo. 17 1 6. —The Scene lies in 
 Denmark, and it is dedicated to 
 the Ladies of Great Britain, by 
 the Cav. Nicolini Grimaldi j but 
 who is the Author of it fecmi 
 not to be by that fufficiently de- 
 termined. 
 
 Cleomenes, or the Spartan 
 Hero, by Dryden, 4to. l69Z»-— 
 This Play, notwithftanding the 
 Mifreprefcntations of it by Dry' 
 dins Enemies at Court, was aftcd 
 with great Applaufe.— The Plot 
 of it is profe^edly taken from 
 Plutarch, but improved by the 
 Addition of CaJfandra'sLoye for 
 Cleomenes, and the giving him a 
 fccond Wife —The Scene lies in 
 Mexandria and the Port of that 
 City — and to the Addition in 
 iimo. 1717, is prefixed the Life 
 of Cleomenes, 
 
 Cleone. Trag. by R, Do."'" 
 \ry, 8vo. 1758.— The Plotof th^ 
 Play is not founclcd on any Hi- 
 ftory, yet the Circumftance of 
 Sifroy's giving his Friend direc- 
 iions concerning his Wife, feems 
 to favour fomcwhat of Pofibumus"* 
 Orders in Cymbcline, Ihe lalt 
 Afts containijig Cleont* M.idnels 
 over her murder'd Infant, arc 
 wrought to the higheft Pitch, and 
 received every advantage tlicy 
 could poflibly meet with, from 
 the inimitable Perfornanco of 
 Mifs BtUamv, to whoftt peculiar 
 Merit, in this Fart, it wouU be 
 doing Injuftice not to pay that 
 Tribute in this PUce, wbi«h the 
 moft judicious Audience in the 
 World, vir. that of Undon, at' 
 forded her (iuringaloAgandorcwd- 
 td ilun et the Piece. A nncxed 
 
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 to this Tragedy is an Ode entitu- 
 led Melpoment, which does Ho- 
 nour to its Author. 
 
 Cleofatra. Trag. by Sam. 
 Paniel, 8vo. 1595. — This Play is 
 founded on the Story of Cleopatra, 
 in Plutarch's Lives oi Anthony znA 
 P^mpey^ and on a little French 
 Book, of which we have a Tranf- 
 lation by Mr. Otivay, intituled, 
 The Uifiory of the three Triumvi- 
 rates. —This Tragedy was very 
 much cfteemed in its Time, and 
 ^ere is an Edition of it in 1623, 
 in which the Author has made 
 various Alterations greatly to its 
 Advantage. — Scene in Alex- 
 andria. 
 
 Cleopatra Q^or Egypt» 
 her Tragedy, by Tho, May, 1626. 
 This is upon the fame Story with 
 the foregoing, and the Author, ei- 
 ther with an Intent of fticwing 
 his Learning or his Candour, has 
 throughout, quoted in the Margin, 
 the Hiftorians from whom he 
 took the Story, vir. Plutarch, 
 Dion CaJJiuiy Suetonius, Strabc and 
 Appian.—Wc has befidcs, borrow- 
 ed feveral other Embellifhments, 
 particularly Callimackuii Epigram 
 upon limon, and an Annotation 
 on the antient Lybian Pfyllt, ce- 
 lebrated for curing the vencmous 
 Wounds giving by Serpents, by 
 fucking the Place. The Scene 
 Egypt. 
 
 , CLOTitrA. Ital. Opera, pre- 
 fcnted at the Thcat. in the }iciy- 
 market, 8vo. >7C'9. — Scene 
 Caftille. 
 
 The Clouds. Com. hy Lnv it 
 Theobald, izmo. 1715. — This 
 Play was not intended for the 
 Stage, but is only a I'ranfljition 
 with Notes from Aifiophanti. 
 
 Clubmkn. VU. Wits. 
 
 TheCoBLiR Of PmsTON. 
 Farce of z Afts, by Cka, Johnjon, 
 8vo. 1716. — The Plot of this 
 Piece U founded oa the Hiftory 
 
 c o 
 
 of ahtxkcfpcar'i drunken Tinker, 
 in t\it Taming ofaSbre<tu.—Jaioh 
 has mentioned a Farce of the 
 iutii Title, among Bullock' i 
 Works ) but as it is of the fame 
 Date nearly, and he has faid the 
 fame of that, which I have rela- 
 ted of this, I imagine it muft be 
 the fame Piece, only republifhed 
 by Bullock J whofe Property, as 
 Manager of the Theatre, it might 
 happen to be. 
 
 The CoBLER*s Opera. A- 
 nonym. 8vo, 1709, adted in L/n. 
 coin's 'Inn- Fields. — Of this 1 know 
 no more than the mention in 
 Coreter\ MS. Notes, 
 
 The ConLER's Prophecy, 
 Com. by Rob. IVilfon, ^to. 159^ 
 — Of this no more than xh". 
 Name is mentioned by any of the 
 Writcis. 
 
 Coi L I A, or the perjured Lovert, 
 Trag. by Cb. Jtknfon, 8vo. 1732. 
 This Play has much of the Pa- 
 thos in it, and may be confidcred 
 as very far from a bad Piece, yet 
 in the Reprefentation at Dr* Lant 
 it met v"th no Succcfs. 
 
 COELVM BrITANNICUM. ^ 
 
 Mal'oue, by Tho. Carcnv, 4^0. 
 1634. This Mafque was written 
 at the particular Command of th; 
 King, and pirform^-'d by iiis Ma- 
 jcfty and the Nobles, at the Ban- 
 queuing Houft at ff^titehali, on 
 Fibruary li, 1633.— The Dlco- 
 rations were by higo jfonrs, and 
 the Mufic by W. L.nuc. This 
 Piece was for ibmeTimc afcnbej 
 to Sir H''m. Da-venant, thro' Mif- 
 tike, which Millake ha? biien 
 continued fo far as to the Fol, £• 
 dition of Sir fK\ Works. 
 
 The CofpieHouse. Com, 
 by the Rev. Ja, Miller, 8vo. 
 1737. Br. Lane. — This Pir.r 
 met with no Kind of Succeti, 
 from a SuppoAtion, how ;,ut^ i 
 cannot pretend to determine, that 
 Mri. Tarrnv und her Daughter 
 
 whc 
 
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 tv, 4to. 
 5 writtcr, 
 ndottlic 
 lii^ M.i- 
 hc Pan- 
 ^ali, on 
 e DvXiv 
 ui, an! 
 , This 
 aicrihcJ 
 ^ro' Mif- 
 lu5 been 
 Fol. E- 
 
 , Com, 
 
 rr, 8vo. 
 
 lis Piivr 
 
 Succfl's, 
 
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 line, that 
 
 )aughtcr 
 
 whc 
 
 c o 
 
 who kept Dick\ Coffee - Houfc 
 jicar 1\np!e-Biir, and were at that 
 'iinie celebrated Toa'ls, together 
 with Itvcral Pcrfons who fre- 
 quented that Houle, were intend- 
 ed to be ridiculed by the Author. 
 — Tiiis he ablblutely denied as 
 being his Intention j when the 
 Piece came out, however, the 
 Engraver who had been cm- 
 ployed to compofe a Frontilpiece, 
 having iiiadvcrtentl/ fixed on 
 ti'.at very Coffee-houle tor the 
 Scene of his Drawing, the I'em- 
 -len, with whom the abovc-mcn- 
 ti.mrd LaJies were ^rcut Favo- 
 r.icr, became, by this Accident, 
 \^ carfirmed in their Sutpicions, 
 (hit they united to damn rhls 
 i'iece, ,i\A even extended their 
 KfiVji'tiifMit^ to every Tiling 
 vhich was ful'pCv^cd to be this 
 Author's, for aconliderable Time 
 .•■aer. 
 
 C r r r E - H u s E . ViJ. 
 Knav>:hy in all Trades. 
 
 The COKF F.F.-ilOUIE PoLi- 
 T !Ci.\N, or the yyj^ice caught in 
 ' j oiv'i 'Trap. Com. by //. Ficld- 
 
 ^ • .', Svo. 1732. — This Play has 
 : :> very great Share of Merit, ytt 
 V. ji performed with tolerable Suc- 
 
 . (ci'j at tlie Liit'e Theatre in x\xi 
 llv,marhit. 
 
 COKFF.E-HOVSI: POLITI- 
 
 i ciAN. yid. Generous Hus- 
 band. 
 
 C;)FrEr.-Housif Politi- 
 cians. Ftd. UbURPERS. 
 
 Cola's Furv, or iKvcnda'i 
 Mij<r\. Trag. by Hen. Burkhcad, 
 ^to. 1641;. — The Suhjeft of this 
 Play, is the hijh Rebellion which 
 broke out in the Year 1641 j ap'i 
 rho principal Pcrfonagcs who had 
 any Concerr. in the TranfadVions 
 of that Time, arc diftinguifhed 
 under Fiilitious Names, •vix. D. 
 if Ormc>:d, OJirls\ Sir jfohn Bcr- 
 Ijccy ncrr.fiiif i^c. as may be cafi- 
 ly diftovcicd by rcfciring to 
 
 c o 
 
 Temple's, Bsrlace": and Clar.'rdjtt*^ 
 
 Hillories. This Tragedy was 
 
 nev:r aded, but is tomm-'ndcd 
 in moft extravagant Terms, in two 
 Copies of Verfes prefixed to it. 
 
 The CoMBATK or Capps. 
 A Mafque, 1582. —-This Piece 
 is very fcarce, I have never Cecn 
 it, nor did cither Langhaine or 
 Jacah, by both of whom it is 
 mentioned wiihout either Au- 
 thor's Name or Date, but the Au- 
 tlior of the Brltijh Tkcatrc appears 
 to hivc known it better, fince in 
 tJK.t Work, alone I find it with 
 the old Spelling and Date 1 ha-, e 
 heie put to it, and whi h hoin 
 til- Air of Orijiinality that appear 
 in th.;n, 1 ha\e thought propei to 
 adoj>t. 
 
 1 he CoMn \T or Love ant 
 FuiENnsH'P. Com. by Dr. 
 Koh. Mead, 4to. i6;;4. — 1-Tlu,s 
 Play was prek;U\.d during tht 
 Author'^ Life Tiro'-, by tlitCrcn- 
 tlemen of Chrijl {'.lurch Cdlcdgf 
 Oxfivd, but was not pubhf]i-Ji< 
 till after hi- Deccalc. 
 
 The COMF.DY CF F-RROP.S, 
 
 by W. ^h.Mpeare, Fol. 1685. — 
 This Play is founded on the 
 M<evc:hmi of Phutm, btit greatly 
 exceeds the Original, — TV.c •.^)n- 
 fufion produc'd by the Krfem- 
 blance of the two Ar.tii.holis\ ani 
 the two Drcfr.io's, is truly comic, 
 and whenever the Piece is pr:;- 
 fented, which indeed is but fcl- 
 dom, from the Difhcui.y of 
 matching Performers to the Part?, 
 as well af to each other, j.s con- 
 ftantly found to keep up the At- 
 tention of an AiiJience, and giv? 
 thtm great Delight. 
 
 The Comical Gallant, 
 7i'/.'^ the Amotin ^^^ir T'.)hn F.il- 
 flaff. — Com. by J. Do:k/:, 4to. 
 1702. — The Scene of this Plav 
 li'^s in IVindfn- Park, and the 
 I'own of IVittdfor, wnl the Piece 
 is no other tlun a very indifferent 
 K Al. 
 
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 Alteration of Sbakefpeare^s Merry 
 IVives oflVindfor, to which is ad- 
 ded a large Account of the Tafte 
 in Poetry, and the Caufes of the 
 Degeneracy of it. - 
 
 The Comical Hask, Com. 
 by the Duchcfs bf Netvcajile, Fol. 
 xdbi. 
 
 TheCoMiCAtLovERS. Com. 
 by C. Giber, 4to, 17 12, afted 
 by Subfcription at the ^teen's 
 *Theat. in the H^ymar it. — I'his is 
 one of the molt indifferent of this 
 Author's Pieces, and is indeed re- 
 markable for nothing but a Tag 
 to one of the A£ls, which leeins 
 pointed at the Parting of Moneffs 
 and Arfajia inTamer/ane, and is a 
 humourous Pidture of many fuch 
 parting Scenes in fonie of our 
 Lovefick Tragedies. 
 
 The Comical Revengf, or 
 Z,wc in a Tub, Com. by Sir Geo, 
 Etheridge, 4to. 1669. — This 
 Comedy, tho' of a mixt Nature, 
 fome of it being ferious and writ- 
 ten in Heroic Verfe, and by no 
 means equal to the comic Pa:ts 
 of it, yet has generally fucceedcd 
 very well upon the Stage, and met 
 with univerfal Approbation j yet 
 to the Honour of the prcftnt 
 Tafte, this, and feveral other ad- 
 mirably written Pieces have been 
 for fome Time paft laid afide, on 
 Account of the Loofenefs of fome 
 of the Charafters and Expreffionsj 
 Wit, feeming in this Age, not to 
 bv. confider'd as a fufficicnt Protec- 
 tion for Libcrtimfm, which was 
 too much the Cafe at the Period 
 in which this Author wrote. 
 
 Comical Rival. Fid. 
 School Boy. 
 
 Comical Tr ANsroRMA- 
 rr 1 n . I'id. Devil r a 
 Wife. 
 
 The Committee, or Faith- 
 ful Injhmjn. Com. by Sir Rcb. 
 Howard, Fol. 1665. — This Co- 
 medy was written not long after 
 
 c o 
 
 the Reftoration, and was intended 
 to throw an Idea of the vitmoft 
 Odium on the Round-head Party 
 and their Proceedings. — ThePiec; 
 has no great Merit as to the 
 Writing, yet from the Drollery of 
 the Charad*-*: of Teaguc, ;ind the 
 ftrong Pidture of abfurd Fanati- 
 cifm mingled with indecent Pride 
 drawn in thofe of Mr. Day, Un, 
 Dayy and Abe!, it cvpn now, that 
 every Spark of Party Fire, as to 
 that J'ai t of the E:7gliJJj Hiftorj' 
 is .-bfolutely extind, has efta! 
 bli/Tied itfclf as a ihndard aftin^ 
 Comedy, and conftantly gives Pk^! 
 fure in the Reprelentation. 
 
 The Committee Man 
 CURRIED, Com. in 2 Parts, by 
 S. Sheppard, 4to. 1647,—^ 
 Piece difco-verirrg the Corruption ./ 
 Committee Men and Excifc Men j 
 the utijuji Sufferings of the Royal 
 Party j the oe-vilijh Hypocrify c/ 
 fome Roundheads ; the Revolt tor 
 Gain of fame Minifters. — •'K%\ 
 without pleafant Mirth a/:d Far::t^, 
 — I'hefe two Plays have mucli 
 more Zeal than Wit, yet at the 
 fame Time arc the moft barefatd 
 Plagiaries, there being fcarccly a 
 Piece of Sir John Suck/nig's either 
 in Profe or Verfe, which has cf- 
 caped the Plunder of this dramatic 
 Pirate, exclufive of what he iias 
 borrowed from the ift and 3J Sa- 
 tires of Juveral, as tranflatcil by 
 Sir Roh. Stapleton. 
 
 The Commons Condition, 
 Com. Anonym. 1676. — Of this 
 nothing more than the Name is 
 mentioned in any of the Cata- 
 logues. 
 
 A Commonwealth or 
 Women. Tragi-Com. by 7". 
 Durffy, 4to. 1686. — This Play is I 
 borrowed from Fletcher^ 'Sit\ 
 Voyage, and is very indifferently 
 executed. — The Scene Cvvm\ 
 Garden. 
 
 The Compromise. Com. hi 
 
 Mr. 
 
NDITION, 
 
 .•—Of th;; 
 ic Name ii m-r 
 the Cata- 
 
 LTH or 
 ri. by T., 
 
 'his Phyis 
 clerks Sii I 
 idifferently 
 ene Covcstl 
 
 Com. L'V 
 
 Mr. I 
 
 c o 
 
 Mr. Stwmy, 8vo. 1732, afted at 
 the Thcut. Roy. in Lincoln i-Inti- 
 fuldt. 
 
 CoMi's. A Maique, by Dr. 
 Daltoft, 8vo. 1739. — This Piece 
 is a very judicious Alteration of 
 Milton s Mafque at Ludlotv Caftle, 
 wherein it is render' d much more 
 fit for the Stage by the Introduc- 
 tion of many additional Songs, 
 nioft of th^m Milton\ own, of 
 Part of the Allegro of the fame 
 Author, and other PafTages from 
 hi'^ different Wo.ks, fo that he 
 i.,,i rather reflor'd MiL'on to him- 
 (ilf than altered him. — It met 
 V. ith great A^^plaufe, and the cfti- 
 ir.able Author during the Run of 
 It, fought out a Daughter of the 
 Kiiinoital ^ J, who was at that 
 iime '.'• Circumftances and 
 
 greatly rav«tji«.ed in Years, for 
 v-hom procured a Benefit from 
 this Picv , which pnduced her 
 upwards of no pounds ; nor be it 
 forgotten to the Honour of Mr. 
 Gankk, that about ten Years ago 
 he conferred the fame Obligation 
 on one Mrs. Fcjlert who was Gran- 
 daughter to the original Writer of 
 ti)is Mafque. 
 
 Conceited Cuckold. 
 Vid. Politic WHonf. 
 
 Conceited Peplar. Vid, 
 Aristjppus. 
 
 Conceited Travellers. 
 lid, Cahelf.ss Lovers. 
 
 The CoNKEDERACY. Com. 
 by Sir John Vanburghy 4X0. 1 70 5. 
 —This is a very pleafmg Comedy 
 and full of Bufincfs j the Cha- 
 riflers are natur.il, and altho' 
 tlieii? may f.cm fomtwhat im- 
 piobaLlo in ihe AfHar of i»n*and 
 iirij/f, yer, a-; many ftrange Things 
 are undoubtedly ('.'»ne in the For- 
 tune Hiintinf, Scheme, i,t can 
 fcarccly be deemed impoflible ; 
 tlic L ui);uage is pleafing, and the 
 Pint of the two Wives againft 
 
 c o 
 
 <^hclr Hu/bands, well conceived 
 and admirably executed, — In a 
 Word, it may perhaps juftly be 
 eftcemed the chefcTOevres of this 
 witty and ingenious Author. 
 
 The Confederates. A 
 Farce, by Jofeph Gay, 8vo. 1717. 
 — This Piece is written in Rhyme^ 
 and althc' the Name put to it is a 
 fidlitious me, contains a confider- 
 able Shar^ of Humour. It is a 
 very {fivtrz Satire on a Farce writ- 
 ten in Confederacy, by the three 
 great Geniufcs Pope, Gay and yfr- 
 buthmty called Three Hours after 
 Marriage, which juftly met with 
 univcrfal Difapprobation. — The 
 real Author of this Fircc (which 
 was never adled) was Capt. yobn 
 Durant Breval, whom on this 
 Account Mr. Poj>e has thought 
 proper to lafh, as he did every 
 one whom he either difliked or 
 feared, in the Duticia J. 
 
 The Conflycte or Con- 
 scYENCE. A Paftoral, hy Nath. 
 tVcods, 4to. 1581. This is one 
 of the early dramatic Pieces form- 
 ed on moral Subjpdls. — I knov/ 
 not whether it was ever j iblickly 
 performed, \mt was intended to be 
 prefentcd in private Faoiilies, for 
 which Purpofe, the Aftors Names 
 are divided into fix Paits, in fuch 
 Manner, that all the Characters 
 may be performed by Hx Per- 
 fons only. 
 
 The Connoisseur. Com. 
 hy Corol/y, gvo. J 7 34. — This 
 Play is intended to anfwcr the 
 fame Kind of Purpofes of Ridi- 
 cule with SbaSwdl's Virtuofo, andl 
 Footed Farce oi Tajle, but is but 
 indifferently executed, and ni«*4; 
 with very middling Succefj. 
 
 The C0NQ.UEST or China, 
 hy the Tartan, Trag. by £". Set" 
 tie, 4to. 1676. — This Play is writ- 
 ten in Heroic Verfe, and the Plot 
 founded on lliAory, whick may 
 
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 he fecn by refering to l'!ry!ini 
 Ccfmcg. Palafax'i Conqucl't ot 
 China, Sec, 
 
 CONQ^UKST OF FrANCE. P'iJ. 
 
 Henry V. 
 
 CoNq^UEST OF Granada. 
 Trag. ill two Parts, by y. Dryden, 
 4to. 1678. Thefe two Plays met 
 with great Succefs when per- 
 tormed, on which Account, as it 
 ihould fccm, Langbarne, who is 
 ever ftrongly prejudiced againft 
 this Prince oi Englijh Poets, has 
 taken amazing Pains to point out 
 how much he has borrowed for 
 the forming of thefe Pieces, from 
 the celebrated Romances of vtf/wj- 
 hidc, Crar.d CyruSy Ibrahim, and 
 GuxKan. — Yet furely this £nvy 
 iv.is entirely unnecclfary, lince as 
 the Plot of the Piece is built on 
 Hiftory, it Ihould rather be eftcem- 
 rd as a Merit, than a Blemifli in 
 tlie Author, thjt he has, like an 
 indullrious Bee, colledlted his 
 Honey from all the choiceft 
 Flowers which adorned the Field 
 he was traverfing, whether the 
 Diorc cultivated ones of ferious, or 
 the wilder of romantic Hiftory.— • 
 They are, however, written in a 
 Manner fo different from the prc- 
 fcnt Tafte, that they have been 
 long laid afide. 
 
 Conquest of Ireland* 
 J^d. Royal Flight. 
 
 C0NQ.UEST OF Mexico. 
 ftd. Indian Emperor. 
 -The Conquest of Spain. 
 Trag. Anonym. 4to. 1705, aftcd 
 at thc%.'j 7heat. in theH^jy- 
 war^fr.— Scene Spain. 
 
 The Conquest of the 
 Golden Fleece. Opera, by 
 Angeh Cori, 8vo. 1 7 38, perform- 
 ed at the Theatre in the Hay- 
 frarker.—'The Plot is founilcd on 
 the Story of yafon, .indthe Scene 
 lies partly in theFala'cc of Cholcosy 
 and [>:irtly in the contiguous Wocd 
 conllcrutcd to Man, 
 
 c o 
 
 The CoKsciKNTious Lo- 
 vers. Com. — Of this nothing 
 mcie fccms to be knowji than 
 th^rt there has been luch a Play, 
 and that it was written in foirc 
 Part of the fevcnteenth Centurv. 
 
 The Conscious Lovfrs. 
 Com. by Sir Eich.ird Ste.-k, 8vo. 
 1721. — The general Dclign ot 
 this celebrated Comedy is t.ikcii 
 from the Atidria of 'Jerence, \ ai 
 the Author's principal [ntentl:, 
 in the Writing it, was, as ht 
 himfelf informs us, to intrcduvo 
 the very fir« Scene in the 4th Acl 
 between young iW.7 and Myitlt^ 
 which fets forth in a Ihoir^ 
 Light, the FcWy of Duelling, and 
 the Abfurdity of what is falfcly 
 called the Point of Ho- 'ur ; and 
 in this particular Mcr> this Play 
 would probably have ever ftood 
 foremoft, had not that Subjeft 
 been fince more amply and com- 
 pleatly treated by the admirable 
 Author of Sir Charles Crandifin, 
 in the Affair between that tiuely 
 accompUflied Gentleman and Sir 
 Hargrove FoUex/tn. Vid, Sir Ch.-. 
 Grandifottf Vol. i. and a. 
 
 The Conspiracy. Trag. hy 
 Henry Ktl/igrew, ^to. 16 38. This 
 Piece was intended for the Enter- 
 tainment of the King and Quren 
 at Tork Houfe, on Occafion of the 
 Nuptials of Lord Cha, Herbert with 
 Lady Mary Villiers j and was ;it". 
 terwards ailed on the Black Fry- 
 an Stage.— It was written at 17 
 Years of Age, and the Commen- 
 dation beftowed on it by Bin 
 yonfon and Lord Falkland, created 
 the Author fomc Envy among his 
 Cotemporaries. — The Edition a- 
 bovementioned is a furreptidou-. 
 one, publiflied while the Auth't 
 was Abroad, and without his 
 Conlent or Knowledge. He af- 
 terwards, however, gave the 
 World a more genuine one in 
 Fol. 16535 but was fo tnu(h 
 
 a/hani.d 
 
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 '* 
 
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 aftiained of this firft Edition that 
 to prevent iti being known to be 
 the fame Piece, he altered the 
 Name of it to Pn/lantiit and £«</o- 
 ra, which therefore I would re- 
 fommend to the Reader. — The 
 Scene lies in Crftt, 
 
 The ('0N8PIRACY, or the 
 Change of Goniimmtnt, Trag. by 
 mitaicr, 4to. 1680. — The Play 
 if written in Rhime, the Prologue 
 compos'd by Ravenfen/t, and the 
 Scene lies in Q'urhy, 
 
 Conspiracy a»J Trageefy of 
 Charles Dukr of Byron, Marfijal 
 «f France. Two Plays, by Geo, 
 Chapman, 4to. 1608.— Thefc two 
 Pieces arc both Ibiinded on Hi- 
 ftory, and their Plots may be 
 fccn in the reading of Mttzeniy, 
 D^Avila^ and other of the French 
 Hiftorians on the Reign oi Henry 
 IV. ai France, 
 
 The Conspirators. A Tra- 
 gi-com!c Opera, as it was &£ted in 
 England and Irelatid without Ap- 
 plaufe, 8vo. 174.9.— —What *^^ 
 Subjedt or Intent of this Piece is, 
 1 am unatquuintcd with, ns I have 
 never Icco it, and from its i^atc, 
 find it ia no other Lift b<it of the 
 Britip 1'hcatrc j but ,im apt to 
 believe it has fotne politicnl 
 Meaning from its Title, and its 
 never having been performed. 
 
 The Constant Cuui>i,E,or 
 a Trip to the Juhiltt. Com. by 
 G, Fartjtih.tr, 410. 1700. — This 
 is a VC7 gcutccl, lively, nnd cn- 
 tcrt.iinint; Piece I it met with 
 great Succcfs at its firft Appear ■ 
 ance, and is always well received 
 whenever it is rcpnffntcd. It 
 has bci-n faid that the Author in 
 his principal Charaifter of *sir 
 Hany U'lhluir, tncant to prefcnt 
 the Public with hit own Portrait 
 — but OS the fiime has c Seen 
 fill mifed with Rf^gard to h... v.\ipt. 
 P/«»H(', and his yijiing Miralx/, I 
 cannot help making one Remark 
 
 c o 
 
 on this Opinion, which I think 
 muft do Honour to the Author, 
 viz. that fuch a general Belief 
 could arif-! from nothing but that 
 Refemblance, which inuft have 
 been apparent lo thofe who knew 
 hiin, between him and thefe ele- 
 gant and pleafing Charafters. — 
 For it is fcarcely to be imagined, 
 that a Man of the generous, open, 
 familiar, and diflipated Cai^ of 
 Chara£ler that fuch a Refemblance 
 implies him to have been, could 
 be fo much of an Egotift, as in - 
 tentionally to make himfelf the 
 principal in every Piece he fent 
 into the World j and yet it is, 
 perhaps, fcarce poHible for any 
 Writer who is to draw Characters 
 in real atid familiar Life, not to 
 throw into that which he intends 
 to render mod amiable and im- 
 portant, fo much of his own 
 Principles, Opinions, and Rules 
 of Action, as to render a Refem- 
 blance very apparent to thofe who 
 arc familiar with his Complexion 
 of Mind and general turn of Cha- 
 ra(£ter. — Of this we have nume- 
 rous Inftances, in Writers of 0- 
 ther Kinds than the dramatic } 
 jfofefh Andrews, 'torn JoneSf and 
 Capt. Booth, have been ever ac- 
 knowledged as the Characters of 
 their ingenious Author ; nor can 
 any one deny aSimiliarity between 
 Sir Cha. GranJifon and his eftima- 
 ble Author: and to conclude the 
 Obfervition, I cannot think it 
 improbable, that were we clofcly 
 to examine the Comedies of the 
 latter half of the 17th Century, 
 wc might find out in their Heroes 
 and Heroines the genuine Portraits 
 of the Bi'hn's, Durfcy's, IVycher- 
 le/f, and Ci:ntt'i-vrc''s of thofe Pe- 
 riods of Gallantry and Licentiouf- 
 n'.-fs. — The Part wc have been 
 fpeaking of, is in itfelf very ele- 
 gant, but the peculiar Merit of 
 Mr, fyilkes i n the Performance of 
 E3 it, 
 
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 it, ha3 certainly been hitherto un- 
 equalled ; III r can there be a 
 ft:ionE,er Pr f f of it, than its hav- 
 ing been lb frequently fince per- 
 formed by Women, where a Par- 
 tiahty to the Sex, might l^e urged 
 to cxrufe fomc little Deficiency 
 in Foint of Execution. 
 
 CoNSTANTiNE. Trag. by 
 Pti/. Framts, 8vo. 1754. Ccvent 
 Card, — This Piece met with very 
 bad Succcfs, altho' not by many 
 Degrc^s the worit of the Pre !uc- 
 tions of that Seafon. 
 
 CoNSTANTINt Till CrEAT, 
 
 or the Irafedy of Love, by A^. Lie, 
 Ato. 1684. — The Scene of this 
 Play is laid in Rop:e, and the Plot 
 founded on real Hiftory, for which 
 lie various Hiflorians of the Life 
 of that Empcrcr, and particularly 
 An:nvani,i MdrcelUnui, by whom 
 the Story of Cnjjf>us and I'aufta is 
 vpry circumftaniialiy related. 
 
 The Constant Lady, P'id, 
 Generous Freemason. 
 
 The Constant Maid, or 
 Love noill fiiide out the Way. Com. 
 by Jii. IShirhy, 410. 166 1. — 'I'he 
 grcateft Hurt of this Play is bor- 
 rowed from othci;, particularly 
 the Circumflance of lla>-<hvcir^ 
 courtinp the Widow Jhl/amy by 
 the Advice of his Friend yiayfair] 
 which, altho' tlic Bafis of all the 
 principal Kulinrl's of the Piece, 
 has been made Ufc of in many 
 Comedies brth anticnt and mo- 
 dcn. — It WIS before printed with 
 the laft TjiIc alone, and the Let- 
 ters T. li. .!> Auihor, 4to. 1640. 
 
 The CoNS'i ANT Nymvh, or 
 tl$ Ranii'lirr^^lfphrd, A Pafioral. 
 Aiuinym. 410. i<i7S.-~This Piece 
 Wiis written by a IVrfon of Quali- 
 ty, who tcl! us (as mod Authors 
 whofc Pieces do not fuccccd, are 
 (It r-rous of finaing nut any other 
 C.iv fc for their Failure, than Want 
 cf Merit) that it fudi.'r'd nivich 
 tlxro ike Dcfods of fwtlini; it o9 
 
 G O 
 
 when it came upon the Stage. -. 
 The Scene h Lucia in Arcadia. 
 
 The Contending Pollies, 
 Fid. Beggar's Pantomime. 
 
 The Contented Cuckold, 
 or the Woman's Advocate, Com. 
 by Reuben Bourne, 4to. 1692. — 
 Scene London. — This Play wu? 
 never aftcd. 
 
 The. C n T E N ti ON ef. 
 
 TWEENE LlBERALITlE And 
 
 Prodigal ITIE. A pkajani Co- 
 medie flafd before her Majfti;, 
 4to. 1602. — This Piece is ano- 
 nymous, but notwithftanding the 
 Dift'erence of Time, I am apt to 
 believe it to be no more than an 
 Enlargement and Improvement 
 of a much older Piece, intilulej, 
 Liheraiitie and Prodigalitie, t 
 Mafque of much Moraiitie, printed 
 fo early as 1559. — Yet whether 
 this Alteration was made by the 
 Author of the firft or not, 1 am 
 entirely unable to determine, al- 
 tho' as upwards of forty Yeai? 
 had elapfcd, I think it the more 
 rational to furmife in the Ne- 
 gative. 
 
 The Contention be 
 TWEKN York and Lancas- 
 ter, nuifh the trtigical Death of 
 the good Duke Humthrv, Ac, 
 in two Parts 4to. 1600. — There 
 is very little Difference between 
 this and tlie fecond Part of Henrj 
 VL as written by Shakefpcare. 
 
 Contentions for Honour 
 AND Riches. A Mafque, by 
 jfii. Slir/ey, 4to. 1633. — This 
 was originally no more than an 
 Interlude or Entertainment, but 
 was afterwards enlarged by the 
 Author to the Bulk of a Comeuy, 
 with the Title of Honor ia and 
 Mammon. 
 
 Contention for thi 
 Laurel. Fid, Battle of 
 THE Poets. 
 
 Contention of Ajax 
 AMD Ulvsjis for the ArrKcur t/ 
 
 Achilles 
 
c o 
 
 c o 
 
 — There 
 bctwern 
 of Hsnrj 
 fjcare. 
 
 -lONOl'R 
 
 Tquc, by 
 — This 
 than an 
 
 ment, but 
 by tiic 
 ComcJy, 
 
 noria and 
 
 )R THI 
 TLE OF 
 
 >y AjAx 
 
 Armour if 
 
 Achilles 
 
 Achilles. — An Interlude, Svo. Corinthian Queeh, riJ. 
 
 jg,^. — ThcPlan taken from the Zelmane. 
 
 13th Book of O-vid's Metamor- Cor iol anus. Trag. by W. 
 
 phofis, S'/'akefpearCy 4to. 1699, — The 
 
 Plot of this Play is taken from 
 Hiftory, "vix. from Plutarch's Life 
 Corio.'anui , Lhy , Dioryfiui 
 h-.ihc&rn, &c. — A he Scene lies 
 y. ii ly in Rome^ and partly in the. 
 Territories of the t^o/j'cians,^-lt is 
 
 Contract broken. yiJ, 
 NoBi-E Spanish Soldier. 
 
 Ihe Contrivances, or 
 won' JVays than one, A Ballad 
 f arte, by Harry Carey, Svo. 1717. 
 — This is a very cntv talning 
 
 Piece, had very good Succefs at an admirable Play, and altho'. 
 It's firft Appearance, and fre- asit will prefently be /hewn, many 
 quently brings crowded Houfes to Attempts have fince been made to 
 this Day. alter it, as well as tn ''■orm origi- 
 
 The Convent op Plea- nal Pieces on thj i> nc Defagn, 
 £URE. Com. by the Ducbefs of yet none of thcf>: attempts have 
 Nnt-xajlle, j668. — This is one a- ever equalled, or even approached 
 mong many of the Pieces of this 
 voluminous Female Aut^ r, which 
 have very feldom biu-i performed, 
 and perhaps much f domeic read. 
 
 Converted Twins. Vid. 
 St. Cec j l v. 
 
 Converts. Vid. Pan- 
 poha. 
 
 to the Merit •>f the inimitable 
 firft Author. 
 
 Cor lOL ANUS, he Invader of 
 hit Country f or, the Fatal Refent- 
 vtent. Trag. by f. Dennis, 8vo. 
 I720. This is one of, the At- 
 tempts above-mentioned ; but, I 
 believe, fucceeded no otherwife 
 The CoQ.UET,"or the Englijh than to bring the Author two or 
 
 Chcfalicr. Com. by Cha, Molloy, 
 ?\o. 1718. — A(5lcd at the Theat, 
 in Lincoln S'hn-Tu Ids with great 
 Applaufe. 
 
 COCJJUET AT HER Wit's 
 
 End. Vid. Impektjnent 
 Lovers. 
 
 TheCoqUET's Surrender, 
 or the hutnorous lunjler. Com. 
 Anonym. 1732. — I know not 
 whether this Play was ever afted 
 or not, but by its not being tp be 
 
 three Benefits and llien drop into 
 Oblivion. 
 
 Cor lOL ANUS. Trag. by Jj. 
 Tkomfon, Svo. 1748. — Tiiis plca- 
 fmg Poet's principal Merit not 
 lying in the dramatic •'ay, and 
 this, the' the laft., - „ far from 
 the bed of his W .<.s, even in 
 that Way, I cannot p.»^< any very 
 exalted Complirner titothe Piece, 
 — Yet in Juftice to the amiable 
 Char.idtcr of its Author, 
 
 I muft 
 found in any of the Catalogues, not avoid calling to Mind, in this 
 r.or having ever fallen in my Way, Place, the gratofu' Tribute of 
 1 atn apt to look on it as one of Senfibility paid to is Memory at 
 thofe half begotten Infants of the the firft Rcprefenf ..ion of it, 
 Mufcs, which cither fall iliort of which was not till after his 
 txiftence by an abfolute Abortion, Death ; when on a Recapitulation 
 or at the beft expire as foon as of his Lofs, in the Prologue by 
 born, and have no other Remem- Mr. ^in, in a Pvlanr' • peculiarly 
 brance of their having been fully afFefting, fcarccly one dry Eye was 
 formed, but that of the Groans to be fetn in the Audience, fa ge- 
 which attended on the bringing neral was the Senfe fhcwn c'-' the 
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 Nus. An Ital. Opera, pcrform'd 
 at the Ki/i^^s Theat. in the Hay 
 market, 8vo. I7Z3. 
 
 CORIOLANUS. k'td. InGRA- 
 
 TiTUDE or A Common- 
 wealth. 
 
 The CoRKisH Comedy, by 
 a Cortiijh Attorney, 410. 1^96. — 
 A«fted at the Thcat. in Dorjet 
 Cardetis. -^Scene Cornwall. 
 
 The CoBKisH Squire. Com. 
 by Sir yobn yanburgby Congreve 
 and ff^aljh, 8vo. 1701. — I'his is 
 founded almoft entirely on the 
 Sieur Pourceaugnac of Moliere. 
 
 Corona Minerv/e. A 
 Mafque, by T. Middkton, 1634. 
 — Of this Piece I find no men- 
 tion any where but in the Britijh 
 Theatre. 
 
 The Coronation. Tragi- 
 Com. by J. Shirley, 8vo. 1653. 
 — ■ I'his Flay was printed i-n 410. 
 1640. as Beaumont and Fletcher's, 
 but as Shirley laid Claim to it, 
 and the Writers feem generally 
 to allow of th".t Claim, I have 
 heie reftored 11 ../ his Name, — 
 Scene Epiri :, 
 
 The Co ; •■'> \ ;\ T I ON OK Qo E E N 
 E L I i, A B E i" H , n V, the Rejioration 
 tf the Protejiani Religion, and the 
 Downfall of the Pope, by W. R. 
 4to, 1680. This was no more 
 than a Droll of 3 Aels, played 
 at Bartholomew and Souttwark 
 Fairs. 
 
 Corruptions op the di- 
 vine Laws. A dramatic Piece, 
 mentioned by Bifliop Bale in the 
 Catalogue of his own Works. 
 
 The Costly Whore. A 
 comical Hi (lory, afted by the 
 Company of Revels. Aaonym. 
 i|to. i6';3. — This Piece is by 
 Philips attributed to Rob. Mead\ 
 but Lan^baine feems firmly of O- 
 pinion that it is not his. — The 
 Scene lies ^nSaxtny, 
 
 CovsNT Garden, Com. 
 
 c o 
 
 by 72)5, Nabbei, 4to. 1638. — ^ 
 This Piece was firft performed in 
 1632, but was not printed till 
 the Time above-mentioned. The 
 Title implies where the Scene ij 
 laid, and I imagine H a Re- 
 prefentation of the ifa*'.Durs of 
 that Place at the Period »vhen it 
 was written, 
 
 CovENT Garden weeded^ 
 or the Middlefex Jufiice of Peace. 
 Com. by Rich. Brome^ 8vo. 1658, 
 — By thefe Titles it is mentioned 
 in Largbaine, and other Writers 
 probably fiom him— but 1 cannot 
 help obferving that Mr. Coxeter 
 has altered the firft Title wo The 
 fVeeding ofCovent Garden^ which 
 { imagine he would not have 
 done, without having feen the 
 Piece fo entitled in fome Edition, 
 and has, moreover declar'd it to 
 be a pofthumous Work of this ce- 
 lebrated and voluminous Author. 
 
 The Coven T Garden Tra- 
 gedy, Farce, by //. Fielding, 
 8vo. 1733, Dr, Lfl«f . -— This 
 is a burlefque, but not equal to 
 fome other Pieces of the fame Au- 
 thor. — The Humours of Covent 
 Garden, with Refpeft to Whores, 
 Gamblers and Bullies, being Sub- 
 jefts too low for Mock Tragedy. 
 
 Of the COONCELI, S OF 
 
 Bishops. A Com. by Bifhop 
 Bale. — See his Lift in the Britifi 
 Theatre, p. 199. 
 The Counterfeit Bride- 
 groom, or the defeated Widow, 
 Com. 4to. 1677. — This is no 0- 
 ther than Middleton^i No fVit 
 like a TVoman^s, printed with a 
 new Title j an Artifice to give 
 the Appearance of Novelty, which 
 feems to have been frequently 
 pra<ftifed in thofe Times, but 
 which would not by any Means 
 pafs now, when the flighteft 
 Plagiary is immediately difcover'd 
 by the piercing Eyes ol our Stage 
 hunting Critics, bywhomrefem- 
 
 bhaces 
 
c o 
 
 1 : «iccs are even formed in their 
 > vn Imaginations only, (to the 
 riejuciicc of rejl Merit) whore no 
 :r\orc than that general Sympathy 
 cf Conception which all Writers, 
 \vhofe Genius enables theni to 
 fee Nature as /he is, mutt have 
 with each other, can give Ground 
 for their Accufarions. 
 
 The Counterfeits. Com. 
 Ato. 1679. y. Leonard hz.% been 
 r.ippos'd to be the Author of this 
 i'iuy, which is very far from be- 
 ing a bad one. — The Scene lies in 
 Midrid. — The Plot is taken from 
 ■\ ^par.ijh Novel, called 'The Tra- 
 ti:ii:cr tiapamied ; and Mr. Cibber 
 has made great Ufe of it in hi? 
 Comedy of She •wou'd and Jhe 
 luoud not. 
 
 The Countess of Escar- 
 BAGNAS. Com. by y. Oxell, — 
 This is only a Tranflation from 
 Mofiere, and never intended for 
 the Stage. 
 
 The Countess op Pem- 
 broke's Ivy Church, by ^- 
 brabam Fraunce^ 4to. 159X. — As 
 this is in fome of the old Cata- 
 logues fet down as the Name of a 
 Play in two Parts, I could not 0- 
 nilt a Mention of it in this Place, 
 altho' it contains nothing drama- 
 tic, but one Piece in Eii£lijh Hex- 
 tttneters, called Amititas\ Pafloral, 
 and which is but a Tranflation of 
 'Tjjfo's Aminta. 
 
 Country Beau. Vid, De- 
 vil UPON TWO Sticks. 
 
 Country Bumpkins. Vid. 
 Bktty. 
 
 CuWNTRY BuRIAt. Vid, 
 
 Syi.via. 
 
 The Country Captain. 
 Com. by the Duke of Ne^McaJilc, 
 4to. 1640, — 'This Pby is fuppofed 
 to have been written dufing his 
 Exile. 
 
 The Country Girl. Com. 
 by Anth. B reiver y 4to. 1645. — 
 This Play was frecjiiently a^fled 
 
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 with great Applaufc. The Scenes 
 in London and Edmonton, 
 
 The CouNTKV House. A 
 Farce, by Sir y. Vanburgh, iz^. 
 1704. — This is nearly a Tranfla- 
 tion from a French Piece. 
 
 CouNTHY Innocence, or 
 the Chambermaid turnd Shaker,— » 
 Com. by yobn Lcanard, /\to. 1677, 
 — This is a moft notorious Ph- 
 giary, being only Bre^r.r'i Coun- 
 tiy Girl, juil mcntic.ici' "printed, 
 with fcarcely ar • ■')i' ce but 
 
 that of a new T 
 
 Country J ^'id. 
 
 Perjuror. 
 
 The Countrv or 
 
 the C:iJ}om of the Manner, Com. • 
 by Cha. y^hnfon, iimo. 17 15.— 
 This is a very bafy and entertain- 
 ing Comedy, and confifts of two 
 feparate and independent Plots, 
 one of which is borrowed from 
 FUtcher'i Cujlom cf the Countryt 
 the other from Mrs. Centli-vre^s 
 City Heirefs, and what flie ftole it 
 from, viz. MiddUton's MadfVorld 
 tny Majiers. — It ftill Hands on the 
 Lift of afting Plays, and is ever 
 fure to give Pleafure. — The Cha- 
 ra<£ter of Farmer Freehold in par- 
 ticular, I* admirably drawn. 
 
 Country Miss with her 
 FuRBELOE. — Vid.Otv Mode 
 AND THE New. 
 
 Country Squire. Vid, 
 Love in a Wood. 
 
 The Country Wake. Com. 
 by 7ho, Dcfget, 4to. 1696. — This 
 Play was a£led with Applaufc, 
 and has ftrce been reduced into 
 a Ballad Farce, by the Name of 
 Flora, or Hob in the J'Vell, which 
 is one of the bcft Pieces of that 
 Kind extant. 
 
 The Country WEnniNG 
 AND Skimmington. A Tragi- 
 comi-pafl oral farcical Opera. A- 
 nonym, Svo, 1720, a£tcd at Dru- 
 r^ Lane. — 'I'his Piece is only one 
 long Scene ca a I3aaic near the 
 
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 Airs in it afcer tiie Manner of 
 the Beggar'' s Opera, and wascom- 
 pofed tor the young Company to 
 a& in the Summer. 
 
 TheCouNTHY Wife. Com. 
 by i^m, UyderUy, 410. 1675. — 
 This Comedy is next to the 
 Plain Dealer the beft of this Au- 
 thor's Piaces. — It contains great 
 Wit, high Charader, and a man- 
 ly nervous Manner in the Lan- 
 guage and Sentiment, yet on Ac- 
 count of the Loofencfs in the 
 Char«£ter of Horner and fome o- 
 ther of the Parts, it has been for 
 fome Time fet afide from Repre- 
 fentation j moire efpecially as tKc 
 Lofs of Mr. ^luin from the Stage, 
 gives juft Grounds to fear we 
 AaJi not foon fee the Charafter 
 of Pifubwift fo well performed as 
 it was by that great theatrical 
 Maftcr. Mrs. Pindnviff ^««™" »» 
 fome Meafure bortowsd from Mt- 
 litres EioU des Pmnrts, 
 
 TheCJouNTay Wit. Com. 
 fcy J' QrmMt 4to, 1675. ^This 
 Play contains a great df a) of low 
 HifpiQuf, but was a great Favo- 
 ritf wi|J» K. Ckarlts U.-r-^l^art 
 both of the Plot and Language 
 art borrowed from MoUtre's Sici- 
 lien, ou r Amour Peintre. Scene 
 the Pan-Mall, in the Year 1675. 
 
 The CowaACious Turk, or 
 Amurath I. Trag. by Tho. Goff, 
 4to. 163*. —The Ph)t from the 
 Ififtories of the 'Tvrhijh Empire, 
 iO the Reign of Amvrath. 
 
 Court and Countiy, or 
 the Cbanftlings. Ballad Opera, 
 Svo. 1 743.-,. This Piece was ne- 
 ver intended for the Stage, but is 
 only a Satire on the Alterations 
 made in the Miniftry, and the 
 Uiifteadinefs in fome of the pa- 
 triot Party, or as they called thcm- 
 f«Ues, the Country Intereil about 
 that Time. 
 
 The QounT 0c c a AX. Com* 
 
 c o 
 
 by Richard Brome, afted at the 
 Cockpit in 1632. and printed ^vo. 
 
 1653. 
 
 The Court Legacy. Ballad 
 Op. of 3 Afts, 8vo, 173a. Ano- 
 nym, never aded. 
 
 Court of Augustus Ct- 
 SAR. Vid. Gloriana. 
 
 CouRTNAT Earl or De- 
 vonshire, or the Troubles of ^. 
 Elizabeth. Trag. 4to. Anonym, 
 No Date. — This Play I find no 
 Mention of butin Coxelfr''a Notes, 
 but it comprehends (according to 
 the Title) a great Part of ifae 
 Raign of Q^, Mary, with the 
 Death of Jane Gray. 
 
 The Court Secret. Tragi- 
 Com. by Ja. Shirley, 8vo. 1653. 
 —This Play was never aeted, but 
 was prepared for the Stage at Black 
 Fryart, Plays, being at that Time, 
 vi», during the Commonwealth, 
 entirely interdicted. — The Scene 
 lies zt Madrid, 
 
 Courtship a -la -mode. 
 Com. by David Craufurd, 410. 
 
 Th0 Coxcomb. Com. by 
 Beaumont and Fletchtr, 4to. 1630. 
 -^This Play has at Times been 
 reyivad and a£ted with Succefs. 
 
 CRAFTrE Cromwell, or 
 Oliver ordering our new State. Tra- 
 gi-Com. — JVherein is difcovered the 
 trgiterous Undertakings and Pro- 
 ceedings of the faid Nol and hit le- 
 velling Crew J written by Mercu- 
 riut Mclantbolicus, and printed in 
 4to. 1648.-—^ — It confifts of five 
 very ihort A6ls, and at the End 
 of each A£l a Chorus enters — 
 This Play under the above Title, 
 and with the fame Account, is 
 mentioned by Coxeter in his MS. 
 Notes, and is placed by him op- 
 pofitc to a Tragi -Comedy, calkd 
 CromzveWs Conji racy, which both 
 l4angbaii:t and "Jacob declare they 
 Icncw Nothing of, but which pro- 
 bably ik only this PJay tqentioned 
 
 by 
 
C It 
 
 by thcffl frotn Hearfay only, and 
 therefore under an imperfeft 
 Title. 
 The Craft op Bhktorxc. 
 
 Of this Piece, alfo, I have no 
 
 Account but from Coxeter^ in 
 whofe own Words and Spelling I 
 fliall therefore give the Title of it 
 as follows. — Aneive Comncdye in 
 Englyfh (in Matter of an Enter lude) 
 ty^bt elygant and fvJl of Craft of 
 Rahoryk (ivherein is jhiioed arid 
 dckr'jiyd as ivcll the bevJte and 
 goui prr^pirtes- of Women as their 
 wees and njyl Cot did on) with a 
 moral conclvfion and txhortacycn to 
 ycrtrx\ London f printed by John 
 
 Raflcll 4to. without Date. 
 
 This Play is in Metre, and in the 
 old Black Letter ; fo that it is 
 probable, from every Teftimonial, 
 to be one of the very earlieft of 
 eur dramatic Pieces. 
 
 The Craftsman, or TVeehly 
 Jfjurnalijf. A Farce, 8vo. 1728. 
 — Scene Lordon^ in Caleb D''An- 
 vens Chambers in C'ray^s-Inn. — 
 This Piece was not intended for 
 the Stage, but is a Banter on the 
 Paper of that Title. 
 
 Crkde q^uod habes et 
 HABEs, Vid, City Night 
 Cap. 
 
 The Credulous Cuckold. 
 Vid, Debauchees. 
 
 Creusa, Queen op A- 
 THENS. Trag. by fVm. JVhite- 
 hrad, the prefcnt Poet Laurcat, 
 ?vo. 1754. — This Play is founded 
 en Hiftory, but the Plot is ex- 
 tremely heigthcned, and admira- 
 bly condudled by the Author, nor 
 has there, perhaps, ever boon a 
 more genuine and native Simpli- 
 city introduced into dramatic 
 Writing, than that of the Youth 
 Ilyffus, bred up in the Service of 
 the Gods, and kept unacquainted 
 with the Vices of Mankind, 
 
 Cri(pu9. Ital. Opera, by P. 
 A. Roflif 8vo. 17Z1.—— Scene 
 
 kerne, — ^Performed at the King's 
 Th. in the Haymarket. 
 
 Croesus. Trig, by W, Afex, 
 t. of Sterling. — This is the nooft 
 afFefting of all this Author's 
 Pieces. — The Plot is borrowed 
 ft-om Herodotus, Jujiiny and P/«- 
 /rfrfA, with an Epifodc in tlie fifth 
 Aft from Xenophoni Cyropcidcia* 
 —The Scene lies In Sardis. 
 
 Cromwell, Lord Thomas,-^ 
 Hiftorical Play, 4ro. 1613. — This 
 Play is in all the Catalogues fet 
 down to Shakcfpeare, but Theobald 
 and other Editors of 4iis Works 
 have omitted it, together with fiic 
 other i»ieces, vix. the Puritan, 
 Pericles Prince of Tyre, the Trag. 
 of Lccriney the Torkjhire Tragedy, 
 Sir John Oldcajlle, and the London 
 Prodigal. — All which, tho' it is 
 probable from fome beautiful 
 pafTages in them, ihat Shakefteare 
 may have had fome Hand i^ them, 
 are on the whole too indifferent 
 to be fuppos'd the genuine and 
 entire Work of that inimitable 
 genius. 
 
 Cromwell's Conspiracy, 
 Fid. Craftie Cromwell. 
 
 The Cruel Brother. Tr. 
 by Sir W. Davenant, 4to. 1630. 
 — Prcfented at Black l^ryars,— The 
 Scene Itafy. 
 
 The Cruel Debtor, 4to. 
 1669.— This is only named in 
 Kirkman^a and other Lifts. 
 
 The CRUEf CxpT, or tbe 
 Royal Reftntment. Trag. by Mrs. 
 
 Centlivre, txmo. 1717 This is 
 
 the only Attempt made by this 
 Lady in the Tragedy WaHc, and 
 is very far from being a bad one. 
 —The Defign is founded on the 
 Story of SigJfmunda and Guifeardo^ 
 which is to be found in Bweare't 
 Novels, and a poetical Vcrfion of 
 it very finely done by D fdeti, and 
 publi/hed among his Fables. 
 
 Cruel Husband, f^id, In- 
 jitr'd Lovi. 
 
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 The Cruelty OP the Spa- 
 TciARDS IN Peru. ExprefTed 
 by inftrumcntal and vocal Mufic, 
 and by Art of Perfpcftivc in 
 "Scenes, &c. rcprefentcd daily at 
 the Cockpit in Dr. Lane, at three 
 in the Afternoon punftually, 
 1658. — Thus it (lands in Jacob, 
 hut is not mentioned by Lang- 
 haine. The Author of the Britijh 
 Theatre, however, mentions a re- 
 markable Chcumftance in Regard 
 to it, .which is, ih.3.X. Oliver Crom- 
 KvJi, who had prohibited all 
 theatrical Reprefentations, not 
 only allowed this Piece to be per- 
 formed, but even himfelf adtually 
 read and approved of it ; the rea- 
 fon afligned for which was its 
 ftrongly reflciSting on the Spa- 
 niards, againft whom he was fup- 
 pofed to have formed fome very 
 confiderably Defigns. 
 
 The C'JCKOLD IN Conceit. 
 Com. by Sir yobnFanbrugh, Svo. 
 1706. — This is little more than 
 a Tranflation of Mo/iere^s Cocu 
 irKagimire. — It was afted at the 
 0*5 rheat. in the Haytnarket. 
 
 Cuckold in Conceit. riJ. 
 Picture. 
 
 Cuckold's HAVEN,ora«-^/- 
 Jcmian no Conjuror, by N. Tate^ 
 Farce, afted at Dorft^t Gardens, 
 4to. 1685.— — The Plot of this 
 Piece is borrowed partly from 
 Sen yonfons Eaji-ward Hoe, and 
 partly from the DeviPi an Af:, of 
 the fame Author. 
 
 Cuckolds make them- 
 SELVES. Vtd, yfiyi.\ Ex- 
 cuse. 
 
 The Cunning Lovers. 
 Com. hy Rob. Brome, ^io. 1654. 
 —This Piece was afted with con- 
 fiderable Applaufe, and was well 
 cdeemed. — The Scene lies in J^e- 
 rona. — For the Plot, vid. the Sc- 
 ti-en IFife Majfcrs of Rome, and a 
 Novel call'd the Fortunate dtceiv^df 
 and unfortunate Levtri, 
 
 c u 
 
 Cunning Woman. Ftd. 
 Dame Dobson. 
 
 Cupid and Death. A 
 Mafque, by^d. 5A/r/fy, 4to. 1653. 
 —This was prefented before the 
 Portt/guefe Ambaflador, on the 
 aSth of March, 1653. — For the 
 Dcfignjvid. OgUbysjEJop,Yo\, j. 
 Fab. 39. 
 
 Cu?iD and Hymen. A 
 Mafque, by yohn Ilughcs, 8vo. a- 
 bout 1717. 
 
 Cupid's Revenge. Trag. by 
 Beaumont and Fletcher, 410. 1630. 
 
 Cupid's Whirligig. Com. 
 hy E. S. 1616. — Coxcter reiatef^ 
 that he had been told by an olj 
 Bookfellcr, that this Play w::s en- 
 tered at Stationer^ i Hall, as Shake' 
 Jpcare%, but at thatTime thourjit 
 falfcly, in order to make it fell. 
 
 A Cure for a Cuckold. 
 Com. \)yyohn fVebJier,^to. 1 661. 
 — The Author met with fome 
 Afliftance from PF. Rsivley in the 
 compodng of this Play, whiih 
 was aftcd fcvcral Times with 
 Applaufe. 
 
 A Cure for a Scold. Bal- 
 lad Opera, by Ja. Worfdalc, 8vo. 
 —This is taken from Sbakefpear/ s 
 Taming of the Shrew, but never 
 mc*' -vith any great Succefs, al- 
 V 'bme of the Songs are far 
 J* . unentertaining. 
 
 A Cure for Jealousy. 
 Com. by ycihn Carey, 4to. 1704. 
 — Afted at Lincoln*! Inn Fields.— 
 This is not by the fame Author 
 as the Generous Enemies, of which 
 hereafter. — The Scene lies in 
 Covent Garden 'f it met with no 
 Succefs. 
 
 Cure for Jealousy. Hd, 
 Double Deceit. 
 
 Curious Husband. Fid. 
 Amorous Prince. 
 
 Curious Impertinent. 
 Fid. Married Beau. 
 
 The Custom of the Coun- 
 try, Tragi-Cocn. by Beaumcvf 
 
 ani 
 
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 c u 
 
 c z 
 
 and f/rf/cAcr.— This was account- with good Succefs.— The Stoiy h 
 
 ed a very good Play. — The Plot taken from OvitTs Maam. and 
 
 is taken from Malaj'pir.i'% Novels, Pjyche, in ApuUiitt Golden j4fs. — 
 
 Dec. 6. Nov. 6. and has been The Scene lies in /jw/iZ and Mount 
 
 made confiderablc Ufe of by C. Latmos. ^ But altho' there are 
 
 Jobnfon in his Country LaJJ'es. — • many Lines in the Piece greatly 
 
 The Scene lies fometimes at JJJ- fuperior to the general Caft of Gc- 
 
 hn and fometimes in It«ly» nius which appears in this Au- 
 
 CusTOM OF THE Manor. thors Other Works, yet he is in- 
 
 ytd. Country Lasses. 
 
 Cutter or Coleman- 
 Street. Com. by Abr. Carvltf^ 
 4to. 1663, — This Play is no other 
 than his own former Comedy 
 called the Guardiany new written 
 and greatly amended. It was re- 
 
 excufeable in the P'erverfion of 
 the Charaftera from what Ovid 
 has reprefented them j Daphne, 
 the chafte Favorite of Diana ap- 
 pearing in this Play a Whore and 
 a Jilt, and the fair Syrinx being 
 painted in the ignominious Co- 
 
 Cynthia's Rfv^fLs, or tke 
 Fountain of Self-Love.-^ A comi- 
 cal Satyr, by Sen Jonjon, Fol, 
 j6i6. — This Piece w^u. afted in 
 
 prefcnted at the D. oiTorlC% Th, louring of an envious, mercenary, 
 
 in Salijbury Court^ and was at firft and inramous Woman. 
 
 oppofcd by fomc Perfons to whom 
 
 the Loyalty of its Author had 
 
 given Difguft ; it was, however, 
 
 afterwards afted with univerfal 
 
 Applaufe, and has been rewiv'd 1600, by the Children of Q^£/i, 
 
 within thcfc thirty Years at the xabeth^ Chapel. 
 
 Theatre in Lincoln' i-Jnn-Fields. 
 CvMBEi.iNE. Trag. by IV* 
 
 Skakcfpcare. The Plot of this 
 
 Play, as far as relates to Pofthu- 
 miis and Imogen, is taken from 
 Boccacc^i Decameron, Day 2. Nov. 
 5. — The reft fron the ancient 
 traJitions of the Bn'iijh Hiftory. tamcrpbojis', 
 
 Cymbemne. Trag. altered Cyrus, K. op Persia. I'd, 
 from Shakefpeare, by ^. Haw- War res or Cyrus. 
 i/w, 8vo. 1759. — This is what Cyrus the Great, cr th 
 the Title implies, it beinj only Tragedy of Lai/e. Trag. by J, 
 fitted to the £«^///& Stage, byre- Banks, 4to. 1696 — —This Play 
 moving fome Part of the Abfur- was at firlHorbiddeato be a£led, 
 dities in Point of Time and Place, but afterwards came on, and met 
 which the rigid Rules of drama- with very good Succefs. — The 
 tic Law do not now admit with Plot is from Scudery's Romance 
 fo much Impunity as at the Time of Grand Cyrui.—— The Scene ia 
 when the original Author of CyiM- the Camp near Baiylon. 
 Jf/r'w was living. Cytherea, or the enamoured 
 
 Cynthia andEndymion, Girdle. Com. by J, Smith, 410. 
 
 Cynthia's Revenge, or 
 Mcenonder''s Extafy, by Jcbn -^'.V- 
 ftenst 4to. 16 13.— — Ihis Play 
 runs moftly in V^rfe, and is one 
 of the longeft Plays that ever was 
 written. — The Plot is from Lm- 
 cans Pharfalia and (hfid's Me- 
 
 or the Loves of the Deities, A 
 dramatic Opera, by T. Durfey,-^ 
 This Piece was defigned to be 
 
 1677 This 
 
 a£ted. 
 
 The Czar 
 
 Play was never 
 OP Muscovy. 
 
 aftcd at Court before (i;_7kf<«/'j> II. "frag, by Mrs. Mary Pix^ 8vo. 
 and after her Death was performed about 1698.-— This Play was adled 
 at the Thcat. Roy. where it met ia Lincoln i . Inn • Fields, and is 
 
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 founded on fome of the Incidents 
 of the thv.n recent Hiftory of the 
 
 great Czar Peter. The Scene 
 
 Mufcovy, — It died, howcvtr, in 
 Obfcunty, and has not been heard 
 of fince. 
 
 DAMS DoBSON, mtbeCun' 
 mug ffvman. Com. by E. 
 Mavttiferoft, 4to. 1684. — This is 
 tranflated from a French Comedy, 
 ctiled, La Divinereji em Jesfaux 
 Eitebatitemensi yetaltho' the Ori- 
 ginal met with the higheft Ap- 
 probation in Fntnctt and was ea- 
 fetly followed, this Copy of it 
 «ras damned in it's Reprefenta- 
 ^n on the London Theatre. 
 
 Damon AND Pnillida. A 
 Ballad Pafioral, by Coiln QMer, 
 tvo. - T his little Farce is 
 
 tntirely feleAed out of the Lovo 
 in a Riddle by the fame Author. 
 •—Yet notwithftanding that Piece 
 fell to the Grouiid on the ferond 
 Night of its Appearance, this En- 
 tertainment by coming out as a 
 iiew Picce^ and unknown to be 
 Mr. Cibber\ was not only then 
 txtremely appkttded, but has con- 
 tinued fo to be erer iince ; and in» 
 lieed amongftall our Ballad Farces 
 I fcarcely know anything that hy 
 a jafter Claim to Applaufe, the 
 Words of all the Songs being 
 happily adapted ta the Mufic, the 
 Mufic to the Words, and the 
 whole mingled with a Simplicity 
 •f Manners and Uniformity of 
 ConduA that render it moft per- 
 feftly and truly paftoral. — This, 
 however, is an Inftance among 
 many, how far party Prejudice 
 witt have an Influience en the 
 Behairio«r of an Audience, in the 
 fver-bcaiifff ks cod and candid 
 
 D A 
 
 Judgment.— The Scene Atxadia, 
 Damon and Pythias. An 
 hiftorical Play.— Scene Syraiufe.-^ 
 Of this neither Langbaine nor 
 yaeob give any particular Ac-' 
 count ; but the Piece itfelf Is to 
 be found reprinted in a Colle^lon 
 of old Plays, publifhed by R, 
 Dodfley, in izvol. i2mo. to which 
 I refer the Reader. 
 
 The Damoisellb, or tht 
 New Ordinary. Com. by Richard 
 Bromcj 8vo. 1654. — Scene LoU' 
 doti. 
 
 DXMOISEILES A-LA-MODEi 
 
 Com. by JR. Flecknoe. — Th« Scene 
 of this Play is laid in Parity and 
 the Plot, as the Author himfelf 
 confefTes, borrowed from the Pn- 
 cieufts Ridicules, the Ecole des Fern- 
 ma, and the Ecelc des Maris of 
 Moliere. 
 
 Dakivs. Trag. by the E. of 
 Sterlings /^lo.Edinb. 1603. — This 
 was one of his Lordfl)ip*s firft 
 Performances, and was originally 
 written in a Mixture of the Scotch 
 and Enrli/h Diale£ls } but the Au- 
 thor anerwards not only poli/h'd 
 the Language, but even very con- 
 fidCTaWy alter'd the Play itfelf.— 
 The flrft London Edition of tliis 
 Piece, was with his Crtefus, under 
 the joint Title of He Monarcbick 
 TragedieSf together with the jiu- 
 rvra, containing the firft Fancies 
 of the Author's ^'outh. 
 
 Darius. An Interlude, 410. 
 1665.— This is taken from the 
 third and 4th Chapters of the £rft 
 Book of Efdras. 
 
 Dakius. An Ital. Opera, 8vo. 
 1725. performed at thie K.'sTh. 
 in the Haymarket. — The Scene is 
 in Sufttf aad the Mufic by A- 
 riofti_, 
 
 Daktvs, K. o^ Persia. Tr. 
 by .7* Crowne, 410. 1688. — The 
 Stehe lies in the Plains and Town 
 of jt^-Ma in Ferfia, and the Plot 
 9f this Play, as well ak of Loi^d 
 
D E 
 
 Sitring^s borrowed from Sluitaui 
 Curtius, Plutarch, and other Hi- 
 ftorians of the Life of Alexander. 
 
 David and Bethsabe, 
 thtir Lovttt ■with the Tragedy of 
 Abfalom, divers Times played on 
 the Stage, 410. 1 599. — The Title 
 
 of thre Play fpeaks itfelf. It 
 
 was feveral Times adled with Ap • 
 probation. 
 
 David's Lamentation. 
 Oratorio, by J. Leckman, 4to. 
 i-j^o j performed at the Th. Roy. 
 in Cevetit Garden. 
 
 Day's Courtship, Vid. 
 TuNBRiocE Wills. 
 
 DxATH or Alexander 
 THE Great. Fid. Rival 
 QuErNf!. 
 
 DeatkofDioo. a Maf%ti«, 
 ly R. C, 1 621. 
 
 DCATH 07 LiVDY JaUE 
 
 GftAY. f^id- Inmocbnt y- 
 surfeI^. 
 Death of Haik Amtjio- 
 
 »X. fjd, B«AOTy TMCCOK- 
 
 (^VEROR. 
 
 The DiEATM «jr Maucp* 
 
 Brutus. Trag. hyJobttXk0iid» 
 D. of £#«bVKkb««.-»-TJ|is Riooe is 
 formed oa thePUa oiSoiat Pm* 
 of Sbake^rt's Jidiftt C^ftry-^ 
 but written with Chonifot gfbtr 
 the Manner of th« Andeati.—^ 
 Tragedy called Jutitn Cffart ^ 
 the fame Author and in the Umt 
 Manner, was intended together 
 with this Piece to have been re- 
 prei'ented in the Year I7«9» ior 
 wb ch Purppfe the Chorufes were 
 all fet to Mufic by the freat 
 Bonoftritti, h\it Engit/b Voicn being 
 not fufficiently nunnerous, the I- 
 taltjns were applied to, who ima- 
 gining they might make their 
 own Price, demanded more for 
 their n.ghtly Ptsrformance than 
 the Receipts of the Houfe could 
 aatount to at the ufual Rates j on 
 which Account the Defign was 
 laid iiUde. 
 
 D E 
 
 Death or Mary Q. or 
 Scots. f^/</. Axbion Quiens. 
 
 Death or Richard III. 
 Vid. English Pbinckss. 
 
 Debauched Hypocbitb. 
 Fid. Trick tob Tbick. 
 
 The Debauchee, or the Cre- 
 dulous Cuckold. Com. 4to. 1677* 
 Anon-ym. — Tho' there is n« An- 
 tfaor's Name to this Comedy, yet 
 whatever Difference there is be- 
 tween it and Rich. Brtanii l^tad 
 Couple well matched, of which it is 
 little more than a Revival, is t^e 
 Work ofMrs.f«ifr«. 
 
 The Debauchees, or rZ>«%- 
 fuit caught, Com. by H. FieUing, 
 8vo. 1733.— —This Play is built 
 on the Story fo recent at tha€ 
 Time of Father Girrard and Mifa 
 CadtA"*, Md ia it the Aothor has 
 by no Means fpared theCharac* 
 ten of the Uadc iiooded Oentle- 
 men of that Reverend Tribe^ 
 yxhpis Intngues aadMachinationt 
 (eem »t4ec#h io have rendered 
 timn -the Cihje^ aT almoft uni- 
 ^^mS^FhiigiA andHatred. - 
 
 TAkObcmt. Faicc, hr^Kas. 
 Jtuvih EMio. ^7%%^'wr-Of tkii 
 
 I JUMW A04n«CBtlM^ iIm M«Die. 
 
 The DxcBLVKt oscwcp* 
 Com. hf Mis. Af. PJtt, 4X0.1^98. 
 a&ed at the ThMtre in Liactlm** 
 Jm Fsdds, -r* TJbere we two Dia- 
 logues ia this Play, mne in ihc 
 4th ACt by D*Urfiyt and the o- 
 ther is the laft, by Metteux, botb 
 fet to Mafic by Eaclet, —Scene 
 Vemce. . > 
 
 Dkcius and Vaviliva* a 
 Mafque, hyL. tkeiAaid, 4X0. i y 1 9. 
 — » To this Piece are adddl 
 mufical Entertainments as pen* 
 ionned at the Th. in JLiiKolnM 
 Inn Fields in the dramatic O- 
 pera of Grce fet to Mufic by 
 Calliard. 
 
 The Decoy. An Opera, 8vo, 
 '73 V" — Anonym. 
 
 DerEATED WXDOW, Vid, 
 Fz CouN- 
 
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 iii; 
 
 D E 
 
 he never faw, but ihat in the Ca. 
 t.ilogue printed with the Oid Lavi, 
 it is afcribed to one 7%9. Legge, 
 
 Destruction or thi 
 World, f^d. Noah's Flood. 
 
 Destruction of Troy, 
 Trag. by y. Banks, 410. 1679, 
 
 .DE 
 
 CbuNTKRrBiT Bridegroom. 
 
 Deluge. F$J, Noah's 
 Flood. 
 
 Deorum Dona. A Mafque, 
 Ky Rob. Baron f 8vo. 1648. per- 
 fbrm'd before Flaminius and Clo- 
 rinda, K. and Qj^ of Cyprus, at 
 
 their Regal Palace in Nicofa* — —This is very far from being \ 
 
 The Sceneliesin iViV^.— This defpicable Piere, altho' it met 
 
 Piece is P!»«t of a Komance df with very indiftcrcnt Treatment 
 
 this Authov s, called, xht Cyprian from tlie Critics. — It is founded 
 
 Acadenrf j but he has been in fome on Hiftory, and taken from i/o. 
 
 Meafure guilty of Pyracy, the mer, Virgily Sec. and Langhint 
 
 Ditty wh^h is fung by Neptune obfenres of it, altho' the hm- 
 
 and his Train, being made up guage is net equal to that of 
 
 irom Waller i Poem to the King Sbakefpeari s Troi/us and Crejt'da, 
 
 on hit Navy^ and Part of A£l 2. yet it at leail furpaflfcs tltywwd's 
 
 Scene it nearly tranfcribed from Iron Age (which is- built on the 
 
 the fame Author, on Lady IJabtlla fame Plot) and many other Tra 
 
 |)laying on her Lute. 
 
 Derby Captain, Vid, 
 EuNvcn. 
 
 DeRRV DXVtNDXD. Vid, 
 
 Pjbtv and Valowr. 
 
 The Dessrving Favoritk. 
 
 gedies which have met with a more 
 favourable Reception. 
 
 DxviL AND HIS Dam, Vid. 
 Grim the Coiixbr op 
 Croydon. 
 
 DXYIL AND St. D0N8TAK, 
 
 Tragi-Com. by Lodemtick Carlell, Vid, the fame Play with the fort' 
 8vo. 1659. Scene 5/a/ff.— Thii going one. 
 Piece met with great Applaufe, 
 and was aAed feveral Times be- 
 foiti the K. and Q;_ac fVlitebaJ/, 
 i^Itwasfirft printed in4to. 1629, 
 hy theTi^Ie of tbt Favorite, 
 The Destruction or Js 
 
 DrviL Hxni>bck'o* Vid, 
 
 EUXIDICK. 
 
 DxYIL IN A WiNI CbLLAK, 
 
 ViJ, Walking Statvx. 
 The Devil IS AN Ass. Com. 
 
 _. j_ by Ben yonjon, afted In 1616, 
 
 KUSALXM, by 7itut Vefpafian. — and printed Fol. 164.1 .—^yenjort u 
 Trag. in two Parts, by y. Oewne, certainly but little chargeable of 
 4tO. 1677.-— They are both writ- borrowing any Part of his Plot;, 
 ten in herok Verfe, and were yet Wittip'^Vs giving his Cloak 
 
 aAed with Applaufe } yet the 
 Author found it neceflary to enter 
 into fome Kind of Vin<rication of 
 liimfelff with Refpe^l to his 
 CharaAer of Phraartes. -——The 
 Hiftorical Part of thefe Plays is to 
 \t met with in yofepbus's Wars 
 of the Jews, and ibme other Au- 
 thors, 
 
 The Destruction or Ji- 
 » u s A L e M . Another Play of the 
 
 to Fhx-dott*rel for Leave to court 
 his Wife for a Quarter of an 
 Hour, feems founded on a Cir> 
 cumftance of Boccace's Decameron, 
 Day 3. Nov. 5. — Mrs. Cent/ivri 
 has made her Sir Geo, Airv do 
 the fame» only converting tlie 
 cloak into a Purfe of an hundred 
 Guineas. 
 
 The Devil op a Duke, of 
 Trappo/in^s Vagaries. Ballad Far, 
 
 fame Name, mentioned by Lang- by v. Drury, 8vo. »733« — Artcd 
 baine, which, however, he fays at Dr. L<»Wi— This is only an Al- 
 ter i>tioji 
 
 -JL. 
 
D E 
 
 teratlrn with the Addition of a 
 fiw Songs, of the Comedy of 
 J)iike and no Duke% 
 
 Devil of a Wifk. Vid. 
 Comical Transformation. 
 
 The Dkvil's Charter. Tr. 
 by Barnaby Bamec, 4to. 1607.— 
 This Tragedy contains the Life 
 and Death of that moft execrable 
 of ail human Beings, Pope ^e.v- 
 ander VI. in whofe Hiftory the 
 Author has very clofely foilov^red 
 Cuicciardinif and feems alfo to 
 have formed his Play, in fome 
 Meafure, after the Model of Pe- 
 ricles Prince of 'lyre j for as the 
 Author of that Piece, raifcs up 
 Gcwer an old Englijh Bard, to be 
 his Interlocutor, (o has Banes 
 revived Guicciarditii, for the very 
 fame Purf ofe. 
 
 The Dbvil's Law Cask, or, 
 nvben H^omen go to Law the Devil 
 is full of Bufirufs. Tragi-Com. by 
 J. Wtbftery 4to. 1643. — This is 
 a good Play, and met with Sue* 
 cefs. — The Circumftance ofi?»- 
 miMi ftabb'ig Cotitarim out of 
 Malice, an^ its turning out to 
 his Frefervation, feems borrowed 
 from the Stoty of Phareus yaforif 
 related by Faleriut Maximus, Lib. 
 I. Cap. 8. 
 
 DlVIL TO DO ABOUT HCIt. 
 
 Vid, Mam's bxwitch'o. 
 
 The DcviL to ?ay, or the 
 IVivts mttamorphofed. Ballad Fare, 
 by C. Ciffey, 8vo. 1731. — This 
 well known little Piece 'has itftlf, 
 perhaps, ^one-f hro' as many Me- 
 tamorphofes, and had as many 
 Hands concerned in the Fabrica- 
 lio'.i of it, as ever clufcbed together 
 in aBufmcfs-of h little Impor- 
 tancci— The ground Work of k, 
 and indeed the beft Part, is feleA- 
 cd from a Farce of three A^s, 
 written by^wwi the Player, in 
 the Year 1^6, called, A comical 
 7r/tntf^matitn, or the Devil 0/a 
 Wijcf in which it was enn raf- 
 
 D E 
 
 peded at that Time, that he had 
 been aflifted by his Brother-inr 
 Law, T. Shad/well, In the Year 
 1730, Ctffty and Mottbyf e^ch 
 of them undertook the Alteration 
 of an A&. and half, and by adding 
 a Number of Songs, converted it 
 into a Ballad Opera, ftili of three 
 Afts, under the Title of the De- 
 vil to pay. In this State it was 
 performed in the Summer Seafon j 
 but fome Things in it giving Dif- 
 guft, particularly the Part of a Non- 
 conforming Pahor, made Chap- 
 lain to Lady Loverule : Theo. Cibf 
 ier took it once more in Hand) 
 omitted that Charadler, and 
 fliortening it throughout, reduced 
 it to one AA, adding the fecond 
 Title of the If Ives Metamorfhos'd. 
 —In doing this, one Song was ad- 
 ded by his Father C. Ci&trf and 
 anoth.y introduced, written by 
 Lord Rochefier above £fty Years 
 before; io that from the joint 
 Labours of fix or feven Authors, 
 came forth the petit Piece under 
 Confederation ; which, however, 
 does no Discredit to any of its 
 Compilers, conftantly giving Plea- 
 sure whenever it is performed, 
 and ftealing on the Attention 
 from the natural Behaviour of 
 the ChaiaQcFi, orea in Spite of 
 the Impoflibility of lie Circum- 
 flance wherefrom ah o.ir A^ons 
 derive their Origin. 
 
 One theatrical Anecdote, how- 
 ever, muft not be omitted in our 
 Mention of this Piece, which is, 
 that to the Part of Nell, the great 
 Mrs Cfivt o\ts the Rife of her 
 now juflly eflablifhed Reputation, 
 that being the firft Thing fhe 
 was ever taken any confiderable 
 Notice of in, which occafioncd 
 her Salary* then but trifling, to 
 be ionhicit-^Harper, who played 
 y<>bfonf had alio his Salary raifed, 
 from the Merit h« fli«wed in the 
 iil%jti«tnMiu:e«. 
 
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 Devii. turn'd Ranter, 
 V.d.]oy\Av Crkw. 
 
 The Devii. upon two 
 Sticks, or the Country Beau. — 
 Ballad Farce, hy Cba, Coffey, 1744. 
 This is an Alteration|> but confi- 
 derably for the worfc, of a very 
 middling Comedy, called theCoun- 
 try Squire, which fee in its Place. 
 —It was afted one Night only, at 
 Shepheards Wells, May Fair. 
 
 Dick Scorker.— — A Play 
 ■mentioned in Kirkmani's Cata- 
 logue, and. by him attributed to 
 Rth. Baro/t, but neither Lang- 
 taitte, Jacob, nor any one elfe that 
 I have met with, feem to know 
 any '1 hing of it. 
 
 Dido and ./Eneas. A 
 Mafque, by Barton Booth, 8vo. 
 17 16, performed with great Ap- 
 plaufeattheThca. Roy. mDrury 
 Lane, 
 
 PiDO AND i^NEAS. An Op. 
 
 ia three fliort Afts, by A', Tate j 
 this was written- for, and perform- 
 ed at Mr. Jofia PriefTi Boarding 
 School at Chelfea, by young Gen- 
 tlemen. — The Muiic compofed 
 • by P«r«//.r~ Whether it was ever 
 printed) I will not protend to af- 
 firm, |»aving never met with it, 
 nor do I find it mentioned any 
 where but in Coxeter'& MS. 
 Notes. 
 
 Dido t^. op Carthace. 
 — Trag. hyTtbo. Nap. — In this 
 Piece the Author was aflifted by 
 Marlowe, and it was afled before 
 C^/ liKobetb, when /he was en- 
 tertained at Cambridgein 1564.-*- 
 Th ere is one (ircumftance relating 
 to this Reprefentation, which I 
 cannot heie avoid mentioning, 
 which is, that Tbo. PreftoHf whom 
 I have mentioned as the Author 
 of the Tragedy of C(zm^//>f, a£ted 
 a Part in this Play, which he 
 performed fo admirably well and 
 difputed before the Queen fo gea- 
 tilely aiid eracef«iU|:» UMt her Ma- 
 
 D T 
 
 jcfty, as a Token of hffr Sutl?;. 
 fadion, beftowed on him a Pen. 
 fion of 20I. per Ann. — Noincon- 
 fiderable Gratuity, confidering the 
 Value of Money at that Time. 
 
 Differ ent Husbands. 
 Vid. Universal Gallant. 
 
 The Different Widows 
 or Intrigue Alamode. Com. 4to! 
 1679. Anonym. — Afted at the 
 New Theat. in Lincoln" i-lnn^ 
 Fields. 
 
 DiocLEsiAN, or the Pnphe. 
 tefi. — Dramat. Opera, by Thomas 
 
 Betterton, 2vo. T707 This is 
 
 only an Alteration, with very 
 little Difference, of the Propbe- 
 tefs of Beaumont and Fletcher, with 
 an Addition of feme mufical En- 
 tertainments and Interlu^jes to it, 
 —It is fHll fometimes performed, 
 but does not feem much to fuit 
 with the prefent Taftc. 
 
 DiPHiLO and Granida. 
 ——•This is one of the fix Pieces 
 which are publiHied in the fecond 
 Part of Sport upon Sport, 1659.— 
 And are attributed to Rob. Cox the 
 Comedian. 
 
 The Disappointment, or 
 the Mother in lajhion. Com. by 
 Tbo. Southerne, 410, 1684— The 
 Scene lies in Florence, and Part of 
 the Plot is taken from the Curi- 
 •us Impertinent in Don S^uixote. — 
 Prologue by Dryden. 
 
 Discontented Colonel, 
 yid% Bremnoralt. 
 
 Discreet Lovbb. Vid. 
 Fool would be a Fa- 
 vorite. 
 
 Dismal S<^uxax. ^j</, Plot- 
 ting Loviat. 
 
 The Disobedient Child. 
 A pretty and merry Interlude, by 
 The. hgeland, 410. without Date. 
 This Author lived in the Time of 
 ^Eb'xabetb, and this Piece is 
 written in old Verfe of ten Sylla- 
 bles, and printed ia the old bla«k 
 Letter, 
 
 The 
 
D I 
 
 The DissE MB t ED Wanton, 
 or My Son get Money. Com. by 
 
 Lsonard JVclJiedt 8vo. 1726. 
 
 This is an entertaining Coxedy, 
 and met with tolerable Succefs } 
 but 'tis probable it might have 
 found a more favorable Reception, 
 hid it not unfortunately made its 
 Appearance juft at the Time 
 w hen the Town was big with Ex- 
 pectation of SmytFt Rival Modet, 
 and therefore paid the lefs At- 
 tention to any other new Piece. 
 
 The Distracted State. 
 Trag. by y. TatebaWf written in 
 1641, but not printetl till 1651, 
 4to. — This Author was a ftrong 
 Party Man, and wrote to the dif- 
 tradted Times he lived in, to 
 which this Play was extremely 
 
 fuitable. His Hatred to the 
 
 Scots is very apparent in this Play, 
 wherein he introduces a Scotch 
 Mountebank undertaking to poi- 
 fon Archiai the ele£ted King, at 
 the Inftigation of Ckandcr. —The 
 .Scene lies in Cic/^.— This is the 
 be ft of this Author's Pieces, and 
 ij introduced by tk:ee Copies of 
 recommendatory Verfes. 
 
 Distressed Innocence, or 
 the Princefi of Perfia. Trag. by 
 Elk. Settle, 4to. 1691.— — This 
 Play was a<£ted with great Ap- 
 plaufe. *— The Plot is founded on 
 the Hiftory of Ifdegerdes, King of 
 Perfia, and the Author declares 
 that whatever Fiftions he may 
 elfcwhere have interwoven, the 
 Diftrefles of his principal Charac- 
 ters Hermidat and Cleomira, are 
 true Hiftory.— Jle likewife ac- 
 knowledges great Alliftances in 
 it from Betterton and Mountford, 
 the latter of whom wrote the lail 
 Scene and the Epilogue. 
 
 Distressed Inn6cence. 
 Fid, Fatal FALSHOod. 
 
 Disteessed Ladies. Vid. 
 Roman Generals. 
 
 TheDi$T&£ss£Si Tragi-Com* 
 
 D I 
 
 by Sir W. Darj,enant, Fol. l673« 
 "Scene Coraua, 
 
 Distress uroN Distress, 
 or Tragedy in true tafte. An 
 Heroi-comi'-parodi-tragi • farcical • 
 Burlefque, in two AAs, by Geo. 
 j^tx, Stevens, 8vo. 17 5a. -—This 
 Piece was sever performed nor in- 
 tended for the Stage, but is only 
 a Banter on the Bombaft Lan- 
 guage, and inextricable Diftrefs 
 aim'd at by fome of our modern 
 Tragi- Writers. 
 
 DiSTRSST Love. Vid, 
 PoLious. 
 
 The DisTREST Mother. 
 Trag. by jimbraje Philips, iimo. 
 17 13. This Play is little more 
 than a Tranflation from the ^n- 
 dromaque of Racine, — It is, how- 
 ever, very well tranllate^, the 
 Poetry pleating, and the Incidents 
 of the Story fo afFe£ling, that al- 
 tho' it is, like all the French Tra- 
 gedies, rather too heavy and de- 
 clamatory, yet it never f.uls bring- 
 ing Tears into the Eyes ofafenfible 
 Audience j and will, perhaps, e« 
 ver continue to be a liock Play, 
 on the Lifts of the Theatres. — 
 The original Author, however, 
 has deviated from Hiftory, and 
 Philips likewife ftUowed his Ex- 
 ample, in making Hermiene kill 
 herfelf on the Body of Pyrrbus^ 
 who had been flain by her Infti- 
 gation, whereas on the contrary 
 (he not only furvived, but became 
 Wife toOf5^«. — How far the 
 Lieentia poetica will authorize 
 fucb OppoHtions to well known 
 Fȣls of Hiftory, is, however, a 
 Point which I have no Time at 
 prefent to enter into a Difquifi- 
 tion in Regard to. 
 
 The DisTREST Wife. Com, 
 by J. Gay, 8vo. 1743.— This 
 Piece was defign'd by its Author 
 for the Stage, and entirely finifli'd 
 before his Death. — It is, how- 
 evefi far from being equal to the 
 
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 Generality of his Writings. 
 
 Tlie Divine Comkdian, or 
 the -Right Ufe of P/a^. — A facred 
 Tragi-Cbm. by Rteb. Tuhe. — — 
 This Play is on a religious Sub- 
 je£l, and I imagine was never 
 a£ted. — —It was firft printed in 
 the fame Year, by the Title of 
 ■ The Soul's IVarfarty and is in- 
 tended to point out the Danger 
 the human Soul incurs in its Pro- 
 bationary State in this World. 
 
 Divine Masq.ve. Vid, 
 Stjbjkcts Joy. 
 
 The DoATiNG LoTXRs, or 
 the Libertine tam*d. Com, by 
 Neiohurgb Hamilton^ 8vo. 171 5 } 
 a<fled at LinciUi's Inn Fields, » ' 
 Scene London. — ^Thc Prologue by 
 
 Bullock, jun. This Play met 
 
 with no Approbation from the 
 unbiafled Part of the Audience, 
 but was fupported to the third 
 Night, when for the Author's 
 Benefit, the Boxes and Pit were 
 laid together at the extraordi- 
 nary Price of fix Shillings each 
 Ticket. 
 
 Do C TO* D0DI?OLI. f7/. 
 
 Wisdoms or Doctor Do- 
 
 DIPOLE. 
 
 Doctor Faust us'i tragical 
 Vifiory, by Cbriftopber MaHow, 
 4to. 1604. — ^Black Letter. — ^The 
 laft Edition of this Play, wi h 
 Additions of feveral new Scenes 
 and the Aftors Names, was print- 
 ed in 4to. 1663. — The Scene at 
 Rhodes and IVertembergt and the 
 Plot is founded on Camerariut, 
 If^erm, and other Writers on 
 Magic. 
 
 Doctor Faustus, Life and 
 Death of with the Humours of 
 Harlequin and Scaramouch. Fare, 
 by Pr. Momtford ; afted at the 
 C^]s Theatre $n Dorjet GardenSf 
 iind reviv'd at the Theatre in 
 Lincoln's -Inn- FieldSf 4to. 1697. 
 
 Doctor theDissa^i. f^d* 
 
 MoTnSK-Hf-iiAW, 
 
 D O 
 
 Don Carlos Princi or 
 Sfain. Trag. by Tht,. Otnvay, 
 4to. 1679.— This Play is written 
 in heroic Verfe, was the fccond 
 Work of the Author, and met 
 with very grest Apphuie. —The 
 Plot is taken from a Novel of the 
 fame Name, and alfo from the 
 Sfianijh Chronicles in the Life of 
 Phi/if II. 
 
 Don Garcia or Navarxi, 
 
 or the Jealous Prince. -T his is 
 
 only a Tranflation from Molim 
 by Oxell. 
 
 Don Quitotk, the comical 
 Hiftory of/fey T.Durfy. The two 
 firft parts are printed, 4to. 1694, 
 and were greatly applauded ; but 
 the third, to which is added tht 
 Marriage of Mary the Buxom, had 
 notthefame Succefs. — Yet would 
 not the Author confcfs its Faults 
 to be fo notorious as they were 
 
 reprefented. The Scene of all 
 
 three are laid in Spain, and the 
 Plots taken from Cervantes's cele- 
 brated Novel of that Name. 
 
 Don Quixote in England. 
 Com. b/ H. Fielding^ 8vo. 1734. 
 afted at the Little Theat. in the 
 Haymarket, with Succefs. 
 
 Don Sebastian, K. or 
 PoR t u c A L . Trag. by J, Dry- 
 den. —This is founded on a No- 
 vel of the fame Title, was eftuctn. 
 eJ one of the beft of this Author's 
 dramatic Pieces, and met with 
 great Applaufe in the Reprefen- 
 tation. 
 
 Dorinda. Ital. Opera, per* 
 formed iat the K.'s Theat. in the 
 Haymarket, 8?o. 171a. —*- The 
 Scene Arcadia, 
 
 Tht Dotf BLSi>EALER. COR). 
 
 by H^. Congrevt, 4to. 1694. — — • 
 I'his is the fecond Play this Au- 
 thor wrote ; the Characters of it 
 are ftrongly drawn, the Wit ge- 
 nuine and original, the Plot 
 finely laid^ and the Con^uft im- 
 vitabk} yet fuch is, and ever 
 
 h»s 
 
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 has ^cen the capricious Difpofi- 
 tion of Audiences, that it met not 
 equal Encouragement with his 
 Old Batchehr, (in fome Rclpefts a 
 much more exceptionable Flay) 
 nor had it the fame Succeft with 
 his liter Performances. 
 
 The Double Diceit, or a 
 Cure for Jealoufy. Com. by IV. 
 ftpplty 8vo. afted at Drury Lane^ 
 1736. 
 
 The DouBtE Deceit, or 
 the happy Pair. A Comic Farce, 
 printed 8vp. 1745, ^^^ never 
 afted. 
 
 The Double Disappoint- 
 M«NT. Farce, 1747. Aftcd at 
 /)r. L<fW. — This Piece has no 
 great Share of Merit either as to 
 Plot or Language, yet it met 
 vvith coniiderable Succefs, from 
 the Delight which the Majority 
 of an Audience ever take in the 
 expofing of national Charafters, 
 which is here done in the young 
 Lady*8 two Lovers, an Jrijbmcut 
 and a Frentbman, both of them 
 Fortune Hunters, one t>f whom 
 proves to have been a Rubber in a 
 Stable, and the other a Valet who 
 has robbed his Mafter.— ^-Thefe « 
 Parts during the Run of the 
 Farce, were very well fupported 
 by Melf. Barrington and B/akes. 
 
 Double Discoveky. f^iJ, 
 Spanish Fryar. 
 
 ThcDouBLE Distress. Tr. 
 by Mrs. I^^ary Fix, 4to. 1701. — 
 SiCne Peifepolis, 
 
 The Dou B L E Fa L s HOod. Tr. 
 by L, Theobald, 17*9. This 
 
 Piece Theobald endeavoured to 
 J>erfuade the World, was written 
 by Shakefpeare.'— — How true his 
 Atrertion might be, I cannot prc- 
 ttnl to determine, but very few I 
 believe gave any Credit to it. The 
 Play, however, was aded with 
 confiderable Succefs. 
 
 The Double Gallant, or 
 tie Sick Lady's Cure, Com. by C, 
 
 D O 
 
 Gbher, 4to. 1 709. — Part of this 
 Play is borrowed from Mrs. C'nt' 
 li'vre's Love at a Venture, or the 
 French Comedy of Le Gallant 
 double^ and Part from Burnabfs 
 Vifiting Day. "It met with great 
 Succe^, and is to this Day on 
 the Lift of afting Comtdies. 
 
 The Double Mark 1 at. e, 
 Trag. by Bcaumorrt and Flettter, 
 Fol. 1679. — Scene A^d^/Vi.— This 
 is not one of their belt Plays, and 
 on an Attempt to revive it about 
 70 Years ago, failed of Succefs. 
 
 The Double Revenge. r»</. 
 Spouter. 
 
 ThcDouBTFUL Heir. Tra- 
 gi-Com. by yames Shirhyt 8vo. 
 
 1652. ipart of the Story on 
 
 which this Play is built, may bt 
 found in the Englijh Adventures, 
 Part 3.— ^cene lies in Murcia. 
 - Douglas. Trag. Jthn Hwne; 
 8vo. 1757.— i- This Tragedy is 
 founded on the Hiftory of the 
 Quarrels between the Famines of 
 Douglas and other of the Seett 
 Clans.— It haa a great deal of Pa- 
 thos in it, fome of the Narrativet 
 are pleafingly affefting, and the 
 Defcriptions poetically beautiful $ 
 
 Jet on the whole it appears rather 
 eavy — — The Author being a 
 Seotfman, and a Clergyman of that 
 Church, the Piece made its firft 
 Appearance on the Edinburgh 
 Theatre, at that Time in no un- 
 
 flourifhing Condition. This, 
 
 hoMS'e%-er, drew the Refentment ef 
 the Elders of the Kirk, and many 
 other rigid and zealous Members 
 of that St£tf not only on the 
 Atithor but the Performers, on 
 whom, together with him, they 
 freely denounced their Anathemas 
 in Pamphlets and public Papers. 
 — The latter indeed it was out of 
 their Power greatly to injure , 
 but their Rod was near falling 
 very heavy on the Author, &c. 
 whom the AlTcmbly repudiated 
 
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 aid cut off from his Preferment • 
 In £«g/. however, he had the good 
 Fortune to meet with Friends, 
 and being thro' the Intereft of 
 the Earl of Bute and fome other 
 Perfons of Di^indlion, recom- 
 mended to the Notice of his pre- 
 fent Majefty, thta Pr. of ff^ales, 
 his Royal Highnefs was pleafed 
 to beftow a Penfion on him, his 
 Piece was brought on the Stage in 
 London, ^nd met with Succefs, as 
 have two other Tragedies fince by 
 the fame Author, vit. j^i$ and 
 the Siege ofAfuiieia, of which fee 
 111 their Places. 
 
 The Downfall or Bkibe- 
 R v> or the bonefl Man of Taun- 
 ton. fiidUd Op. of 3 AGti, by 
 Mark Fretmttiy of 'TfuntoMt in 
 Smfrjit/hirtf 8vo. 1733.— This 
 was newer intended for the $t«ge, 
 oor it the Author's .NaoM iippa- 
 vently a fenuinc one., n It ^ecc- 
 Satt (term to have beffn ,<mif a 
 Pfirty PifQc, wriwca «n « cootco- 
 Mi Efe^ioo for Somrfitjbirt in 
 the Year lj%^ wHd\ was the 
 Tisac <»f » ftiwna SJioAion for 
 pMliM»eot. 
 
 The Dk a«o« •# Wa>ktl K r . 
 A Burkiq«e Opera, by H. C^ttj^, 
 8vo. 173^} aAed at Cev. G«nl. 
 »-This Piece has a great Deal of 
 Humour in it, and was a very 
 fine Burlefquc en the Jir«i(wM» Ope- 
 vas, at that Time fo much the 
 Pafiion of the Town.— The Plot 
 taken from the old Ballad of A/mtt 
 9f Moere^all, is worked up into 
 all the Incidents of Love, Hero- 
 ifffl, Rivalry and Fur)-, which 
 mod of the Italr'ati Operas indif- 
 criminateiy were ftufkd with.<>- 
 To help this forward, the Cha- 
 raflcMwere drefled in the utmoft 
 Extravagance of rheatric Parade j 
 the Mdchineiy truly burlei'que, 
 and the Songi, the' ludicrous to 
 the higheft Dei^n-p, uire fct per- 
 ivtVif m tin JtuJiat 'Idle, 
 
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 The Dk V M M ER, or the haunts 
 ed Hbufft Com. by Addifon, 8vo. 
 1715. — Nothing perhaps can give 
 a Aronger Proof of how vague 
 and indecifive as to real Merit the 
 Judgment of an Audience is to 
 be confider'd, and how frequent* 
 ly that Judgment is biaffed by 
 Names alone, than the Succefs of 
 this Comedy, which, coming out 
 at firft without any known Pa- 
 rent, notwithftanding it had all 
 the Advantages of admirable Act- 
 ing, was fo univerfally diiTikcd, 
 that the Author chofe to keep 
 himfdf concealed till after Death ; 
 when the MS. being found a- 
 mong AddifonWA^enciy and the 
 Play confe()uently difcovered to 
 be his, it was immediately revi- 
 ved, and took a very confiderablc 
 Run. -^ Yet perhaps the Public 
 wcreicatcely right in either Cafe; 
 the Pkoe has certataly great Afe* 
 rit iafome Refpe6b, the Cha ac* 
 tea of Tii^y VtUmm, and Alfteml 
 being admirably draws, and luch 
 aa Aould have fecar'd it from the 
 Cont««pt k £rft met with $ and 
 jpet the Plot is too improbable, the 
 principal Parts in the Play, via. 
 Sir Gtorge and Lady Truman and 
 VeUum too infigni^cant, and the 
 whole Humour of the Piece too 
 low and farcical, to entitle it to 
 that Admiration which was after- 
 wards beftx)wed on it. Time, 
 however, the great Juftice who 
 fets all Things even, has fccmed 
 to eftablifh rt»is Piece on its pro- 
 per Footing, for altho' it is ftill 
 fomstimes performed in Turn, yet 
 it is far from (landing as one of 
 thefbren>oft in the Rank of our 
 adding Comedies. 
 
 Duke and no Duke. Fare. 
 
 by N. Tatfy 4.to. 1685. The 
 
 Scene of this Piece lies In hh- 
 rt'rce, and the Plot is taken from 
 9 'rtj>t>9lin fup/t is'd a Pf ncr, ■ — -•> r 
 has.lcvcral Songs init, but thefit 
 
 ate 
 
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 tre now omitted in the Perfor- 
 mance— '/>-a//o'''«'s Judicial De- 
 cifions are taken from the Cotitet 
 D'OuvUle ; but the whole Defign 
 is 10 abfurd and impoflible, that 
 it appears fomewhat wonderful 
 it ftould be fo frequently repre- 
 fented as it is, or meet with fo 
 much ^pplaufe even from the 
 very Cdnciille> 
 
 The Duke or Guise. Trag. 
 by Z?ryif» and £,«, 4to. 1683.— 
 This Play, altho' in many Parts 
 it is very fine, met with feve- 
 ral Enemies at its firft Appearance 
 upon the Stage j.-the Nation be- 
 ing at that Time in a Ferment a- 
 bout (hcSucceflion, which occa- 
 fioned ftvcral Pamphlets to be 
 written /iro and cob. —The Plot is 
 taken from Davila, Mexeray, and 
 other Writers on the Reigns of 
 Henry III. and CharUi IX and 
 the Story of Maiicorn the Conju- 
 rer, from Roff^t't Hiftoirei tragi- 
 pts. — Dryden wrote only the nrft 
 Scene, the whole fourth Aft, and 
 the firft half, or fomewhat more, 
 of the fifth.— -All the reft of the 
 Phy is Let's. 
 
 Duke or Lerma. Vid, 
 Great Favorite. 
 
 The Duke or Millan. 
 Trag. by P. MaJlHgcr, 4to. 1623. 
 —The Plot partly from Guitciar- 
 dlni, Book 8. and partly from 
 Joftpbui's Hiftory of the y*ws, 
 Book I c. Ch. 4. where will be 
 found tnc Story of Herod's, leav- 
 ing Orders with his Uncle Jojeph, 
 10 put his beloved Wife Mariam^ 
 fit to Death, from which the Or- 
 dcts given by Sforxa to his Fa- 
 vorite FrancifcOf for the Murther 
 of the Dutchefs Marcelia \m 
 Wife, feem evidently borrowed. 
 
 DuKB or Milan. Vid, Lo- 
 DowicK Sfokka. 
 
 TheDuKi'sMiiTMESs.Tra- 
 |i-Coaa. hy Ja.SifirIejf 410. 16^8. 
 
 D U 
 
 —Scene Parma. 
 
 The Dumb Lapy, or tbi 
 Farritt made Ptyjician, Com. by 
 
 John Lacy^ 4to. 1672. The 
 
 Plot and much of the Language 
 of this Play is from Mo/icre's Me- 
 
 decin malgre lui. The Scenels 
 
 laid in London. 
 
 The Dumb Knight. An 
 hiftorical Com. by Lewis Machin^ 
 
 4to. 1 608 The Scene of thi« 
 
 Play lies in Cyprus^ and the moft 
 eflfential Incidents of the Plot are 
 taken from BanJeLVs Novels, and 
 a Play call'd the ^een, or the 
 Excellency of her Sex. 
 
 Dumb LAOt cur'd. Vid, 
 Mock Doctor. 
 
 The Dutch Courtezan. 
 Com. by 7. MarJloH, 4to. 1605. 
 — The Incident of Cockledtmof s 
 cheating Mrf . Mulligrub the Vint- 
 ner's Wife of the Goblet and the 
 Salmon is taken from the Contei 
 du Mo»de, or elfe from the fame 
 Story related in an Engli/h Book 
 of Novels, called, tbe I dace of 
 Pleafure. 
 
 The Dutch Lover. Com, 
 by Mrs. Btbn, 4to. 1673. — The 
 Scene of this Play lies in Madrid, 
 and the Plot is founded on the 
 Stories of Eufemie and Tbeodtre^ 
 Don yame and Frederic, in a SfO' 
 rijh Novel, called, Don Fentfe. 
 
 TheDuTCHEssoFMALrE--v. 
 TrAf. hy yol>n fVebfler, 4X0. 1613. 
 •—The Scene lies in Madnd, and 
 the Story of it is well know in 
 Hiftory.— £,c^€i8 dt Vega wrote ft 
 Play on the (aroc Subjeft, ciUcd, 
 El Mayerdomo de la Duqueff'a de A- 
 malfi and beiides the Hiftoriani 
 of Naplti, Goulajt has given thia 
 Story a Place in his JHiJioiret aJmi- 
 rabltt, and Bandello has worked it 
 up in one of his Novels. 
 
 The DvcHKss or SurroLK^ 
 btr Life, An hiftorical Play, by 
 Ibv.Uej^imtt, 4t9, 1611. —The 
 
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 Plot is founded on Hiftory, and 
 ths Srory m. y ba foen at large in 
 Fox's Martyrology^ A. D. 1558, 
 and in Clark" t Martyrology, ch. 1 1. 
 p. 521. — Sctn^ London. 
 
 THE Earl or Essex. Tr. 
 by Henry yones, 8vo. 17 Sh 
 »^cA at Covettt GsrJcn.—— This 
 Piece the Town had been, for 
 fome Years in Expef^ation of, 
 and on its Appearance it met 
 with grcat'^ucccfs, taking a Run 
 for twelve Nights, and bringing 
 the A uthor fome verj' good Bene- 
 fits fince in Dublin,,-— It. has been 
 fp.id that he was aflifted in the 
 Writing It by thr Earl oiCbefter- 
 field, and the late Laureat C. Ct'A- 
 ber. — However that be, the Play 
 cafi fcarcely lay Claim to any 
 capital Share of Merit, for altho* 
 the Language may be an Improve* 
 ment on Banks's Play of the fame 
 Name, yet the Conduct of the 
 Piece is not fo good, nor the In' 
 cidents (q aflTcaing, fo th; t the 
 latter has as much the Advantage 
 in Paths, as this has in Poetry. 
 
 The Earl of Essfx. Trag. 
 by Hen. Brooke, 8vo. 1761. Thea. 
 Roy 111 Dr. Lane. — — As all the 
 Pieces of this Title, are founded 
 on Hiftory, on that even of our 
 own Country, and of a Period the 
 b('ft known to every Englijhmarif 
 very little Liberty can betaken wi' h 
 the Story of it. Yet Brooke feems to 
 have varied his Condudt from that 
 of the former Plays on the Sub- 
 ji'^, fo much as to give it fome- 
 whav the Air of Nevelty, and in- 
 deed not only from that, but from 
 the Spirit and Encrgyof the Lan- 
 guage, thi« Piece appears to bid 
 ^e faireft for maintaining its 
 
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 Ground, and for a Time, at leafr, 
 baniOiing its Rivals from the 
 Stajjc, 
 
 Earl or Essex. Vid. Un. 
 HA?p/ Favorite. 
 
 TheEARLOF Marr marr*d, 
 nulth the Humours of Jockey tht 
 Highlander* Tragi-comical Farce 
 
 h^ J.Philips, 8vo. 1716 This 
 
 Piece was never a£ted, being 
 merely political, on the Succefies 
 of the King's Army againft the 
 Rebels, headed by the Earl of 
 Marr, in the Year 1715. 
 
 Earl of Warwick, Vid, 
 Guy. 
 
 Earl of Westmoreland, 
 Vid. Betrayer of his Coun- 
 
 TRY. 
 
 Eastward Hoe. Com. by 
 G. Chapman, Ben Jonfon and Mar' 
 fion, 4to. 1605. — This is a very 
 good and pleafing Comedy. -— - 
 Fron* it Hogarth took the Plan of 
 his Set of Prints, called, The in- 
 dufirious and idle Prentices, — And 
 fome Years ago it was revived for 
 the Entertainment and Inftiuc- 
 tion of the City Youth, on Lord 
 Mayor's Night, in the Stead ef 
 the London Cuckolds^ which it had 
 for many Years been cuftomary 
 to perform on that Night, to the 
 Infult of the Citizens, and the 
 Difgrace of Morality and good 
 Manners. — An Alteration of this 
 Play was made by Tate, under the 
 Title of Cuckold's Hnven, but 
 not fo good as the Original. 
 
 Edgar, or the Englifli Mo- 
 narch. An heroic Trag by T. 
 Rymer. —This Play is written in 
 Heroic Verfc.— The Scene lies in 
 London ; the Unity of Time is fo 
 well prefcrved, that the whole 
 Aflion lies between I i at Noon 
 ahd 10 at Night; and the Plot 
 is taken from fV. Malmejhury, and 
 
 other old Knglijb Hlftonans. • 
 
 Langhjii-.e calls it a much better 
 Play than Ravenfcroji't Edgar and 
 
 .<:. 
 
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 Mre^^ii but it falls far fliort of 
 the Merit oi K'i's Athelivold. 
 
 Edgar -» ALFREDA,Tr. 
 bv E. Ravenj. 'ft, 4to. 1677. — 
 This Play is on the fame Story 
 as the preceding one, but the 
 Plot of it feemtngly borrowed 
 from a Novel, called, The AnnaU 
 if Love. — The Scene lies in Mer- 
 cia or Middle-Englapdy and there 
 is prefixed to it a Life of Edgar K. 
 of the Jf^ejl Saxons, 
 
 Edgar and Emmrline. 
 —A Fairy Tale, by JV. Hawkf- 
 lucrthy 8vo, 1 76 1, Dr, Lane^ 
 This little Piece met with great 
 Succcfs in the Reprcfcnlation, and 
 indeed defervedly. ■■ The Ex- 
 change of Sex in Edgar and Em- 
 meline, by the Command of the 
 Fairies, to enable them to receive 
 the Imprcflions of Love unknown 
 to themfelves, thro' the Convey- 
 ance of Friendfliip, is a new and 
 pretty Thought j theConduft of 
 it i'enfibie, rational, and delicate, 
 and the Behaviour of thofe little 
 imaginary Beings the Fairies, con- 
 fident with the Ideas we have 
 conftantly formed of tlKm.— In a 
 W:rd, altogether, it is a very 
 pleafing Entertiinment, and is 
 rendered ftill more io by the Ad- 
 (Jition of the muiical Interludes, 
 vvhcrcbv the main Adion is Iro- 
 kin in upon and rtlicvcd. 
 
 Edward I. An hiftorical 
 riav ; by frf9. Peak, 4t(». 1593. 
 
 length runs 
 
 as 
 
 - The Title at 
 
 follows, The farsioui Chronicle of 
 King Edward the fiji, firramcd 
 Longrtiank.es , nvtth kii Rtturne 
 from the Holy Lard, yl'fc the Life 
 c/" Lleuellen R' bell in Wales. — — 
 Lafily, the fmkintr ofi^eene Elinor, 
 -.uh juKck at Chjring Croflc, and 
 ./ a^ain at Pottor's-hith,, r.-tnu 
 rjwivj'Qii^cenhith.— For the Story 
 fee Wjljingham, und uvhcr Englijh 
 Cluonidcs. 
 
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 Edward II. Trag. by Chr, 
 Marlo-w, 4to. 1622. — This Play 
 is very far from a bad one, and 
 contains the Fall of Mortimer, and 
 the Lifs and Death of Piers Ga- 
 I'efion, Earl oiCorntuall, and chief 
 Favorite of that unfortunate Pr. 
 together with his own Death, and 
 the^ troublefome Events of his 
 Ileign.---The Scene lies partly in 
 England^ and partly in France, 
 and the Story keeps very clofe to 
 Hiitory, 
 
 Edward Ul. his Reign. — An 
 Hiftory, fundry Times played a- 
 bout the City of London, Anon. 
 4to. 1599.— The Plot from our 
 Etiglip Chronicles. 
 
 Edward IH. -with the Fall of 
 Mortimer, E. of March. Hiflo- 
 rical Play, 4to. iSgc—Anonym* 
 •—Cncetcr, however, attributes it 
 to John Bancroft, who, as he 
 fay?, made a Prcfent of it to 
 Mmntfort the AfVor. — The Scene 
 lies at Nottivghcm, and the Plot 
 is from the Englijh Hiftory, and a 
 Novel, called) The duntefs of 
 SaKfbury. 
 
 Edward IV. An hiftoric^ 
 Play, in two Parts, by Iho. Ucy- 
 ivoid. — JVhirc'.b and the Author 
 of ihi; Hritipj Theatre, have called 
 
 t\\\^Ed-U\.rdWl. 
 
 Kdw.arii and Ei.eanora, 
 Trag. by Ja. Ihomfon, 8vo. 17^6. 
 — This is far from being a bad 
 PhtV; yet met wit vcrylittlc Suc- 
 ccfs in the Rcprcfcntation. — The 
 Plot is built on thcafFiiding Cir- 
 cumftancc of conjugal Love, !« 
 Ehaitcra to Ed'ward \. who whea 
 her Huihand, at that Tmie not 
 King, received a V/cmd with a 
 poifoncd Arrow in the Holy Wars, 
 cured the Wouiui hy fucking out 
 thcPoifon, altho' to the apparent 
 Hazard of her own Life. 
 
 E n w ard the Rr. ack 
 
 Pp INCE, orr/tt'Z)u//Ao/"Poiciicrs. 
 
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 Trag. by W. Sbirlcfy 8to, 1750. 
 — This Tragedy is founded on a 
 very glorious Circumftance of the 
 Engltfi Hiftory. — It is, however, 
 very poorly executed, ar.d confe- 
 quently altho* very ftrongly fup- 
 ported by the Performance, it dc- 
 fervedly met with very indifferent 
 Succefs. 
 
 Edward the Black 
 Pb I Nc E, or the Battle <j^Poi£liers, 
 Trag. by Mrs. Hoptr. — ^ThisPiece 
 vras performed at the Playbcufe 
 in Goodman s Fieldtt about 1748, 
 by a patch'd up, wretched fet of 
 Performers, excepting Mifs Bud- 
 gell, who a£led the principal He- 
 roine. — ^The Author being a Wo- 
 man, and entirely unufed to Wri- 
 ting, this Play prov'd as bad as 
 the laft mentioned one, and being 
 uihcred into the World under 
 fuch terrible Difadvantages, died 
 in the Birth, and was entirely 
 loft in its original Obfcurity. 
 
 Edwin. Trag. by JefferieSy 
 Svo. 1721. Adcd in Lincoln s- 
 Inn-Fields, with but little Suc- 
 cefs. 
 
 The Elder Brother. Com. 
 by Beaumont and Fletcher^ 410. 
 1 629 ; played with great Ap- 
 plaufe. 
 
 The Elect ION. Com. Anon. 
 Svo. 1749. 
 
 Elxctra. Trag. by C. W, 
 vix. Chr. JVafe, 8vo. 1649. This 
 is only a Tranflation from So' 
 phocks. 
 
 Electra. Trag. by Le^vit 
 Theobald. — Tranflated from the 
 Crtik of Sopkocletf with Notes, 
 Svo. 1714. 
 
 E L F R I D, or the fair Inunfiant, 
 ViJ. Athelwold. 
 
 Elfripa. Dramatic Poem, 
 by Ma/on, Svo. 17 52. — TIus 
 Piece was not defign'd for the 
 Stage, but is written after the 
 Manner of the Greek Tragedy. — 
 1 o attempt giving any Character 
 
 of a Pii*ce fo recent and fo defer 
 vingly celebrated, would be vain 
 and unneceflary. I ihall there- 
 fore only refer ray Reader to what 
 I have faid of this Author's other 
 Piece Cara£iacus, which will c« 
 qually agree with this. — • In ttie 
 Piece before us, however, the 
 Bard has n»)re ftri£lly adhered to 
 the Rules of the ancient Tragedy, 
 than in hisCartfA^0c»f,^aving here 
 admitted no more than three 
 fpeaking Charaders, the reft be- 
 ing entirely Ode and Chorus. -< 
 He has, moreover, agreed in 
 Point of Cataftrophe with Hill 
 and other dramatic Writers on 
 this Story, by making Eifnda de- 
 vote herfelf to a monaftic Life to 
 avoid a Marriage with Edgar, 
 whom Hiftory, on the contrary, 
 aflures us fhe became Queen to, 
 and furvivcd, nor founded her 
 Monaftery till after flie had, in or- 
 der to obtain the SucccHion for 
 her own Son, procur'd the Mur- 
 der of her Son-in-Law Ed<wa>d. 
 
 Eliza. An Ital. Opera, per- 
 formed at the K.'s Theat. in the 
 liaymarket, 1725. — This Opera 
 is founded on the Story of Dide; 
 and the Scene laid in Cartha^i 
 and the Country round it, 
 
 Elmerick. Trag. by Cci. 
 Lillo, Svo. 1735, *^'-<i*t ^nr^ 
 Lane, 
 
 Elpidia, or the generous Ri- 
 vali. ^An Ital. Opera, by Sig. 
 Apojioh Zeno, Svo. 1725. p':r- 
 formed at the Haymarkct, The 
 Hiftory of this Opera is takcfl 
 from a Poem, called, V Italia li- 
 ber at a, by Prijfme, and the Scene 
 lies in the Country round Ravtvni. 
 —As there was but little Time j 
 for preparing this Piece for the 
 Prefs, it has not a Verbatim 
 Tra.;iriation annexed to it as ufuJ. 
 
 Elvira, or the JVorjH ttot al- 
 ivayttrue. Com. by a Perl'on ofl 
 Quality ( fuppos'd to be Lordj 
 
 D 
 
 .« 
 
E M 
 
 Dirby) 4^0. 1667. — The Scene 
 
 itfti in Valencia. The Plot is 
 
 very intricate and bufy ; an>1 fron\ 
 ioinc Part of it Mrs, Ccntlh're 
 l«m» to have borrowed the Kift. 
 ot her JVondety or a IVtman keefi a 
 Secret. 
 
 Emilia. Tragi-Com. 8vo. 
 1672. Dedicated to the only Jew. 
 — In this Dedication the anony- 
 mous Author confefTes that the 
 Hint of his Plot was taken from 
 the Cofianxa di RofatKondo of Au- 
 rtlta /fureli, -— Tiic Scene lies in 
 Micena, and the Unity of Place, 
 lelides that of Time and Perfons 
 is fo exaftly obferved, that there 
 i<; DO breaking of the Scene until 
 the End of the Aft. 
 
 The Emperor or the 
 East, Tragi-Com. by P. Maj- 
 finger f 4to. 1632. — This is a very 
 good Play j the Hiftory from the 
 Life of the younger Tbeodojius, and 
 the Scene laid in Conftarttinople. -— 
 tee feems in his Tbeodojias, or the 
 Force ofLove^ to have borrowed 
 fome Hints from this Play ; par- 
 ticularly that of 71>eodq/!u$^s Neg- 
 ligence as to public Afhin ex- 
 tending to fuch a Length, as the 
 giving his Sifter Pulcheria an ab- 
 solute Power even over the Life 
 of his beloved Atbenais, by Means 
 of a Blank ftgned and delivered 
 to her. 
 
 The Emperor of thk 
 Moon, F^rce, by Mrs. Behn, 410. 
 1687. — This Piece is taken from 
 Arlejuin Empereur dant le Mor.de 
 it la Lu»e, which was originally 
 trnnflated from the Italian, — Mrs. 
 Bebn, however, has made great 
 Alterations, and rendered it ex- 
 tremely full of whimfical and en- 
 tertaining Bufinefs.— — it is even 
 yet fomctlmes played, and feldom 
 without Applaufe, and is indeed, 
 however abfurd, many degrees 
 iRore rational than the dumb ihcw 
 
 E N 
 
 of Pantomimes, without either 
 Meaning or Pofllbility, which fo 
 reppateJly at this Time bring - 
 crowded floufes, to the'great Iiw 
 dulgence of both the Indolence 
 and Avarice of Managers, and the 
 utter D'lfcouragcrosnt of dramatic 
 and theatrical Genius. 
 
 Empiric. Hd. Wits. 
 
 The Empress of Morocco. 
 Trag. by E/k Si-tr/f, /^xo. 167 1. — 
 This Play is written in Heroic 
 Vcrfe, and is the firft that ever 
 was adorned with Cuts. — It was 
 in fuch !iigh Efteem. that in the 
 Year 1673, it was afted at Court, 
 and the Lords and Ladies of the 
 Bedchamber performed in it. 
 It however excited the Envy of 
 Dryden, S^'adive/l and Crown, who 
 all wrote againft it, but Settlers 
 Caufe being warmly efpoufcd by 
 the Duke of Buckingham and Lord 
 Rockejier, who in their Anfwers 
 handkd Dryden very roughly ; thei 
 Play flood its Ground, and its 
 Opponents appeared to have the 
 worft of the Argument. 
 
 The Empress of Morocco. 
 Farce, 4to. 1674, faid to be writ- 
 ten by Tbo Duffet j the Epilogue 
 (fpoken by Hecate and the three 
 Witches) being a new Fancy, after 
 the old and moft furprizing Way 
 oi Macbeth \ performed with new 
 and coftly Machines, which were 
 invented and managed by the moft 
 ingenious Operator, Henry fVrlghtf 
 P. O.Q^ 
 
 Enamoured Girdle. Vid» 
 Cytherea. 
 
 The Enchanted Lovers. 
 A dramatic Paftoral, by Sir Wm. 
 Lower, i2mo, 1658. — Scene in 
 the Ifland of Erithrea in Por- 
 tugal, 
 
 The Enchanter, or tote 
 
 and Magic, Mufical Entertainment 
 
 oftwoAfts, 8vo. 1761. Drury- 
 
 L<i»f.— -This Piece is anonymous, 
 
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 and inJccd has very little Merit 
 ss to either the Defjgn or the Ex- 
 ecution. 
 
 E N D Y M I o N . Com . by ^. Lii- 
 /y, jzmo, 1592; performed be- 
 fore (^E/izaifti), by the Children 
 of the Chapel and of PauPs. The 
 Story from L«f/fl«'s Dialogue be- 
 tween l''inui and the Moon, and 
 tthc.r of the Mythologifts. 
 
 Endymion, OTthe Man i-n the 
 Moort, A Mafqite, 4to. 1698.—- 
 1 his Is printed at the End of a 
 Comedy, called, Jmpofture defea- 
 ted, which therefore I refer 
 you to. 
 
 England's Glory, A Poem, 
 performed in a mufical Enter- 
 tainment before her Majefly (Q^ 
 Anne) on her happy Birth Day, 
 Fol. 1706. Dedicated to the 
 Queen by Ja. Kremberg, who 
 compofed the mufical Parts to this 
 Poem, made in the Form of an 
 Opera.. 
 
 English Cavaliirs. Fid, 
 
 C0Q_UET. 
 
 The English Fryars, or 
 tie Town Sfarks. Com. by y. 
 CroivK, 4to. 1690.— Scene Lo«- 
 i/j.v.— That this Comedy did not 
 i^^it with fo much Succefs as 
 fomc other of this Author's 
 Pieces, may he gathered from the 
 Account he himfcir gives of the 
 Objeiflions againft it, and his De- 
 fence in the Preface to the Play. 
 
 JiNGLISH ISTKLLIGIN- 
 
 tTH. FiV., Mekcurius Erit- 
 T A N r C u s .. 
 
 The English Lawyer. C. 
 I7 E. Ravcrrf:roft, 410. l6;8. — 
 'i'hi? is only a Tranflation with 
 Tcry little Alteration of Rug^le's 
 Latin Comedy, called Igmiamui, 
 — The Scene E:'urJt:aux. 
 
 The Er.GiisHMAN in Pa- 
 ris. Com. of z A£ls, h) Sam, 
 Vutf, 8vo. 1753.— —This little 
 Pitic met with great Succefs j its 
 .<ijil Appearance was for MiUk- 
 
 EN 
 
 //«'s Benefit when that Performef 
 afted the Part of buck, and Mifs 
 Machlin that of Lucinda, which 
 fecmed written entirely to give 
 her an Opportunity of dif|..lay- 
 ing her various Qualifications of 
 Mufic, Singing and Dancing, in 
 all of which flie obtained univcr- 
 fal Applaufe. — The Author him- 
 felf afterwards repeatedly perform- 
 ed the Part t^ Buck, yet it is diffi- 
 cult to fay, which of the two did 
 the Charafter thegreateft Juftice. 
 —The Piece feems defigned toex- 
 pofe theAbfurdity offending our 
 Youth abroad to catch the Vices 
 and Follies of our Neighbour Na- 
 tions ; yet there is fomewhat of 
 an Inconfiftcncy in the Portrait of 
 the EngUjhman, that fcarcely 
 renders the Execution anfwerabls 
 
 to the Intention. This little 
 
 Comedy >vas imagined to be a 
 Burlefquc on M. de Boijfy^i Fran- 
 coii a Londret.'—On a comparifon, 
 nowever, there does not appear 
 the flighteft Refemblance. 
 
 TheENGLISHMAN rxtvrm'd 
 FROM Paris. Com. of two 
 Afts, by Sam. Foote, 8vo. 1756. 
 -This is a Sequel to the fore- 
 going Piece, whereinthe EngHp- 
 man, who before. was a Brute, is 
 now become a Coxcombj from 
 being abfiirdly avcrfe to every 
 Thing foreign, Is grown into a 
 D^teltation of every Thing domef- 
 tic; and rejects the very Woman, 
 now pofleis'd of every Advantage, 
 whom he before was rufliing 
 headlong into Marriage with, 
 when deftitute of any. — This 
 Piece is much more dramatic and 
 compleat than tha other, and has 
 a greater Variety of Chara£lersin 
 it, two more cfpccially. Crab, and 
 AVRuthi<ty which are finely 
 drawn j but the Circumftance of 
 the Cataftrophe being brought a- 
 bout by Luciitda's pretending to 
 h.ivc poifon'J Sir jfc/hn Buck in a 
 
 Diih 
 
 new Tl 
 
 Eng 
 
 NEV, 
 
 **'i). 
 
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 ill 
 
E N 
 
 Difh of Tea, is by no Means a 
 new Thought. 
 
 Englishmen for my Mo- 
 j; E Y, ox A ?^oman tvill have her 
 Wit!, Com. 4i"o. 1626. Anonym. 
 —There is an Edition of it alfo 
 under the Jaft Title only, 4to. 
 ,(3^ I, —Scene Portugal. 
 
 English Monarch. Vtd, 
 Edgar. 
 
 The English Monsieur. 
 Com. hy J a. Howard y^X.o. 1674. 
 — This Play was a<fled with good 
 Succefs J and it is not improba- 
 ble from the Refcmblance of Cir- 
 cumftances, that Prince Voljciui^ 
 felling in Love with Parther.ope, 
 at the Inftant he is pulling off 
 his Boots to go oat of Town, (in 
 (he Kebearfal) may have been in- 
 tended to glance at the Charac- 
 ters of Comely and El/bctb in this 
 Comedy. — Scene lies in London. 
 
 The English Moor, or the 
 'Mock Muiriage. Com. by Rich. 
 Erome, 8vo. 1659. —— Scene 
 London, 
 
 TheENGtiSH Princess, or 
 'the Death 0/ Richard the Third. 
 Trag. written in the Year i666j 
 ^aed at the D. of Tork't Thcatie. 
 — 'This Play has been afctibed to 
 John Care/. •— The Plot is from 
 Holingpeadf Speed, &c. And the 
 Scenes are laid in the Head Qiiar- 
 tcrs of K. Richard and the fiarl 
 of Richmond, while they are in tixe 
 Sight of each other. 
 
 The Hnglish KoGUE. Cora. 
 by Tho. Thot/ipfiM, 4X0. 1668. — 
 Scene Venict. 
 
 The English Tr avkller. 
 Tlragi-Com. by Ibo. iltyiuocd, 
 4to. 1633. — The Plot and Lan- 
 guage ofyounQLyonelandRegiKa/d, 
 are taken from the Mojhllaria of 
 P/aut:is, but as to the Story of 
 tld Wimote and his Wife Gcral- 
 Jir,t\ and Delaiiil, the Author in 
 hh ilij'h'-y' of proMi'fi, Lib. 4. page 
 ^^9. Vtlurc he hM rctatk:^ it 
 
 E N 
 
 more at large, affirms it to be an 
 abfolute Fa£^. 
 
 Enough's as good as a 
 FiAST. Com. — This Piece is 
 mentioned by Kirkmany but with- 
 out either Date or Author's 
 Name. 
 
 Entertainment at K. 
 Jame^ the pirt's Corona- 
 tion, by Ben J^nfon, Fol. 1640* 
 — This Piece confifts only of con- 
 gratulatory Speeches fpoken to his 
 Majefty at Fenchurch, Temple Bar 
 and the Strand, in his Way to 
 the Coronation, with the Author's 
 Comments to illuftrate them. 
 
 The Entertainment at 
 Richmond. A Mafque j pre- 
 fented by the moft illuftrious 
 Prince Charles to their Majefties, 
 1634. 
 
 An Entertainment at 
 Rutland House, by Declama- 
 tion and Mufic, after the Man- 
 ner of the Ancients, by Sir ff^. 
 Davenant, 8vo. 1657. — The Vo» 
 cal and Inltrumental Mufic com- 
 pofed by Dr. Cba. Colemanf Capt. 
 Hen, Cook, Mr. Htn. Lawei, and 
 Mr. Geo. Hudfon, 
 
 The Entertainment of 
 King Charles I. into Edin- 
 
 The Entertainmint or 
 Kino James and Queem. 
 Anne at Theobalks, when 
 the Houfe was delivered up with 
 the Poffeflion to the Queen, by 
 the Earl of Salifljury, May 22, 
 1607, the Prince JanviUe, Bro- 
 ther to the Duke of Guife being 
 then pre'"cnt, by Ben Jonfon, Fol. 
 
 The ENTKRTAi.NMeNT or 
 the K, and Qu. on May Day 
 in the Morning 1604, at Sir 
 Wm. Cormvatlis\ Houfe at High- 
 gati; by Biii Jonfon, Fol. j 640. 
 
 The Entertainment ot 
 
 Tn? (^. and Pr. at Lord Spen' 
 
 r.'r's at AUlmpe, on Sat. June • 5, 
 
 1603, a<^ thry catcC itril into ih«; 
 
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 Kingdom, by Ben Jonfut, Fol. 
 1640. 
 
 The Entertainment or 
 THE TWO Kings or Great 
 Britain and Denmark at 
 Theoba'di, July 24, 1606, hy Ben 
 yortfcn, Fol. 1640. — —This En- 
 tertainment is very fliort, and 
 confifts chiefly of Epigrams. 
 
 An Entertainment on 
 THE Prince's Birth Day, 
 by TAo. Nabbesy 410. 1638. 
 
 The Ephesian Matron, 
 Farce of one Adl, by Cba. Jonjony 
 Svo. 1730. 
 
 Ep I c « N E, or thejilent Woman, 
 Com. hy Ben Jonfint 4^0. 1609. 
 ——This is accounted one of the 
 befl Comedies extant, and is al- 
 ways afteJ with univerfai Ap- 
 piaufe. — The Scene lies in London. 
 — The long Speeches in the firft 
 Book arc trandated Verbatim, 
 irom Ovid de Arte Amandi j and 
 a great deal in other places bor- 
 rowed from the 6th Satyr of Ju' 
 I'cnal againft WonreJi. 
 
 Ep I Die us. Com, traaflated 
 from Plautui, by LcPKr. Echaid, 
 ■•I'ith critical Remarks ; but ne- 
 ver intended for the Stage. — The 
 Scese of this Piece lies at /ithcns. 
 —~ — The Time about five or Cx 
 Hours. 
 
 EpfOM W^LLS. Com. hy 
 7. Shadwe/l, 4X0. 1676. — This 
 Piece has fo much of the true 
 ViS comica about it, that it was 
 greatly, admired, even by Foreign- 
 ins, the famous St. EmreMnnd, in 
 panicHlar, has- made no Scruple, 
 of tanking it in Pdint of Merit 
 with Ben Jonfon'i Bartho/omew 
 Fair ; yet it could not efcape the 
 Malevolence and Envy of fome of 
 the Anchor's Cotemporaries. 
 
 E q.u A L Mat c h. Fid. 
 Wits. 
 
 EQUIPAGE OF Lovers, fid, 
 l^INS. L.\cy'8 AXilS*.. 
 
 E S 
 
 Equipage or Loviri. HJ;. 
 Widows Wish. 
 
 Erminia. Ad Italian Pafto- 
 ral, compofed by Bononcini, 8vo, 
 
 17*3. The Plot of the Story 
 
 taken from Tajo't Jerujaltmme li. 
 berata. — Scene Jerufakm, Goffre- 
 do's Camp and other Placet 
 near it. 
 
 Ernelinoa. An Ital. Opera, 
 Svo. I7i5j^ performed at the 
 K.'s Theat. in the Haymarktt, 
 — Scene in the Kingdom of the 
 Goths, 
 
 JEsof. Com. in two Parts, 
 by Sir J. Vantrugb, 4to, 1698.-1 
 the fecond Part not added till the 
 third Edition in lamo. 1720.— 
 This Play is tajten from a Com, 
 of Bourfaut'i, written about fix 
 yCars before it } but the Scenes 
 of Sir Polidorut Hogftye, the Play- 
 en, the SenatCKf and the Beau j ih 
 a Word, Part of the fourth, and 
 the whole of the fifth A£l are en- 
 tire Originals. ^Thc Play con- 
 tains a great dear of genuine Wit, 
 and ufeful Satire, yet had not the 
 Succefs it deferved to meet with, 
 efpecially on the two firft Nights, 
 nor did it ruir above a Week to- 
 gether, notwithft'anding that tlie 
 French, which is not by many de- 
 grees fo good a Piece, held out 
 for upwards of a Month at Paris, 
 
 Esther, qv Faith triumphant, 
 A facred Tragedy, by Tho. Brere- 
 tOft, 8vo. 1716. — This is only a 
 Tr. nflation at large of the E/her 
 of Racine, by whom this Play 
 was originally written on the 
 Foundation of the Nunnery of St. 
 Cyr, and :'fted by the Nuns of that 
 Foundation, in . the Prcfcncc of 
 iow/i XIV,r-ln the Charaftcrs of 
 Ahajuerui and Efther, mjny very 
 fine Compliments arc paid to 
 Louis XIV. and Madtme df Mnin- 
 tenon, the Founders of that Nun* 
 ncry j and. the. Prolof^uc in the 
 
 Ch*. 
 
 .!&'• 
 
E V 
 
 E V 
 
 Charafter of P/V/j, is, perhaps, the Original. — This Play had 
 
 one of the fincft Pieces of Pottry lain Dormant and unemployed 
 
 of its Length in the French Lan- for many Years, from its Revival 
 
 guagc. after the Reftoration, till A^r. 
 
 Esther. An Oratorio, 4to. Carn'ck , in the Year 1749,. 
 
 173*5 performed at the King's, brought it once more on the 
 
 Theat, in the Haymarket. — The Stage, with fome few Alterations 
 
 lA^idchy Handel. and an Additional Scene of his 
 
 Etearcus. An Opera> 8vo. own; ever fince which Time it 
 
 1711 J performed at the Hay 
 wflr**^— Dedication by N, Haym. 
 
 An Evening Adventure, 
 m, a Night^s Intrigue. Com. from 
 the Spanijhy Anonym. 1 680. But 
 I look upon it to be the fame 
 Play, with one-mentioned by Cox- 
 tttr; undfer the Title of an Even- 
 ing't Jntrigugj and attributed by 
 him to Capt. y. Stevens. 
 
 Evening's Intrigue, FiJ, 
 
 MASqjUERADE. 
 
 An Evenings Love, or the 
 Mock Ajlrologer, Com. by y. Dry- 
 den, 4to. 1671. — This Play met 
 with good Succefs, yet it is a Mafs 
 of borrowed Incidents. ——The 
 principal Plot is built on CorneilWs 
 ftint A^rologue, (borrowed itfelf, 
 from Calderon'i El Afirologofingido) 
 and the reft taken from MoUere^s 
 Depit ameureux, and Les preeieufes 
 ridt'culet, and Shinaulfi VAmant 
 indifcret, together with fome 
 
 Hints from Shahefpeare. The 
 
 Scene Madrid, and the Time the 
 lad Evening of the Carnival indhe 
 Year 1665. 
 
 Every Act a Play. Vid. 
 Novelty. 
 
 Every Man in his Hu- 
 mour. Com. by Ben yonjon, 4to. 
 I £;c)8. — This ComcJy is, perhaps, 
 in Point of the ReJundanct t f 
 Charaftcrs and Po-- ,r of L. i> 
 giugc, not infcii(!r to any of this 
 
 Author's Works. From the 
 
 Charafter of Kit.Jy, it is pretty e- 
 
 own; 
 
 has continued to be a Stock Play, 
 and to be performed very frequent- 
 ly, every Seafon. Yet I much 
 
 doubt, if in any future Period 
 this Piece will ever appear to the 
 Advantage it did at that Time; 
 fince, exclufive of Mr. GarricV% 
 own Abilities in Kitely, and thofe. 
 of Meff. fVoodward and Shuter, 
 in the refpeftive Parts of Capt.. 
 Bobadil and Mafter Stephens, there 
 was fcarcely any one Charafter 
 throughout the wholCj that could, 
 be conceived by an Audience in 
 the ffi-ong Light that they were, 
 reprefented by each feveral Per- 
 formance : fuch is the prodigious 
 Advantage, with Refpeft to an. 
 Audience, of the Conduft of a 
 Theatre being lodged in the 
 Hands of a Man, who being him- 
 felf a perfeft Mafter in the Pro- 
 feffion, is able to dSftinguifh the 
 peculiar Abilities of each Indi- 
 vidual under him, and to adapt 
 them to thofe Chara£ters , in 
 which they are either by Nature 
 or Acquirement the beft 'Qualified 
 to make a Figure. 
 
 Every Man in hisown 
 Folly. ^/W. Connoissieur. 
 
 Every Man out of his 
 Humour. Com. by Ben yonfon, 
 4X0. 1599. — This Play is com- 
 pofcd of a g.ieat Variety of Cha- 
 raftcrs, interrupted and comment- 
 ed on in . the Manner of the an- 
 cient Drama, by a Grex, or 
 
 vident that Dr. lliadky took the Company of Perfons, who being 
 Id?a of his ctricUard; in the Suf- on the Stage the whole Time, 
 piciout Hujhand, m which, how- have the Appearance of Auditors, 
 ever, he hus fallen far fhort of but are in Reality a Set of Inter*. 
 
 locutor?,, 
 
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 mv\f) 
 
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 U\'l 
 
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 Ik)Cutors, who by their Dialogue 
 among thcmfcives, explain the 
 Author's Intention to the real 
 Audience. — This Pra£liceis now 
 almoft entirely left off, yet as the 
 Charafters in this Piece are moft 
 of them jrerfccft Originals, all 
 painted in the ftrongeft Colours 
 and apparent Likeneflcs of fevcral 
 well known Exiftents in real Life, 
 1 cannot help thinking that with 
 very little Alteration more than 
 an Ominion of the Grex, this 
 Pl^y might be render'd extremely 
 fit for the prefent Stage. 
 
 Every Woman in her 
 Humour. Com. 1609. Anon. 
 
 Every Woman in her 
 Humour. Farce of two A£is, 
 1760. — This little Piece has ne- 
 ver yet appealed in Print, but 
 was performed at jDr. LaneHoafCy 
 at the Time mentioned above, for 
 Mrs. Gives Benefit, whom it is 
 therefore not improbable may be 
 the Author of it, as that Lady 
 had once before declaredly dipp'd 
 her Fingers in Ink. (See Bayei in 
 Petticoats) There is no extraordi- 
 nary Merit, however, in any 
 Part of it, excepting in the Cha- 
 ra£ler of an old Maiden Aunt, 
 wliich Mrs. Clive performed htr- 
 felf. 
 
 Eugenia. Trag. by Pbifip 
 Francis^ 8vo. 175a. — ^This Play 
 altho' a Tragedy, is written in 
 Profe, and is little rrore than a 
 Tranflation of a French Comedy, 
 caird, Certia, and of ^yhich a 
 literal TranHation was pubiifhed 
 the very Yame Year, under the 
 Title of Cenia, or tbefuppoi*d 
 Daughter. — Notwithftandiflg Mr, 
 Garrick play'd the principal Part, 
 and the other Charaflers were 
 well performed, it would not by 
 any Means fucceed, nor was the 
 Run of it, if I am perfeA in my 
 KccoUcftiooj above thr'^e or four 
 Kights. 
 
 ' E X 
 
 EuNVCHUS. Com. A Ttani- 
 lation of one ofTerence^s Comt- 
 dies of this Name, by Riclard 
 Bernard, 4to. 1596, 
 
 The Eunuch. Trag. by PFm. 
 Hemmings, 1 644, 
 
 The Eunuch, or the Derby 
 Captain. Farce, by Iho. Cooke, 8vo. 
 I737-— — This Piece is taiiea 
 chiefly from the MiUs g/oriofus of 
 Plautus, and the Euiwchm of Te- 
 rence.—It was adlcd at the Theat. 
 Royal in Dr. Lane. 
 
 EuRiDicE. Trag. by David 
 Mallet, 8vo, 173 1, afted at Dr. 
 Lane with great Succefs. 
 
 EuRiDiCE, or the De'vil kert' 
 pecked. Farce, by Hen. Fielding, 
 8vo. 1735; aded-at the Little 
 Theatre in the Haymarket, but by 
 the Subjeftof the following Piece, 
 it ajjpcars to have been without 
 Succefs. 
 
 EuRiDicE hiss'd or a fVord 
 to the JVife, Farce, by H. Fielding, 
 
 8vo. 1736. ^This very little 
 
 Piece is pubiifhed, and I fuppcfe 
 was afted, at the End of the Hi- 
 
 ftorieal Regifter, It feems to be 
 
 intended as a kind of Acquiefceuce 
 with the Judgment of the Public, 
 in its Condemnation of the laft 
 mentioned Farce, at the fame 
 Time apologizing for it, as being 
 only a mere Lufut of his Muf-*, 
 and net the Employment of any 
 of his more laborious or ftudious 
 Hours. 
 
 EuROPE^s Revels for the 
 Peacj, and his Majefiyx happy Re- 
 turn. A Muiical Interlude, by 
 
 P. Motteux, 4to. 1697, This 
 
 Piece was written on Occafion of 
 the Peace at Ryfwick, and was 
 performed at the Theat. in Lirt- 
 eoln*s-Jn)t-FielJs j annexed to it is 
 a Pancgyrick Poem which was 
 fpoken by way of Prologue to it. 
 —The Mufic by J. Ecc/es. 
 
 The Example. Tragi-Com. 
 Yff Ja, Shirley f^U, 1637. 
 
 /'. 
 
F A 
 
 Excellency er her Sex. 
 
 Ex c I s E . A Tragi-comical Bal- 
 lad Opera of three AAs, 8vo. 
 173.3. ——Not intended for the 
 Stage. 
 
 The Excommunicated 
 Pr 1 N c E, or thefalfe Relick. Tr, 
 by Capt. }V» Bedloe, Fol. 1679.— 
 To this Play the Publiflicr, with- 
 out the Author's Concurrence or 
 Knowledge, added in the Title 
 thefe Words, " Being the Popijh 
 
 Plot in a Play." This induced 
 
 the Public to imagine they fhould 
 find the Defign of it to be a Nar- 
 rative of that Plot which Capt. 
 Bedloe had fo confiderable a Hand 
 in the Difcovcring. — They found 
 themfelves, however, difappoint- 
 ed : The Plan of this Play being 
 founded on a Story related by 
 Heylin in his Cofmograpby. — The 
 Scene lies at Cremen in Georgia, 
 and the Play was wholly written 
 ia two Months Time. 
 
 The ExiLK. Com. by W, 
 Duke of NewcaftUy 8vo. 1649, 
 ^-A£led with great Applaufe. 
 
 The Expulsion OF thx 
 Danes from Britain. Trag^. 
 byJE/*. Settle, 
 
 The Extravagant Jus- 
 tice.. Farce, by Ja, Wor^dale,'^ 
 Of this I know nothing but the 
 Name. 
 
 The Extravagant Shep- 
 herd. A Paftoral Comedy, by 
 T. "R. 4.to. 1654. — This Piece is 
 tranflated from the French of T", 
 Corneille, and is founded on a Ro- 
 mance, called^ hyfis, or the extra- 
 vagant Skepbeard, in Folio. 
 
 Extravaoant Zealot. 
 Vid. Hermon, Prince of 
 Chorea. 
 
 T 
 
 F. 
 
 HE Factious Citizen, 
 or the Melancholy Vifoner, 
 
 F A 
 
 Com. 4to» 1^85. — Scene Afcir-. 
 jiel^. 
 
 The Fair. Captive. Trag. 
 by Mrs. Hirj^wooJ.— -Afted at Dr. 
 Lane, 172 1. 
 
 Fair Em m, tie Miller* sDaugb» 
 ter ofMancheJier, 'with th* Love of, 
 William the Conqueror.. A plea* 
 
 font Com. 4to. 1631. TKi» 
 
 Piece is not^divided into Afls. 
 
 The Fair Example, or tbt. 
 Modifi Citizen* Com. Anonym» 
 
 4to. 1706. Afted 9X Drury. 
 
 Lane, with Applaufe.— — Scene 
 London, 
 
 The Fair Favorite. Tragi- 
 Com. by Sir W, Davenant, Fol. 
 1673. 
 Fair Greek. Fid, Irene*. 
 Fair Greek. Vid, Hiren. 
 The Fairies. Opera, 8vo. 
 1755^— This little Entertainment 
 was a£led at Dr, Lane, with great 
 Applaufe, the Parts being moftly 
 performed by Children. — The 
 main Defign of it, and much of 
 the Language, is borrowed from 
 Sbaiejpeare^s Midfummer Night's 
 Dream, but feveral Songs are in- 
 troduced into it from many of 
 our moft celebrated poetic Wri* 
 ters. 
 
 Fair Inconstant. Fid, 
 Athelwold. 
 
 Fair Libertine. Fid. Ri- 
 val Widow. 
 
 The Fair Maid of Br is. 
 tol. Com. 4to. 1605— in the old 
 Black Letter. 
 
 The Fair Maid of Clif- 
 ton. Fid. Vow Breaker. 
 
 The Fair Maid of THt 
 Exchange, 7vith the merry Hu- 
 mours of the Cripple o/* Fenchurch. 
 Com. Anonym. 1637. 
 
 The Fair Maid of the 
 Inn. Tragi-Com. by Beaumont 
 and Fletchkr, Fol. 1629. —The 
 Plot of Mariana'% difowning C<f- 
 fario for her Son, and the Duke's 
 Injundlion to marry him, is rela- 
 ted 
 
 ;- 
 
 ; I'f 
 
 (>' 
 
 I I 
 
If III 
 
 ■m 
 
 nm' t 
 
 FA 
 
 tftd by Caujtn, in his Holy Court. — 
 The Scene lies in Florence, 
 
 The Fair Maid ok the 
 Wt«T, or a Girtioortb Gotd. — 
 Com. in two Parts," by 7bo. Key- 
 iinod, 4to. 1 63 1. — Both thtfe 
 Pieces met with general Appro- 
 I^aCion, and were favoured with 
 the Prefence of the King and Qu. 
 •7-The Scene lies at Plymouth, and 
 the Plots' arc original. — Nor can 
 there be a much ftronger Prt>of 
 of the Eftimation they were held 
 in, than yohn Dancer's having 
 f«rmed from it a Novel, called, 
 the Engtijh Loveru 
 
 The Fa 1 R of St. G t r. 
 
 MAINS. Farce, by Oxiell. 
 
 This is only a Tranflation from 
 Bourjauli^s Foire de St. Germains. 
 
 Tile Faih Penitent. Tr. 
 hjN.Rewe, 4to, 1703.— Afted 
 
 at Lincoln's-Ltn-Fittds. This 
 
 rlay is fa well known, and is io 
 frequently performed, and always 
 ■with the greateft Apphufe, that 
 Kttle need 5e faid of it, more than 
 to hint that the Ground-work of 
 it is built on the Fatal Dowry of 
 MaJJinrer. — It !z .s, however, been 
 objefted by &aie, that the Cha- 
 zadier of Califtaf can icarcely de- 
 ferve the Title of a Penitent, as 
 all her Anguifli even to the lafl- 
 feems more to proceed from the 
 Senfe of Shame than Guilt. 
 
 The Fair Quaker or 
 Deal, or the Humours oftheNa- 
 yy. Com. by Clarlts Chadv/ell, 
 4to. 1714.— -This Play has no ex- 
 traordinary Mierit in Pofnt of 
 Language, yet the Plot of it is 
 bufy and entertaining, and the 
 Contrail drawn between the rough 
 bruti/h Tar, and the ftill more 
 dilguftful Sea Fop, in the Cha- 
 ra^ers of Commodore Flip and 
 Stau MizeKf is far from being 
 a bad Picture of the Miahncrs of 
 fome of the fcafaring Gentlemen 
 even of this Age, at the fame 
 
 F A 
 
 Tumc that their ready Rcfoima- 
 tion, on being convinced of their 
 Errors, is a juft Compliment to 
 the Underftandings of a Set of 
 Men, who are the greateft Glory 
 of Britain, and the Terror of ail 
 the reft of Ettropt, 
 
 Faire Qvarrel. Com. by 
 7ho. Middltton, 4to. 1617. jjou'- 
 ley and our Author joined in the 
 Compofition of this Play, Part of 
 thePIOtrof which, t//'z. the Story 
 of Fitx- Allen, Baffcl and 'Jam, 
 may be found in a Book call ■' 
 the Comp'aijant Companion^ a: th. : 
 Incident of the Phyfician l.aj|)t- 
 ing Jam, and afterwanis acc;Tii ,^, 
 her, is borrowed fro. vj Cymhio'5 
 Novels, Dec. 4. N;.,. ;. — Scene 
 in London. 
 
 Fair Queen of Jukv. ^id, 
 Mariamni. 
 
 The Fairy Qu^sin. Opera. 
 Anonym. 410. 1692. " ' This 
 Piece is alio from Shaktjptart^i 
 Mid fummer Night* t Dr-eam,'-^Tht 
 MaiSc by Purcell. 
 
 The Faithful Bride or 
 Granada. A Play, by W. Ta- 
 verner, j^Xo. 1704. — Scene Cra- 
 nada. 
 
 The Faithful General. 
 Trag. by a Lady, with the Let- 
 ters M iV. — No Date. ^This 
 
 Play- is Beaumont and Fletcher's 
 Loyal SubjeSif very much altered, 
 '—Scene the City of Byxantium in 
 Greece. 
 
 Faithful Irishman. Fid, 
 Committee. 
 
 Thz Faithful Shbphird. 
 A Faitor-;'! Com. fro*^ \ht Italian 
 .;. f », '.. --nt. — V i.ii is taken 
 I'rcui the Pajior Fldo of Guarini, 
 I know not the exaft Date cf it, 
 but find it amongft the Produc- 
 tions of the feventeenth Gentuiy. 
 
 Faithful Shepherd. Ffd, 
 Pastor Fido, 
 
 Faithful SHEPHI.RO1 Fid. 
 Ditto. 
 
 The 
 
F A 
 
 The Faithful Sh^pk**- 
 ptss. A dramatic Paf^oral, by 
 
 J. Fletcher, ^to. 1629. This 
 
 httce is entirely Fletcher" s, and 
 on its firft Reprefenration on 
 Twelfth Night, 1633, bdore the 
 K. and Qi,itwas introduced by a 
 Pialoguc Song, writt i by Sir 
 IV, Davenant, between a Prieft 
 and a Nymph, and clofed with an 
 Epilogue, which was fpoken by 
 the Lady M*fy Mer Jaunt. 
 
 Faith triumphant. J^id. 
 Esther. 
 
 Fall of Coriolanus. yid. 
 Ikgratitupe OF A Common 
 Wealth. 
 
 The Fall of the Earl 
 OF Essex. Trag. hy Ja. Ralph, 
 8vo. 1731. — This Play is foun- 
 Jcd on the fame Story with all 
 the reft of the Tragedies of this 
 Name, but is not equal to any of 
 the other three. — It was repre- 
 fcnted at theTheat. in Goodman i 
 yields, a Place too far out of the 
 llrong Tide of the critical Cur- 
 rent, to put any Piece to that 
 public Kind of Teft, whereby 
 Merit ought to be determined j 
 yet even there, it met with but 
 midling Succefs. 
 
 Fall of Man. Fid. State 
 OF Innocence. 
 
 Fall of Mortimer. Fid. 
 
 EnWARD III. 
 
 The Fall of Phaeton. A 
 Pantomime Entertainment, 1736, 
 71 ca. Roy. Cev, Gard. 
 
 The Fall of Saguntum, 
 Tiag. by Pi/7. Fr<nvde, 8vo. 1727. 
 -— — Aded at Lincoln s-lnn- Fields 
 v'ith but indifferent Succefs, not- 
 withftanding it had very confider- 
 able Merit, and was highly com« 
 mended by the critical Journalifts 
 pf that Time. 
 
 Fall of St. Ruth. Fid, 
 Battle of J^vdHRiM. 
 
 Fa; L of Si am. Fid. Fatal 
 
 VlllON. 
 
 F A 
 
 TheFALLOF Tar^uin, Tr. 
 by fF. Hurt, 8vo. 1713.— —The 
 Name of this Play points out its 
 Story, and the Scene of it lies at 
 Rome, — It is a moil wretched Per- 
 tormince, and was never atlcd^ 
 nor printed any where but at 
 J 'ork, where the Author was then 
 ftationed •« ColIeOor of the Ex- 
 cife. 
 
 False Challenge, Fid. 
 Hector. 
 
 The Fax.rk Count, or a 
 ntv> Way to play an old G, me, C, 
 
 by Mrs. Beln^ 4to. 1682 
 
 The Hint of the hani^hry Jfabeh'a'% 
 being readily impos d upon by llie 
 Chimney Sweeper , whom her 
 Lover Carlos had equipped out as 
 a Count, is borrov/ed from the 
 precieuja Ridicules, of Mali ere. — 
 The Humour of th;s Chara£ler, 
 however, is fomcwh 't too low 
 and farcical. 
 
 The False pAvoaiTE dis- 
 grac'd and the Reward ef Ley' 
 alty, — Tragl-Com. by Geo, Ger-r 
 bier D'Ou-villy, 8vo. 165 ■. — This 
 Play was never afted, probably 
 from the Deficiency in Point of 
 Language, which may reatbnably 
 be expcfted in a Writer, who was 
 not a Native of Britain. — Scene 
 Florence. 
 
 The False Friend. Com, 
 by Sir J. Fanburgh, 4to. 1702. 
 Adled at Dr. Lane, with very 
 good Succefs. 
 
 The False One. Trag. by 
 Beaumont and Fletcher , 410. 1629. 
 —The Story of this Play is fo-n- 
 ded on the Adventures ofyu.ius 
 Cafar while in Egypt, and aia 
 Amours with Cleopatra, as taken 
 from the Hiftorians of thofe 
 Times. Scene Egypt. 
 
 False Relick. Fid. Ex- 
 communicated Prince. 
 False Report. Fid. Mis- 
 
 . TAXES. 
 
 Fals S 
 
 I'i 
 
 ' i 
 
 i 
 
 L. t - 
 
 TlBXRIMVff. 
 
 Fid. 
 
 A- 
 
 %. 
 
 4U 
 
 #■■■ . * 
 
 fit'! 1 
 
HiHIll 
 
 i ill 
 
 Vl^f^ 
 
 2\ 
 
 \s 
 
 FA 
 
 AcitrppAKiNG or Alba. 
 
 The Family OF LovB. Com. 
 by T. Middtetortt 410. 1608.—— 
 Scene London. — This Play is fpo- 
 ken of by Sir T'ho. Barnweli, in 
 Sbirley^s Lady of Pleafure. 
 
 The Fancied Queen. An 
 Opera. Anonym. 8vo. 1733. — 
 This Piece was never afted, and 
 is a very paltry Performance. 
 
 Fancies chaste and no- 
 ble, Tragi-Com. by J, Ford, 
 1638. 
 
 Fancy's Fsstivals. Mafq. 
 in 5 AAs 4to. 1657, by Tbo. 
 Jordariy 4to. 1657, — This Piece 
 is faid in the Title Page to have 
 been privately prefented by many 
 civil Perfons of Quality, and at 
 their Requeft printed, with many 
 various and delightful new Songs, 
 for the further Illuflration ofe- 
 very Scene. 
 
 Farrier made Physi- 
 cian. Vid. Dumb Lady. 
 
 The Fashionable Lady, 
 or Harlequin i Opera, by J. Ralph, 
 
 8vo. 1730. This Piece was 
 
 performed at Goodman i Fields, and 
 is one of the many mottley Com- 
 pofitions of {, .^ing and finging, 
 which the great Succefs of the 
 Beggar's Opera gave Birth to. It 
 met, however, with tolerable 
 Succefs. 
 
 The Fashionable Lover, 
 or ff^it in NcceJJity. Com. Anon. 
 410. 1689.— Scene LoHi/ow. 
 
 Fatal Constancy. Trag. 
 \iy Hi Idebrand Jacob, %\o. 1723. 
 —This Play was adled with fomc 
 Applaufe, at the Thcat. in Drury 
 Lane. 
 
 The Fatal Contract, A 
 French Tragedy, by Join Wm, 
 Htmingi, 4to. 1653. — This Play 
 met with great Succefs at its fird 
 Reprefentations, and was revived 
 twice after the Relloration, under 
 different Titles, viz. firft by that 
 of Z,0v« and Kevengc, and after- 
 
 F A 
 
 wards in the Year 1687, under 
 that of the Eunuch. —The Scene 
 lies in France^ and the Plot is 
 taken from the French Hiftory, in 
 the Reign of Chilperic I. and C/a- 
 taire II. 
 
 The Fatal Curiosity. 
 Trag. by George Lillo, 8vo. 1736. 
 — This Piece conilfts of but three 
 A£ls. — ^The Story of it, however, 
 is very fimpl^ and aflfefting, and 
 is faid to have been founded on a 
 real Fa£l which happened on the 
 weftcrn Coaft of England, — The 
 Circumflance, of a Son long ab- 
 fcnt, keeping himfelf on his Re- 
 turn to vifit them, for fome Time 
 unknown, is natural and unfor- 
 ced, while at the fame Time, 
 their being induced by the Depth 
 (^ their Diftrefs and Penury, ta 
 refolvc on, and perpetrate his 
 Murder, for the Sake of the Trea- 
 fures he had fhewn them he was 
 poflefled of, is productive of fomc 
 very fine Scenes of intermingled 
 Horror and Tendernefs , when 
 they come to be informed of the 
 dreadful Deed they have commit- 
 ted.— In fhort the Play is in my 
 Opinion equal, if not fupcriur, to 
 any of this Author's other Works, 
 and when aftcd at the Little Th, 
 in the Haymarket, where it ma^e 
 its firft Appearance, met with a 
 very favorable Reception. 
 
 The Fatal Discovery, or 
 Love in Ruins, Trag. Anonviti. 
 1698. — The Scene of this I'Ly 
 lies in J^cnice, but the original 
 Dcfign of the Plot feems taken 
 from the old Story of Oedipus and 
 yor<i/?<j.— — The Preface contains 
 an Anfwer to a Copy of Vcrfcs 
 written by Dryden, and prefixed 
 to the Trap;edy of Heroic Love. 
 
 Fatal Divorce. ^/</.Phae' 
 
 TON. 
 
 The Fatal Dowry. Trjg. 
 by Ph. Ma//inger, ^to. 1632.— 
 Natht Held had fomc Share in the 
 
 Writing 
 
 *? 
 
FA 
 
 F A 
 
 7> under 
 'he Scene 
 : Plot is 
 liftory, in 
 , and Clo- 
 
 lIOSITY. 
 
 Ivo. 1736. 
 but three 
 however, 
 [ting, and 
 inded on a 
 ed on the 
 «/. — The 
 long ab* 
 m his Rc- 
 ame Time 
 ind unfor- 
 tnc Time, 
 the Depth 
 Penury, to 
 etrate his 
 f the Trea- 
 em he was 
 Ive of fomc 
 itermingled 
 fs , when 
 mod of the 
 e commit- 
 is in my 
 uperior, to 
 er Works, 
 ittle Th. 
 re it ma4e 
 et with a 
 n. 
 
 VERY, or 
 Anonvm, 
 this i'Uf 
 origiii.il 
 s taken 
 \eJipus and 
 contains 
 [of Vcrfcs 
 prefixed 
 c Love, 
 .Phae' 
 
 Trag. 
 
 |i6^a.— 
 
 ire in the 
 
 Writing 
 
 Writing of this Play.— The pious This Piece I find only in the Liil 
 
 Behaviour of Cbarohis in volunta- of Publications, but as it does 
 
 rily giving up himfelf to Impri- not ftand in f^iiJors Catalogue of 
 
 ionnunt as a Ranfom for the that Year's Reprefentations, I am 
 
 Coipfe of his Father, in Order apt to imagine that it was never 
 
 to obtain for it the Rites of In "^'^"^ 
 
 termenr, is taken from the Story 
 ot Cimon the Athenian, related by 
 J''al. Mjxt'm. Lib. 5. Cap. 4,— 
 Mr. !?■':«'« has made Ufe of the 
 i.ime Circumftancc to heighten 
 
 adted. 
 
 Fatal Fricndshif. Trag. 
 
 by Catb. Trotber, 8vo. 1698.— 
 
 Aded at LircolrC i-lnn -Fields, with 
 
 gtoat Applaufe. 
 
 The Fatal Jbalousv. 
 he Amiablenefs of Charafter of Trag. 410. 1673. Anonym. — !t 
 Altjmcnt in hh Fair Pfmtent'f the is however afcribed by his Cotem- 
 Plot of which, as I have before poraries to Ntvil Pjine. — Tlxn 
 oblcrved, is in great Mcafure Scene of it is laid in Naples, and 
 borrowed from this Play. — Ne- the Plot borrowed from Beard? 
 rcfijHS Bchuviour alfo in the Theatre, the Urfortunate Loverf^ 
 Tragedy of Zara, fecms to owe &c. —The Charaftcr of Jafper 
 Its Origin to this Hint, though feems to be a bad Copy of la^o in 
 ("jffcrent in fome Refpe£t as to the Moor of heftier, and the An - 
 the particular Situation of the thpr has rendcr'd thi? a vci^ 
 A.^lon. bloody Tragedy, w ithout paying a 
 
 Fatal Era or. Fid* Or- d<;i', or indeed any Regard to po - 
 ruLA. etit lufticc. 
 
 The Fatal E x t r a v a- The Fatal Legacy. 'Trag. 
 rANCE. Trag. hy JoJ. MitcheH, Anonym. 8vo. 1721. — AMcd ar 
 jvo. 1710. — This Play was ori- Lincoln s-Inn-F: elds.-— I'hu is a 
 
 j-i'ially written in one A61, with 
 u<iiy roiirCharafters, andwasper- 
 '«!iiHOl at the Th. in Lincoln's- 
 l-:-lteidi. — It was however af- 
 'irv. arib improv'd into 'three A£t8» 
 <.ith two additional Characters, 
 aaJ prefcntcd at Drury^Lane with 
 .StitaM's — The Ground Work of 
 it is borrowed from ShakejpiO'f's 
 Tvrk/hire tragtdy, but tli-* L.-^n- 
 giiage is entirely new.— -It is laid 
 that the Author had gre.it AlTift- 
 unces in it from Mr. Aaron Hill ; 
 nay, p'i^or, in his Hift. of the 
 Stage, Vol. II. p. 123. poli'ivcly 
 
 Trandation of Racire't TLoais. 
 
 Fatal Love, or the Forc'd 
 Inconftancy. Trag. by Elk. Settle. 
 4to. 1680.— The Plot of this 
 Play may be trac'd to it's Origin 
 by reading the fifth Book of 'I'j. 
 tius's Romance of Clitipbon and 
 Lcuripp:. 
 
 Tlic Fatal Marriage, or 
 the Jrnoccnt Adultery. Trng. by 
 ''Tkt.Southerrc, 410. 1694. — This 
 Play met with great Succefs at 
 it's firft cominp out, and hasbesn 
 
 often performed fiiue with great 
 Appi"'>bation, the tragical Part of 
 aflcrt?, that the laft-nam'd Gen- it being extremely fine and very 
 tkman wrote the Play, got s. iftc£ling. — It is however like his 
 Tiftcd, and fupported it on the Oroonoko, interwoven with comic 
 liippiifcd Author's third Night, Scenes, fo much inferior in Point 
 Mr. Mitchell being at that Time of Merit to the other Parts, that 
 ia great Diftrefs. it has frequently been laid afide 
 
 Fatal Falshood, or Dif- for a confidcrable Time — The 
 'v//f(/ Irtnocer.ce, Trag. in three Scene lies in BnJ^ls } the Plot of 
 M\i, Anonym. 8vo, 1734.—— the Tragedy is, by the Author's 
 
 H own 
 
 r, 1 • 
 
 1 
 
 ■'Hi 
 
 M 
 
}i 
 
 1*^ 
 
 i n 
 
 ill 
 
 if 
 
 ■tl 
 
 \ I 
 
 
 II 
 
 iff 
 
 I .11' 
 
 <t , 
 
 
 I! 'I i!t 
 
 FA 
 
 own Confeflion, taken from a 
 Novel of Mrs. Beiitt's, called /Ac 
 Nun, or ^i>tf F^arr Vciv-breakcr j 
 and the Incident of Fernanda's be- 
 ing perfuaded to believe that be 
 had been dead, buried and in Pur- 
 gatory , fecms borrowed from 
 F/etcber'i Night fVa/ker.— Somt 
 one, however, has fince pucified 
 this Ore from itsDrofs, by clear- 
 ing the Play of all the comic 
 Part, excepting fo much of the 
 Charafters of the Nurfe and Por- 
 ter, as are ihfeparabJc from the 
 Aftaiis of IfaMa,— 'This Altera- 
 tion has been attributed to Mr* 
 Carriik, by whom it was in thi». 
 Stage brought on at the Th. R. 
 in Drury Lane, in 1758, by the 
 Title of IJabella, or the Fatal 
 Marriage, and met with great 
 Succefs. 
 
 A Fatal Mistake, m the 
 Plot f pot rd. Com. hy Jof. Haynes, 
 4to. 1696,— Thi$ Play was never 
 afted. 
 
 Fatal Necessity. Trag. 
 1741.— Of this I know no more 
 than the Name, and that it pro- 
 bably never appeared on the Stage, 
 as it is not in any of the Cata- 
 logues excepting the Britijb Tke- 
 atre, from which I tranfcribed 
 the Name and Date. 
 
 Fatal Relapsb, l^iJ» An- 
 TiocHus THE Great. 
 
 TheFATAL Retirement. 
 Trag. by yinth. Brown, 8vo, 
 1741- — This Play would fcarcely 
 be worth any fartlicr Notice than 
 a Mention of its Name, were it 
 not for a little theatrical Anec- 
 dote, v\'hich, as it does Honour 
 to the proper Spirit frequently 
 /hewn by a capital Veteran of the 
 Stage now living, I /hall here 
 relate. 
 
 When this Play was firft offer'd 
 to the Theatre, Mr. S^uin refufing 
 to a£l in it, the Author's Friends 
 thou^t proper to attributo iu 
 
 F A 
 
 ■Want of Succefs to his not ap. 
 pearing in it, and in Confequence 
 of fuch Suppoiltion repeatedly in- 
 fulted him for feveral Nights af- 
 tervvards, in the Purfuance of liis 
 Profeffion } till at length coming 
 forwards, and addrefling the Au. 
 dience, he with great Candour 
 and Spirit informed them ". that 
 he had, at the Requeft of the 
 Author, read his Piece before it 
 was afted, and given him his ve- 
 ry fincere Opinion of it, that it 
 was the very 'xorft Play he had 
 ever read in his Life, and /or that 
 Reafon had refufed to adl in it." 
 This however turnM the Tide f» 
 much in his Favour, that his 
 Speech was received with a thun- 
 dring Clap, and the InCults he 
 had received were put to an en- 
 tire Stop. 
 
 Fatal REStNTMENT. Fid, 
 
 ComOLANUS. 
 
 TheFATAL Sbcret. Trag. 
 by Lpivii Theobald, Anonym. 
 17x5., umo»— Afted at the Th. 
 Roy. in Cov, Gar. — This Play is 
 made up homfVebftersDutcbefiof 
 Malf^. — Scene the Dutchefs'sPa. 
 lace in Malfy. 
 
 The Fatal Vision, ot tit 
 Fall of Siam. Trag. by y1. Hill, 
 4to. 1716, — .Adled at Lincoln' s*- 
 Jntt'Fitlds, with Succefs. — The 
 Scene is fix'd in the City of So- 
 fola \n Siam I but the Author 
 owns that the Fable is fi^itious, 
 and the Charafters imaginaiy.— 
 The Moral is to expofe tlic dan' 
 gcrous Confequcnccs of the giv- 
 ing Way to Rage and Rafhnufs of 
 Determination. 
 
 Fatal Union. Vid, Na- 
 PLis and Sicily. 
 
 Fatal Wacer, Via. In* 
 jvr'd Princess. 
 
 The Fate or Capua. Trag. 
 by Tbo, Southerni. 4to. 1700.— 
 A£led at Lincoln i'lnn-Fitidt,'- 
 
 Scene C^itft 
 
 Fate 
 
 t 
 
ft 
 
 f ATE or Troy. f^id. Vir- 
 gin Prophetess, 
 
 Fate of TvRANinf. yiJ, 
 Grecian Hero. 
 
 The Fate of Villaikv, 
 Trag. hyTho. Walker, 8vo, 1730. 
 •-This was a£ted at GoodmarCi- 
 fleUi with very indifferent Suc- 
 cefs. 
 
 Favor iTK. Vid, Diserv- 
 IKG Favo'rite. 
 
 Fa u s T u s. Vid. Doctor 
 Faustus. 
 
 Fawk. Vid. Paras I tas- 
 ter. 
 
 The Feign'd Astboi,oger. 
 
 Com Anonym. 410. 1668. 
 
 This is tranflated from Corvcille, 
 who borrowed his Piece from 
 CiMeroni El /Iftiehgo fingido. — 
 The fame Plot iis made Ufe of 
 ty M. Scudery in his Novel of 
 the IHuftrioui Paffa, where the 
 Freticb Marquis takes on himfelf 
 the fi£titiou8 Character of an 
 /IJkologer. 
 
 The Feign*!) OovfcTixANB, 
 or A Nigbt'i Intrigue, Com. by 
 Mrs. Bthrty 4tD. 1679.— —This 
 Play met with very good ''' accefs, 
 snd was generally efteemed the 
 teft /he had wrote.— The Scene 
 lies in Rome, and the Play con- 
 tains a vaft Deal of Bufmefs and 
 Intrigue } the Contrivance of the 
 two Ladies to obtain their differ- 
 ently difpofed Lovers, both by the 
 fame Means, viai. by affuming 
 the Characters of Courtezans, 
 being produ£live of great Variety. 
 
 Feign'd Friendsmip, or 
 the Mad Reformer. Com. Anony. 
 4to. without a Date. — It was 
 however written later than the 
 Rc/^oration, and was a£lcd in 
 LittULincoh' i-Jnn-Fields. — Scene 
 the Park and Houfej adjoining. 
 
 FricN'n Innocekce. Vid. 
 Sir Martin Marr-all. 
 
 The Fcmals Academy. 
 
 F E 
 
 Com. by the Dutchefs of Nenff' 
 cajilc, Fol. 1662. 
 
 The Female Advocates, 
 or the Frantic Stock-jobbert. Com. 
 by W. Taterner, 410. 17x3— The 
 Britifr Theatre and fnincop\ 
 Catalogue have the fecoad Title 
 of this Play the Stock jobbers on- 
 ly, but as it is probable they might 
 neither of them have feen the 
 Piece itfelf, I have thus reftored 
 it from yucob. 
 
 The Female Parson, or 
 ths Beau in the Suds. A Ballad 
 Opera, hy C.Coffey, ij^z, — This 
 Piece was brought on at the Lit- 
 tle Theatre in the Haymarket, but 
 w?.s with very good Reafon damn'd 
 the firft Night. 
 
 Female Politician. Vid>, 
 Rival Priests. 
 
 The FEMALEpREtATE,"Bf- 
 
 irg the Hiflory of tbe Life and 
 Death of Pope Joan. Trag. by 
 Elk. Settle, 4to. 1680. — The Plot 
 of thii Play is taken from Pla- 
 tina^s Lives of the Popes, and 
 Cookies Dialogue, entitled Pope 
 yoan. 
 
 TheFEMALi Rake, ot Mo- 
 dern Fine Lady, 1736,— Of this 
 Piece I know nothing more than 
 the finding it in the Catalogues 
 of the dramatic Publications of 
 that Year. 
 
 The Female Virtuosoes. 
 Com. hy Tbt.lVrigbt, 4to. 1692. 
 —This Play was a£led with great 
 Applaufe, . but is no more than 
 an improved Tranflation of the 
 Femmci fcavanta of Molicre ; an 
 Author to whom many of our 
 Play-writers have been greatly 
 obliged, not only for their Plots, 
 but even for the very Subftancc 
 and Wit of their Pieces. , 
 
 Female Victor. ^/</, 
 Witty Combat. 
 
 Female Warrior. I'id, 
 
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 Com. 4tc. 1697. — WiththeLet- Filial Pietv. l^id. In- 
 
 terser. Af. in the Title. — This solvent. 
 
 Piece was afted at the Th. Roy. A Fine Companion. Com. 
 
 in Drury-Lane for feveral Days hy Shakcrley Murmiorif 4to. 16 35. 
 
 fucccirivdy, and with Applaufe. —This Play was greatly approv <j 
 
 ———It confilts of three A£ts, is of, and it is evident on Inforc- 
 
 wrirtcn in the Manner of a Re- 
 heanal, and was intended as a 
 Banter on Mrs. Mankyj Mrs. 
 fix, and Mrs. Trother. 
 
 Female Wits. Fid. Soci- 
 able Companions. 
 
 Festival of Light. Vid. 
 
 1. 1' M A N A L I A . 
 
 tion that Durfey\ Capt. Porf-ufs ir. 
 his Sir Bamaby fJ'iig is an Imi- 
 tation of Capt. IVhtbbU in this 
 Play. 
 
 The Fine Ladiis Airs, 
 Com. by Tho. Baker, 1708. — It 
 \\as afted in Dr. Lane with Suc- 
 ccfs. — T'.ie Scene lies in Lotidcn^ 
 
 Feurex andPorrex. Trag. and the Prologue is written by 
 Sto. 1565. — The three firft Afts Mr. Motteux. 
 
 of this Play were written by Tko. 
 Norton, and the two lalt by Tlo. 
 iieckvifie, Efqrs. — It was after- 
 V ards alter'd, and the Title 
 changed to that of Gorboduc, and 
 
 Fisherman a Prince. 
 Vid. Massaniello. 
 
 Flavius King of Lom* 
 SABDY. An Italian Op. Svo. 
 1723.— Perform'd at the King's 
 
 f rcfented before Q^E.'ix:. in the Th. in the Hay market. ^-Dcdki- 
 
 ViMr i5(;o. — It is probahle thcfe tion by N. /Aiyw.- This Drama 
 
 Alterations were made in it by is compofed of two Aflions, One 
 
 the laftn;iin'd of its two Au- is taken partly from the Hiftory 
 
 tliois, who was now become Lord of the Kings of the Lembardi, 
 
 iuukburp, and whofe fingle Work the other from the Cid of Ccrne- 
 
 tjviny thro' Miftake imagine it 
 
 m be The Plot is from the 
 
 Erg/ijh Chronicles. 
 
 The Fickle .Shepherdess. 
 A Paftoral. 4to. 1703. — This is 
 
 fV/r.—- Scene Lombard^. 
 
 The Fleire. Cora, by Ediv. 
 
 Sharpbantf 4to. 1610. The 
 
 Scene of this Play lies in LsrAn^ 
 and the Plot fecms in a great De- 
 
 only an Alteration of Randolph's grce to be borrowed from Mur- 
 
 /^D.intas ; it was afted at the New jjon's Parafitafitr. 
 
 Th. in Lincoln s-Ifift-Fie/ds, and The Floating Is lav h. 
 
 was played entirely by Women. Tragi-Com. by IVm. Strode, 410. 
 
 — The Scene lies in .-ifrctf^/a. 165 5. — This Play was not pvl- 
 
 FiDELlA AND FoRTUNA- lifhed till many Years after t!r, 
 
 t u s. Whether this Piece is Author's Death, but was pcv- 
 
 Tragedy or Comedy, what is its formed by the Students of C>:nji 
 
 D.ite, or whether it was ever Ckurcb on the igth o( yjug. ihyi 
 
 arted, arc Particulars I am at a 
 Lofs to difcovcr.— The old Cata- 
 logues only n iming it, and afcri- 
 1)1 ng it to 'Iho. Bark.r. — '1 he Bii- 
 ti h Theatre however fixes its 
 l)dte about 1690. And Coxitcr, 
 in Oipofition to all the other 
 Writers, diltinguift.cs this Barkir 
 
 before the King, for whole' bi- 
 vcrfion it was purpofcly wrirtm 
 at the Requeft of the Dean ;in'i 
 Chapter. — It contained too rrmh 
 MoraUty to fuit the T;ifte it ihc 
 Court, yet it ple.ifed the King lb 
 well, that he loon after beiU.vt J 
 
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 a Canon's Dignity on the Au- 
 thor. 
 
 Fi-ORA'a Vagaries. Com. 
 t) Rich, Rhodes, — This Play was 
 written while the Author was a 
 Student at Oxford, and after be- 
 ing publickly a£led by his Fellow 
 Students in Cbrifi Church, Jan. 
 8. 1663, and afterwards at the 
 Th. Roy. was printed in 4to, 
 J 570,— The Scene lies in f^''crcna, 
 and Part of the Plot, viz. The 
 Circumftance of Oratites making 
 Ufc of the Friar in carrying on 
 her Intrigues with Ludovico is 
 founded on Bcccacc*i Decatn, Day 
 3. Nov. 3. 
 
 Floridante. An Ital. Op. 
 h^P.A, Rolli,%^o. 1721. — Afted 
 at the K.'s Th. in the h^^j-mar- 
 kei. — The Plot is taken from an 
 ancient Drama, called La CoJianz,a 
 in trionfo, — The Scene in and near 
 Perfepo/is. 
 
 The Folly of Pr i e st- 
 CBAFT. Com, Anonym. 4to. 
 1690 — This Piece 1 have never 
 feen, but from its Date fliouldi)e 
 apt to imagine it had fome Refe- 
 rence to the Affairs of thofe 
 Times. — Latifrbaine gives it the 
 higheft Commendations, giving 
 it, in Point of ingenious and ju- 
 dicious Satyr, the next Place in 
 Rank to IVyiherkfi Plain Dealer j 
 yet hints that it may give Um- 
 brage to the Priefts and. Bigots of 
 the Rcnijlj Religion, which feems 
 a Confirmation of the Opinion I 
 have fuggefled above. 
 
 FaXLY RECLAIMXO. ^/V/. 
 
 City Lady. 
 
 The Fond Husband, ot tie 
 Plotting Slfttri. Com. by T. Dur- 
 fty, 4to. 1678, — This met with 
 very great Applaufe, and'is look'd 
 upon as one of Mr. Durfefz bcft 
 Plays. 
 
 The Fond Lady. Ftd, Amo- 
 *ovs Old Woman* 
 
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 Foot IN Fashion, t^iii 
 Love's last Shift. 
 
 A Fool's Preferment, or 
 the three Dukes of Dunflable, Com. 
 hy r.Durfey, 4to. 1688.— This 
 Play is little more than a Tranf- 
 cript of Fletcher's Noble Gentle- 
 wan, except one Scene relating to 
 Pdflet, which is taken from a 
 NovlI, called the Humours of 
 Baffet. 
 
 The Fool turn'd Cri- 
 TicK, Com. hy T.Durfey^ 410. 
 1678.— This, like mofl of this 
 Author's Pieces, is full of Pla- 
 giaries. — The Charafters of Old 
 TVine^ Trim and Small Wit being 
 taken from Simo, AJotus and Ba- 
 lio in Randolph'' t jealous Loverit 
 Nay, the very Prologue is a Theft, 
 being the very fame with that to 
 Lord Orrery^ s Majler Anthony, • 
 
 The Fool would be a Fa- 
 vorite, or the Difcreet Loicr, 
 Com. by Lodo^vick Carlell^ 8vo, 
 1657. — Afted with great Ap- 
 plaufe.— The Scene in Milain. 
 
 The Footman's Opera, 
 8vo. 1731. — Performed at Good- 
 man' s-Field$, 
 
 Fop's Fortcni. Fid.Lovt 
 Makes a Man. 
 
 FoRc'd Ii con STAN CY.y/'i, 
 
 Fatal Lovi. 
 
 The Foac'd Marriage, or 
 the fcalous Bridegroom. Tragi- 
 Com. by Mrs. Behn, 4to, 1671, 
 —This Play was adted at the D. 
 of York\ Theatre, and is fuppos'd 
 by Langbaine to be the firft of 
 this Lady's Produftion.— Scene in 
 the Court of France. 
 
 The Forc'd Marriacf. 
 Com. by Oxell. — This is only a 
 Tranflation of the Marriage Force 
 of Moliere, and was never intend- 
 ed for the Stage, 
 
 The Forc'd Physician. 
 Com. by OasfZ/. — This Piece is 
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 Forced Valovr. VhU 
 Wits. 
 
 The Force OF Friendship. 
 Tr. by Cha, Jobnfony 4to. 1710. 
 —Scene Verona. — At the End of 
 this Tragedy is fubjoined a fmall 
 Farce, which was afted with it, 
 call'd Lcve in a Cheji, 
 
 Force of Love. Vid. Per- 
 jur'd Devotee. 
 
 Force of Love. Vid. The- 
 
 ODOSIUS. 
 
 Force op Nature. Vid. 
 
 Savage. 
 
 The Fortunate Isles and 
 ^hcir Union, celebrated in a 
 Mafque defign'd for the Court 
 on T-a'c-^fii Night, i6a6. h-y lien 
 'Johnfon. 
 
 Fortunate Prince. Vid. 
 Marriage at last.. 
 
 For tun AT us. Com. hyTho. 
 Decker, 4to. 1600, 
 
 Fobtunatus. Pantomime 
 Entertainment, by//. fVoodivard. 
 •^-Performed at Dr. La. Theatre, 
 
 Fortune by Land and 
 Sea. Tragi -Com. by 'Ho. .Wrty- 
 tvood, 4to. 1655. — tOur Author 
 was aflifted by Rowley in the 
 Compofition of this Play, which 
 met with great Applaufe in the 
 Performance, but was not printed 
 
 till after their Deceafe. The 
 
 Scene lies in London. 
 
 The Fortune Hunters, or 
 tni'o Fooli ivell met. Com. by Ja. 
 Carfijk, 4to. i629.~This Play 
 xnet with fucccfs, and Langhaine 
 g'.vcs it confiderable Cbramenda- 
 tion, yet at the fame Time cites 
 an Incident from it which feems 
 to contradift that good Opinion, 
 vix. A Perfon's miftaking the 
 Hand of another for the Handle 
 «f a Pump, and an Orange Flow- 
 M for Pump Wiacr»— The Scene 
 
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 lies in Covcnt -Garden. 
 
 Fortune in her Wits, 
 Com. by Ci<a. yohnfon, i^to. 1701;. 
 
 This is but an indifferent 
 
 TranHation of Cowlej^s Naufra- 
 giim joculare, and was never prc- 
 fcnted on the Stage. — The Scene, 
 as it does in the laft-nam'd Piece, 
 lies at Dunkirk. 
 
 The Foundling. Com. by 
 Edw. Moore, 8vo. 1748. — This 
 Comedy was the firft of Moorc'% 
 dramatic Pieces, but is far fupe- 
 rior to his fecond comic Attempt, 
 — It met with tolerable Suoceh 
 during its Run, altho' at the firft 
 Night of its Appearance the Cha- 
 rafter oi Paddle (which it i? laid 
 was intended fur one RufJ'el) gave 
 great Difguft, and was therefore 
 confiderably curtailed in all the 
 enfqing Reprefentations. — It has 
 not however fince that Time bc-n 
 continued as an afting Comedy, 
 being generally confidcred .Vj 
 bearing too near a Refemblan^e 
 to the Cotifdoui Lo-vers. — YcX I 
 cannot help thinking it far pre- 
 ferable to that Play, as the In- 
 tricacy of the Plot is much morf 
 natural, the Charafters of a more 
 fprightly Turn, and drawn in 
 the general from higlxer Lite, 
 unmix'd with the Pertnefs of a 
 Chambermaid Coquet, and Kitch- 
 en Coxcomb} on which, how- 
 ever, the greatcft Part o( the 
 Livclinefs of Sir Rich. Steele*s Play 
 principally depends. 
 
 Fountain or Selp-Love, 
 Vid. Cynthia's Revels. 
 
 The Pour 'PrenticTs of 
 London, ivith the Conquejl of 
 Terufalem. — An Hiftorical Play, 
 by Tbo. Heytuood, 4to. 1632.— 
 This was Heyii'ocd's firft Attempt 
 in the Dramatic .Way, and wJjs 
 afted with Applaufe. — The Plot 
 is founded on the Exploits of the 
 famous Godfrey of Bui/tigne, wiio 
 rclcafedyrr«/fl/(rwoutofthcHiJi«i5 
 
 of 
 
Wits, 
 to. 1705. 
 ndifFercnt 
 
 Naufra- 
 lever pre- 
 he Scene, 
 n'd Piece, 
 
 Com. by 
 J. — This 
 >f Moore'% 
 i far lupe- 
 : Attempt, 
 Ic SucceK 
 at the firft 
 e the Cha- 
 li it is laid 
 uffel) gave 
 5 therct'ore 
 in all the 
 IS.—- It his 
 Time bc-n 
 g Comedy, 
 Bicred Xi 
 efemblanie 
 — Yo.t I 
 it far pre* 
 as the In- 
 nuch more 
 s of .1 more 
 drawn in 
 glier Life, 
 rtnefs of » 
 ndKitch* 
 ch, how- 
 rt of the 
 'tteWi Play 
 
 .r-LovE, 
 
 •ICTS OF 
 
 tonquefl of 
 
 [ical Play, 
 
 1632.— 
 
 Attempt 
 
 and wlis 
 
 iThc Plot 
 
 l)its of the 
 
 \gtit, wiio 
 
 hcHairtl? 
 
 F R 
 
 ofthd Infideh in 1099.— A more 
 ample Account of which is to be 
 feen in TaJJd'i Goffrcdo, and in 
 Yulleri Holy War. 
 
 The Four P's. A merry Inter - 
 hide of a Palmer, a Pardoner, a 
 Potycary and a Pedlar, by John 
 Heyivoody 4to. 1 569.— This is one 
 of the firft Plays that appeared in 
 the Englifh Language j it is writ- 
 ten in Metre, and not divided in- 
 to Afts. — The original Edition is 
 in the old Black Letter, but it has 
 been lepubliihed a few Years ago 
 
 F R 
 
 count but the mention of its 
 Name among her Works in the 
 Britifb Theatre, JVbinctp in his 
 Catalogue not having made men- 
 tion of any fuch Piece. 
 
 Frantic Stock-jobbers. 
 Vid. Female Advocates, 
 
 Free Will. Trag. hy Henry 
 Cbeekc, 4to. Black Letter, no 
 Date. — This is one of the very 
 old moral Plays. — Its full Title 
 runs according to Cexettr as fol- 
 lows,— i cerrayne Tragedie ivryt' 
 ten fyrftt in Itaiian by F. N. B, 
 
 ii 1 iIim 
 
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 \nDodfley\Qo\\G&\onoio\AV\s)-^. ( Francifcus Niger BunTcntinus ) 
 
 Four Plays in One, or entituled Freetvyl ^ ard tr^njhtcd 
 
 Moral Rcfrefentations, hy Beaumont into Englijhe by Wenry Chtcke, 
 
 inii Fletcher. Fol. 1679.— -Thefe tubtreiti i: fet foortb in Manner of 
 
 four Pieces are entitled as follow?, a Tragedie the deuylifh Deuife of the 
 
 r:x. I. The Triumph of Honour,-^ 
 This is founded on Boccace, Day. 
 10. Nov. 5, — Scene neair Athens, 
 the Roman Army lying there. — 
 1!. The Triumph of Love. — This 
 is taken from the fame Author, 
 
 Pcfifh Religion, &;c. 
 
 Ihe Fkf. NCH Conjurer, 
 Com. byT.P. 4to. i678,~The 
 Plot of this Play is coropofed from 
 two Stories in the Romance of 
 Gufman de Alfaracbe, the Hpar.ijb 
 Rogue J the one called Dorido and 
 Chridia, the other the Mcnhura 
 
 tf Death. — This is from Part 3, of Sevil, and the Scene is laid in 
 
 Nov. 3. of the Fortunate, Dece^v^d, Se^'tl. 
 
 and tfnfortunate Lovfri. — The French Da'Vicino Mas- 
 
 Scene Arjou. — IV. The Triumph te r , Vid, Wits. 
 
 Day, 5. Nov, 8, and the Scene 
 laid in Milan, — III, The Triumph 
 
 c/T;«?.— The Plot of this fcems 
 to be entirely the Invention of the 
 Author, — Whether this Medley 
 of Dramatic Pieces was ever per- 
 formed or not, does not plainly 
 appear .-~It is composed as if adled 
 at Lifhon, before Manuel, K. of 
 Portugal and his Qucr 1 Ifabella, 
 at the Celebration of their Nup- 
 tials, that Court being introduced 
 as Spectators, and the King, 
 Qiieen« &c. making Remarks 
 upon each Rcprefentation.— The 
 two firft may properly be called 
 Tragi-Com. the third a Tragedy, 
 and the laft an Opera. 
 
 Fox, Vid. VoLPONE, 
 
 Frederic Duke or Bruns- 
 wick. Trag. hy Elix. Hayviood, 
 1724.— Of this Play 1 find no Ac* 
 
 The Frenchiii^d Lady 
 never in Paris, Com. of two 
 A£ts, I758.<— Of this I know no 
 more than the Name, and that it 
 never was a£led. 
 
 Frenchman in Lonoov. 
 1755. — This Piece was never de- 
 fign'd for the Englifh Stage, being 
 nothing but a literal Tranflation 
 of the Francois a Londres of M, 
 de Boifjy, from which it was faid 
 Mr, Feote had taken the Hint of 
 his Engiifljman in Paris. I can, 
 however, perceive no Kind of Rc- 
 fcmblance between the two Pieces, 
 any farther than what rifes from 
 a Similarity in their Name. 
 
 French Puritan. Vid, 
 TartvffSi 
 
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 Friendship improved, or 
 the Female fVarrier, Trag. by Cba. 
 Hofkhs, ^to. 1700.— To this Play 
 is prerixed an humorous Prologue, 
 on the Subjeft of the Author's 
 commencing Merchant, and ac- 
 cumulating Wealth, if it may be 
 in the Power of a Poet fo to 3o. 
 
 Friendship in Fashion. 
 Com. by Tho. Otivay, 4to. 1670. 
 —This Play is an entertaining 
 -onff, met with great Succefs at 
 firft, and has frequently been re- 
 vived fince ; yet it favours too 
 ftrongly of that Libcrtinifm which 
 runs thro' all this Author's Co- 
 medies to fuit the prefent Tafte* 
 
 Frvar Bacon and Fkvar 
 Bungay, the hoiiourabU Hijiory 
 •f. Com. by Rob. Green, 410. 
 1 599. — For the Story of this Piece 
 fee />/o>'s Hift. of Oxfordpire, 
 aad frcid's Antlq. Oxon» 
 
 Fruitless Revenge. Vid, 
 Unhappy Marriage, 
 
 Fuimus Troes. Vid^ True 
 Irojans. 
 
 fulcius .and lucrella. 
 —By this Name is a Piece men- 
 tioned hy^Langbair.e, Jacob, Gil- 
 don and fVhincop, none of whom 
 pretend to have feen it, or to give 
 any Account of it.- — But as the 
 Author of the Britijb Theatre is 
 more particular in his Defcrip- 
 tlon of it, it is rcafonable to ima- 
 gine he had met with the Piece 
 itfclf. — It differs from them all 
 in the Spelling of the fccond 
 Name, calling it Fulgios and 
 LucRETTE, aPaftoral, from the 
 Italian, 1676. 
 
 Fun. A parodi -tragi - comic 
 Satire, 8vo. 1752. — This little 
 Piece is entirely burlefque, and 
 was I believe writtea. by Kenrick, 
 It contains fome fevere Strokes of 
 Saty on i/. Fielding^ Dr. Hill, 
 ftci and was intended to have 
 
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 beirn performed by a Sot of prl- 
 yate Perfons at the Caftlc Tavcru 
 in Pater-nofter Roiu. — But aliho' 
 it was fcref ned under the idea of 
 a Concert of Mufic, and a Bali, 
 Mr. Fielding, who had received 
 fome Information of it, found 
 Means of putting a Stop to it 011 
 the very Night of Pcrfcimancc, 
 even when the Audience were 
 affembled. — ^The Piece, however, 
 which is entirely inoffcnfivc, 0- 
 therwife than by fatyrizing fome 
 particular Works which were then 
 recent, was foon after printed and 
 delivered Qratis to fuch Perfons 
 as had taken Tickets for tl»e 
 Concert. 
 
 The Funeral, ov Grief a la 
 Mode. Com. by Sir Ricb. Stcfk, 
 4to. 1702. — This is in my Ojii. 
 nion much the bcft of this Au- 
 thor's Pieces. — The Corduft of 
 it is ingenious, the Cluraftcrs 
 pointed, the Language fprightly, 
 and the Satyr ftrong and genuine. 
 — There is indeed fomewhat im- 
 probable in the A^'air of convey- 
 ing Lady Cbarlattt away in the 
 Coffin, yet the Reward that by 
 that Means is beftowcd on the 
 pious Behaviour of young Lord 
 Hardy^ with Refpcdl to bis F,«- 
 ther's Body, makes fome Amends 
 for it. — I know not that the Plot 
 of this is borrowed from any other 
 Piece, yet the Hint of Lord Brumf- 
 tortus feigning him fe|f dead to try 
 the Difpofition of his Wife, may 
 perhaps owe its Origiivto a Scene 
 in Molierit Maladt imaginaire. 
 
 G. 
 
 GAtATKiA, Com. \iyyohn 
 Lyly, 4to. i5oz.~Piayed 
 before Q. £/;». at Grunwich un 
 iVifW Ttor't Daj at Night.— The 
 
 Cbaraitcrs 
 
G A 
 
 G A 
 
 it of prU 
 Ic Tavcru 
 iut altho' 
 le Idea of 
 fid a Ball, 
 1 received 
 it, found 
 )p to it oi\ 
 rfcimancc, 
 ence were 
 , however, 
 Fcnfive, o- 
 izing fomc 
 1 were then 
 printed and 
 ch Fcrfons 
 IS fur the 
 
 r Grief a la 
 Riclf. Stcfh, 
 n my Opi. 
 of this Au- 
 Conduft of 
 Charaftcrs 
 e fprightly, 
 nd genuine. 
 Lewhal im- 
 of convcy- 
 ay in the 
 d that by 
 red on the 
 oung Lord 
 to bis F.i- 
 e Amends 
 t the Plot 
 any other 
 [ord Brump' 
 I to try 
 ife, may 
 to a Scene 
 ^litturt. 
 
 ». by John 
 .Played 
 ^HViid' on 
 t.— The 
 ^haraitcrs 
 
 in 
 
 Charafters of Galatbea and Fbil- was too deep to be borne ; yet I 
 iida are borrowed from Ipbi: and am rather apt to imagif i Want 
 •fanthe, in the 9th Book of Ovti'i 
 ^Utatnorphojet, 
 
 A Game at Chisse. By 
 Tho. Middiftcn, 410. 1625. — Sun- 
 dty Times aftcd at the Gleie on 
 the Bank Siiic. 
 
 The Gamesteh. Com. by 
 
 of perfcft Approbation iOfe 
 one Part, and that no inconfider- 
 able onci o( the Audience from a 
 Tendcrnefs of another Kind than 
 that of Compaffion j and that 
 they were Icfs hurt by the Diftreft 
 of Bmer/ev, than by finding their 
 Ja. Sbirleyy 410. 1637. — ^This is darling Vice, their favorite Folly 
 very tar from being a bad Piay. — thus vehemently attacked by the 
 The Plot of it is intricate, yet ftrong Lance of Reafon and dra- 
 
 natural j the Gharafters well 
 drawn, and the Catattrophe juft 
 and moral. — It has been twice al- 
 ti-r'd and brought on the Stage 
 'itiJer difteicnt Titles, firft by 
 Chit, yobtifon, who took his Phj 
 ot *hQ fyi/t's Relief almoft en- 
 tirely from it, and afterwards by 
 Mr. Ganickf who brought it qn 
 at Dr. Lane by the Name of the 
 Gamcjicrs. »■-¥ or tht Plot, vid, 
 (^ Margaret's Novels, Day. I. 
 Nov. 8. and the Vn/ucJiy Citizen, 
 The Gamester. Com. by 
 
 matic Execution. 
 
 The Gamesters. Com. 8v<y. 
 J 7 58. — This is the Piece meih- 
 tioned above, as an Alteration of 
 Shirley's Gamcfter.—'lx. is fuid to 
 have been the Work of Mr. Gar- 
 riekf and was performed at the 
 Theatre of which that Gentleman 
 is Nfanager.~In this Alteration 
 the Affair of the Duel between 
 the two Friends, and the Love 
 Scenes between them and their 
 Miftrefies are very judicioufly 
 omitted j yet I cannot help think- 
 Mr:. Ccntli-vre, 8vo. 1704.— This ing that two very capital Scene9> 
 ht from being the worft of the one between Vohtile and Jtiafy 
 
 IS 
 
 this Lady's Pieces, altho* it is 
 like moft of them, formed on Mo- 
 dels not her ov^n, the Plot of it 
 
 i«»ing almoft entirely borrowed 
 t'.om a French Comedy called Le 
 
 V>ijjlpahur» It mCtwith good 
 
 Sjccel's, but has not, I believe, 
 been performed for many Years 
 in cither of the Theatres. 
 The Gamester. Trag. by 
 
 and the other between Riot and 
 Jbrabtlht which ftand in the lall 
 Aft of the Wife's Relief, have too 
 much both of Nature and Judg- 
 ment, not to injure the Piece by 
 the Lofsofthem ; and that there- 
 fore the Alteration of this Play 
 would have done more Ji'ftice to 
 the original Author had they 
 been fuffer'd to remain in the fame 
 
 F./w. Miore, 8vo. 1753. — This Situation they before poflefs'd. 
 
 Trngedy is written in Profe, and 
 is the moft capital Piece Mr. 
 Miove produced.— The Language 
 i nervous and yet pathetic ; the 
 Plot is artful, yet clearly condu£l- 
 cd ; the Charadlers are highly 
 murk'd, yet not unnatural j and 
 the Cataftrephe is truly tragic, 
 yet not uniuft.— — Yet with all 
 thcfe Merits it met with but 
 middling Succefs, the general Cry 
 againft it being that the Diftrefs 
 
 Gammer Gurton's Nee- 
 dle. Com. by Mr. 5. Maftcr 
 of Arts, 4to. 1575. — This is one 
 of the oldeft of our dramatic 
 Pieces, and is an Inftance of the 
 Simplicity which muft ever pre - 
 viiil in the early Dawnings of 
 Genius.— The Plot of this Pby, 
 which is written in Metre, and 
 fpun out into five regular Afts, 
 being Nothing more than Gam- 
 mer Gurton\ having miihiid the 
 
 Needle 
 
 
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 \ "I 
 
 * 
 
 r4» 
 
 4 
 
 i>„ 
 
 1 * r, 
 
 r. 
 
^! 
 
 ■ il! 
 
 Needle with which /he was njcnJ- 
 ing -her Man Hedged Bi'eeches a- 
 f ainft the enfuing Sunday, and 
 ■which, by Way of Cataftrophe to 
 <he Piece, is, after much Search, 
 great Altercation, and feme Bat- 
 tles in its Caufe, at laft found 
 Sicking in the Breeches them- 
 TfcJves.—The original Title of it 
 Tuns thmj-^A Ryght Pyihy^ Plea- 
 fount and merie Ccmedie: Jmytuled 
 Gammir Gurtoti's Nidle ; played en 
 the Stag! not longc ago in Chriftc'-i 
 Golhdge in Cambridge^ made hy 'Mr. 
 S, Rafter of Arts : Jmprynted at 
 iLondon in Fieete Streate beneth the 
 €-)rtduit, at the Signe i>f St. John 
 Evangeliji, iy Thomas Cohve//.-* 
 it is printed in the old black L-'t- 
 4er, iut is republifiied in a more 
 legible Manner, yet flill prefer v- 
 »g the antient Way oF Spdling, 
 in £)ft^ye CoUegfion of old 
 •Plays. "^ 
 
 Cascvnado the C^reat. 
 A Tragt.c«mJ-politicatl-whinilTCd 
 Cfna, 4ito. 1759. -.This Pvexx 
 was written fcy Jb. WvrJMe the 
 SPainter, and is a Btrflcfiiue >i 
 the Affairs of the frtneb Nation 
 during this War, the K. cf France 
 and Madame de Pmpadtmr heirtg 
 dcpifted under the C'harafters of 
 Gafcenado and Pampelin. — There 
 is fome Humour in it, more ef- 
 |)ecially in fome of the Songs, but 
 I believe it was never performed 
 in Lordtn, 
 
 The Genekal cashiered. 
 Tragi-Com. 410, i677.-i.This 
 Play wasTiever afted, but is print- 
 ed as defign'd for the Stage, and 
 is dedicated to Prince Eugene of 
 dSavoy. 
 
 GENERAt Deluge of the 
 World, f^id. Noah's Flood. 
 
 The General Lover. Com. 
 by Theopi). Mofs, 8vo. 1748. — 
 This Comedy not only was not 
 adlcd, but is perhaps the very 
 vorft Compofition in the drama- 
 
 GE 
 
 tic Way, that was ever atlemp!c3 
 even without any View to the 
 Stage. 
 
 The Generous Choice, 
 Com. "by Fra. Jidannir.g, ^.to, 
 1700.— This Piece was afted at 
 little Lrnc-Jnn-Fieldi.--' — Scene, 
 City of Valencia in Spain, 
 
 Generovs' Cully. Vid, 
 Gentleman Cully. 
 
 The GenxrousCdniqueror, 
 or the Timely Difcavery. Trag, by 
 BcviHfrggens, 4to. 1702, — This 
 Play is u/her'd by two compli- 
 mentary Copies of Verfes, and 
 both Prologue and Epilogue were 
 written by Lord Law/Jfeww.— — 
 Scene Ravenna. 
 
 The Genert>os Enemies, 
 or tit Kin'. ulcus Lovers, Com. by 
 
 y, Careyj 4to. 1672. This 
 
 Play is owe entire Pigce of Pla- 
 giary from3^inning to £nd,«« 
 The principal Defigft being bor- 
 rowed from Shiimuft^s La gene- 
 reuji htgratintae, that of the Ri. 
 xHtttlous Lovers {rom Comtilli'i Don 
 Bertram de CigamL-^Bertram'i 
 teAy ffmnour to iris Servants in 
 thv third A^t is partly borrowed 
 from Randolph* s Mufes Lookirg- 
 Glafi ; and the Quarrel between 
 him and Rchatzi in the fifth ta- 
 ken wholly and verbatim from 
 the Love's Pilgrimage of Beaumont 
 and F/<rcjb«-.— The Scene lies in 
 Seville. — ^Yet, notwithftanding all 
 thefe Thefts, 1 cannot help think- 
 ing this Play a good one, and 
 that it might ft^.nd a tolerable 
 Chance of Succcfs, was it to be 
 overiook'd by fome (kilful Per- 
 fon, and adapted to the prefent 
 Stage. 
 
 The Generous Free Ma- 
 son, or the Coujlant Lady. A 
 tragi-comi- farcical Ballad Opera 
 of three Afts, by PFm. Rufus 
 Cbetivccd, 8vo.— The Date of this 
 Piece I know not, and the Com- 
 piler of ffhincc/s Catalogu* fays 
 
 it 
 
attemp?e3 
 ;w to ihc 
 
 Choice, 
 
 lir.g, 4to. 
 
 as a£lcd at 
 
 '— Scene, 
 
 in, 
 
 y. Vid. 
 
 y. 
 
 ?1QUER0R, 
 
 , Trag. by 
 02. — This 
 •0 compli- 
 ''erfes, and 
 logue were 
 ysww.— — 
 
 Enemies, 
 
 •i. Com. by 
 
 . Thh 
 
 jce of Pla- 
 to Ena.— 
 being bor- 
 •j La gent» 
 of the R\. 
 'jieiile's Don 
 '-Bertram's 
 Servants in 
 ly borrowed 
 fa Looking- 
 ■el between 
 le fifth ta* 
 atim fvom 
 f Beaumont 
 :ene lies in 
 [Handing all 
 elp think- 
 onc, and 
 a tolerable 
 as it to be 
 ilful Per. 
 ;he prefent 
 
 Iree Ma* 
 
 llady. A 
 |Uad Opera 
 ^w. Rufus 
 )ateofthis 
 the Com- 
 klogu« lays 
 it 
 
 G E 
 
 It was only performed at Bartho- 
 lomew ^r. 
 
 The G«NEROU8 HVSBAND, 
 
 or Coffee- kouU Politician. Com. 
 h) Cha. yohnfon, izmo. 17 13.— 
 Scene London. 
 
 Generous Lovers. Vid» 
 St. Stephen's Green. 
 
 Generous PoRTuctrESE. 
 Vid. Island Princess. 
 
 Generous RBKUSAt. Ktd, 
 Portsmouth Hkiress. 
 
 Generous Revenoe. Vid, 
 
 AmHITIOUS StAVE. 
 
 Generous Rivals* Vid. 
 Elpidia. 
 
 Gentle Craft. Vid, 
 Shoemaker's Hoeiday. 
 
 The Gentleman CiT. C, 
 by Ozeli.— 'This is nothing more 
 than a literal TranHation of Afo- 
 licre''s Bourgeois Gentilhomme^ 
 
 The Gentleman Cullv. 
 Com. 4to. 1702. — In all the Ca- 
 talogues I have feen, there is a 
 play by the Name of the Generous 
 Cully, Anonym, and without a 
 Date, excepti.ig in the Britijh 
 Theatre, where it is plac'd in 1691. 
 -——Coxeter, however, has eraz*d 
 that Title, placing in- its Room 
 the Name and Date as above, and 
 pofitively a^ttributes It to Charles 
 jfobttfon. 
 
 The Gentleman Dan- 
 cing Master. Com. by fV. 
 fVycherley, 4to. 1673. — '^^^® " 
 one of the mod indifferent of all 
 this Author's Pieces. 
 
 The Gentleman Gardi- 
 ner. Farce, by ya, fVildair, 
 1749. 
 
 The Gentleman or Ve- 
 nice. Tragi -Com . By Ja, Shir- 
 h, 4to. 1655. — The Plot of this 
 Play is taken from Gayton's Notes 
 on Den fixate, Book iv. (ih. 6. 
 and the Scene lies in Venice. 
 
 The Gentleman Usher. 
 Com. by GeOi Chapman, 4X0. 1606. 
 
 •—It is doubtful whether this 
 
 G E 
 
 li^liil 
 
 afted ; Langhairp 
 
 Play was ever 
 
 gives it a very indifferentCha- 
 raftcr> yet at the fame Time owns 
 that it was not without its Par- 
 tifans and Admirers. 
 
 Of Gkntylnes and Noby- 
 LITE, a Dialogs betnven th^ Mtr- 
 ebaunt, the Knyght and the Blou^ 
 man, dy^putyng "jobo is a verey Gen' 
 tylman, and who is a Nobleman, 
 a^d bow Menjhould corns to AuC' 
 toryte, compilid in Mdncr of an En^ 
 terlude, lui'b divers Toys and gcjiis 
 addyd thereto to make myri pafiyme 
 ana difport. — This Piece is writ- 
 ten in Metre, andprinleJ in black. 
 Letter, by John Raftell, without 
 Date ; but by thi: Spelling and 
 Manner of Style, I (hould imu^ 
 gine it to be very old. 
 
 The Gentle Shepherd. A 
 PaHoral Com. i2mo. 1729. ■■■■ » 
 This truly poetical and paftoral 
 Piece is written in the Scots Dia- 
 led, publ.{ii;d by the celebrated 
 Allan Bamjay the Scots Poet, and 
 introduced to the World as his.— 
 There are nof, however, wanting 
 Perfons who deny him the Credit 
 of being its Author; but as Envy 
 will ever purfue Merit, and as in 
 upwards of thirty Years no other 
 P«rfon has, and it is now moft 
 probable never will lay Claim to 
 that Honour, Reafon I think will 
 lead us to grant it to the oplv Per- 
 fon who has been named for it.— • 
 Be this Fa£t however as it may, 
 the Merit of the Piece itfelf muft 
 ever be acknowledged, in which 
 it may without Exaggeration, be 
 allowed to ftand equal if not fupe- 
 rior to either of thofe two cele- 
 brated Paftorals, the Aminta of 
 tajjo and the Paflorfdo of Guari' 
 m.'—h has been reduced into one 
 AAfSe the Scotch Dialed^ tranHated, 
 with the Addition of fome new 
 Songs, by Tbeoph. Cibbtr, and was 
 prefented at Dr, Lane in 1731.— 
 
 The original Paftoral as it wa< 
 
 written^ 
 
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 -)m 
 
 
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 written, was alio performed a few 
 Vears ago by a Company of Scots 
 people, at the Little Theat, in the 
 Haymarket. 
 
 George a Greene the 
 Pindar or Wakefield. C. 
 Anonym. 4to. 1599. — The Plot 
 of this Play (which is not divided 
 into A'lsj is founded on Hiftory, 
 and the Scene liej at Wakefield in 
 Torkjhire. -'This George a Greene 
 was a Man of great and ancieiJjC 
 Renown ; there is a peculiar Hi- 
 0ory of his Life, written by one 
 iV. fV. 8vo. 1706, snd he is men- 
 tioned in Hudibrai, Part 2. Cant.a, 
 Line coj. — This Comedy has a 
 GonHi^rable Share of Merit, and 
 is to be met with in Dcdjley'% 
 CoUeftion of old Plays. 
 
 George Barnwell. Vid.~ 
 London Merchant. 
 . Geor g e Da no I n, or the iwan- 
 
 ton IVife. Com. by Ozell. A 
 
 Tranflation from fiJoliere^ George 
 Dflndin. 
 
 The Ghost, or the JVoman 
 »Q)eari the Breeches. Com. Anon, 
 written in 1640, printed 4to. 
 1650.— Scene Pan's. 
 
 The Ghost or Moliere.— 
 This is only the Tranflation of a 
 lijttle Piece of 14 Scenes, called, 
 VOmbre de Moliere, written by 
 M. Bteceurt a Friend of that Poet's 
 after his Death, and which is 
 printed in all the Editions of Mo- 
 Here's Works. — The Scene lies in 
 the Eljifian Fields, 
 
 Gibraltar, or the Spanijh 
 Adventure. Com. by J. Dennis, 
 4to. 1705.— ■ — Afted at the Th. 
 Roy. in Dr. Lane, but without 
 
 Succefs. The Scene lies at a 
 
 Village in the Neighbourhood of 
 Gibraltar. 
 
 Gil Blas. Com. by Edw, 
 Moore, 17 5 1. Afted zt Dr. Lane, 
 —This is by much the leaft meri- 
 torious of the three dramatic Pieces 
 of our Author, and indeed, not< 
 
 G L 
 
 withftanding its being very ftrong- 
 ly fupported in the Afting, meet 
 with the leaft Succefs.— The Do- 
 fign is taken from the Story of 
 Aurora, in the Novel of G/7 Bias, 
 but bears too near a Refembiance 
 to the Plot of the Kind Impojltr, 
 and the Author has deviated great- 
 ly from the Truth in the Manners 
 of his Characters, having in- 
 troduced » Spanijh Gentleman 
 drunk on the Stage, which is fo 
 far from being a Chara£teriftic of 
 that Nation, that it is well known 
 they had formerly a Law fubfilling 
 among them, tho' now, perhaps, 
 out of Force, which decreed ih;it 
 if a Gentleman was convifttd of 
 even a capital Oft'ence, he /houlij 
 be pardoned on pleading his li.tv- 
 ing been intoxicated at the 1 iinn 
 he committed it, it being fuppofcd 
 that any one who bore the (Jlia- 
 rafter of Gentility would more 
 readily fufFcr Death, than contcls 
 himfelf capable of fobcattly a Vice 
 as Drunkennefs. 
 
 Girl worth Gold. Vid, 
 Fair Maid or the West. 
 
 The Glass op Govern- 
 ment. Tragi-Com. }ay George 
 Gafcoigne, ^X.0, i^T^, This Play 
 is thus entituled, becaufe therein 
 are handled as well the Rev/arJs 
 for Virtues as the Pupiflimcnts 
 for Vices., — — The Scene lies at 
 Antwerp, 
 
 G LOR I AN A, or the Court ofA\i- 
 gujlus Qrjar, by N. Lee, 4to. 1676, 
 —This Piece is one of the wildeft 
 and moft indifferent of all this 
 Author's Pieces, being made up 
 of little elfc but Bombaft: and Ab- 
 furdity. — The Plot is more foun- 
 ded on Romance than Hiftory, as 
 may be readily difcovered by com* 
 paring it with the firft, fifth and 
 feventh Parts of the celebrated 
 Romance of Cleopatra, under the 
 Characters ofCafariOf MarceUus 
 
 and 
 
 L 
 
G O 
 
 and Julia. — Scene lies in the Pa- 
 lace of /liigujiui Cajar at Rome. 
 
 The Gob L IKS. Tragi-Com. 
 \,y S'\r John Sucklingf 8vo. 1648. 
 —The Scene of this Play lies in 
 Trancilia, and the Author, in the 
 Execution of his Defign, has pret- 
 ty dofely followed the Footftcpi 
 oi Shakcfpcur, of whom ht was a 
 profeffed Admirer, his Rfginella 
 heing an open Imitation oi Miran- 
 da in the T'empeji, and his Gob/im, 
 tlio' Counterfeits, { being only 
 Thieves in Dlfguifc) yet fcem to 
 be copied from jiiiel in the fame 
 
 Play. 
 Gon Hvs Promises. A Tra- 
 
 ftdic or Interlude, maKyfeSytge the 
 cin'ifc Pr OM I s E s of God unto Man 
 in all Jgit,from the Bcgynnynge of 
 the iVot-lde, to the Deatbc ^ J e s u s 
 Christe, a A^7?iT/V 1533.—— 
 The Interlocutors arc Pater ccelefiii, 
 JuJIusNoab, Mofes fan^us, Ejaiat 
 f/rophetj, Adani primus Homo, A- 
 hraham fidelisy David Rex pius, 
 Joannes Baptijia. — This Play >vas 
 written by Bifhop Btile, and is the 
 firft dramatic Pidce printed in 
 Er.gland. — It is reprinted by Dedf' 
 A^ in his Colledtion. 
 
 The Golden Ace, or the 
 Lives of Jupiter and Saturn, an 
 hiftorlcal Play, by Tho. Heyivood, 
 4to. 161 1. — This Piece the Au- 
 thor himfelf calls tl e Eldeft Bro- 
 ther of three Ages that had adven- 
 tured on the Stage, in all of which 
 he has introduced Homer as the 
 Expofitor of each dumb Shew, in 
 the fame Manner as Sbakefpear 
 has done by Gower, in his Peri- 
 cles Prince of Tyre, For the 
 
 Story we need only confult Gal' 
 iruchius, and other of the Hea- 
 then Mythologies. 
 
 The Golden Age ' re- 
 st or' p, in a Mafque at Court, 
 X615, by the Lords and Gentle- 
 men the Koiig's Scnrants, by Sen 
 
 G R 
 
 yHd, Fir REX 
 
 Jonfon, — — This Piece was not 
 printed till 1641. Fol. 
 
 GoNniBERT AND Bertha. 
 Trag. by /T. rhmj>foft, M. A. 
 8vo. 1758.— This Piece was ne- 
 ver afted, nor I believe intended 
 for the Stage, but is publilhed in 
 a fmall Volume with fome Poems 
 of the fame Author. 
 
 Good Lwck at last. Fid, 
 Virtuous Wife, 
 
 Good O Lo Cause. Fid, 
 Roundheads, 
 gorboduc. 
 and porrex. 
 
 Gotham Election. Farce 
 of one long A€l, by Mrs. Cem- 
 livrr, iimo. about 1717. — Thi» 
 in the Title-Page is called. The 
 Humours of EleEiians, which Title 
 very amply implies the Subjeifl of 
 the Piece, in which the fair Au- 
 thor hu8 (hewn great Knowledge 
 of Mankind, and of the different 
 Occurrences of Life. — It was ne- 
 ver a£ted, being looked on as a 
 Party Affair, but was prntcd»^ 
 with a Dedication to Secretary 
 Craggs, of whom it is recorded 
 greatly to his Honour on this Oc- 
 cafion, that being complimented 
 on his Liberality by Mrs. Bracer 
 girdli, to 3vhom he gave twenty 
 Guineas for the Author, and toM 
 that his Generofity appeared the 
 more extraordinary as the Farce 
 had not been a£ted, he replied, 
 that he did not fo much confider 
 the Merit of the Piece, as what 
 was becoming a Secretary of State 
 to do. 
 
 The Governor or Cyprus. 
 Trag. by J. Oldmixott, 4to. 1703. 
 Afted at the Theatre in Lincoln s- 
 /»«-F»W(rfj.—— Scene the Gover- 
 nor's Palace in Cyprus near the 
 Sea. 
 
 Grammar and Rhetorict 
 accommodated. FidtWouvs 
 MAP£ VisiBLE« 
 
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 The Grateful Servant. 
 Com. by Ja. Shirley ^ 4to. 1630. 
 —This Play met with very great 
 Applaufe when a^bed, and came 
 forth uHiered by eight Copies of 
 Verfes in EngUJhj and two in 
 Latiitt which the Author fays 
 were ** the free Vote of his 
 Friends, which he could not in 
 Civility refufe," and indeed he 
 muft have very little of the pocti • 
 cat Warmth about hitn, if he 
 could He deflrous fo to do.-— Z<0</o- 
 •u)ic1C% Contrivance to have his 
 Wife Artdla tempted by Viero^ in 
 order that be may procure an Op- 
 portunity 'of divorcing her, is the 
 fame with Contarini'% Humour and 
 Contrivance in the Humtreus Ceur- 
 f/«r.*— Scene Savoy, 
 
 G11AVEMAXKR6. Vid, 
 
 WlT». 
 
 Great Bastard. Vid. 
 Royal Cvckoi.dw 
 
 The Great Duke OF Flo- 
 liSNcz. Com. by P. Majfmgery 
 4to. 1636. — This Play met with 
 very good Succeis, and is recom- 
 mended in two Copies of Verfes, 
 by Gto, Donne and yobtt For J. — 
 Sattafarro's giving the Duke a 
 falfe Ak«:ount of the Beauty of 
 iJJia, feems to be a near Refem- 
 klance to the Story of Edgar and 
 Blfrida. 
 
 The Griat Favorite, or 
 tbe Duke tfLttrnz. Trag. by Sir 
 tioh. Howard, 410. 1668.—- Some 
 Scene* of this Play are written in 
 blank Verfe and feme in Rhime } 
 the Scene lies at Madrid, and the 
 Plot is taken from Maria, Turqutt 
 de Mayern, and other HiAoriant 
 of thole Timet. 
 
 Great Mogul. Vtd, Av 
 
 IIZNGE-ZEBE. 
 
 The Grecian Heroine, or 
 th« Fate of Tyranny, by T.Durfey. 
 •—This Piece is I believe a Trag. 
 by the Title } it wtt never a^4, 
 aor have I ever yet fecA it( but 
 
 G R 
 
 it was publiflied with a Collec- 
 tion of Poems in 1721. 
 
 Gr een's Tu QuoquE, or th 
 City Gallant. Com. by John 
 Cooke, 4to. 1599. We are toid by 
 Ueywood, who was the Editor of 
 this Play, that it pafs'd the Teft 
 of the Stage with general Ap- 
 plaufe.— It was at firft performed 
 by the Utter Title only ; but the 
 inimitable afting oi Green, a celc- 
 brated Comedian of that Ti^ie, in 
 the Part of Bubble the City Gal- 
 lant, who, in anfwcr to etery 
 Compliment, comes out with the 
 Words Tu qaooue, occafioncd the 
 Author out ot Regard to him, to 
 
 add to it the prefent 6ril Title 
 
 The firft Edition of it, had a Fi- 
 gure of Green in the Title Page, 
 with a Label out of his Mouth, 
 Tu fuojuej to you Sir /—-The Piece 
 itfeif is republiihed among Z^c^^ji's 
 old Plays. 
 
 Greenwich Park. Com. 
 by H^. Mount/ord, 410. 169 1. — 
 This is a very tolerable Comedy, 
 and met with very good Succefs. 
 
 Grey Mare's the bet- 
 ter Horse, yid. Welch 
 Opera. 
 
 Grief a- la-Mode, fid, 
 Funeral. "^ 
 
 Grim the Collier or 
 Croydon, or tbe Devil and hit 
 J)ame, with the Devil and St, 
 Dunjian, Com. by J. T. iimo. 
 166a.— The Plot of this Play is 
 founded on MacbiavelPt Novel of 
 the Marriage of Belphegor. —The 
 Scene lies in England, 
 
 Grifvs and Hscio, ot tht 
 Faffienate Levers. Paftoral, by Roi>. 
 Baron, 8vo. 1647. — This Phy 
 confifts of no more than three 
 A(\t, and is moftly borrowed 
 froaa Walkrt Poems, and f^th- 
 fierU Ducbt^ •fMalfv, — - Thii 
 however, nay welf be excused, 
 wben the Reader is informed that 
 the wkolc Roauice, are ia which 
 
 iLkil^';'.. ^1-* 
 
 
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 this and the Deorum Dona (which 
 fre in its Place ) was compofed 
 when the Author was no more 
 than feventeen Years of Age. 
 
 Gr IF" ELD A. Opera, by Paoh 
 /ntonio Rolli, performed at the 
 Theat. Roy. in the Hayniarket, 
 gvo. I'jzi. — The Argument of it 
 is taken rrom the celebrated Hi- 
 ftory of Gualtkerui and Gr'tjelda^ 
 related by Boccace and Ckaucer, — 
 The Scene Talcrmo, the Capital of 
 Sicily t with its Suburbs. 
 
 The Grovk, or Lovc^Para- 
 iifi. An Opera, by J. Oldmixon, 
 i('to. 1700, performed at Drury 
 Lane, — The Author in his Pre- 
 face, acquaints the Critics that 
 this Play is neither Tranflation 
 Dor Paraphrafe j that the Story is 
 entirely new, inA that It was at 
 firft intended for a Paftoral, t)|6* 
 In the three lafl A£ts *ht Dignify 
 of the Chara£terff raised it into the 
 Form of a Tragedy. —The Scene 
 is a Province of Jt«ljf near the 
 Culph of P^enice. 
 
 TheGauBSTfttiT OrtaA. 
 ky H. Fielding, 1735, adtcd at the 
 Little Theat. in the Haymarket, 
 
 The Grumblzr. Com. of 
 three Adls, by Sir Cba. Stdly.— 
 This Play 1 do not find in any 0/ 
 the Catalogues, but only men- 
 tioned by Coxeter in hia MS. 
 Notes.— Scene Paris, 
 
 The Guardian. Comical 
 Hiftory, by P. Majingtr, 8vo. 
 J655.-— The Incident of 5«>mi»'« 
 cutting ofF Calipjo'i Nofe in the 
 Dark, and taking her for his 
 Wife Jalantre, is bofrowcd from 
 Bvccace'i Novels, Day. 8. Nov. 7. 
 and frcrn a Romance called the 
 Kman Matron.-— — Scene lies in 
 
 The Guar n I AN. Com. by 
 A. Cowley. Vid. Cutter* or 
 Coi.iMAN Str«et. 
 
 The Gu AUDI AN. Com. of 
 
 GU 
 
 two Afts, 3vo. 1759. —This 
 little Piece is taken in great Mea- 
 fure from the celebrated Pupille of 
 M, Fogan. — It is a pleafing and 
 elegajlt Piece, the Language eafy 
 and fentimental, the Plot fimple 
 and natural, and the Chara^ers 
 well fupported. 
 
 Guardians. ^/</. Man or 
 Tasti. 
 
 Guilt makes a Coward. 
 Vid. Lord Blunder's Cok» 
 
 rESSIOK. 
 
 Gustavus Vasa, or the De- 
 liverer of bis Country. Trag. by ^. 
 Brooke, gw. 1739..— This Play 
 has great Mont, yet was prohibi- 
 ted to be played, even after it had 
 been in Rehearfal, and the Per- 
 fonners were pcrfe£fc, on Account 
 of fome Strokes of Liber^ which 
 breathe thro* feveral Parts of it.— 1 
 The Author, however, was not 
 injured by the Prohibition, for on 
 publiihing the Book by Subfcrip- 
 tion, the Sums fubfcribed amoun- 
 ted to above eight hundred Pounds* 
 —It was, however, aAcd with 
 fome Alterations on the Jrijb 
 Stage, by the Title of 7i4 Pa* 
 trier. 
 
 Out Earl or WAiwicr, 
 Tragi-Com. hyB.^.^to. 1655, 
 —The Plot of this Piece is foun- 
 ded on Hiftory, and it has been 
 attributed to Ben y$fifoH } but I 
 am apt to believe it only a Con • 
 jefture formed from the Letter« 
 prefixed to it, the Execution of 
 the Work being greatly infe- 
 rior to thofe of that firft Rata 
 Genius. 
 
 Guzman. Com. by the Earl 
 of Orrery, Fol. 1693.— The Scene 
 of this Play lies in Spv'n, and 
 the Plot is from a Romance of 
 the fame Name. 
 
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 cers. Farce of three A£ls, 
 
 by Cha. Molloy. Aftcd at the 
 
 Theatre in Linco/n's - Inn-Fie/dt, 
 I2mo. 1720.— The Bafis of this 
 Pl;>y is founded on Sir ff^, Dave^ 
 nant^s Love and Honour^ and fonie 
 Other old Plays. 
 
 Hamlet Prtncs of Den- 
 mark. Trag. by fK Shakeffeare^ 
 4to. i6c8.— It would be ncedlefs 
 to expatiate on the Merits of this 
 inimilaMe and well known Tra- 
 gcih-, which from its firft Appear- 
 ance to the prefentTimc, has ever 
 dcfervedly been received with the 
 tnofl peifc£l Admiration and uni- 
 verfal Applaufe. — It is recorded 
 of the Author, that although his 
 Knowledge and Obfervation of 
 Nature rendered him the moil ac- 
 curate Painter of the Scnfations 
 of the human Mind in his Wri- 
 tings, yet, fo different are the Ta- 
 lents requifite for a£ling from 
 thofe required even for dramatic 
 Writing, that thePart of the Ghoft 
 In this Play (no very confiderable 
 Character) was almoft the only 
 one, in which be was able to 
 make any Figure as a Performer. 
 ^Scene Elfinoor, 
 
 Hamlet. An Ital, Opera, by 
 i^icoUni Grimaldiy 8vo. 171* J 
 performed at the Th. Roy. in the 
 Haymarket, — This is founded on 
 the fame Story with the foregoing 
 Tragedy.— The Scene Denmark, 
 
 Hampstead Heath. 
 Com. by Tho. Baker, 4to. 1706. 
 — This Play is little more than 
 an Alteration cf thcy^c7<i/ Oxftrdf 
 vritttn by tlie fame Author.— — 
 The Scene lies at lliimpjiead. 
 
 Hannibal ANDScifin.— . 
 Hiltorical Trag. by 'J'/o. Nabiesy 
 4te. 1635.— This Pla/was a£led 
 
 l)C- 
 
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 fore Women appeared upon the 
 Stage. The Part of Soplonijba 
 being performed by one Ex,rkisi 
 Fenne. — It is addreflcd in Verfps 
 by the Author, to the Ghofts of 
 Hannibal and Scipio, with an An- 
 fwer in their Names diretled to 
 him. —The Plot is founded on 
 Hiftory, and may be traced in 
 Cornelius Ni:pos and Plutarch 5 but 
 the Unity of PL>.ce is raoit cxcef- 
 fively broken in upon, the Scene 
 of the firil Aft lying in Capua^ 
 of the feconu at the Court of Sy 
 phax, of the third SitUtica, of the 
 fourth at Carthage, and of tiie 
 fifth in Bytbinia. 
 
 Hannibal's Overthrow, 
 
 Fid. SOPHONISBA. 
 
 Haks Beer Pot, his invifi. 
 ble Comedy of See me, and fee mt 
 not, 4to. 16 1 8.— This Piece is ac- 
 cording to the Author's own Ac- 
 count of it, neither Comedy not 
 Tragedy, as wanting firft the juft 
 Number of Speakers, and fecond' 
 ly thofe Parts or Afts it fliould 
 have, which ihould be at the leaft 
 five, but a plain Conference of fo 
 many Perfons, confiding of three 
 AAs and no more. — It is faid to 
 have been a£led by an honeft Com- 
 pany of Health Drinkers. — Phil' 
 lips and IVinJianlcy have attribu- 
 ted this Piece to T'ho. Najh j but 
 Langbaine, whofe Judgment all 
 the Writers fince have followed in 
 this Particular, gives it to Daiu- 
 bridge-Cwrt Bclchier. 
 
 Happiness at last. Vid, 
 Rover. 
 
 Happy Change. nd.Kt- 
 volution. 
 
 Happy Constancy. fitL 
 Nest of Plays. 
 
 Happy Converts. Fid. 
 
 Pi LGB IMS. 
 
 The Happy Lovers, or ihe 
 Beau we'amor^iojid. Com. by 
 hen^ JVard, Svo.1747. — I believe 
 this Piece was never acted. 
 
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 Hatty Pair. ^/</. DorBLE 
 
 Deceit. 
 
 harleq.u1n hvdaspis.— 
 Farce. — Of this I know nothing 
 piorc than the Name, and that it 
 is one of the Produftions of the 
 prcfent Century. 
 
 HARLEQ.UIN IN ChINA. FiJ. 
 
 Proteus. 
 
 Harleq^uin's Invasion. A 
 Chriftmas Gambol, 1759. — This 
 Pantomime is ftill often perform- 
 ed at Dr. Lam: — The Plan of it 
 is a fuppofed Invafion made by 
 Uarkquin and his Train upon the 
 Frontiers and Domain of Shakcf- 
 pjre. — The Characters are made 
 to fpeak, and the Cataftrophe is 
 the Defeat of Harlcquiti, and the 
 ReAoration of K, Sbakcfpeare. 
 
 Harleq^uin's Ope?^a. Vid, 
 Fashionabli Lady. 
 
 Harlequin Sorcerer, 
 V)ith the Love: of Pluto and PrO' 
 ftrpine. Pantom. 1752. — This 
 Piece contains a great Deal of 
 very fine Machinery, and brought 
 crowded Houfrs to the Manager 
 of Cuvent Garden Theatre for fe- 
 vcial Seafons after il:j firft Ap- 
 pearance. 
 
 The Hasty Wedding, or 
 the Intn'jrui'ig Squire^ Com. by 
 Cha, Shadnvell. — Scene Dublin,~— 
 Time eight Hours. 
 
 Haunted House. Vid% 
 Drummer. 
 
 Heaven's late Revenge. 
 VIL Andronicus's Impie- 
 ties. 
 
 Heautontimorumenoi . 
 Com, by Terence^ tranHated by 
 
 "Rich. Bernard. This Play, as 
 
 well as the reft of Terence's Co- 
 medies, has been alfo tranflated 
 by Echa </, Patrick and Heofe, 
 
 The Hectors, or the falfe 
 Cbal/enge. Com. Anonym. 1656. 
 -—Langbaine gives thil Pl«y a 
 very good Chara^CTt 
 
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 The Hector or Germa- 
 N I E, or the Palfgrave prime Elec- 
 tor. An Honourable Hiftory, by 
 JVm. Smith, 4to. 1615. — This 
 Play is not divided into A£ls. 
 
 JiccuBA. Trag. Anonym.— 
 I know not the Date of this Play 
 farther than that it was written 
 fince 1700, and was fuppofed to 
 be the Work of Mr. JVeJl, who 
 was Tome Time Lord Chancellor 
 of Ireland, 
 
 Hecyra.1 Com.— This is an- 
 other of Terence* % Comedies, for 
 the fcveral Tranflations of which 
 fee Hcautoatimorumenos, 
 
 The Heir. Com. by Tho, 
 
 May, 4to. iCzo. The Plot, 
 
 Language and Conduct of this 
 Play are all admirable; it met 
 with great Applaufe, and is high- 
 ly commended in a Copy of Verfes 
 by Mr. Carenv. — It is to be found 
 in Dodjleft CoUe^ion—— Scene 
 Syracufe, 
 
 The Heir or Morocco, 
 with the Death ofGayland, Trag. 
 ^jy Elk. Settle, 410. 1682.— Scene 
 Algiers. 
 
 Hell*s high Court or 
 Justice, or the Try a! of the thict 
 Politick Gkojliy (viz. Oliver Crom- 
 Kvell, the K. of Sweden, and 
 Cardinal Maxarine.) 4to. 1661. 
 — This Play was, I fuppofe, ne- 
 ver adled, it being entirely poli- 
 tical. — It has the Letters J. D, 
 prefixed. 
 
 The Henpeck'd Captain, 
 or the Ihmourt «f the Militia, 
 Farce, 1749. 
 
 Henry and Rosamond* 
 Trag. by JV. Hawkins, 8vo. 1 749. 
 This Play, tho' never afted, is 
 very far from a bad Piece.— -Tke 
 Plot is taken from the ancient 
 Story of Fair Rofamond. 
 
 Henry II. iCing or Eng- 
 land, with the Death of Rofa- 
 tnttui, Trag. by John Bancroft, 
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 4tp, 1693.— This Piece is In ge- 
 neral Tragedy, but with a Mix- 
 ture of Comedy ; it has not the 
 Author's Name prcfix'd to it, yet 
 it met with very grod Succefs, 
 and is indeed truly dcferving of 
 it. — The Story of it may be found 
 in the Englijh Hiftorians, and re- 
 prefents chiefly that Part of this 
 Prince's Life wliich relates to 
 Rofamond.-^Thz Scene lies in Ox- 
 ford, and the Epilogue was writ- 
 ten by Dryden. 
 
 Henry HI. or France, 
 ftabb'd by a Friar, with the Fall 
 of the Guifes. Trag. by Tbo. 
 Shipman, 4to. 1678. — The Story 
 of this Play is borrowed from 
 Davi/a, and the Life of the Duke 
 
 of EJpcron. The Scene Blois, 
 
 remov'd in the third A&. to the 
 Camp at St. Cloud before Paris. 
 
 Henry IV, An Hiftorical 
 Play, by W. Shakcfpmre, in two 
 Parts. — The firft containing the 
 Life and Death of Henry, fur- 
 Uamed Hotfpur, 410. 1599 j and 
 the fccond the Death of Henry 
 JTV. and Coronation of Henry V. 
 4to. 1600. — Both thcfe Plays are 
 jjcrfeft Mafter-Pieces in this Kind 
 of Writing, the Tragedy and Co- 
 inedy Parts of them being fo 
 finely connefted with each other, 
 a^ to render the whole regular and 
 compleat, and yet contralled with 
 inch. Boldnefs and Propriety, as 
 tt) m»\iQ. the various Beauties of 
 each the mod pcrfetlly confpi- 
 cuous.—The Charafter of Faljiaff 
 is one of the grcateft Origmals 
 drawn ly the Pen of even this 
 inimitable Maftcr, and in the 
 Character of the Prince of H^altt 
 the Hero and the Libertine arc fo 
 finely blinded, that the SpeOator 
 cannot avoid perceiving, even in 
 Ihe greatcft Levity of the Tavern 
 Rake, the moft lively Traces of 
 the afterwards illuftrious Clu- 
 rsfter of the C9ii<jueror of Fr4n(f, 
 
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 Henry IV. of Franci. Tr 
 by Cha. Buckingham, 8vo, 17 19. 
 —The Plot of this Play is taken 
 from the Hiftory of that great 
 Prince j the Piece was written by 
 the Author at the Age of 19, 
 and afted in Lincoln i-Inn-Fields, 
 with good Succefs. ' 
 
 The Life of Henry V. An 
 hiftorical Play, by IV.Shakefpeare, 
 4to. 1600. — This Play has alfo 
 an Intermixture of Comedy, and 
 is juflly efteemed an admirable 
 Piece, infomuch that notwith- 
 ftanding the fe\sral Alterations 
 that have been attempted to be 
 made in it, the Original ftill 
 ftands its Ground, and is con- 
 ftantly performed with univerfal 
 
 Applaufe. The Charadler of 
 
 Fleuellen, the ff^elcb Captain, in 
 particular is admirably drawn.— 
 The Scene in the Beginning lie"? 
 in England, and afterwards wholly 
 in Fi-ance. 
 
 Henry V. Trag. by the E, 
 of Orrery, Fol. 1672.— —This 
 Play may be trac'd in the Er.glijh 
 Chronicles of that Prince's Reign 
 and in the French Ones of that of 
 Charles VI. — Scene France, 
 
 Henry V. with the Battle of 
 jigincourt. An hiftorical Play, 
 a^ed by the K.'s Servants, 1717. 
 
 Henry V. or the Conqucji of 
 France. Trag, by Aaron Hill, 
 8vo. 172^. — This is a very good 
 Play. — The Plot and Language 
 are in fome Places borrowed from 
 Shahcfpcare, yet on the whole it 
 is greatly altcr'd, and a fecond 
 Plot is introduced by the Addition 
 of a new Female Charaftcr, viz. 
 Harriet, a Niece to Lord Scroope, 
 who has been formerly feduccd 
 by the King.— —She appears in 
 Men's Cloaths throughout, and 
 is made the Means of diftovcring 
 the Confpiracy againft him, 
 
 Henry VI. Hiftorical Play 
 UX tiirec PartS> hjH^,Sbakefpearc; 
 
 4<.o. 
 
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 Ato. 1600. Thefe three Plays 
 
 contain the whole Life and long 
 unhappy Reign of this Prince. In 
 Conlequtfnce of which it is impofll- 
 ble but that all theUnities of Time, 
 Place and Adlion mull be ; reatly 
 broke in upon ; yet has the Au- 
 thor made the moft valuable U u- 
 of the Incidents of real Hiflory, 
 to which he has very ftriftly ad- 
 her'd. 
 
 Henrv VI. the frji Part, 
 <ivitb the Murder of the Duke of 
 Chucefter. Trag. by J. Crowne, 
 4.10. 1 68 1. — -JThis Play was at 
 iirft a£led with Applaufe, but at 
 length the jRow;y/6 Fadlionoppos'd 
 jt, and by their Intereft at Court 
 (iit it fupprefs'd. — Part of it is 
 
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 Things, the Charaaer of Car- 
 dinal TVolfey in particular being 
 very finely fupported. — It termi- 
 nates with a very elegant Com* 
 pliment to (^E/izaheth, in whofe 
 Reign it was firft reprefentcd. 
 
 Heraclius Emperor or 
 THE East. Trag. by Lodnvick 
 Carlell, 4to. 1664. — This is lit- 
 tle more than a Tranflation fron* 
 the Heracliut of Ccrneilk,^-\t was 
 intended for the Stage, but was 
 never afted, another Tranflation 
 having been preferred before It by 
 the Performers, and this Piece 
 not return d to the Author till 
 the Day that the other was aftcc*. 
 —The Plot of it is from Barcniui 
 EcclefuAical Annals, but the An- 
 
 borrowed from Sbakefpeare's Plays thor has not ftriftly tied himfelf 
 
 above-mentioned. Scene the 
 
 Court at JVeJlmhfcr. 
 
 Hknry VI. the fecond Part, 
 i>r the Mijcriei of civil War, Tr. 
 by J. Crciivn, 4to. 1680.— This 
 Play was written before the laft- 
 namcd One, and was firrt printed 
 by the laft Title only.— This is 
 aifo in great Meafure borrowed 
 fr»m Shakefp<are. 
 
 King Henry VII. or tie Po- 
 fipimpojior, Trag. hy Cba. Mack- 
 lin, 8vo. 1746. — This Piece is 
 built on the Story of Perkin War- 
 hcck, but it met with general 
 Difapprobation, and indeed the 
 very Impropriety in the Title, of 
 
 down to hiftorical Truth. — The 
 Scene lies in Conjiantimple.——- 
 Who was the Author of the o- 
 ther Tranfiation I cannot learn, 
 nor where it was afted j but 
 notwithrtanding the I'ltference 
 Ihewn to it, this is very far from 
 being contemptible. 
 
 Hercules. An Opera. 
 
 Hercules. P^id, Novel- 
 ty. 
 
 Hercules Furens. Trag. 
 by Jajptr Heyivtod.— 'This is only 
 a Tranflation from Senecca, and 
 is printed together with the Troas 
 and I'hyejiii in 4to. 1 581. 
 
 Hercules OEt.«us. TrAg. 
 
 mentioning i Popifl) Impoftor in tranflated from Stm-ca by y. i^'a^. 
 a Period of Time previous to the ley. — This is by fome thought to 
 
 Introduftion of Protefiantifm in 
 thofe Kingdoms, had an Air of 
 Abfurdity,wbich feem'd even be- 
 fore its Appearance to (land as a 
 Foretafte of no very elegant or 
 judicious Entertainment. 
 
 Henry VIII. The famous Hif- 
 tcry of bit Life. Hiftorieal Play, 
 hy''^. Stakefpeare, 4to. — This is 
 the clofing Piece of the whole 
 Series of this Author's hiftorical 
 
 ue an Imitation of the TRAX- 
 INIAI of Sophocles. 
 
 Hermimus and Espasia, 
 Trag. by Mr. Hart, 8vo. 1753.— 
 The Author of this Play was a 
 Scotch Gentleman, and it made 
 its firft Appearance on the Edin- 
 burgh Stage, but without any 
 great Succefs. 
 
 Hermon Prince or Cho- 
 
 rea, or the Extravagant Zealot, 
 
 it coataini many fine Trag. by Dr* Clancii, 8vo. 1746. 
 
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 —This Tragedy was brought on 
 the Stage in Ireland^ but the Pub- 
 lication of it was refervcd for 
 London. 
 
 Hero and Leander. The 
 Tragedies of, by Sir Rob. Stafy'f- 
 tpn, 4to. 1663.— Whether this 
 Play was ever afted or not, fcems 
 to be a dubious Point, altho' the 
 Prologue and Epilogue carry an 
 Implication of the Affirmative. 
 —The Plot is taken from Ovid's 
 ]£piftle?, and Miifatui s Erotopagion, 
 Tlie Scene the Towns and Tow- 
 ers of Seflos and Aby(^6Sy the 
 Hellejpont flowing between them. 
 
 Herod and Antipater. 
 Trag. by Gervafe Markham, 4to. 
 1622. — The Plot of this Play is 
 taken from 'Jofephui'B Antiq. of 
 the Jews, Book 14 and 15. 
 
 Hkrod and Mariamke. 
 Trag. by Satn. Pordage, Efqj 4to. 
 1673. — This Play was given by 
 its Author to Mr. SettUy to ufe 
 and form as he pleased ; it was, 
 however, many Years before it 
 could be brought upon the Stage, 
 but when it did appear, it met 
 with very good Succefs. — —The 
 Plot is froai yofephus^ the Story 
 of Tyridaies in Cleopatra, and the 
 Unfortunate Politic, or the Life of 
 Herod, tranflated from the French, 
 %\o. 1639. 
 
 Herod THE Great. Trag. 
 by the E. of Orrery. — This is on 
 the fame Story with the two 
 foregoing Plays. — It was never 
 a£ted, but was printed in 4to. 
 1694. 
 
 Heroic Daughter. Fid, 
 
 XlMCNA. 
 
 Heroic Friendship. Tr. 
 4to. 1719. — This is a very paltry 
 and ftupid Performance, and was 
 never adled, nor indeed deferving 
 of being fo. — It ha« been pretend- 
 ed by fome to have been the Work 
 of Mr. Ottvay, found among hit 
 Fjipen after bis Death, but it was 
 
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 neither In his Hand-writing, nor 
 is it by any Means of a Piece 
 with even the moft indifferent of 
 
 that Author's Vorks Scene 
 
 lies in Britain. 
 
 Heroic Jew. Fid. Belte- 
 
 SHAZZAR. 
 
 Heroic Lovf, or the cruel 
 Separation. Trag. by Lord Ld«/. 
 
 doivne, 4to. 1698. This Play 
 
 was afted with great Applaufe, 
 and is indeed one of the beft of 
 
 the Tragedies of that Period 
 
 The Plot is taken from the Se- 
 paration of AchilUi and Bryfch, 
 in the firft Book of Homer, and 
 the Scene lies in the Grecian Fleet 
 
 and Camp before Troy, Th« 
 
 Unities are ftriftly adhcr'd to, 
 and the Language fublime yet 
 eafy, the Author feeming to have 
 made it his principal Aim to a- 
 void all that Fuftian and Bombaft 
 wherewith the Tragic Writers, 
 and more efpccially thofe of that 
 Time, were but too apt to inter- 
 lard their Works.— The Conchi- 
 fion of this Play was altered after 
 the firft Reprefentation, his Lord- 
 fliip's Rcafons for which may be 
 fecn in his Preface. 
 
 The Heroic Lover, or the 
 Infanta of Spain, Trag. by Geo, 
 
 Carfivrigbt, 8vo. i66i. .This 
 
 Play is not mentioned by Lang- 
 baine, and is, in all the later Ca- 
 talogues (which have copied from 
 one another, and confequently 
 perpetuated inftead of corredling 
 Miftakes) entitled //*ro/r Lev?.— 
 The Scene lies in Poland, and the 
 Author himfelf calls it a Poem| 
 confifting more of fatal Truth 
 than flying Fancy : Penn'd ma- 
 ny Years ago, but not publiflicd 
 till now,— and I imagine never 
 aaed. 
 
 Hewson reduced, or the 
 Shoemaker returned to bis Trade,-^ 
 ** Being a Shew, wherein is re- 
 
 prefemed the Honsfty, Inofftn- 
 
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 fivenefs and Ingenuity of that on at the Th. Roy. in Dr. La.ni 
 Protcflion, when 'tis kept within it met with little ©r no Succcfs, 
 
 its own Bounds, and goes not be- 
 yond the Laft." 4to. 1661. — By 
 this Title at Length is this Piece 
 mentioned in Coxeters MS, but 
 J do not iind it named any where 
 bcfjdcs. 
 
 Hey for Honesty, Down 
 WITH Knaviry. Com. by 
 
 High Life below Stairs. 
 Farce of two Afts, 8vo. I7S9«"— 
 This little Piece feems to aint at 
 two Points for the Rcformatioa 
 of Morals. — The firft to reprc- 
 fent as in a Miirour to Perfons in 
 high Life fome of their own Fol- 
 lies and Fopperies, by cloathing 
 
 lio. Randolph, 4to. 1651. — This their very Servants in them, and 
 is little more than a Tranflation {hewing them to be contemptible 
 
 from the Plutus of Arijiophetiei.-— 
 It was afterwards augmented and 
 publiflicd in 8vo. by F. 5.— The 
 Scene lies in London^ and it is in- 
 troduced by a Dialogue between 
 /Irijiopbanes, the Tranflator, and 
 Clecn% Ghoft. 
 
 HiBFRNiA rREE*D. Trag. 
 by Capt. W. PhillipSy 8vo. 1721. 
 ^A£led at the Thcat. in Line,' 
 Inn -Fields, 
 
 Hic ET Ubkive, or tbeHu' 
 tHours of Dublin, Com. hy Rieb, 
 
 and ridiculous even in them.— - 
 The fecond, and more principal 
 Aim is to open the Eyes of the 
 Great, and convince Perfons of 
 Fortune what Impoiitions even to 
 the Ravage and Ruin of tneir 
 Fortunes they are liable to, front 
 the Waftefulnefsand Infidelity of 
 their ServanU, for Want of a 
 proper Infpe£tioh into their dor 
 xneftic Affairs.-— -It poiTefles a 
 confiderable Share of Merit, and 
 met with moft amazing Succe^ 
 
 Head, 4.io, 1663.— •This Play is ia London, — In Edinburgh, h.>w 
 faid (o have been a£ted privately ever, it found prodi^oas Opt 
 with general Applaufe. — Scene pofition from the Gentlemen of 
 
 Dublin, 
 The Highland Fair, or 
 
 the Union of the Clans, A Ballad 
 Opera, by yof. Mitchell, 8vo. 
 173 1. — The Plot of this Piece is 
 built on the fatal and bloody 
 Confequer':es which but too fre- 
 quently ufed to happen at fome 
 of the Highland Fairs, from the 
 Quarrels which were apt to arife 
 oil the Meeting of Perfone "^ ^^'Z 
 iVveral Clans, whofe ftrong Fa- 
 mily Connc^lions and Party At- 
 tachments rendered each Clan in 
 
 the Party- colour'd Regiment, whp 
 rais'd repeated Riots in the Play- 
 houfe whenever it was a£^ed, an4 
 even went fo far as to threaten 
 the Livei of fome of the Per- 
 formers. — This Infoletice, how* 
 ever, in fome Degree brought a- 
 bout the very Reformation it 
 meant to oppofe, and in Part the 
 Intention of the Farce, being the 
 Occafion of an AfTociation imme« 
 dlately entcr'd into by almoft ail 
 the Nobility and Gentry of Scot- 
 land, and publickly fubfcribed 
 
 fome Degree a feparate Nation to in the periodical Papers, where- 
 fithcr in Alliance, or in a State by they bound thcmfclvcs mutu^ 
 
 of Warfare with every other 
 rfigiibourJngOne. — Thisthe Au- 
 thor, being himfelf a Scotchman, 
 was well acquainted with ; but 
 the Subje£l being too local for 
 
 ally to each other to put a Stop 
 to the abfurd and fcandulousCuf- 
 tom of giving Vails, prevalent no 
 where but in thcfc Kingdoms. 
 HippoLiTus. Trag. hy Etim, 
 
 the £w^///J Stage, when Inought PrcJJwich, 8vo. 165 1. — This is 
 
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 made entirely in Rhyme, with 
 Comments on every Scene, and 
 fix Copies of Tteortimzndztorj 
 Verfes by Shirley, Cotton, See. 
 
 HiR K N, or the Fair Greek, 
 Trag. by H^. Barkfted, 8vo. 
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 The HiSTORicAt Regis- 
 TlR^ for the Year 1736. Com. 
 J>y H. Tieliing, 8vo. — To fomc 
 Refleftion* on the Miniilry 
 thrdwn out in this Piece, and in 
 the Pafquin of the fame Author, 
 were owing an Aft of Parliament 
 for laying a Reftraint on the Stage, 
 fcy limiting the Number of The • 
 Atres, and fubmitting every ncMr 
 dramatic Piece to the InfpeAion 
 of the Lord Chamberlain, pre- 
 vious to lis Appearance on the 
 Stage. 
 
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 ViBotiriA. yid, ffivtrH 
 RAttts*. 
 
 HiiToiiT tP ^.tytvut, 
 
 Pld. PfoftODT ANO SOMEBOZHY. 
 
 Hjjtorv o* Jostrn. Vid, 
 SornoMPONCAS. 
 
 HittoiiY or Port Joan. 
 Fid. FsMAtx Prelate. 
 
 The History or th* Tv\ro 
 Maids or Moork Clacxx* 
 tw'tb tbe Life and Jimpte Manner 
 of John in the Hofpital. Com. by 
 Ro». Aimin, 410. 1609. —The 
 Plot of this Piece is probably 
 taken from fome old Story known 
 at thofe Timrs, but now loft in 
 Oblivion. 
 
 History or UNroRTONA- 
 fU9. Vid, Banished Duke. 
 
 HliTRiOMASTR5 X, or the 
 Fldytr whipped. Con. Anonym. 
 4to. 1 6 10. 
 
 Hob, ox the Country ff^akt. 
 Ballad Farce, 8vo. — This is only 
 Vogget's Country Wake, reduc'd 
 into the Bulk oi a Farce, ai>d 
 with the Addition of feveral Songs 
 u the Manner of the Beggar t 
 
 ■A 
 
 H O 
 
 Opera, by Mr. Cibber, ——It ha J 
 been fiiice publiHicd, and is now 
 performed under the Title of 
 Flora, or Hob in the tVell, 
 
 Hob's Wedding. Farce, by 
 John Leigh, 8vo. 1711. — This 
 IS partly taken from, and partly 
 a Continuation of the fume Play 
 with that from which the laft< 
 lutm'd Piece is borrowed, 
 
 HOFEMAN HIS TrAOEDY, 
 
 or A Revenge for a Fatbei^, 4to, 
 1631.— This Play, whoever was 
 the Author of it, wus adopted by 
 one Hugh Perry, and by him ffjnt 
 to the Prefs, and dedicated to 
 Mr. R. Kihert. 
 
 TheHoGGE HATH lOST HI! 
 
 Pearle. Com. divert Timet 
 publickly aSed by certain London 
 Pretitices, 4to. 1611.-- -The Part 
 of the Plot from which the Piece 
 derives its Name, it the Slope' 
 mtnt of the t^aaghter of one 
 Ift^e in tJfufer, who li otte of 
 the piinci^^l CharaAeM in the 
 Play.-^Thc Scene lies In London, 
 
 The HflitA*tfE«. Com. by 
 Hen. Glaptborney written and aftcd 
 1635, and printe<! irt 410. 16401 
 •—Scene LondoH. 
 
 Hoti.AND*ii LiAcotR. Com. 
 hy Sbakerley Malayan, 4to, 1633, 
 —This Piece met with great Ap- 
 plaufe. — The Story wft« printed 
 the fame Year in 4to. but therfi 
 is no Incident in this Play taken 
 from it, but a DeteAion of the 
 Sin of Pandarifm. — The Author 
 has, however, borrowed feveral 
 Circumftances from Petronim Ar- 
 biter, Jwvtniil, ».nd others of the 
 Claffic Writers.— Scene in Low 
 don. 
 
 The Honest Lawyer. 
 Com. 4to; .5i6.— — This Fl.iy 
 has the Lettters S. S. prefixed 
 to it. 
 
 hn Honest Man's For- 
 tune. Tragi-Com. by Btau- 
 mont and Fletcher, Fol. 1679 — 
 
 The 
 
H O 
 
 The Incident of Lamira\ prefcr- 
 ing Montaigne to be her Hufti:ind 
 in the Time oi his greatcft Ad- 
 
 verlity j 
 
 and wlien he had the 
 
 leaft Reafon to expedl it, feems 
 borrowed from H^ywood^s ' \, ory 
 tf ff'men, Book 9. -Scene in 
 
 Paris. 
 
 HoNE^'T Man's Revenge. 
 yid. Atheist's Tkagedy, 
 
 Honest Man of Taun- 
 ton. yiJ. DowNKALt or 
 
 l^mitERY. 
 
 The Honest Whore. Com. 
 hy Tbo, Decktr, 4to. 1635. 
 Thefirft Part contains the Hu- 
 mours of the Patient Man and the 
 loti^iiig fyife, and was afted with 
 Appliiufc. — The fecond Part con- 
 tains the Humours of the Patient 
 Man and the impatient fVife, the 
 Hoficfl f/'hore perfuaied by ftrong 
 Arguments to turn Courtezan a- 
 giin ; her bravely refuting thefe 
 Arguments ; and laftiy, the co- 
 mical PalTagt, of an Italian Bride- 
 ncell, where the Scene ends.—. 
 This Part is not divided into Afts, 
 «nd I believe was never afted.— 
 The Incident of the Patient Man 
 9jid his Impatient Wife going to 
 fight for the Breeches, may 'je 
 found in Sir yobn Han-ington^ 
 Epigrams pubJiAied at the End of 
 his Tranflation of the Orlando 
 furiofo, Book I. Epigr. 16. 
 
 The HoNSST Yokkshirk- 
 MAN. Ballad Farce, by Hin. 
 Cartjf, 8vo. 1735* — This Piece 
 net with good Succefs, and is 
 ftill frequently a£led with Appro- 
 bation. 
 
 HoNisT Vork»hirx<Mak. 
 Vid, Wonder. 
 
 Honesty in Distress, 
 
 BtfT RXLISV'S BY No PAR- 
 TY. Trag. ai it is baftfy aOed 
 hi her Majeflyi's Subftlh upon C0d't 
 Stafe tbt Wotldf 4to. 1705.—— 
 This Piece coaiifts of three ihort 
 AAs.—*The Scene laid ia X«n- 
 
 H O 
 
 deny and was written by F.dzv^ 
 Wardy the Author of the London 
 Spy, but I fancy was never brougiiC 
 QU .the Sicage. 
 
 HoNQRiA AND 'Mammon. 
 Com.— The Scene o( this I'iece 
 lies at Metropolis, or iVir<ry Troy.—m 
 See farther under Contention 
 roR Honour and Riches. 
 
 Honour or Wales. Fid. 
 Pleasure reconcil'd to 
 Virtue. 
 
 Horace. Trag. by Charles 
 Cotton, 4X0. 1671. — This is only 
 a Tranflation of the Horace of P. 
 Corneille. — The Plot of the ori- 
 ginal Piece is taken from the fe- 
 veral Ronuia Hiflorians of the' 
 Story of the lioratii and Cun'atfi, 
 —This is a very good Tranfla- 
 tion. 
 
 Horace. Trag. by Mrs. Cath, 
 Phillips, Fol. 1678. — This is a 
 Tranflation of the (ame Piece as 
 the foregoing, and was very juftly 
 celebrated.— The fifth Ait was 
 added by Sir yohn Denbam, and 
 it w%s prefcnted at Court by Per- 
 fons of Qnality.— The Prologue 
 being fpoken by the D. of Af*** 
 mouth. 
 
 HoRAT'us. Trag. by Sir 
 fTm. Lo-wer, 410. 1656. — This 
 is alfo a Tranflation /rom Corne- 
 ille, but is not equal to either of 
 the preceding two,— The Scene 
 is in R«m* in a Hall cf Heratiui's 
 Houfe. 
 
 An HosTiTAt roR Fools. 
 Farce, by Mr, Miller, 8vo. 1738. 
 —This Piete made its Appear- 
 ance at Dr. Lane *The. but, being 
 known to be MiUtr\ was damn'd, 
 the Difturbance being fo great, 
 that not one Word of it was heard 
 the whole Night. — The Reafon 
 of this partial Prejudice againft 
 it may be tracM under the Ac • 
 count. already given «f the Cvffie' 
 t«u/e. 
 
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 House in a Hurry, P^d. 
 PoLirus. 
 
 How A Man may chuse a 
 coop Wife from a bad. 
 Com. Anonym. 4to. 1608. 
 The Foundation of this Play is 
 taken from Cynthia's Novels, 
 Dec. 3. Nov. 5. but the Incident 
 tti Anfelme'i faving young Arthurs 
 Wife out of the Grave, and car- 
 rying her to his Mother's Houfe, 
 is related in a Novel call'd Love 
 in the Crave in the Pleafatit Com- 
 fanitny and is the Subjedt of fc- 
 veral Plays.— -The Scene is in 
 London. 
 
 The HUMOROUSCOURTIER, 
 Com. \iy Ja Shirley y 4to. 1 640. 
 —This Play was adled with very 
 good Succefs.— Scene Mantua. 
 
 Humorous Day's Mirth. 
 Com. by George Cbapmdttf 4to, 
 
 »599' 
 
 The Humorous Lieute- 
 
 rAJsT. Tsagi-Com. by Btau- 
 
 wont and Fletcher, Fol. 1699.— 
 
 This is an exceeding good Play, 
 
 — It wis the *; u that was a£led, 
 
 and that for 12 Nights fuccef- 
 
 iively, at the Opening of the Th, 
 
 in Dr. Lane, Apr. 8, 1663.— 
 
 The Plot in general is taken from 
 
 Plutarch's Life of Demetriui, and 
 
 other Writers of the Lives of 
 
 ji/itigonus and Demetrius ; and the 
 
 Incident of the Humorous Lieute- 
 
 ttant refufing to fight after he has 
 
 been cured of his Wounds, feems 
 
 borrowed from the Story of Lu- 
 
 eullus'% Soldier related by Horace 
 
 in the fecond Book of his Epif- 
 
 ties, £p. X.— >Scene Greece, 
 
 The Humorous JLovers. 
 Com. by the D,. of Nesocajile, 
 4to, Ltndon 1677.— This Come- 
 dy is faid by Langbaine to be a 
 very good Play.—* The Scene lies 
 an Covent Garden, 
 
 HuMouRisr Cuckold. f7</. 
 Merky Masqueraders, 
 
 TiieHvMOVRisTSt Com. by 
 
 H U 
 
 fSo. Shadioelly 410, 1671.— TKe 
 Scene of this Piece is laid in Lcn. 
 don in the Year 1670, and the 
 Intention of it was to ridicule 
 fome of the Vices and Follies of 
 the Age. — Yet this very Dcfign, 
 laudable as it was, raised the Au. 
 thor many Encm.es who were de< 
 terminM to damn it, right or 
 wrong, and compelled him 
 to mutilate his Play, and expunge 
 his main Deilgn to avoid giving 
 Offence.— The Duration of the 
 Scene is 24 Hours. 
 
 Humour out or Breath, 
 Com. by John Daye, 4to. 1607, 
 The Humours ok a Cok- 
 FEE-HOUSE. Com. as it is daily 
 ailed at moftof theCoffee-houfos 
 in London, by Mr. Ediv. Ward. 
 Humours or Dublii'*. Fid, 
 Hic ET Ubique. 
 
 Humours op Elections^ 
 Vid. Gotham Election. 
 
 The Humours of Ex- 
 change-Alley. Farce, by 
 W. R. Chetvxood. 
 
 Humours or Jockey the 
 Highlander, Vid, Earl or 
 Mar marr'd. 
 
 The Humours or OxroRs. 
 Com, hy ya. Miller, 8vo. 1729. 
 •—This was the firft and the moft 
 original of all this Author's dra< 
 matic Pieces. — It met with mid- 
 dling fuccefs on the Theatre, but 
 drew on Mr. Miller the Refent- 
 ment of fome of the Heads of 
 the Colleges in Oxford, who 
 looked on themfelves as fatyrit'd 
 in it.— -Scene lies in Oxford, 
 
 The Humours or Purga- 
 tory. Farce of two Afts, by 
 Benj, Griffin, i2mo. 1716.— The 
 Plot of this Play feems borrowed 
 entirely from Fletcher's littleTbief, 
 The Humours or Wa?- 
 riNG. Farce, i2mo, 1703. 
 
 Humours or York. f^iJ, 
 NORTHSRN HxiREtS. 
 
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 k 
 
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 OF Sir John 
 fid. Rambling 
 
 Humours 
 
 TWYFORD. 
 
 Justice. 
 
 The Humours of the 
 Age. Com. hjTho. Baker, 4.10. 
 1701. — This Play was written in 
 two Months, and that when the 
 Author was but bartly of Age.— 
 The GrainJ Scene is in a Board- 
 ing Houle, and the Time la 
 Hours, beg^inning at ten in the 
 Morning. 
 
 The Humours or the Ar* 
 MY. Com. by Cha. Shadivell, 
 4to. 1713. — This Play met with 
 very good Succcfs. — The Scene 
 
 lies in the Camp near£/i.w. 
 
 Th*: Time fix Hours. 
 
 HuMOI-'RS OF THE COMP- 
 TER, yid. Cjty Ramule. 
 
 Humours ok the Mili- 
 tia. Vid. Henpeck'd Cap- 
 tain. 
 
 Humours of the Navy, 
 rid. F.MR Quaker of Deal. 
 
 'l"iic Humours of the 
 Road, ot A Ramble to Oxford. 
 Com. Anonym. 1738. 
 
 Humours reconcil'd. ^/</, 
 Magnetic Lady. 
 
 Humphry Duke or Gr.ou- 
 TEs-TER. Trag. by A7)ibrofe 
 Fhi/ifs, 8vo. 1722. — The Plot 
 or" this Play is founded on Hiftory, 
 and the Piece itfelf met with 
 grt'it Applaufc. 
 
 The Huntington Diver- 
 TiJEMENT, or an Evterlude for 
 th gtneral Entcrtainmcttt at the 
 Ccur^try Fcaji, held at Merchant 
 Taylor's Hall, June 20, 1678, 
 4to. — This Piece has the Letters 
 ^V, M. and is dedicated to the 
 Nobility and Gentry of the Coun- 
 t:y. — The Scene lies in Hinchitt' 
 hoke Grove, Fields, and Mea- 
 dows. 
 
 Hurlo THRVMto. Com. by 
 Jihnfon, 8vo. 1 729.— -This Piece 
 V. as perform'* at the Little Th. 
 iti the Htjytnatketf aad had a Run 
 
 H Y 
 
 of above thirty Nights. The 
 
 Oddity, Whimficalncfs and Ori- 
 ginality of it was what occalioned 
 this amazing Surcefs, the Play 
 itfeJf being one of the iroft ab- 
 furd Compages of wild cxtiava- 
 gant Incidents, incohcreiit Sen- 
 timents, and unconnctfied Dia- 
 logues. The Adllior himfclf 
 
 performed the principal Part, w'«. 
 that of Lord Fbme, fometimes ia 
 one Key, fomeiimcs in another ; 
 fometimes Fidhng , fometimes 
 Dancing, and fosr^ctirrcs walking 
 in very high Stilts. — The cele- 
 brated Dr. n-;cr', the Inventor 
 of a peculiar Kin J of Short Hand, 
 wrote a Prologue to it, in which 
 his Intention was lo point cut by 
 a friendly Kint to the Auil.or 
 the Abfurdity of his Play. — - Ir. 
 y of V fort however, fo far from 
 perceiving the Ridicuii--, loo]..'J 
 on it as a Compliment, .nnd \\i'i 
 it both fp-.kcn and printed to the 
 Piece. — Yet, notwithftanding all 
 that h.is here been faid, it con- 
 tains in fome Places certain 
 Strokes both of Sentiment and 
 Imagination that would do Ho- 
 nour even to the moir capital Ge- 
 nius, and which fpcak the Au- 
 thor, if a Madman, at leaft a 
 Madman v.ith more than ordina- 
 ry Abilities. 
 
 The Husband his own 
 Cuckold. Com . by Jokii Dry- 
 dert^jun. 410. 1696. — The Story 
 on which this Play is founded, 
 was an Acqident which happened 
 at Rome. — The Author, how- 
 ever, has transferr'd the Scene to 
 England. — The Prologue is writ- 
 ten by CoKgm'e, and the Preface 
 and Epilogue by Mr. Drydsn, jck. 
 
 H u s B A n d's Cure. Vid» 
 Wife's Relief. 
 
 Husband's Revenge. Vid, 
 BussY D'Ambois. 
 
 Hydasfes. An Opera, by 
 
 NiccUno GrimalJif 8vo. 17 12.— 
 
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 PerformeJ at the Thaatre in the 
 Haymarket, — The Mufic by Fran- 
 c{/coMancitti,and the Scenes paint' 
 ed by Marco Rixxi. 
 
 HvDE Park. Com. hy Ja. 
 Shirley, 8vo. 1637. 
 
 Hymen^ci, or the Solemnities 
 cf a Mafque and Barriers at a 
 Marriage^ by Ben Jonfon, 4to. 
 3606. — To this Piece the Author 
 has annexed many very curious 
 and learned marginal Notes for 
 the lUuftration of the ancient 
 C -ek and Roman Cufloms. 
 
 4- men's Triumph. Paf- 
 toral *iragi-Com. by Sam. Da- 
 niel, 4to. 1633. — This Piece was 
 prefcntcd at an Entertainment 
 given Xol^.jfamesl. by his Queen 
 at her Court in the Strand, on 
 the Nuptials of Lord Roxborougb, 
 and is dedicated to the faid Queen. 
 —It is introduced by a very pretty 
 Prologue, in which Hymen is op- 
 »ofcd by yJi>atice, En-vy and jfea- 
 |»jm'> *^c three grcateft Difturbcrs 
 
 i matrimonial Happincfs. 
 
 HvpERMNESTR.A, otLwc in 
 Tears, Trag. by Roh. Owen, 4to. 
 1703.— The Scene lies in Argos. 
 The Story is built on Hiftory, 
 and the Time the fame as that 
 of the Reprcfentation. ■ » The 
 Play, however, was never a£led. 
 
 The Hyp oc H oND R lACK. 
 Com, by Mr, Oxic/l.—- — This is 
 only a Tranflation of Moliere^ 
 Malade imaginaire. 
 
 The Hypochondriac. Far. 
 Anonym, borrowed from ,lh.e 
 foregoing ; but never aftcd. 
 
 HVFOCPISY At AMODE. ^/</. 
 
 Stage Beau toss'd in a 
 Blanket. 
 
 HyFPOLiTir«. Trag. tranf- 
 latcd from Seneca by J. Studley, 
 —This is mentioned by Lang- 
 haitu, but I cannot find it in any 
 of the •ther Catalogues. 
 
 Hypsipyle. An Opera, by 
 Jhgek Cert, compot'd by Fettr 
 
 J A 
 
 Sandom\ and performed at the 
 Th. Roy. in the Haymarkcr, 8vo. 
 '735- — '^^'^ Scene is in I.tmnoi, 
 -- — For the Story See Hercdotw, 
 Lib, 6. Ovid, Valerius Flaccus, &c. 
 
 TACK Drum's Entertain. 
 M E N T , or the pleafi'ttt CVw, . </y 
 cf Fajqtiil and Katharine, Anon. 
 
 4to. 1616, The Incident of 
 
 Mammons poifoning Katlaiinc\ 
 Face, feems borrowed from De- 
 magoras's Treatment of Parthaiia 
 in Z^rgalus and Partber.ia, 
 
 Jack Juggler. This is 
 
 called a Comedy in Jacoh, l.an^. 
 haine and all the old Catiilogiicc; 
 whofe Authors do not pretend to 
 have feen it, or to alhgn any 
 Date to itj but in the liritijh 
 Tleutre it ftands with the Appear, 
 ance of Authority as follows, tv«, 
 A merrie Interlude of Jack Jug-. 
 glere, 1587. 
 
 Jack Straw's Life and 
 Death, a notable Rebel in Eng. 
 land, loho was killed in Smifh, 
 Field, by the Lord Mayor «/" Lon- 
 don, 1593. — This Play is divid- 
 ed very odly, confifling of no 
 more than four Afts. — The Plot 
 is taken from the EngUp Chro- 
 nicies in their Relation of this re. 
 markabl'e Event in the Reign of 
 Richard II. 
 
 Jack the Giant Quel- 
 lER. An Operatical -Play, by 
 Hen. Brooke. — This fatyrical and 
 ingenious Piece was performed 
 at the Theatre in Dublin in 1748, 
 but was prohibited after the Arii 
 
 Night's Reprcfentation. The 
 
 Songs however, in the Words of 
 which the greateft Parjt of its f^- 
 tyr is coAtaiacd, were pubUihed 
 
 Sec Buchanan and o'^'ci 
 torians, 
 
 Jane Grey. VI, 
 Jane Grey. 
 
 Jane SitoRC. Ti 
 
 Rowe, 4tr». 1713. — ^Tl; 
 
 excellent Tragedy, and 
 
 nually acted with gre; 
 
 —The Scene lies in I 
 
 the Author in the Plo 
 
 in great Meafure fo] 
 
 Hiftory of this unhapp; 
 
 as related in a CoUe^ii 
 
 vels in 6 Vol. lamo 
 
 have elfewhcre alfo qu( 
 
 faid to be written in I 
 
 Sbakefpeaf-e^s Stile j 1 
 
 confcfs I fee fo very lil 
 
 blancc, excepting in 
 
 prcflloiis abfolutely b( 
 
 thrown into the Pari 
 
 that I cannot help tl: 
 
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 JE 
 
 »«v tlicmfclvcs in an 8vo Pam- 
 
 hlct. 
 
 [acob and F.sau. An In- 
 terlude, 4to. 156s, Tliis is a 
 
 very tarly Piece.— It is written 
 in Metro, and printed in the old 
 
 Black Li-ttcr. It's full Title 
 
 runs as follows.— • A new, mcry 
 and ivittie Comcdie or Entcrlude, 
 neivlie imprintcdy trcattng upon the 
 Hijiorie ef Jacob anc Esau, 
 tJti'n out of the tjtb Cbap. of the 
 /r,^ Booke of Alofci, entitulcdGene- 
 p. In the Title Page are The 
 I'arta and N^mes of the PlayerSy 
 
 Author would have done lumfelf 
 more Jufticc in omitting that Ai' 
 fertion, fincc the flowing Harmo- 
 ny and Smoothncfs of Numbers in 
 his own natural Language* need 
 not the Afliftances of fuch a Hint 
 to induce even the moft tranfitory 
 and fuperficial Ciitic to admire 
 their Beauty. 
 
 I B H A H I M , the illujirioui Bajfa* 
 Trag. by Elk. Settle^ 4to. 1679. 
 — f This Play is writcn in heroic 
 Verfe, the Plot taken from Scu~ 
 dery^s Romance of the fame 
 Name, and the Ssene laid in So- 
 
 ivho are to be conjuicrcd to be He- lymans Seraglio. 
 
 hreivt, andfojbould be apparaikd Ibrahim XII. Emperor cftbe 
 
 ivith Attire. Turks. Trag. 4to. 1696.— In the 
 
 Jacobite Crxdulity. Vid. Title Page, he is by fome Millakcy 
 
 Plot and no Plot. called, X^rtf^/of XIII.— This Play 
 
 Jamxs IV. King or Scot- is not replete with much Sobliiai* 
 
 lAND. Hiftorical Trag. Anon, ty of Exprellion, nor advantaged 
 
 1620. The Defign of this Piece by a Harmony of Numbers, yec 
 
 is taken from the Hiftory of that the Diftrefs oiMorena is truly af- 
 
 brave, but cruel King, who lofl feeing, and the Condufl far from 
 
 his Life in a Battle with the Eng- contemptible.— -The Plot is to be 
 
 lijh at Fhddcn Hill in the Begin- found in Sir Paul Ricaut'% Conti- 
 
 ning of the fixtccnth Century } nuation of the Turkijb Hiftory. 
 
 for farther Particulars of which 
 Sec Buchanan and c' ..r Scert HiJ* 
 torictnt, 
 
 Jank Oriy, Vtdt Lady 
 Jane Grey. 
 
 Jane Smori. Trag. by JV. 
 Rowe, 4tr». 171 3. — This is a very 
 excellent Tragedy, and is conti- 
 nually aetcd with great Succefs. 
 —The Scene lies in London^ and 
 the Author in the Plot of it has 
 in great Meafure followed the 
 Hiftory of this unhappy Fair One, 
 as related in a CoUe^iion of No- 
 vels in 6 Vol. i2mo. which I 
 have elfewhcre alfo quoted. — It is 
 laid to be written in Imitjition of 
 Stakefpeare''s Stile; but I muft 
 confefs I fee fo very little Refem- 
 blancc, excepting in a few Ex- 
 prcfiions abfolutcly bonow'd and 
 thrnwn into the Part of GlolicTf 
 
 Jealous Bridegroom. Fidm 
 Forc'o Marriage. 
 
 Jealous Husband. J'Ti/. 
 Rambling Justice. 
 
 Jealous Husband. J^td» 
 Lost Lovers. 
 
 The Jealous Lovers. Com* 
 \ty7bo, Randolph, 4to. 1634.— 
 This Fiay is efteemed the beft of 
 this Author's Works, is com- 
 mended by no lefs than four Co- 
 pies of En^ 'ijh and fix of L»tin 
 Verges, from the moft eminent 
 Wits of both Univcrfities, and 
 was revived with very grctet Sue- 
 cefs in 1682.— Scene in Thebet. 
 
 Jealous Prince. f'/V/. Don 
 Garcia of Navarre. 
 
 Jealous Queen. F/rf. VaN"* 
 c^uish'd Love. 
 
 Jealous Wite. Com. by 
 Geo, Colman, 8vo. 1761.— —This 
 
 that I cannot help thinking the Piece made its Appearance at Dr. 
 
 K % Lane 
 
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 Jsjfie Tfieat. with prodigioas Suc- 
 cefs. — —The Ground Work of it 
 is r-.kcn from Fielding'i .''-Jiftory of 
 'I'om Jtnes^ at the Period of So- 
 J>hia's taking Refuge at Lady 
 Bi'llafions Houl'e. — The Charac- 
 ters borrowed from that Work, 
 •however, only fcrve as a Kind of 
 Under Plot to introduce Mr. and 
 Mrs. Oakley, viz. the Jealous I'^ife 
 and her Hu(band. — It muft be 
 confels'd that the PafTions of the 
 Lady are here work'd up to a 
 very prcat Height, and Mr. Oak- 
 'li'y\ Vexation and domciiic Mi- 
 'Wry inConfequence of her Beha- 
 viour, vjry ftrongly fupporied. — 
 Yet, pcrhapE, the Author would 
 'liave better anH^ered his Purpofe 
 with t<i(:^i^ to the Paflion he Jn- 
 *tt nded to c^pofe the Abfurdity of, 
 liad he tnade her appear /ome> 
 what lefs of the Virago, And Mr. 
 Cttklt^ not fo much <^ the Hen- 
 jM>rk d Hufband, (ince flie «ow 
 appears rather a Lady, who from 
 a tonfcioufnefs of her awn Power, 
 is defirous nf fupporting the Ap- 
 
 «;arance of Jealoufy, to procure 
 er an undue Influence over h«r 
 JEiuA)and and Family, than vOne, 
 l»ho fading the Reality ofth«t 
 fuchuient, yet Hudluating PalSon, 
 i>c<*omes equally ahfurd \n the fud- 
 denuefs of formhig unjull Sufpi- 
 tions,.andin fhatHaftimfs of be- 
 vjng'lfitisfictl, which Love, the only 
 -true'Biris nf Je^loufj^ will coo- 
 fUintly occafion. 
 
 'fjNKIKS'sl.OVtCoUHSE. ^/</. 
 
 Wits. 
 
 JiRoNYMo, or tbe Sf>amjb Tra' 
 ^edy, with ttt JVan e/" Portugal. 
 Anonym. 4to. 1605.— This Play 
 rontaios the Life and Death of 
 T)on Andrea, 
 
 Jr.kONYMo is Mad again, 
 or tie Sfanifh I'mgedy, containing 
 tie lamtfitahle F.nd of Don Hor.uio, 
 0nd Hcllimpcria, nuith the pitiful 
 Utath c/' Jcronymo, 4to. 1603,— 
 
 JE 
 
 'MP 'li 
 
 Coxiter in a MS. Remark, decbies 
 thefc two Pieces to be only one 
 
 Play under different Titles. It 
 
 was afteJ with great Applaufc 
 
 jfirony!m\ Contrivance to difco- 
 vcr the Caufe of all his Mileries 
 by a dramatic Reprefentation, has 
 fo near a Refemblance to the 3d 
 Aft of llamU't, that it nuy rea. 
 fonahly be concluded the Author 
 took his Hint from thence, — — 
 There is alfo another Scene in 
 this Play, which feems to be bor- 
 rowed from the Tragedy of Sob. 
 mot and Perfcda. — That this Piece 
 was at one Time greatly in Vogue, 
 may be gathered from the men- 
 tion made of it, and the Quota- 
 tion of Paflages from it, infeve* 
 ral of the Plays of Siakefpear, 
 Jobnfon, &c<— Yet feme of. them 
 ftfem to imply, that this ^ftima. 
 tioo arofe rather from the Capri* 
 tiflUfnefs of .public Tafte».than 
 from tbe real Merit of tlvJ Work. 
 
 The Jekusalxm Intima- 
 cy, tarce, 1749.— This P»«ce 
 was never a£led, nor do I know 
 any Thing more of it, than it's 
 being mentioned in the Britijh 
 Tieafre. 
 
 JtsriT Caught. fCid. De- 
 
 BAUCHZZS. 
 
 The Jiw DECov'i?, or flc 
 Progrefs of an Harlttt. — A Ballad 
 
 Opera, 8vo. 1733. Th;« Piece 
 
 was never performed, but is on 
 4he Plan of i/og-ar/Z''s celebtAtjd 
 prints of the H/irlot's Ptcgr^fs. 
 
 The Ijtw OF Maita. Tu^'. 
 hy Cbrifi, Mai lu%vef ^to. 1633.— 
 This Play was neither performed 
 nor publiflied till many Ycais af- 
 ter the Author's Death, wh«n 
 /iVywoo</u Acred it into the Court, 
 and prefcntcd it at the Cockpit, 
 with the Prologue and Epilogte 
 annexed to this Edition of it, ;it 
 which Time it met with very 
 
 great and dtfcrvcd Applaufc. 
 
 Scent' Mulra. 
 
 The 
 
I F 
 
 The Jew of Venici:. Com. 
 by Lord Lanfdoiviie, 410. 170 1. — 
 This Play is an Alteration of 
 Sbakefpeari Mnhant of Venice. — 
 In lome Rcfpeils with Judgment. 
 .— . The Introducing the Fcaft 
 more particularly, where the '^eiv 
 is plac'd at a feparate Tabic, and 
 drinks to his Money as his only 
 Miftrels, is a happy Thought j 
 yet on the whole, his Lordfliip 
 has greatly leflcned both the Beau- 
 ty and EfFcft oi the Original, 
 which, notwithftunding this mo- 
 dernized Piece, aided by Magnifi- 
 cence and Muiick, ftill Hands its 
 Cwiund, and will ever continue 
 one of the darling Reprcfentations 
 of the Thcatic. — The Frologue 
 Nvns written by Bevil Hi^gonty in 
 which the Ghofts of ULukefpear 
 and Dryden arc giadc to rife 
 crivncd with Laurel; and in the 
 fccond Aft, is introduced a mufi- 
 cil Mafque written by his Lord- 
 Ihip, called, Pelcus and 'fhctis. 
 
 The Jews Tragedy, nvitb 
 their Onicrthrow hy 'I'itus ariJVcli' 
 pafjan /.'is Son, by y. IV. HctnmingSy 
 4to. 1662.— This Play was not 
 printed till fomc Years after the 
 
 Author's Death. The Plot is 
 
 founded en the Siege and Dclhuc- 
 tion of yerufalem, as related by 
 yo/(/)i',vj,inlhe 6th and 7th Books 
 of his Wiirs of the Jews. 
 
 If this bkn't a r.nor 
 Pf.AY TJir Drvil's int. 
 I'om. by T^ho. Dtder, 410. with- 
 out Date— -The principal Plot of 
 this Play is built on MMhttPucfs 
 Marriage of Bcitbtgor^ whii^ is 
 to be found in the felcci Collf^c 
 tion of Novels I have bfforc m<*T>- 
 tioncd.— The Name is fou.ndod on 
 a Quibble, the Devil bcin^ a 
 principal Charaftcr in it.— Sicne 
 Natlex. 
 
 It you know not m», yow 
 KNOW Nobody, or tht Ircubln 
 6fS^ Elixahcth, in two Pinis, I y 
 
 I M 
 
 Tlo. Hcpvoed, 4to, 1623, 1633 
 —The fecond Part contains the 
 Building of the Royal Exchange, 
 and the famous Viftory of Queen 
 
 Elixabeth in the Year 1588. • 
 
 Thefe Plays were printed without 
 the Author's Confent or Know-f- 
 ledge, and that fo corruptly as not 
 even to be divided into A£ls j on 
 which the Author, at the Revival 
 of it it the Cockpit, one and 
 twenty Years after its firft Repre- 
 fcntation, thought it neceffary to 
 write a Prologue to it, in which 
 he pirticnlarly inveighs a- 
 gainfl, and difclaims the imperfect 
 Copy. 
 Ignoramus. A Latin Com. 
 
 by R. Rugg.'cs. The Date of 
 
 this Piece I cannot be certain oF, 
 not having the Book by mc, but 
 to my heft recollcdion, it was ,i- 
 bout 1623. — It is a very humour^ 
 outi I'iccc, and a very feverc Satire 
 on the ignorjiit ProfcfTors of the 
 Common Law. ■■■ It was afted 
 many Times before K. y.jfnrs J. 
 at Camhrldgc. 
 
 Ignoramus. Com^ by R. C. 
 4to. 1662. —Thi'^ is a. TrunHa- 
 
 tion of the forcg*.i.ing Piece. 
 
 The two annexed Lcttfrs jrc tx • 
 plained by Coxetrr ta liand for Rtj. 
 Cbdrtnlon, 
 
 Jilt im all HuMotrn'* 
 I'id. In T M iG u jfci or V k h - 
 
 bAil. LKS. 
 
 Tlir" I.MARF or Lovv, Tl.' ; 
 h one ufBirtiop Wj/.s dr.mi v>.- 
 Pieces, mcntiuncd by himi.li .u 
 his Catalogue. 
 
 Thi- Imaginai', Y Ci:ck-otf». 
 C(/m. l)y 0«i//. — 'Ihis is i;<)b a 
 Tranllatioaof AfoA/yc'j C'..«o li'.u 
 ginairc, Kroni this Pivv. , Ilin'*; 
 have been t.ikcu fur tlu' PI t^ m 
 Icvcral l'.nghj}j Cumcdu's ;»• 1 
 /hall point otu wJu'tuvi?r tlu y oc- 
 cur to my K.no\vl«'«ii:c. 
 
 Impati».m Povi.it 7 v. /'/V. 
 
 In Tint I'D! . 
 
 K ;< Tl e 
 
 4i 
 
 i^ 
 
 i' 
 
 1 
 
 ^^ 
 
 n> 
 
'f fcs '» 
 
 f»' I 
 
 ' ! 
 
 I M 
 
 The Impkriat. Captives. 
 Trag. by John Mctt/eytS\o. 1720. 
 —This Piece has Mferit, and was 
 aftcd with fome Succefs in Lin- 
 colni-Inn-Fields. 
 
 iMPERiAtE. Trag. by Sir 
 ^a!ph Freeman, 8vo. 1 640 Lang- 
 baine gives this Play a mo, ; excel- 
 lent Charafter, placing it on an 
 equal Rank with moft of the 
 Tragedies Qf that Period, and 
 fpeaks of the Cataftrophe as being 
 extremely afFe£ling. The Plot is 
 taken from BeariCs Theatre^ Gou- 
 lart''i hift. admrab. Sec. and the 
 Scene laid mCettoa. — The Author 
 has prefixed fome Teftimoni?s 
 from ^^ri/ict/e, Sec. to manifcft the 
 Value which the Writers of An- 
 tiquity had tor Tragedy. 
 
 The Imperial Trag. Anon. 
 Pol. J 669. — The grcateft Part of 
 this Play is taken from a Latin 
 
 one. The Plot i» built on the 
 
 Hiftory of Zf/ro, the twelfth Em- 
 peror from Curif'jrittnc. — And the 
 l-'ccnc lies in Conjiantinop/e. -■ 
 Both Largbatne and "Jacob have 
 •fcribcd this Play to Sir fVilliam 
 Killigrczv. Yet I think there arc 
 /ome Reafons to doubt of its be- 
 ing his. —For in the Title Page, 
 it is fdid to have been the Work 
 of" a Gentleman for his own Di- 
 vcrfion, who on the Importunity 
 of Friends, confenied to have it 
 publi/bcd, but loitbo'ut bis Name : 
 ircauft- many do cenfun: Plays accord- 
 ing tc tteir Opir.iens cf the Author. ^^ 
 •Now the whole ot this Paragraph 
 ftcms to imply the Author to be 
 livinp, whereas Sir fVm. died in 
 the Year 1665, five Years before 
 
 ths Publication. Befidcs that 
 
 the latter Part alTigns a Reafon 
 foiconctnling the Author's Name, 
 ^hich could ft-.ircely be fuppofed 
 to fubfirt with Kn?:ird tO Sir fVtn. 
 Xt/jyrfu'f who had before the 
 Publication of thL% produced four 
 
 I M 
 
 Plays, which had all been aflrd 
 with Applaufe. — And laftly, ^ 
 all the faid four Plays were pub- 
 liHicd together in one Vol. the 
 Year after his Death, there ilcms 
 no apparent Reafon l«r not ad* 
 mitting this alfo to a Place among 
 them. 
 
 ThclMPEBTININT LoVERS, 
 
 or tbe Coquet at her W:t's End. 
 Com. Svo. Anonym. 1723. 
 
 The Impertinents. Com. 
 by Ozell. — Tranllation from the 
 Facheux of Moliere. 
 
 iMPERTiriiNTS, Vid.%\lL- 
 
 I. EN Lovers. 
 
 Impossirie Dowrt. 
 yid. Amvntas. 
 
 The li^PosTORs petected, 
 or tbe Fintr.ers Triumph over 
 «[rook]e aw^/HfclheJr. A Fare. 
 occafioned by a Cafe lately offered to 
 
 the H c ofC ns, by tie 
 
 faid B kc and H r, 4to. 
 
 1712. ——The Scene London and 
 Wefiminflcr, — This Piece was evi- 
 dently never intended for the 
 Stage, but was only a Political 
 and Party Affair, which may be 
 known by looking into the Pro- 
 cecdings of Parliament of that 
 Year. 
 
 The Impostur Es. Tragi- 
 Com. by Ja. Sbirlcyt 8vO. 1653. 
 —Scene Mantna. 
 
 Imposture DEFEATEn, or 
 a Trick to cheat the De^jil. Com. 
 Anonym, 4to. X698. — The Au- 
 thor himfelf fays, that thjg Trifle 
 of a Comedy was only a flight 
 Piece of Scribble for the Intro- 
 duAion of a little MuAc, being 
 no more than a ihort Week's 
 Work, to ferve the Wants of a 
 thin Play-houfe and Jong Vaca- 
 tion. — Scene Ftnict, At the 
 
 End is a Mafque, call'd, Endi- 
 MiON, the Man in tie Moon, -^-^ 
 They were performed at the Th. 
 in JLfritrj-LaM, 
 
 0/ 
 
I N 
 
 Of thelMPosTURES OF Tho- 
 mas BrcKET. — This is another 
 piece on Bifliop Balers Lift. 
 
 The Impromptu of Ver- 
 sailles, by Ozelf, tranflated 
 from Moliere's Comedy of the 
 fame Name. 
 
 Incestuous Marriaci. 
 P'ici. Arsinoe. 
 
 Inchanted Castle, yiJ. 
 Mock Tempest. 
 
 Inchanted Islanp. f^iJ» 
 Tkmpest. 
 
 ThelNCHANTEiJ Lovers. A 
 dramatic Paftoral, by Sir fyia. 
 Lo'wer, about 1656. — Scene the 
 Ifijnd of Erhhrea in Portugal. 
 
 The Inconstant, or the 
 Hii-iy to ivinbim. Com. by George 
 tarqukar, 410. 1703.— This is a 
 very lively and entertaining Co- 
 mpQV. altho' there are fome In- 
 c"' i in it, which fcarcely come 
 •• :•*■ r. he Limits of Probability. 
 . - . i.c main Plot of it is borrow- 
 ed from Beaumont and Fletcher's 
 Wild Cooje Chace } but the Calaf- 
 trophe of the laft Aft, where 
 yo mg Mirable is in Danger of his 
 Life at a Courtezan's Houfe, and 
 is delivered by >„u Carcftilnefs of 
 his Miftrefs Oriana difguifed as 
 his Page, owes its Origin, it is 
 faid, to an Affair of the like Na- 
 ture, which the Author had him- 
 felf fome Concern in, when on 
 military Duty abroad.— The Scene 
 lies in Paris. 
 
 The iNnEPi.NDENT Patri- 
 ot, or Mufical Folly, Com. by 
 Fran, Lymb. 8vo. 1733. 
 
 Independent's Conspira- 
 cy. Vid Levellers li- 
 
 VEJ.LED. 
 
 Independent's Victory. 
 Vid. Scots Politic Presby- 
 ter, 
 
 Indian Empkror, or tbeCcn- 
 
 auejt 0/ Afexici by the Spaniards. 
 Tragi-Com. by "J. DrydeH, 4to. 
 1668,— Tl)is Fliiy 19 a Sequel to 
 
 I N 
 
 the Indian ^lueeti. — It iswrittan 
 in Heroic Verfe, the Plot is taken 
 from the feveral Hiftorians who 
 have written on this Affair, and 
 met with great Succefs in the Re- 
 prefentation. —The Scene lies in 
 Mexico f and two Leagues about it, 
 
 Indian Queen. Trag. by 
 Sir Rob. tlou'ard and Mr. /?ry- 
 dcKy 4to. 1665. — This is like- 
 wife in Heroic Verfe, and met 
 with great Applaufe.— — It has 
 fmce been converted into an Ope- 
 ra, in which Form it met with 
 an equal Share of Succefs.— .Scene 
 near Mexico. 
 
 Infalliblk Cure, Fid. 
 All for the Better. 
 
 Infanta ok Spain. Vid, 
 Heroic Love. 
 
 The Informers outwit- 
 ted. A Tragi comical Farce, 
 Anonym.— -This Piece was n«ver 
 adted, but was printed in 17 38. 
 
 Infortunatus. Vid. Ba- 
 nished DUKK. 
 
 Ingratiiude of a Com- 
 monwealth, cr the Fall of 
 Caius Martius Coriolanus. Trag. 
 by N. Tate, 4to. 1682. — This 
 Play is founded on Sbaktfptare' $ 
 Coriolanus, but does not come near 
 it in Point of Merit.—- Srtne the 
 Cities of Rome and Corioli. 
 
 Injur'd Innocence. Trng. 
 \)y IVm. Millars, 8vo. 1729. aft- 
 ed at the Th. Roy, in Dr. Lane, 
 with fome Succefs. 
 
 Injur'd Love, or tbe cruel 
 Hujhand. Trag. by A^. Tate, 410. 
 1707. — This Tragedy was prc- 
 par'd for the Stage, and defign'd 
 to have been ailed at the Theat. 
 Roy. but by fome Means or other 
 it was never performed. 
 
 Injur'd Love, or tbe Lady's 
 Satii/aflien. Anonym. 410. 1706. 
 afted at the Theatre in Lincoln's" 
 Inn -Fields. 
 
 The Injur'd Lovsrs, or tit 
 ji»biti«ut Fatbtr, Trft. by fV. 
 
 Mvuntjlrtf 
 
 ! 
 
 »4.« 
 
 ^^:'1f;t , 
 

 i 
 
 Hi 
 
 m 
 
 
 t N 
 
 Mountfort, 4to. 1688. ^This 
 
 Play met with but indifterent 
 Succcfs, antd indeed lecms not to 
 have merited better. — Langbaine 
 charges the Author with havi e, 
 like Sir Courtly Nice, written tor 
 his Diverlioii, but without re- 
 garding Wit. 
 
 The Injur'd Princess, or 
 tbe Fatal Wager. Tragi-Com. by 
 
 7. Durfcy, 4to. 16S2. The 
 
 Foundation and fome l*ai t of the 
 Language of this Play is taken 
 from Hbakrfpcare' s Cymbdine, and 
 the Scene lies at Luds Town, alias 
 
 Lor.dan. i'he Author has alfo 
 
 madv' Vic ox the Epilogue to the 
 Fool turn d Ciitick (a Play of his 
 own) by Way of Prologue to this 
 Pitce.— Its running Title is, The 
 Uticqu.il Match, or The Fatal 
 Wage-. 
 
 Injur'd Virtue, or the 
 Virgin Martyr. A Play, by 
 Bcnj>Grifin, izmo. 1715. a£ted 
 at Richmond by the-f). ot Scuth- 
 amfton and CLvland's Servants.— 
 The Scene Cajaria. — This Piece 
 is noihing more than an Altera- 
 tion of a.- old Play of the lame 
 NatJc, written by Majfmger and 
 Decker, 
 
 The Imnf.r Timple 
 Masq,ue, cr Mafquc of Heroes, 
 by 7/'o. MtddLtotiy 4to, 1640. — 
 This was j-rcfented as an Eiitcr- 
 tainment for many worthy La- 
 dies, by the Gentlemen of that 
 aiicicnt Houfc, tv\Tnty Years be- 
 fore it appcar'd in Piint. — Mrs. 
 Behn has borrow'd very cnnfide- 
 rably from it in her City Hcircfs. 
 
 Innocence Bf. thay'd, or 
 the Ro)al Itfifjjlor, by Mefl". Da- 
 riel Belliimy, fen. & jiir. 8vo. 
 1746.— —-This riec« was never 
 zticil, but is one of 'ix dramatic 
 Pieces written in Con .crt by thefc 
 two Oentlemcn, Father and Son, 
 and publifhcd by ihcm in a Vo- 
 lume together with fome Mifcd- 
 lanies in Profc and Verfe. 
 
 ¥- 
 
 I N 
 
 Innocence nisTREss*D, 
 Trag. by Mr. Gould, 8vo. 1737. 
 — This Play was never. a£>^fd, nor 
 do 1 know the Plot of it, it hav- 
 ing never flillen in my Way. 
 
 Innocence in Distress. 
 Vid. Parricide. 
 
 Innocent Adultery. ^7</, 
 Fatal Marriage. 
 
 Innocent Impostor. Vtdt 
 Rape. 
 
 The Innocent Mistress. 
 Com. by Mrs. M. P/a;, 4to. 1697. 
 
 - This Play was aded at the 
 Theatre in Little Lincoln i-Jnn- 
 Fields, and in the Summer Seu- 
 fon, yet met with very goodSuc- 
 cefs — It is not however original, 
 fcvcral Incidents in it being bor- 
 rowed from other Plays, particu- 
 larly from Sir Geo. Etberedge'i Man 
 of Mode. — Scene London. — Pro- 
 logue and Epilogue by Mr. Mot- 
 teux. 
 
 Innocent Murderer. 
 I'^'id. Love the Cause and 
 Cure ok Grief. 
 
 Innocent Theft, J'ld, 
 TiMON IN Love. 
 
 The Innocent Usurp ek, 
 or tbe Death of tbe Lady Jane 
 Gray. Trag. hy jf. Banks, 410, 
 1694.— This ^'*y ^^* prohibited 
 the Stage on Account of fome 
 miftaken Cenfurts and groundlcfs 
 Inlinualions that it rc^^lcd oit 
 the Government. — The Author 
 in his Dedication however has 
 vindicated himfcif from that 
 'harge, by fctting forth that it 
 
 .;: written ten Years before, H) 
 that it could not poflibly have 
 been meant td caft a Reflection 
 on the prefent Government.— It 
 is fiir from being the worll of his 
 dramatic Writlnj^s, and attho' in 
 Point of Language and Beauty or 
 Poetry it falls ihorr of Mr. Ronve't 
 Tr.igcdy on the fume Story, yet 
 it cxeells it with Refpcit to the 
 Patbvs, and a fttift Adherence tf> 
 hiftoricul Fail.— —The Plot is 
 
 built 
 
IN 
 
 built on the Sufferings of ihtt 
 f-'T unfortunate Vi£lim to the 
 Arribition of her Relations, and 
 t.ie Scene lies in the Tciver. 
 
 The Inq^uisition. Farce, 
 by y. Philips, 8vo. 1717.—— 
 This Piece was ntver perform 'd, 
 but is fupposM to be a£led at 
 Child'% Coffee - houfe, and the 
 King's-^rms Tavern in St. Paul's 
 Church- Yard.--The Subjea of 
 it is thp Controverfy between the 
 Bp. of Bangor and Dr. Snape, 
 which Controverfy is here faid to 
 be fairly Aated and fet in a true 
 Light. I never faw the Piece, 
 but find it thus mentioned by 
 Coxeter, 
 
 The Insatiatj: Coun- 
 tess, Trag. by y. Marjlen. 
 4,to. 1603.'— ^i^s it was a common 
 Cuftom with this Author to dif> 
 goife his StorjT} and .perfofiAte 
 real Perfonages under feign -d Cha- 
 raftersj Latigkumt conje^res 
 that by JJaieUa, the iafatiahle 
 Countefs of Sueviit, h , meant 
 Joane the firft Oueen of ytrufa- 
 hn, NaplesnniStcify,—-'-^Qris 
 this Writer the only JDne who 
 has made TJfe of her Storjr under 
 a falfe Title, -her Tale being re- 
 lated in BandeUo'^ Novels, and by 
 BtHefcreJi, Tom. 2. Nov. ao. un- 
 der the Charafler of the Countefs 
 of Cclantf as alfo in Gtd's Re- 
 •venge againji Adulteiy, Epift. 5. 
 by the Title of Annt Dutcheis of 
 Vlive, 
 
 The Ins I'jNiric ANTS Com. 
 Anonym. 8vo. 1758. -*-0f this 
 I know no more than the Title, 
 but imagine it to be itfeif what 
 Its Name cxpteflVs, having never 
 been ad^ed, nor I believe attempt- 
 ed to be brought on the Stage* 
 
 The Insolvent, or Filial 
 rUty. Trag. by Aaron liil', 
 Svo, 1758. — This riccc was not 
 fublifticd till after the Author'.^ 
 Dtath, nor was it ever ptrform- 
 
 IN 
 
 ed at the Theatres in London ^ 
 yet, if 1 am not miftaken, it was 
 aded at Batb, and with ^ooU 
 Succefs. 
 
 The Institution or th« 
 Okp£r of the Garter.— 
 Dramatic Poem, by Gilb. iVeft, 
 4to. 1742. — ^This Piece vras ne- 
 ver intended for the Stage, yet is 
 .truly dramatic, and has many 
 very fine Things in it.— -It is re- 
 publifhcd in Ehdjiey'% Colleftion 
 of. Poems in fix Vols. i2mo. 
 
 An Interlude b-etwebk 
 Jupiter, Juno and Me-r- 
 cuRY, by H> I'ieldingy I'j^^.—' 
 This Piece was never performed, 
 nor indeed intended to be fo by 
 itfeif, it being only a Beginniog 
 or Introduction to a piojeStd 
 Comedy, entitled Jupitmr «pon 
 Earth, 
 
 A newe JifTC«t.v»m o9 Im- 
 PACYSNTK PovrsTK; MfUf^e 
 Itf^rinttd, M.V. L. X. ^ f«|ipf^e 
 ixiSo.) 4to.—^—3rbi8 Piece is in 
 Metre, and in the old eiack L^- 
 ter, and the ^tle Page fays, 
 *f Fomre Mtn men -well aiid'iafelye 
 .flaye this InterhiOe.^^ 
 
 An Interlwde or W.riT» 
 and Hkith, fullof Sp6ft4tHii 
 mery Pij/f ,.•«#. — Printed 8vo. in 
 an old Black. Letter, without 
 Date.— The -Pcrfont of the 'Play 
 are in the Tillel^e, viz, Wtliht 
 Heltb, Libtrty, llhuylly Sbrculd' 
 wit, HancCf Remedy. In which 
 alfo we are told that Four may 
 cafily perform this Play.— This I 
 have entirely fromCojflc/fr's Notes. 
 The Inter -LUDT or 
 You the. 4to. 1565.— This is 
 an oKi, ferious, moral and imftruc - 
 tive Piece, it is written in Verfe^ 
 and printed iit the -Black Letter. 
 
 Intrigue a-i a-mode. ^k/, 
 D I r F E n E N T W J p w s . 
 
 The In TR tours at Vbr- 
 SAii. L;is, or a Jh in all Hu- 
 mours, Com. h)T.Duyfey, 4ti>. 
 
 X697. 
 
 ^^ 
 
 ,1 
 
IK 
 
 l697.--sThis Play did not ttieet 
 with as much Succcfs as the Au- 
 thor expefted from it, and in his 
 Dedication he condemns the Tafte 
 of the Town for prcfering others 
 
 of his Plays before it. It is, 
 
 however, like the moft of his 
 Pieces, a Compljration of Plagi- 
 aries.x-Tormsr^'s difguifmg him- 
 felf in Women's Cloaths, an^ 
 his Miftrefs's Hufljand, (Count 
 Brifac) falling in Love with him 
 in..that Habit, is borrow'd from 
 a Novel call'd the Double Cuckold j 
 and the Charafter of Vandofvt ap- 
 pears to be a Mixture of IV^- 
 cbcrleft Olivia in the Plain Dea- 
 ler^ and Mrs. Bebti't Mynilla in 
 the j4mrout %7r.— -The Scene 
 ytrfaillet. 
 
 The Intsigving Cham 
 
 JO 
 
 N«RS, fit Attorney' i Clerks. Farcf^ 
 1737.— —This is merely a Bur. 
 lefquc, and ahho' anonymous, 
 feems to bear the Marks of Mr. 
 Fielding's Writings, and I belicTe 
 it was performed at Lincoln s-Inn- 
 Fieldi.-^Scene Covcnt Garden. 
 
 Intriguing SqjuiRE. Fid, 
 Hastv Wedding. 
 
 The Intriguing Widow, 
 
 or HoneJifVife Of this Piece, 
 
 which I fuppofc to be cither a 
 Comedy or Farce, I know no- 
 thing more than the Title, which 
 I find without either Date, ^u- 
 th3r\ Name, or Reference, in the 
 Index to fVhincop'& Catalogii*. 
 
 Invadxr or HIS Country. 
 Vid. Cor loL anus. 
 
 The Invasion. Farce, Svo, 
 1759.— —This Piece was never 
 
 »B«MAio. ABaUadFatce, by aAed, nor intended for the Stage, 
 
 IT. FiiliSng, Svo, 1735.— —^This ^^^ " ^'^y ^ Ridicule on the un< 
 
 Piece is borrowed almoft entirely neceflary Apprebenfions fomePer* 
 
 from the Di^^tiir»'--~-lt was ' — '"**** "* ~" * " '" 
 
 •Aed at Druiy Lane with good 
 Succefs. and ftill continues on the 
 
 Lift of afting Farces. 
 
 The Intrigvinc Covi- 
 
 ' TURS, or the Modijb Gallants. 
 Com. Anonym. 8vo, 1732, 
 ^fhi^eln, fays the Title Page, 
 the fecret Hiftories of feveral 
 Perfons are faithfully reprefented. 
 —In which is introduced an In- 
 terlude, (after the Manner of a 
 Rehcarfal, called the Marri- 
 age Promise, or the Difap- 
 fointed Firgin j confifting of Va- 
 riety of new Songs, fet to feveral 
 Ettglijh, Jrijh and Scotch Ballad 
 Tunes and Country Dances.—— 
 Such Is the Title of this Piece as 
 it ftands on the Lift of Publica- 
 tions of the Year 1731. — It was 
 never performed any where j but 
 by the Title feems to have been 
 occafioncd by fome Pieces of Gal- 
 lantry in the amorous Hiftory of 
 
 fons entertained on Accou^rt of 
 the threatned Invafion of the 
 flat -bottomed Boats from Frarce 
 on the Coaft of England in that 
 Year. 
 
 Invasion or Navlks. Ftd, 
 Charles VIII, 
 
 Invisible Mistress. Vid, 
 Wrangling Lovers. 
 
 Invisible Smirk. Vid, 
 Wits. 
 
 JocASTA. Trag. 410. 156C, 
 —This is a Tranflation from Eu- 
 ripides, by Geo. Gafcoi^nc and 
 Frincis Kiniv:llmar/he. — — 1 iie 
 Scene lies at Thebes. 
 
 John King of EnglanDi 
 Vid. King John. 
 
 Johnne the Fvange- 
 L I s T X. An Interlude, 4t0i 
 1566. Anonym. 
 
 St, John the Baptist. 
 An Interlude, by Bifliap Etht 
 was the fc- 
 
 The Intriguing Milli< 
 
 4to. 11; 38. — This 
 cond dramatic Piece printed in 
 in Metre, and in 
 
 the F.tigiijh Court at that Time. England) it is . 
 
 -ru.. . w the old black Letter, and the full 
 
 Tills 
 
iNCLANDi 
 
 JO 
 
 I R 
 
 Title is as follows.— -(4 hrtft Co- met with as a Kind of Reflection 
 mdie or Interlude sf Jchan 3ap- on the public Tafte. 
 ty rte 'i f ready rg in the JVyUern^'e^ Jovial Philosopher. Fid, 
 o^tnynge the crafty: Aff'aultei of the Ar I s i i p p u s . 
 HypuryteSf wytb the gloryoufe Bap- A Journxv to Bristol, 
 t^'jmc of the Lord Jefus Chiifte. Farce, hyjohn Hifpijley, 1729.— 
 Joseph, Fid, Sophompo- This ir ut an indlfFercnt Piece, 
 NEAS. and fcems more calculated tor the 
 
 Joseph's Afflictions.— Latitude of Brifol^ to \^hlcU 
 B) this Title is an Interlude men- Place the i^uthor us'd anmully 
 tioncd by Latigiciine, who con- to go at the Head of a Company 
 fcfll's, however, he never faw it, of Comedians, than to that of 
 .•ad tlicreforc pretends not to n;ivc London.- -It was performed at 
 any Date to it. Jacoh, CilJon, Lincoln's Jnn •Fields Theatre, but 
 Wirir.C'p and other CataJogue* have with very little Succcfs, 
 t'lllowcd his Example, and taken Journey to London, Vid, 
 \\-:. Name for granted, but the Provok'd Hvsband, 
 Britip Theatre has it as follows, Iphioenia. Trag, by y,' 
 
 viz. Joj'ephe hys Aff'eftioneSf ^S^7' ^'"^''t 4^0- 1700. This was 
 
 Jovial Crcm, or the Deri! brought onixtLintolns-Jnn-FieldSf 
 inrnd Ranter. An Interlude full but was damn'd. — The Scene is 
 tfpleafauntc Myrthe. Afiom-m. a wild Country on the Top of a 
 4:0. 1 598. — This is a Charafter Mountain before the Temple of 
 
 of the Roaring Ranters of thofe DianaTaurica, The Epilogue 
 
 Times rcprefented in a Comedy, by Cr/l. Codrington. 
 
 The Jovial Crew, or the Iphioenia in Avlis. Ita|. 
 Mirry Beggars. Com. by Rich. Opera, by Paolo Rol/i, composed 
 /Vcff.v, 4to. 1641. — This Play ly Nicoh Pcrpcra, (or the Brit ijh 
 met with great Succefs at its firtt Nobility, 8vo. 1735,— The Scene 
 Appearance, and was frequently in and near ylulis. 
 
 revived and performed with the 
 
 Hi. 
 
 altered into a Ballad Opera, by 
 fhe Addition of feveral Songs by 
 Mr. Rcomc, and brought on the 
 Stige with its former Title at Dr, 
 Lane Theatre in the Year 1732, 
 
 Iphioenia in Auli?, 
 fame Applaufe ; it was afterwards Achilles. 
 
 I R F. N F , or f if Fair Creek. Tr. 
 by Cfa. Goring, ^to. 1 708. — This 
 Pl.iy is founded on the celebrated 
 Story of the Sultan Mahomet, who 
 being reproved by his Grandees 
 in which Form it was two Years for giving too indulgent a Loolc 
 pajl reviv'd at Gw. Garden, where to his Paflion for a bcaut.ful 
 it took a very fuccefsful Run for Greek namM here, who was his 
 fcvcral Nights together, and af- favorite Mirtrefs, to the Ncglcft 
 terwards brought many crowded of his State Affairs and the Pre- 
 Houfcs as well in that as the judice of his Empire, took off 
 I'uccecJing Seafon. — It is certain her Head with his own Hand in 
 tnat it is far from an unenter- their Prefence as an Atonement 
 taining Piece, efpecially to thofe of his Fault— The Author dc- 
 who are fond of tlie mufi^al clares it to be only the Product 
 Dra.iia } yet it i* mingled with of a few leifure Hours during his 
 fo many Abfurditics and Indeli- Reftdence at the Univerfity.— *— 
 cacies, that I cannot help looking The Scene lies in the Seraglio at 
 «n the great Appr«batiQii ic act OnflM- 
 
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 after the Conqueft. 
 
 Irene. 1'rag. by 5<«»«. yo^»- 
 
 fott, 8vo. 1749. This is the 
 
 only, dramatic I'iece among all 
 the Writings of this celebrated 
 
 Author. It is founded on the 
 
 fame Story with the foregoing j 
 the Author, however, has taken 
 fome trifling Liberties with the 
 Hiftory, Irene being here made to 
 be ftrangled by Order of the Em- 
 peror, inftead of dying by his own 
 Hand. The Unities of Tin:e, 
 Place and Aftion are moft rigidly 
 kept up, the whole coming with- 
 in the Time of Pcrform^rice, and 
 the Scene, which is a Garden of 
 the Seraglio, remaining unmov'd 
 
 thro' the whole Play. TJie 
 
 Language of it is like all the reft 
 of Mr. Johtifanh Writings, ner- 
 vous, fentimental and poetical. — 
 Yet, notwithftanding all thefe 
 Perfe£lions, aflifted by the united 
 Powers of a.fting of Mr, Garrick, 
 Mr. Barry, Mrs. Pritckard, and 
 Mrs. Cihber all together in one 
 Play, it did not meet with the 
 Succefs it merited, and might 
 thereiore juftly have expelled. 
 
 Irish Expepition, A'/J, 
 Royal Voyage. 
 
 Irish Hospitality, or 
 yirtue rewarded. Com. by Cba- 
 Sbadivellt iimo. J 720. — This is 
 one of five Plays by this Author, 
 which were written for the Lati- 
 tude of our Sifter IHand, and 
 were all performed in Z)tti//n with. 
 great Applaufe. .— The Scene of 
 this lies at Mount Worthy in ¥in^ 
 falLt and I Aould apprehend con- 
 veys a fccret Complinaent to foma 
 Pcrfon of Diftinftion in that Part 
 
 of Ireland. The Time eight 
 
 Hours, 
 
 The Irish Mas^^ux at 
 Court. By J5w. y^nfotf Fol. 
 i640.—>Thls Piece is fa d to have 
 been prefcnted by Gcn.icmenj 
 
 IS 
 
 the King's Servants. — At what 
 Time, hovaver, I cannot prcicud 
 to fay, but it is printed among 
 his other Works, 
 
 ThelRONAcE. An H Wory, 
 in two Parts, by Tho. HeywooJ, 
 4to. 1632. — The firft Part con- 
 tains the Rape of He/eit, the Siege 
 of Troy, the Combat between 
 H(ffor and jijojc ; the Deaths of 
 TroUus and HeSior, the Death of 
 Achilles ; the Contention of /^Ijax 
 and UlyJJtSt the Death of Jjax, 
 &c.— ~*»The fecond includes the 
 "Deaths oiPentbeJilea, Paris, Priam 
 and Hecuba, the Burning oii7rcyf 
 and the Deaths of /Igatnemnen, 
 Menelaus, Clytemnejha, Ne/ert, 0. 
 rtjhs, Egifihus, Pyladcs, K, Dim- 
 med, Pyrrius, Cetbus, Syr.or ai\il 
 Therjites, — I'he Plots an J much 
 of the Language of both thefc 
 Plavs are borrowed from the ilaf- 
 fical Writers, and the whole iv x 
 Compage of Incidents and Njr- 
 rativcs thrown together without 
 the leaft Regard to any dramatic 
 Rules. — Yet they met with very 
 great Succefs, having been, as 
 the Author himfelf tells us, often 
 publickly afted by two Compa- 
 nies upon one Stage at once, and 
 at fundry Times thronged three 
 feveral Theatres with numerous 
 and mighty Auditories. 
 
 Isabella. Fid, Fatai 
 Mahkiage. 
 
 The Island or Slavfr. 
 Com. of two Ads, 1761.— -This 
 is little more than a literal Tranf- 
 lation of the Jjle des EJclava of 
 M. Marivaux.-^\t hat not madi; 
 its Appearance in Print, yot I 
 think has at leaft as much Mc« 
 rit as many of the Pttites Pieset 
 which we fee frequently perform- 
 ed, on the Stage. — It was ndt'd 
 for one Night only for the Bene- 
 fit of Mrs. Clive, and was the 
 Ocoafiion>of an EpiilolaryDifpute 
 
 iOi Pfiafc bttwm )mt and Mr. 
 
 SbuUr, 
 
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 Sliitfr, wliofe Benefit happened 
 to fall on the fame Night. 
 
 The I si L A N D Pr r r. c E s s . 
 Tragi - Com. by Beaumont and 
 \ictcher, Fol. 1679. — This Play 
 niet with Approbation, and was 
 afterwards revived with Altera- 
 tions by Mr. Tate, a6led at the 
 Theatre Royal with the additional 
 Title of the Generous Portuguefe, 
 and printed in 4to. 1687. — The 
 Scene in India, 
 
 The Island Queens, or 
 tht Deuu'. fl/Mary %£?« of Scot- 
 1,10(1. Trag. by y. Banks, 4to. 
 1684.— This Piece was prohibit- 
 c.i the Stage, for which Reafon 
 the Author thought proper to 
 piiblifll it, both in Defence of 
 
 himiclf and it. The Story is 
 
 fd'jndcd on the Scotch and Eng- 
 hjl. Hiftories, to which the Au- 
 tlior has clofely and impartially 
 adhered, and well preferred that 
 Power of affefting the Paflions 
 which appears thro' all his Works, 
 und fomelimes makes ample A- 
 niends tor the Want of Poetry 
 and Linguage. — It is reprinted 
 ■Aitlioiit Date, with the Title of 
 the Albion Quef.ns, or the 
 I'tiitl, Sic. — To this Kdition ai-e 
 the N.tmcs added of Wii.ks, Bocth, 
 O.'Jjii'.'i!, Porter, Sec. in the Dra- 
 fv.i'/; Verjona', From which it 
 Ihould feem that it was afterwarils 
 .ilidwed the Liberty of being per- 
 lonmd. 
 
 Thi; Isle of Gulls. Com. 
 ^; J.Daye, ^to. 1606. — I his is 
 :i V ry k,ood Play, and met with 
 fiiMl Succefs-. — The Plot is taken 
 liom Sir Ph. S'driy''s Arcad a, 
 
 I lALI AN CONSPIR AC Y. Fid. 
 I'.\ rRlOT. 
 
 The Italian Husband. 
 Ti.i^. by Ednv. Bavenjeroft, 410. 
 i6(,8.— The Story of tliis Play is 
 kitliarous and bloody, and the 
 Villainy carried on in it to bring 
 »U>ut tiie CMtadrophe deep and 
 
 ju 
 
 horrid ; but the Piece itfelf has 
 but little Merit more than that of 
 exciting the Paflions of Horror and 
 Terror. — The Scene lies at Ra- 
 diano in Italy. Befidcs the Pro- 
 logue, there is prefixed to ♦ihis 
 Play what the Author calls a P/ae- 
 lude, being a Dialogue between 
 the Poet, a Critic, and a Friend 
 
 of the Poet's. The Epilogue 
 
 written by jfo. Haines, 
 
 It cannot be. Vid. Sir 
 Courtly Nice. 
 
 Judas Maccabeus. An 
 Oratorio, 4to. 1747. — Pcrform'd 
 at the Th. Roy. in Cov, Garden, 
 — Muiic by Handel. 
 
 The Judgment of Parts. 
 A Ma 'que, by fV. Congreve, 4to. 
 1 700. — This is a very pretty Piece 
 of Poetry, and is now very fre- 
 quently performed to Mulic, by 
 Way of an Oratorio. 
 
 The Judgment of Paris. 
 A dramatic Pantomime, by jfohn 
 Weaver, 1732. 
 
 Juliana Princefs of Polard, 
 Traj,i Com. hy Joh:0-oivH, 4(0. 
 167 1. — This is the firft ai^.d in- 
 deed the moft indifferent of all 
 Mr. CrsztTj's Pieces. — The Stoi-y 
 is founded on Hiftoiy, and the 
 Scene bid at JVarfuiv in Poland, 
 at the Meeting of the Ban and 
 Aretr Bar, arm'd in the Field, 
 for the EleOion of a King. 
 
 JuLits C«s.\R. Trag. by 
 A ex, E. of Sterling, Fol. 1629, 
 — This i? much the mofl regular 
 dramatic ['"iece of this noble Au- 
 thor, at leart in Refpeft to tha 
 Unity of Ad^ion, yet he has run 
 into the very fame Fault which 
 Shakcfpcare had done before him, 
 viz. the not clofing the Piece 
 with the moft natural and aflcct- 
 ing Cataftrophc, i-ix.. the leath 
 of Ceffar. — Shakefpcare, however, 
 has made a noble Ufe of his Con- 
 fpiratois, and has drawn the Cha- 
 radlers of Antony, Brutm and 
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 Non-Neceffity of continuing the 
 Story t But this Author has ren- 
 dered them fo cold and languid, 
 that the Reader is apt to wiHi he 
 had facrificed them all at once to 
 the Manes of the murder'd Em- 
 peror. His Style is fententious, 
 yet neither pure nor correft, for 
 which however his Lordfhip pleads 
 his Country. — Scene Rome. 
 
 Julius Casar. Trag. by 
 H\ Sbakeffeare, Fol. 1623.— The 
 Story of this Tragedy is from 
 
 Hiffcory. What may be confi- 
 
 der'd as faulty in it I have hinted 
 at in my Mention of the laft- 
 nam'd Play, but the Beauties of 
 it are innumerable and inimita- 
 ble.— The Speeches of Brutus and 
 jitithony over Cafar's Body are 
 perhaps the fineft Pieces of Ora- 
 tory in the Englijh Language, the 
 firft appearing unanfwerable till 
 the fecond comes to overthrow its 
 Effeft J nor can there be a finer 
 Scene of Refentment and Recon- 
 ciliation between two Friends, 
 than that of Brutus and Caffius in 
 
 the 4th A&.. The Duke of 
 
 Buckingham however, aware of 
 the Faults I took Notice of in 
 Regard to the Cataftrophe, has 
 divided the two Revolutions in 
 this Piece, and formed out of 
 them two very admirable Plays. 
 The one called Julius CiSSAR, 
 the other r^tcDE AT H or Marcus 
 Brutus, under the Account of 
 which the Reader will find the 
 Reafon why neither of them came 
 on the Stage. 
 
 Julius C/esar, Trag. by 
 y. Sheffield, V>. o( Buckingham.— 
 yid. the preceding Article, 
 
 Julius Casar in Egypt. 
 An Italian Opera, 8vo. 1724.— 
 Performed at the K.'s Theatre 
 in x\iz H^ymcrket,—'l\it Fa(fts are 
 takea from the third and fourth 
 
 K I 
 
 Books of Cafar's Commentaries 
 the 13th Book of Dion CaJ/iu,\ 
 and P/utarch\ Lives of Cafar and 
 Fompey, — The Scene in Egypt. 
 
 Jupiter on Earth, f^id. 
 Interlude of Jupitib 
 Juno and Mercury. 
 
 The juROR, Farce, of one 
 
 Aft, by rV. B. 8vo. 17 17. 
 
 Never a£ted. 
 
 The Just General. Trag, 
 by Cofmo Manucke, 4to. iSjo.— 
 This Piece was intended for the 
 Stage, but never afbed. Yet, 
 altho' it was a firft Attempt of 
 the Author's, it is very far from 
 contemptible. 
 
 The Just Italian, Tragi- 
 Com. by Sir W. Davenant, 410. 
 1630.— Scene Florence. 
 
 Justice caught in his 
 OWN Trap. Fid. Cofpei. 
 HOUSE Politician. 
 
 K. 
 
 KENSINGTON GARDENkS, 
 Com. by John Leigh, 8vo, 
 1720.— This was adted at Lin. 
 co/n's- Inn-Fields Playhoufe with 
 fome Succefs. 
 
 Kind Impostor, yid, Shi 
 wou'd and she wou'd not. 
 
 Kind Keeper, yid. Lim- 
 ber it a m . 
 
 King and No King. Tr,- 
 Com. by Beaumcrt and Fletcher, 
 4to. 16 19 — This Play was ve.7 
 roughly handled hy R\mcr, buta> 
 he dealt no lefs fevercly with thi. 
 Works of the. Immortal Shakj- 
 peare, his Cenlures ought to have 
 but little Influence over our Opi- 
 nions, and this Piece amongft 0- 
 thers ftands up in Evidence agaiiill 
 his Judgment, It having always 
 met with Succefs whenever aftti 
 or rfeviv'd.'— For farther Account 
 
 of 
 
K N 
 
 Charles (afterwards K.ChitUs II.) 
 iiept. izth. 1636. 4to. — TheOc- 
 rafion of this Mafque was the 
 Queen's Defire of feeing the 
 Prince dance, who was then not 
 much above fix Years old.— The 
 Dances wve compos'd by Simony 
 and the Mufic by Charles^ Hofper j 
 and the Parts of the Captain and 
 Druid were performed to the great- 
 eft Degree of Excellency by the 
 then Lord Buckhurjif and Mr. 
 Ediv. Sackvil/e, 
 The King's Entirtain- 
 
 MENT AT WEtBECK in Not- 
 
 tinghamjhire, a Seat of the E. of 
 Umvcajile, at his going to Scot' 
 lard in J633. by Ben, Jcnfon. 
 Fol. 1640. 
 
 King's Restoration. Vid. 
 Subject's Day. 
 
 AKnacke how toxnowe 
 A Knave. Com. Anonym. 410. 
 I r94. — I'his Piece fcems »o have 
 been like fome of the Drolls or 
 Medleys performed at our Fairs. 
 —It is faid to have been fundry 
 Times played by Edw. AUetty with 
 Kmp\ applauded Merriments of 
 the Men of Gotcham, in receiv- 
 ing the King into Gotetam. 
 
 The ferious Part of this Play is 
 the Sfory of Edgar, Etbdnvahi 
 and Alfreda. — It is printtd in the 
 old black Letter, atiJ expofts the 
 Vices of the Age as detedled by 
 Honefty. 
 
 A Knack E how to knowe 
 AN HONEST Man, a pleafatit 
 icncdted Comedie, feveral Times 
 ided, Anonym. 410. 1596. — 
 'I he Scene lies in Venue, and the 
 Piece is not divided into Aft?. 
 
 The Knave in Grain new 
 VAMPT, Com. Anonym, 4to, 
 1640, — The Incident of Julio' ^ 
 cheating his drunken Gueds is 
 repeated by Kirkman in his Eng- 
 li/hRo^Mey Part 3. Ch. 13. as 
 is dlfo that of his cheating the 
 
 « N 
 
 Countt!yman of the Piece of Gold, 
 in the Account of the hard Froft 
 of 1684. in 8vo. p. 41.— —But, 
 contrary to the ufual Cuftom, 
 thefe Writers have ftolen thefe In- 
 cidents from the Play, inftead x)f 
 the Play being founded on their 
 Writings,— Scene Venice, 
 
 Knavery inallTrades, 
 or the Coffee-hotife. Com. Anon, 
 4to. 1664. — ^This Play was afted 
 by a Company of London Appren- 
 tices in the Cbriftmas Holidays, 
 and as it is faid in the Title Page 
 with great Applaufe.— This Ap- 
 plaufe, however, was probably no 
 more than their own Self- Appro- 
 bation, l.at.gbaine giving it a ve- 
 ry indifferent Charafter, and 
 hinting that it would not have 
 met with equal Succefs in any 
 one of the regular Theatres. 
 
 The Knight of Malta. 
 Tragi - Com, by Beaumont and 
 Fletcbcry Fol. 1679,— —Scent 
 Malta. 
 
 The Knight or the Burn- 
 ing Pestle. Com. hy Beau- 
 mont and Fletcher, 4to, 1635.— 
 This Play met with good Succefs, 
 and was revived after the Refto- 
 ralion witli a new Prologue fpo- 
 ken by Mrs. Ellen Guiti, inftead 
 of the old One in Profe, which 
 was taken Verbatim from that 
 before Lyhys Sapko and Pbaon.-— 
 The Citizen and his Wife intro- 
 duced on the Stage in this Play 
 are probably in Imitation of the. 
 four Goflips, Lady like attir'd, 
 in Ben Jonfon's Stafle cf Ne%vt, 
 who remain on the Stage during 
 the whole Aftion, and criticife 
 upon each Scene. 
 
 Knight of the Golden 
 Shield, fid. Sir Clyomon. 
 
 Knot of Kn a v ts , Vid. 
 Scots Vagaries* 
 
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 Fid. 
 
 LAnip.s Friendship. 
 Lying Lovers. 
 
 Ladies' Philosophy. 
 Refusal. 
 
 Ladies' Satisfaction. 
 yi'd. Injur'd Love. 
 
 Lady Alimony, or tke Ali- 
 picny Lady. Com. Anon, 410. 
 1509. — Said in the Title Page to 
 be duly authorized, dajly aded, 
 and frequently followed. 
 
 The Lady Er rant. Tragi- 
 Com. by JV. Cart^vr:ght, 4ro. 
 1657. — This was by romeeftecm- 
 ed an excellent Comedy. — The 
 Scene lies in Cyprus. 
 
 Lady Jane Grey. Trag. 
 by N. Roive, 4to. 17 15. — This 
 is an admirable Play, and is fre- 
 quently performed with Succcfs 
 to this Dny, tho' not abfcluiily 
 era the aftingLift of Playr . — JVlr, 
 Edmund Smith h;Ad an Inteniion cf 
 V. ritirg a Tragecy on the Snhjetl: 
 of Lady Jans Grey, acconUng to 
 the Hiftory whish Mr. Ba>.ki 
 foilnved J and at his Death left 
 fome loofe Hints of Sentiments, 
 and rtiort Sketcht s of Scenes. — 
 From the laft of thefe Mr. E.oive 
 iiknowlcdges he borrowed Part 
 cf Ont whi>.h he has inferttd in- 
 to this Play, Wz;. that between 
 Lord Guilford and Ladv yaneCrey 
 in the third AcV. — The Quarrel 
 Hud Reconciliation between Lord 
 GaUfcrd and Lord Ven.broke ave 
 very f ne, and the"?cene of Lady 
 "iare, previous to h r mounting 
 the S.aF;;lu, has Abundance of 
 the I'm/jcj i'l it. — Or. the whole, 
 .1 think I may venture to pro- 
 nounce it equal to any, and fu- 
 perior to mrft of the dramatic 
 Pieces of this admirable Author. 
 —The Sjene lies iu London^ 
 
 L A 
 
 Lady in Fashion, y^ 
 Woman's Wit. 
 
 The Lady of May, A 
 Mafque, by Sir Phi/ip Sidney.-m 
 1 his Piece was prcfented to (T 
 Elizabeth in the Gardens at PVaii' 
 Jiead in EJfex, and is printed to- 
 gether with fome other Poems at 
 the End of the Arcadia, 
 
 The Lady of Pleasurf, 
 Com. by Ja. Siir/iy, 410. 1637, 
 —The Incident oi Kickjhanvh en- 
 joying Aretina, and thinking her 
 the Devil, isa Circumflance thnt 
 this Author has alfo introducfd 
 into his Grateful Servant, and 
 Mrs. Behn has copied it in her 
 Lucky Chance, — Scene the Strand, 
 
 The Lady's Contempla- 
 tion. Com. in two Parts, h-j 
 the Duchcfs of Ncivcaftle, Fol, 
 i663. — Three Scenes in thefirft, 
 and two in the fecond Part, were 
 written by the Duke. 
 
 Lady's Distress. /^/V. Ban- 
 ditti. 
 
 The Lady's last Stake, 
 or the IVife'i Rfcntnwnt, Gtm, 
 by C, Cihber, 4to. 1703. — This 
 is very far from a bad Comedy. 
 — The Plot of It is in fome Mea- 
 furc borrowed from Burnahfi 
 Rcfcrmcd Wife, but the Manner 
 of the Stile, and many of the 
 Incidents are original, and do 
 Honour to their Author. 
 
 The Lady's Priviledce, 
 Coir, by Hen. Giapthorne, 410, 
 1640. — A£ted with great Succefoi 
 — Scene Genoa. 
 
 The Lady's Revenhe, c 
 the Ro'ver reclairnd. Com. Anon, 
 1734. — This Piece I have never 
 fcen, nor know if it was ever 
 a(fl:ed, but I find it on the Liilot 
 Publications of the above-nit-'n- 
 tioned Year, and therefore tliiik 
 myfelf authorized to infert it 
 here. 
 
 The Lady's Tryai. Trafji* 
 
 CoiDt 
 
K I 
 
 ^f it fee a Criticifm on it by 
 Pryden, in the Preface to liis 
 
 I'l'oi/us and Crejftda Scene tor 
 
 the moft Part of the Play in 
 Ibinsi, 
 
 The King and the Mil- 
 iFR Of Mansfield. (Farce, 
 by R. Dodjley, 8vo. 1736. — The 
 Piot of this little Piece is built 
 on a traditional Story in the Reign 
 of our K. Henry II, — The Au- 
 thor, however, has made a very 
 plsafing Ufe of it, and v.Dught it 
 out into a truly dramatic Gon- 
 flufion.—The Dialogue is natu- 
 ral, yet elegant j the Satire poig- 
 nant , yet genteel j the fenti- 
 mental Parts fuch as do Honour 
 both to the Head and Heart of 
 its Author, and the Cataftrophe 
 the' iimpie, yet afTedling, and 
 perfeftly jult. — ^The Scene lies in 
 and near the M^Hcr's Houfe in 
 Shenvocd Fore ft, near Not ting- 
 tarn, 
 
 KtNG Arthur, or :hc Vii- 
 tifi ff^crtby. A dramatic Opera, 
 ky y. DiydeHy 4to, 1691. — This 
 Flay is a Kind of Sequel to the 
 /ilbion and jilbaniui of the fame 
 Author, and feems to have been 
 written rather for the Sake of the 
 Singing and Machinery, than 
 with any View to the more in- 
 trinfic Beautifs of the Drama ; 
 the Incidents bfeing all extrava- 
 gant, many of them very puerile, 
 and fcarcely any of Dr^dsn's Ge- 
 nius appearing thro' the Whole. 
 — The whole Affair of the En- 
 ttantedff-ood, and the other Won- 
 ders of Ofmond's Art are borrowed 
 from Tajo, who has made his 
 Rinaldo perform every Thing that 
 Arthur does in this Play. — The 
 fabulous Hiftoiy of this Prince 
 is to be met with in Geoffrry of 
 Monmouth, as alfo in the firft Vol. 
 of TyrreVs Hiftory of England. — 
 The Scene lies in Kent, 
 King CHAstES I, Trag, 
 
 R I 
 
 by }f\ Havard, 8vo. 1737«-** 
 This Piece was performed at the 
 Theatre in Lincoln i • Inn-Helds^ 
 with very good Succefs j and in- 
 deed there are fomc Parts of it 
 which feem to approach nearer to 
 the Style of Shakefpearty than 
 any of the Attempts that have 
 been made to imitate him. — ■ 
 Some of the Charadlers are well 
 drawn, and the Cataftrophc pa- 
 thetic and affedting. 
 
 King Charles I. Vii-U 
 Royal Martyr. 
 
 Kingdom of Birds. Vid, 
 Wonders in tme Sun. 
 
 King Edgar and Alfrs- 
 DA. Vid, Edgar, and Al- 
 rtr.tA, 
 
 King James L Vid. Re- 
 gicide. 
 
 King John, the Troublefme 
 Reign of, by fV. Shakefpeare, 4to. 
 1591 . — This Play was or.^,i -'?Uy 
 written in two Parts, but was af- 
 terwards altered and thrown into 
 one Piece by the Author.— The 
 Plot is from the Englijh Hiftori- 
 ans, and the Scene lies (bme- 
 times in England, and fometimes 
 in France. 
 
 King John and Matil- 
 da, Trag. by Rob, Davenport, 
 4to. 1655.— This Play was afted 
 with great Applaufe, and was 
 publiflied by one Andrew Penny' 
 cuicke, who ''imfelf afted the Part 
 of Matilda, :;n Women having at 
 that Time ever appear d on the 
 Stage. — The Plot is taken from 
 fome Cvrcumftances in the fame 
 Reign with the foregoing Play, 
 and the Scene hid in England. 
 
 King Lear. Trag, by fVi 
 Shakefpeare, 4to. 1608. — Part of 
 the Plot of this admirable Play 
 is founded on the Englijh antient 
 Hiftory j but the whole Story may 
 be found in Robert of Gloucejitr^i 
 Chronicle (a Book by the Way 
 not publiftcd till long -after 
 L 2 Sbakefp(ari% 
 
 .ym 
 
 *V. 
 
ih 
 
 m 
 
 •■ ) 
 
 
 K I 
 
 Shiikifpeare^s Timt) by Krnr>:L\ 
 from p. ?,g. to p, 37. — Scene lies 
 in Britaiti) moftly in A.' «r. 
 
 King Lf. ar. Trig, by N. 
 1'ate, 4to. 16S7. — Tliis is cnly 
 an Alteration of Skaktfpean'i 
 Lear. — Mr. Tate has omitted en- 
 tirely the ChuradVer cf the Fool, 
 but has interwoven v.Ith the main 
 Eufincfs ot" the Phiy an under 
 Plot ot" the Loves of Eibar and 
 C-jrcic^ia. — He has alfo altcr'd the 
 Cataftrophe of the Play by rr.ak- 
 infi Lair ■.indCjfJeliu furvive with 
 a fair Profpedl of becoming very 
 happy. Yet, whatever by this 
 Means he may gain with Refpedt 
 to poetical JuOice, he certainly 
 lofes as to Pathos ; nor can I 
 think this Piece;, as it is now al- 
 ter'd, is on the whole equal to 
 what it was in theorig nal Form j 
 yet, as it is in foue Meafureren- 
 der'd Tjore fultable to the prefent 
 thctrical Tafle, by this Atten- 
 tion, it now flands forwards, and 
 is the Piece conftanlly a£led in- 
 ftead of the Origina.'. 
 
 King Richard II. the Life 
 and Dtath of. Trag. by W", 
 
 ^ihakefpcare, 4to. I 598 This 
 
 Play is very feKlom if ever a£Ved, 
 yet Drydtn ha^ highly commend- 
 ed it in his Grounds of Criticifm 
 in Tragedy ; and Mr. Tan, who, 
 .•Hlwithfian lini', took on him- 
 fclf tomalvc Alterations in it, fjys 
 tlat it has fome Mailer Touches 
 in it that mav vie v>'ilh the bcfl 
 Roman i^ct/.^— -The Scene in Eng- 
 land, 
 
 K I N r. R r c H A R n II. /'•'(/. 
 
 S i c- 1 ;. I A N I' .1 U R 1' E K . 
 
 King Rk iiari> II. Trag. 
 
 ly L. Thechi'J, ?vo. 1720. 
 
 This ir only r.n Alteration from 
 i^ltiiif/t.'.'tc, in vhich however 
 the Writir Ik.s taken fome con- 
 fuliialilc L-.beities as well with 
 the V.\Sis ni' Hidcry as v;ith his 
 vugiii-l Autkor, —— Scene the 
 
 K I 
 
 Tr.iih'r. — It was acfled at the Th, 
 in Lim-o.'n's-li:n In/ds^ with Sue. 
 cefs, and is dedicated to the E. 
 of Orrery, who, on that Occa- 
 fion, maiie Mr. Tbcohald a Pre- 
 fent oi a Bank Note of an hun- 
 dred PciuikIs, inclofed in aij 
 r.^xpiir.n Pebble SnufT-Box of a- 
 bout twenty Pounds Value, 
 
 KfNG Rich ARn III. Trnj, 
 by W''. Slakefpeare, 4to. i '597.— 
 The original Title of this Play 
 was The true Tragedre of Richard 
 Di.ke (f Yorke, and the Death if 
 good King FJenrie the f,xt j iviih 
 the nvkole Contention befween tie 
 two Houfes Lancafter and Yorke. 
 —This Play originally took in 
 a very long Series of Events be- 
 longing to the Reign uf Rich. Ill, 
 but was very dift'erent from th« 
 F'orm in which it now makes itj 
 Appearance on the Stage.— -This 
 Form it received from the Hands 
 of Mr. Ce//'ey Gibber , who from a 
 thorough Knowlec!geof,the Works 
 of this great Writer has rather 
 m;de him amend himfelf, than 
 attempted any prelumptuous Al- 
 teration of him . — — — In 
 /hort, by felefting different Paf- 
 fages from almoft all Shakifpran's 
 hiftorical Plays, and judiciouily 
 putting them into the Mouths of 
 the Speakers in this, at the fame 
 Time lopping o.T all fupevfluous 
 and unnecefTary Incidents, hd 
 has conveyed the (^intctfence of 
 them all into one fmall Vedll, 
 preftrviny; the purcil and tnoil uii- 
 adiilteiated Flowers of the or'ginal 
 Author. 
 
 King Richa-id III. /^(/. 
 
 F.Nni. ISH I^RINCESS. 
 
 King Solomon's Wisdom, 
 /'.v. Sport upon Spoht. 
 'Ihe King and Quep.>8 
 
 I" N 1' V B r A J N M r ,\ T A T R I C H - 
 
 MOND, afta- tl.cir Dfparture fi'm 
 Oxford; in a Wi(<\\\c prefenttdhy 
 tbi noj} aiuJJriiut trincc, Prircf 
 
 Charki. 
 
the Th. 
 
 'ith Sue 
 o the E. 
 at Occa- 
 d A Pre- 
 an hun- 
 in an 
 5ox of a- 
 ue. 
 I. Trag. 
 
 this Play 
 ' Richard 
 ; Dcith ,f 
 ■xt ; ivitli 
 ''ween the 
 id Yorke, 
 r took in 
 Events be- 
 Rich.lU. 
 from tb« 
 makes iti 
 ge. — This 
 the Hands 
 ho from a 
 the Works 
 has rather 
 felf, than 
 >tuous Al- 
 
 la 
 
 crcnt Pal- 
 <akcjpcarc'i 
 udicioufly 
 ouths of 
 the fame 
 "upevtluous 
 
 fll'UtS, \\4 
 
 JLlVer.cc of 
 lill Ve(rd, 
 tnol> un- 
 |ie original 
 
 III. yj. 
 
 'isnoM. 
 
 1) !l T . 
 ] Qu E f. > S 
 •1 R 1 C H - 
 
 \rt„iefr',m 
 \refetittcl hy 
 
 ehjrki 
 
 L E 
 
 Fool, interwoven a Lotc Plot be- 
 tween Edgar and Ccrdt/ia, and 
 given I he whole a foitunate Con- 
 ciiifion. — How far, however, he 
 has taken from the Force, while 
 he has added to the Regularity of 
 the PJa^, I leave to the Critics to 
 determine. 
 
 The Learnid Ladtes. 
 
 Com. by Oze/l. A Tranllation 
 
 only of the Femmes f^uianta of 
 Motiere. 
 
 Let HI. Dramatic Satire, by 
 
 D, Currick, 8vo. 1 748. This 
 
 Piece confifls only of a Number of 
 
 L I 
 
 new Chara(5ler calkd Lord Cl>a/k- 
 Jione. 
 
 The Letter Writers, or 
 a mv PVay to keep a ffif-: at hancy 
 Com. hy H, Fielding, 8vo. 173?-. 
 — This Play was afled at the 
 Little Theatre in the llaymaiket 
 with fome Succefs ; but like the 
 reft of that Author's larger dra- 
 matic Pieces, has nevci been re- 
 vived fmce its firft Run. In 
 
 fhort, Ficlding'i happy turn of 
 Humour, more efpetially for 
 Scenes in lower Life, render'd 
 almoft all his Farces fucccfsful. 
 
 feparate Chara£lers, who coming but was not fo well adapted to the 
 by Pluto's Peimifiion to drink of more elegant Parts of genteel and 
 the Waters of Forgetfulnefs, re- regular Comedy. 
 
 late to JFjop, who is appointed 
 the Diftributer of thefe Waters, 
 the feveral Particulars which con- 
 ftltute the dillinguifhing Parts of 
 ■heir feveral Difpofitions. — In the 
 'Execution of thisDefign, there is 
 Scope given for very keen and 
 poignant Satire on the reigning 
 Follies of the Age.— Yst fo true 
 is it, that the ftricken Deer will 
 ever 
 
 The Levee. Farce. Anonym, 
 80. 1740.— This Piece was ne- 
 ver a£led ; it was indeed offer' d to> 
 and accepted for Reprefentaticr-, 
 by Flectiuood the Manager of Cr, 
 Larit: Theat. but was denied a Li- 
 cence by the Infpeftor of Farces. 
 The Levellers levell*d> 
 or tbe Independtnti Con/piracy t$ 
 rout out Monarchy. An Interlude, 
 weep, and the gall'd Jade written by Mercurius Pragmaticusy 
 
 The Author of this 
 
 wmce, that rotwithftanding the 
 Wit and fenfible Manner in 
 which this Satire is conveyed, 
 notwithftanding bcfides the ad- 
 mirable Performance of the Piece, 
 in which the Author himfelf du- 
 ring its firft Run, aftcd no lefs 
 than three of the Charaders, it 
 met with confiderablc Oppofition ; 
 nor was it till fome time after 
 that it made its Stind fiimly, and 
 became as it now is, one of tlie 
 conftant and regular Petite Picics 
 of the Englijh StagL-. — It made its 
 Appearance fome Years before at 
 the Theatre in Goodman's I ii.'ds, 
 under the Title of /TCsoP' in 
 Tur Sh APFS. — It is, however, 
 confider.ibly alter'd by the Drels 
 it now appeals in, and in the lat- 
 ter Edit uus fSurruk has added a 
 
 4to. 1647. 
 Piece is unknown, but tit e very 
 Title of it implies him to have 
 been a warm Royalift, as docs alfo 
 his Dedication, which is to K. 
 CJja, II. — He alfo appears a ftrong 
 Enemy to Lilly the Alman.xk- 
 makcr, whom he lafhes fcverely 
 under the Name of Crlctto. 
 
 L 1 B E R A M T » E AND Pr n T- 
 
 CALiTiE. A'/^Z. Content lOH, 
 The Libertine. Trag. by 
 Tho. Sbadwel/f 4to. 1676, ■— This 
 Play met with great Succefs, and 
 is by fome cftceincd one of the 
 beft of this Author's Writings.— - 
 It is on a Subjccfl wliich has em- 
 ployed the Pens of the firft Rate 
 Writers in diffcn nt Languagoi, 
 there being lefuies this, twa 
 FrtHib FJlaya oji the Slory, ( one 
 
 Uy 
 
 I 
 
 ■!• \ '5 
 
 Ji : -1. 
 
m 
 
 LI 
 
 ly CornetlUy the •ther by Moltere) 
 one Italian^ and one Spani/h one. 
 — Yet I cannot help hinting as 
 my own particular Judgment in 
 Regard to it, that the Incidents 
 are fo cramm'd together in it, 
 without anyConfideration of Time 
 or Place as to make it highly un- 
 natural, that the villainy of Don 
 yobtt's Character is worked up to 
 luch an Height, as to exceed even 
 the Limits of Poffibility, and that 
 the Cataftrophe is fo very horrid, 
 as to render it little lefs than Im- 
 piety to reprefent it on the Stage. 
 •—And, indeed, it is now many 
 Years fmce it has been permitted 
 to make its Appearance there. 
 The.LiBERTiNE. Trag. by 
 
 Osiell,— This is only a Tranfla- 
 
 tioaof Af^Z/Vrc's Play on the fame 
 Subject. 
 
 LiBKRTINC TAM*b. Vtd, 
 DOATINO LOVZRG. 
 
 LiBRKTY A88CRTID. Trag. 
 
 by y, Dtnniiy^o. 1704.— —This 
 Piny was aded with great Succefi 
 at the Theatw ia Linetln i-Inn- 
 Fittdt, and is dedicated to Ah' 
 tbcny Hm/eyf Efq; to whom the 
 .Author owns himfelf indebted for 
 the happy Hint upon lobieh it was 
 /»tw</.— -The Scene is laid at 
 jtgnie (which Name, he fays, for 
 the Sake of a better Sound, he 
 has altered to Angie) in Canada : 
 and the Plot an imagined one, 
 from the Wars carried on among 
 the Indian Nations. — ^The extra- 
 vagant and enthufiaftic Opinion 
 Den>:ii himfelf had of the Merit 
 and Importance of this Piece, 
 cannot be more properly evinced 
 than by the following Anecdotes, 
 which are related of him with Re- 
 gard to it. 
 
 He imagined there were fome 
 
 Strok';! in it (o fevere upon the 
 
 Frtnch Nation, that they could ne« 
 
 ▼er be forgiven, and confequently 
 
 ^ Uiat Louii XIV. would not con- 
 
 L I 
 
 fcnt to a Peace with England, un- 
 lefs he was delivered up a Sacrifice 
 to national Refentment.— Nay, fo 
 far did he carry this Apprehen- 
 fion, that when the Congrefs for 
 the Peace oi Utrecht was in Agita- 
 tion, he waited on the Duke of 
 Marlhoroughf who had formerly 
 been his Patron, to intrcat hi« 
 Intereft with the Plenipotentiaries 
 that they fhould not acquiefce to 
 his being given up. —The Duke, 
 however, told him with great 
 Gravity, that he was forry it wai; 
 out of his Power to fervs him, as 
 he really had no Intereft with any 
 of the Minifters at that Timi-, 
 but added, that he fancied his 
 Cafe not to be quite (o dcfptrate 
 as he fcem'd to imagine, for th^t 
 indeed he had taken no Care to 
 get himfelf excepted in the Arti- 
 cles of Peace, and yet he couid 
 not help thinking that he had 
 done the French d/mo/? as muih 
 Damage as Mr. Dtnnis himfelf. 
 
 Another EflfcA of this Appre- 
 henfion prevailing with him it 
 told a? follows ; that being invi- 
 ted i.< -v'l to a Gentleman's Houfe 
 on tuc Coaft of Suffix, where he 
 had been very kindly entertained 
 for fome Time, as he was one 
 Day walking near the Beach, he 
 faw a fliip (ailing, as he imagined, 
 towards him. — On which, taking 
 it into his Head that he was be- 
 tray'd, he immediately made the 
 beft of his Way to London, with- 
 out even taking Leave of his Holl 
 who had been fo civil to him, but 
 on the contrary, proclaiming him 
 to every Body as a Traitor, who 
 had decoy'd him down to his 
 Houfc only in Order to give No- 
 tice to the Frentb, who had fitted 
 out a Veflel on Purpofe to ca,Ty 
 him otf, if he had not luckily dif- 
 covered their Defign.— So ftrangc 
 is the Mixture ot Vanity and Suf- 
 picion whfch is fometimes to l>r 
 
 tn;'. 
 
 a no 
 
 Stor 
 
 Auth 
 
 ^"/;. 
 'i 
 
 Urd 
 
 PriiJ) 
 
 41 o. 
 
 Ale.il 
 
 with 
 
 howt 
 
 hii'h 
 
 and 
 
 met 
 
 the 
 
 Charj 
 
 Its c 
 
 very 
 
 to fu 
 
LA 
 
 Com. by 'John Tord, 4to, 1639. 
 —The Seen • lies in Genoa, and 
 the Prologue is fubfcribed by Mr. 
 Bird^ but whether it was writ- 
 ten, or only fpoken by him, is 
 not abibluicly apparent. 
 
 The Lady's Triumph. 
 Comic Opera, by E:k. Scit/e, 
 iimo. 1718 — This Piece was 
 performed by Subfcription at the 
 Theatre in Lincoln^ s-Inr,-Fie!ds. 
 
 The Lady's Visiting Day. 
 Com. by Cha, Burnabyy 4to, 
 1701. — Afted at Lintolniflnn- 
 Fields. — Scene London. 
 
 Lame Commonwealth. 
 Vid. Wits. 
 
 Lamentable Tragedy. 
 yid. Lvfe of Cambvses. 
 
 TheLANCASHIRE WiTCHXS. 
 
 Com. by Tko, fJeynvcod, 410.. 
 1646. — The Author was aflifted 
 by Mr. Brcmt in the Compofition 
 of this Play. — The Foundation 
 of it in general is an old Eng/ijh 
 fJo\d i but that Part of it in 
 yihxhJVletJfore, thro' the Means 
 of his Aunt, revenges himfelf on 
 Arthur, Shakjione and Bantam, 
 for their having called him Baf- 
 tard, is borrowed from the Hif- 
 tory of yoln Teutonicus, a German, 
 who was a known Baiiard and 
 3 noted Magician, and whofe 
 Story is related at large by the 
 Author in his Hierarchy of An- 
 gels. 
 
 1 he Lancashir E WiTt H i:s 
 ard Tea^^ue O'Divelly, the Irijh 
 Pncji. Com. by llo. ^hadwuil, 
 4to. 1682. — This Play is in ionc 
 Ale.ilure on the fame Foundjtion 
 with tlie foregoing one. — It \v:is, 
 however, wtiltin in the Time jf 
 hi^'h Cintcfts between the JVi ig 
 and I'cry Parties, and ihcrcfoie 
 met with (trong Oppofilion from 
 the Papirts, on Accour.t of the 
 Charaiiter of 'league O'D vcUy.— 
 Its own Merit, hov\cvcr, und a 
 Tcry rt;-ong Pariy which was raifrd 
 to fupport it, cuablcd the Piece 
 
 L A 
 
 to {land its Ground in Spite of aXi 
 Enmity and Ill-nature. 
 
 Landgartha. Tragi-Com, 
 
 by Hen. Burnclly 410. 1641. - 
 
 Adcd at Dublin with great Ap- 
 
 plaufe. -^ The Author havinf 
 
 failed in a former dramatic At- 
 tempt, infures the Suecefs of this 
 by introducing it to the World 
 with a Prologue fpoken by aa 
 Amiix.on with a Battle-Ax in her 
 Hand, in Imitation of Etn Jon- 
 foKS Prologue to the Poetajitr.—^ 
 The Plot of the Play is founded 
 on tlie Sivedijb Hiflory, being ths 
 Conqueft of Fro {orlrollo) King 
 of Stuidtn, by Rigmr (or Rey- 
 r.er) King of Denmark, with the 
 Repudiation of Rigner's Queen 
 Langartha.' — The Dedication has 
 alfo fimewhat very whimficalin 
 it, being, To all Pair, indifferent 
 hair, Firluoits that are r.ot Fair, 
 and magnanimous I adies. — Scene 
 Suevia^ or SuethLnd. 
 
 Landlord Bit. Vid. Mer- 
 ry Sailors, 
 
 The Languishing Lover, 
 or an Invocation to Sleep. A Mu- 
 fical Interlude, by D. Htllamy. 
 
 Large Pr frocat ive. Fid, 
 Love in its Extasy. 
 
 Larum for London. Vid* 
 Alarm for London. 
 
 Lascivious Queen, Vid, 
 Lust's Dom in ion. 
 
 Lass of Spirit. Fid. Lovk 
 IN A Mist. 
 
 Late Revolution. Fid. 
 Happy Change. 
 
 The Law aca r st Lovr rs. 
 Tragi-Com. by Sir ff. Da'vcr.ar.f, 
 
 410. without D;itc, 'I his 
 
 Pl.iy is a Mixture of the \wo 
 Plots of Shai,l)'t;:>rs Meaftnef:r 
 Meafurf, and 'l\f. ■ . ado abot.t A'b- 
 thing. — The Ch,i-a(Jlcrs. and al- 
 moft the whole Lan^^uage of th- 
 Piece are bo: ru a ed from that di- 
 vine Author, all that S\\ If Udam 
 has done, being to bknd the 
 CircumftaiKxs uf buih Plays tc 
 
 gcthcr, 
 
 ,; 'V 
 
 
 
 ;(i • 
 
 \ ' s 
 
 ■:iif^' 
 
 i.i 
 
:, ,f' 
 
 H 
 
 
 
 
 L A 
 
 father, fo as to form fome Con- 
 nexion between the Plots, and to 
 foftcn and irodernize thofc Paf- 
 fages of the Language which ap- 
 peared rough or obfoletc, — The 
 Scene Turin. 
 
 TheLAws or Candv. Tra- 
 gi -Com. by Beaumont and Fletcher, 
 Fol. 1679. — This is one of the 
 moft indifferent of thcfe Authors 
 Plays, and has not been adled for 
 many Years. — — The Scene in 
 Candia, 
 
 The Laws of Nature.—- 
 This is call'd a Comedy by Lang- 
 baine, Jacob, and Gildon, but nei- 
 ther of them pretend to have feen 
 it. — The Author of the Briti/h 
 Theatre, however, ftyles it an In- 
 terlude, and dates it 1587. 
 
 Law Tricks, or fyho ivould 
 have thought it ? Com. by John 
 Day, 4to. x6c8. — This is an ad- 
 mirable Play. 
 
 The Lawyers Feast. Fare. 
 hyja. Ralph, 8vo. 1744. — This 
 little Piece was performed at the 
 Th. Roy. in Dr. Lane, with fome 
 Succe/s. 
 
 The LawyersFortune. or 
 2j<ive in a hollow Tree. Com. by 
 Lord Vile. Grimjlone,^%\o. 1705. 
 ——This Piece was never a£Ved, 
 but by a Strolling Company of 
 Comed'ans at Wtndfor, ;.nd is 
 certainly full of Numbers of Ab- 
 furdities, but fome Indulj?,ence 
 ought furely to be allowed it, 
 when it (hall be known that the 
 Author was only a School-boy, 
 and but thirteen Years of Age at 
 ihe Time he wrote it j and lb 
 confcious did his Modtfly and 
 good Senfe afterwards rena^r him 
 of its numerous Deficiencies, that 
 as f^r ar, was In his Power he at- 
 tempted to buy in the Imprt-fTion. 
 «-In Confcquente or an Eledlion, 
 however, where his Lordftiip 
 flood for Candidate, the old 
 Dutchefs of M—rlh—h who was 
 a ftrong Opponent tu bis Intercft, 
 
 L A 
 
 caus'd a new Edition of it to be 
 printed at her own Expencc, and 
 difperfed among the Eledlors, 
 with Notes to it and a Frontif. 
 piece, in which his Lord/hip was 
 treated with the urmoft Indecency 
 and 111 Manners. — This Edition 
 alfo he bought up as nearly as he 
 could, but could not fucceed fo 
 far as to prevent ibme of them 
 
 from getting into the World.- 1 
 
 The Scene lies in a Country 
 Town. 
 
 Of Lazarus raised from 
 the Dead. A Comedy, by 
 Bifhop Bale. This is one of 
 
 thofe Pieces mentioned in his 
 own Lift of his Writings. 
 
 Le.ir, King of England, his 
 Tragedy, by ff. Sbakefpcare, 4to. 
 j6o8. — This Play is founded on 
 the EngUJh Hiftory, and is one of 
 the Chef d'Oevres of this capital 
 Mifter. — The Diftmdion drawn 
 between the real Madneis of tiie 
 King, and the feigned Frenzy of 
 Edgar, is fucli, as no Pen but his 
 own was capable of.— The quick, 
 hafty, choleric Difpofilion of 
 Lear, fupported in the Midft of 
 Tendernefs, Diftrefs, and even 
 Lunacy ; and the general Tenor 
 of his whole Converfation, wliitlx 
 even in all the wild extravagant 
 Ramblings of that Lunacy, fllU 
 tend as towards a Centre to the 
 firrt great Caufc of it, the Crucl- 
 t of his Daughters, is l^ainting, 
 only to be readied by Sbakefpcare' % 
 
 happy Pencil, In a Word, to 
 
 attempt to eniimer.ite all its BeJu- 
 tics, would ukc a larger Pciti )n 
 of our Work, than the deftinid 
 Limits of it would permit mo to 
 beftow on any (ingle Piece.— The 
 Play, however, as it is now aclcci, 
 is only an Alteration of the ori 
 ginal Piece, made by N. Tate, and 
 printed in 4to. 1681. — Inthis Al- 
 teration Tate his omitted ons 
 whole Charadlrr, t/<;&. that of the 
 
 FotV 
 
L I 
 
 jnet with in Men of Underftand" 
 jng and Genius. 
 
 Life and Death op Doc- 
 tor Faust us. Fid, Doctor 
 Faustus. 
 
 Life and Death or Pope 
 JoAN< Vid. Female Pre- 
 
 LAT2. 
 
 The LiPE AND Death of 
 
 Socrates. An hiftorical Trag, 
 by G. Adami, M. A. — This Play 
 was never a£^ed, but was printed 
 in 8vo. 1746. 
 
 The Like of John Bap- 
 tist.— Whether this Piece was 
 Tragedy or Comedy I know not. 
 
 The Author of it is Bifliop 
 
 Baity as it ftands on his own 
 Lift. 
 
 Light Heart. Vid, New 
 Inn. 
 
 Like will to like, q.ooth 
 the Devil to the Collier. 
 An Interlude, by Alpian Fuiwellf 
 410. 1 587. ■ ■ t - This is entirely a 
 moral Piece, intended to point 
 out the Benefits that attend on a 
 virtuous, and the Puniihments 
 that await on a licentious Life.— • 
 It is printed in the old black. Let- 
 ter, the Prologue written in al- 
 tcrna.e Verfe, and the whole 
 Piece in Rhime j and is contriv'd fo 
 as to be eafiiy performed by five 
 Pcrfons. 
 
 Lillifut. a Mufical Enter- 
 tainment, Svo. 1757 — This Piece 
 was afted all by Children j there 
 h no great Share of Merit in it, 
 but whcr, -t is conlii::!rcJ that it 
 ^^a5 planned, written, and got up 
 in a Month, it is in fome Mea- 
 fure excufeable.— It was pertorm- 
 cd at the Thcat. in Dr. Lane, i-.:'. 
 M'oodward'i Benefit. 
 
 Mr. Lt M B r. R H a M , or the Kind 
 Ki'cper, Com. by y. Dryden, ^to. 
 1680. -—This Pfay was intended 
 as an honeft Satire againfl the 
 crying Sin of Keeping; but in 
 Ihort it expofcd the keeping Part 
 
 LI 
 
 of the Town in h jaft a Man- 
 ner, and fet them info ridiculous 
 a Light, that unable to iland the 
 Lalh of the Poet's Pen, aided by 
 the Force of comic Reprefenta- 
 tion, they found Means to flop 
 the Play after a Run of only three 
 Night:..— —There are, however, 
 feveral Parts of it by much too 
 loofe for modeft Ears, or for a 
 moral and well-regulated Stage.— 
 The Author has borrowed fome 
 of his Incidents from French and 
 Italian Novels ; for Inftanc e , 
 Mrs. Sai.rt/y^s difcovering LovC' 
 all in the Cheft, taken from 
 Cytitbio^s Novels, Part i. Dec. 3. 
 Nov. 3. and Mrs. Brainjick's 
 pinching and pricking him, from 
 M. de St. Bremond's Triumph of 
 Love over Fortune. — The Scene 
 lies at a boarding Houfe in LoH' 
 don. 
 
 Lingua, or the Combat of the 
 Tongue and the five Senjesfor Supe- 
 ricrity,-—A. ferious Comedy Anon, 
 4to. 1607.— — JVinftanley has by 
 Miftake attributed it to Anth, 
 Brewer, and tells us moreover, that 
 at the firfl Performance of it at 
 Trinity College, in Cambridge ^ Oli- 
 ver Cronnuell afted the Part of 
 TaBui in it, from which he firft' 
 imbibed his Sentiments of Ambi- 
 tion, — The Scene is Micocofmut 
 
 in a Grove. The Time from 
 
 Morning till Night. 
 
 The Litigant Com. of 
 three Afts, by ^ Oat//, 8vo. 
 1715. — This is no more than a 
 Trjnflation from thf Plaideurs of 
 Racine, which is ilfelf borrowed 
 from the Wafpi of Arijlophanety 
 and is an admirable Satire on 
 thofc Perfo '^ who engape in, 
 and purfue long and expenfivc 
 Law-Suits merely for the Sake 
 of Litigation. — The Scene lies in 
 a City of Lo7ver Normandy. 
 
 The Little French Law- 
 TKR, Com. by Beaumoit and 
 
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 riitcher, Fo . 1679.— The Plot 
 of this Play h taken from Gufman 
 de Alfarache, or the Spanijh 
 
 Rogue, Part 2. Ch, 4. The 
 
 Story of Dinanty Ckrimont and 
 Lanzim, being borrowed frem that 
 of Don Lc^vis fie Cajiro, and Don 
 jRoderigo deMor.tdha. — The Scene 
 lies in Frana, 
 
 L I T T L i; Orphan. Vid, 
 
 TcH/.O-CHI-COU-ELL. 
 
 LittleThief. nd. ITi g f» t 
 Walker, 
 
 The Livery Rake axd 
 Country Lars. A Ballad O- 
 pera, hy Ediv. Philips, 8vo. 1731. 
 •—This was a£led at Drury Ld/jf 
 uith fomc Succefs. 
 
 Ljve'. or Jupiter and 
 Sa **l'R^. yid. Golden Ace. 
 
 Lot'PiKE, F./dtJi Son to Kirg 
 BiulK., i-fs'Ira^cd^^, hylV.ShakJ. 
 
 pfur,', 4to. 1595. Tho' tliis 
 
 Pbv H5 beer attributed to Shakcf- 
 pcor", and iS printed together 
 with his other Works in tlie ear- 
 lier Editions of <'hem, yet Mr. 
 Tbeobuld has totally expelled it, 
 anr! fix more Plays, from his E- 
 dition, and indeed ^thofe feven 
 Pieces have To little of the Stamp 
 of that great Mafter in them, 
 that the Editov^ have either whol- 
 ly omitted them> or at moft only 
 piiblifiicd then in a feparate Vo- 
 lume by themu'.lves, in fome 
 Manner detaching them from the 
 reft. For the Names of vhem all 
 Vid. Cromwell, — The Plot of 
 this is founded on Hifiory, and 
 includes a Space of twenty Years, 
 being his Reign, and the Lof,, of 
 EJiti'dii and i>ahia, — For farther 
 Particulars confult l\1ilicn\ Hift. 
 o( E'g!arid, Book 1. P. 14. 
 
 Loiiow I c Sfkr z a . ^7</.Du.K i 
 OF Milan. 
 
 LoNnoN Chanticleers. 
 Com. /'lonym. 4to. 1650.— 
 'Jhis P! is rather an Interlude 
 than • . y, not tvcn lacing di- 
 
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 vided Into Afts. — It is entirely of 
 the BaJ/e Comedie of the Irench. — . 
 The Scene lying wholly amon^ift 
 
 Perfons of the loweft Rank. 
 
 Yet it has 'a good Deal of Hu- 
 mour in it, anfvvtrj the Title, 
 which call^ it a ivii'^ Ccr-cdy, 
 ful ofiarioiis nvl dt'lighiful T,i,<'th^ 
 and was oflc; idled with r, viC 
 Applaufe. 
 
 The LoNDf, N Otcxos. ?\>, 
 Com. by F.d^ Ra-venfcroft, ^X3, 
 1C..3. — TLjs Play met with very 
 great Sjccefs, and has, till w itii- 
 in a very fev/ Years paft, bcvi 
 rrpquent'yprefented ,4. o-ii Stagcsj. 
 partict ally on Lord May.r'r, Day, 
 i;. Coiitempt anc! t" 'KeDifgrace 
 of tht City.- -Yet n^ folc Abi- 
 lity of pleaHng ."eems to conlift in 
 the great Buftle of Bufinefs and 
 Varleiy of Incidents which are 
 thrown into it j it being not only 
 a very immoral, but a very ill- 
 written Piece. — In fliort, it is 
 little more than a CoUeftion of 
 Incidents: taken from different 
 Novels, and jumbled together at 
 bold Ha;rard, forming a Connec- 
 tion with each other as they 
 iray. — The Charaders of H'/je- 
 anr and P'^gy, and the Svcne of 
 Pcggy*s watching her Huiband'i 
 Nijrlit Cap in Armour during his 
 Abfeme, is from S^jriuti'i hruit- 
 lefs Frjiaution.—Lo^eday^% difco- 
 vering Eugenia s Intrigue, and 
 fcrv-Ciiing it: by pretending to con- 
 jure for a Supper, from the 
 C'jfitci VOiJvilli, Part 2. p, 23-;. 
 — EiiZ'^niii's Contrivance t(. have 
 yiim lie in her Pla<.o by her Hui- 
 band while flie goes to Baty.h'e, 
 from the Mefcohtixa dolce, c^r ili.' 
 End of 'iorriano's Grammar, ch. 
 16. — tk- 'kheme for the brinsi- 
 ing off 'V» v^//" and Love -Day, by 
 obligini c former to diaw his 
 Sword " .ounterfcit a Pallinn, 
 i'i« 1.' ^ rcf, Dec. 7. Nov. 6. — 
 /'• ..u^ J r-bliging hit Wife j4ra- 
 
 kdla 
 
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 l>i!lj to-mfwer nothing hut No to 
 all Queftions during his Abfencc, 
 and the Confequence of that In- 
 trigue with Toivftfy from theCoKfa 
 D'OunrJle, Part 2. p. 121. — And 
 lugcnia^ making a fahc Confi. 
 denic to lur Hufband DapJtvdl^ 
 ar.d lending him into the Garden 
 in Iicr Cloaths, to he beaten by 
 lovcdijy^ from the Contes Je Fon- 
 taine. — In a Word, it is no more 
 than a long Chaiu of Thefts from 
 Beginning to End. -—Yet, t'lir- 
 ni/hed as it is by the amaijing of 
 all tins Plunder, it fccms talcu- 
 ],iftd only to pleafc the Uppir 
 G:ilicries, being of a Kind of 
 Humour loo low for any Thing 
 above thu Rui\jc of a Chamber- 
 nijld or Footboy to laugh at, and 
 intermingled with a Series of In- 
 trigue, Liberlinifm and Lafcivi- 
 onfiicis, that nothing more virtu- 
 ous than a common Piortitute 
 could fit to fee without a Blufti. 
 ^It is, however, to be hop'd 
 that it is at length totally banish- 
 ed from the Stage. 
 
 London Prentice, fid. 
 Turkish Court. 
 
 'J'hc London Prodigal. 
 Com. by *f. Stakefpfare.— This 
 h one of the feven Plays attii- 
 biited to this Author, but rejcft- 
 ed by his late Editors.— —It is 
 very far from a bad Play, and if 
 r,v>r entire!) Slakeffieare^Sf yet 
 carries in it fuch Si mps of the 
 Hand of fume fuperior Genius, 
 as may juftly authorize our fup- 
 pofing that he had fome Share in 
 the Compofition of it»-—— Scene 
 London, and its Environs. 
 
 1 ON- h'f HtoRYj reprefcnt- 
 ed b<' ' . ^ih, Vi'Vif, .ind Fame, 
 tr ' , iH-jgnificentTf c.rnphs.and 
 r n*crtainment of his inofi. facrcd 
 iMajefty Charles IL &-c. st GuUd« 
 bail, the 5th Day of ^:,^, 16S0. 
 by John Trf.«;/uaw.— This wis a 
 ^la/^ue v-r IjHalude written by 
 
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 this Author rx Oji,l9, 35 City 
 Poet, on Occaiion of the Enter • 
 tainment made for K. Charles II, 
 by the City, the Year of his R-- 
 Itorntion.* 
 
 l.oNDiNUM Triumph AN J, 
 or Lofidcn's Triumph. By 'Jifhg 
 Tcteham, 410. 1663, celebrated in 
 Honour of the truly dcferving Sir 
 /Jntkarty Bateman, Knight, Lord " 
 Mayor of London^ and done aC 
 the Cofts and Charges of the wor?. 
 fliipful Company of Skinners, on 
 the 29th of Odoher, 1 668.— At 
 this Period the City of Lmdon 
 maintained a Poet upon Salary, 
 whofe Bufmefs it was to write 
 the Mafques and other Pieces nc- 
 cellUry for the Public Shews of 
 the City, of which the greateft 
 ftated on? being that on the Lord 
 Mayor's Day, it appears to have 
 been ufual for fome One of the 
 twelve Companies (moft probably 
 that to which the Mayor Elc(ft 
 peculiarly belonged) to exhibit 
 fome Pageant or flight Dramatic 
 Entertainment 9t their own pro- 
 per Cofts and Charges in Honour 
 of the Day, and of the newly in- 
 vefled Sovereign of the City.— 
 This Piece is one of thefe Repre- 
 fentations, and we fliali in the 
 Courfc of thib Work take Notice 
 of many of them, as mentioned 
 under diftcrent Titles. 
 
 London's Triumph. By 
 y. Tatcbam, 4to, 1657. — This 
 IS another of the City Lord May- 
 cr\ Day Rf prefentations,of which 
 Vid. Lcndinvm Trium/lrans. — It 
 was celebrated the 29th of Off. 
 1657, in JJ^nour of the truly de- 
 ferving Rich. Chivertjn , Lord 
 Mayor of L;nd:n, at the Cofts 
 and Charges of the Right Wor- 
 i!hij.!^ul Company oi Skitincn. 
 The LoNCE" THOU liv» 
 
 ESTE THE MORK ^OOLE THOV 
 
 ARTE. Com, by ff. ff'aier. 
 
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 Look about Yoit. Com. 
 Anoaytn. 4to. 1600.— This is a 
 very diverting Play, and the Plot 
 of it is founded on the Englijb 
 Hiftorians of the Reign of Hen- 
 ry Ih 
 
 A Looking-Glass for 
 
 LqNOON and EKGLAMDt Tr.- 
 Com. by Tho^ Lodgt, 4to. 1 598. 
 •—Reit. Green alTilted the Author 
 in the Writing of this Play> the 
 Pl^ot of which is founded on the 
 Story of yonai and the Niuevites 
 in facred Hiftory. 
 
 Lord Blunoer*s Confes- 
 sion, or Guilt makes a Coward, 
 A Ballad Opera, Anonym. Svq. 
 1733.— —This Piece was nsver 
 »AtA, nor have I ev«r leea it, 
 yet, finding it amoogft the Pub- 
 lications of the above Year, think 
 myielf obliged to mention it in 
 this Place.— —But i am apt to 
 in^agine the Subje^ of it is fome 
 political Affair pointed at the 
 Aliniih-y of that Time. 
 
 Of the LoRp's SuppBR and 
 
 VCASHING THR FeRT. A Co- 
 
 xnedy.— -This is one of the many 
 religious Dramas mentioned by 
 Bi{bop Bale as his own. 
 
 The Lost Laoy, Tragi- 
 Com. by Sir ff^m, Barclay, Fol. 
 1639. 
 
 The Lost Lover, or the yea- 
 lout Hujband. Com. by Mrs, D* 
 la Riviert Manley^ 4to. 1696.-— 
 Tho' this Piece did not fucceed 
 00 the Stage, yet tlte Dialogue of 
 it is very genteel, and the Inci- 
 dents not uivntcrcfiiug ; aod in- 
 deed, if we make proper Allow- 
 ances for the Sex of its Author, 
 the Tinrie it was \vr9te iu, aad 
 its being a /irft Eflay in that ar« 
 daus Way of Writing, it may 
 very juAIy be confeiiied, that it 
 defervcd a much bettor Fate than 
 it met with. 
 
 The L' IT Priwcsss. Trac* 
 i>y Murrvugh JSoyle, Lwd Vifc, 
 
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 B.'eJ^ngtcn, 8vo. without Djfr, 
 but belongs to the Wricingu of tlie 
 prefent Century. 
 
 The Lottery. Com. Xvo. 
 1728.— This Play was adcd it 
 the New The. in the Huymaikrt^ 
 but with what Succefs 1 ,'cnuw 
 not.— The Scene London, 
 
 The Lottery. A Ballad 
 Farce, by H. Fielding, 8vo. 1734. 
 —This is a lively and entchairj. 
 ing Piece, was a^ed at Dr. Lam 
 with confiderable Succcfg, and 
 iVi\\ remains on the Lift of a£ling 
 Faices, efpecially near the Time 
 of drawing the State Lotteries, 
 when the Scene of the Drawing 
 in Guildhall gives great Pleal'iirc 
 to .the nightly Refidents of tlic 
 upper Regions of the Theatre. 
 
 Lotharius. AnIt:U. Opcia, 
 Svo. 1729. — This Piece was per- 
 formed at the King's Theatre in 
 the Haymarket — The i lot of it 
 is founded on the Hiftory of Otlo 
 the Great, Emperor of Germany, 
 whofe Name this A "^or hit< 
 changed to Lotharius, as he him- 
 felf fays in the Argument, to ac- 
 commodate it to the Scene. --The 
 Drama opens with the Siege and 
 Surrender of Pavia, to BenH' 
 gariut. 
 
 Love- A'LA -Mode. Com< 
 Anonym. 410. 1663.— This Play 
 which was a£led at MiddUjex 
 Houfe with great Applaufe, i$ 
 faid in the Title-Pagc to have 
 been written by a Perfon of Ho- 
 nour, and (according to his Pre- 
 face which is figned T. S.) inibc 
 5rft Year of the Reftoration. •"• 
 Whu this Perfoa of Honour was, 
 I have not been able to guefst but 
 it might poiiiHly be known by 
 tracing back the Alliances of the 
 Ctibrattd F«reily, as the ftrft uf 
 tkree recommendatory Copies of 
 Yerfcf ,M%t>i to this Play, is 
 fubA:nb^ Ti Utrnd^ Baronet 
 
 tint 
 
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 ther the Author, which by the 
 Letters figned to the Preface, ap- 
 pears to have been his Brother- 
 in-Law, or Half-Brother. 
 
 Lovr-A-L A-MoDE. Farce, by 
 Va. Mackliny 17 60. — This Farce 
 I1.1S never been printed, but was 
 Vroiight on at the Theat. Roy. in 
 Dr. Lane, where after fomc ftrug- 
 glcs between two Parties, the one 
 prejudiced for, the other againft 
 its Author, it at lergih made its 
 jt'ooting good, and had a very 
 great Run, to the confiderabte 
 Emolument of the Author, who 
 net being paid as an A£lor, re- 
 fervcd to himfelf a Portion in the 
 Profits of every Night it was 
 afted. — The Piece do- ^ not want 
 Merit with Refpe^. to Chara£ler 
 and Satire, yet lias the Writer's 
 national Partiality carried him in- 
 to io devious a Path from the 
 Manners of the Drama, as among 
 four Lovers ^vho are aJditfling a 
 young I<ady of very great Fortune, 
 vi». an Irijb Officer, a Scott^ttt, 
 a Jtw Broker, and an BngU/b 
 Country Squire, to hiive niKtdt ^e 
 firH of them the only one ivho is 
 totally difmterfcfted 5vith Hefpfea 
 to the t>ecuniary Advailt«|ts ap- 
 parent from the Match.— A Cha- 
 raAer fo di^erent from what Ex- 
 perience has ii. general fixed on 
 the Gentlemen cf that Kingdom, 
 who make their Addrefltes to our 
 tnglijh Ladies of F ortune, that al- 
 tho' there are undoubtedly manv 
 among the hijb Gentlemen, poi- 
 felfed of Minds capable of great 
 Honour and Generolity, yet this 
 exclufive Compliment to them in 
 Oppofition to received Opinion, 
 frcns to convey a Degree of Par- 
 tiality, NVhich every drai.iu ;ic Wri- 
 ter at ^caft fliould be ftiiuioudy 
 car^^'i avoid.— The iVwr^-v/wflw, 
 ano . j .' :'-w;tA/2> Gentleman J tckey 
 an', !..wevc--, admirably diawn j 
 but the Thought of the Cataftro- 
 
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 phe IS borrowed from Tbeo. Cib' 
 ^<?r's Comedy of The Lover, and 
 the Chara£lcr of the Injhfnan 
 bears too much Refemblance to 
 Sberidan'i Capt, 0' Blunder, to en- 
 title its being looked on as an en- 
 tire Original. 
 
 LOVK AND A BoTTLl.Com, 
 
 by Geo, Farjuhar, 410, 1698. — 
 This is a very fprightly and en- 
 tertaining^ Play, yet on Account 
 of the loofenefs of the CharaAer 
 of Roebuck (which, however, is 
 perhaps the bcft drawn Rake wie 
 have ever had on the Stage) and 
 fome other Strokes of Licentiouf- 
 nefs that run through the Piece, 
 it has been very feldom a£led for 
 fome Years paft.— — The Part of 
 Mockmode Ibetna to be borrowed 
 from the Bourgeoft Gntilbmme of 
 Meiiere, 
 
 Lovx ANft Ambition. Tr, 
 hy ^a.Darcy, lamo. 1731.— - 
 This Play was broui|!;ht on the 
 Stage in Duhlin, and inet with 
 fome Succefs. 
 
 Lovx ANi> DtJTY. TrrcT. by 
 Stu7 V, 8vo. i7»l, ptrformec at 
 the Theatre Roy. in Lincoln" s-hn^ 
 
 mrdi, 
 
 Lu IX AND tJott', Trag, by 
 yohn Skdt ; this Play was never 
 a£led, but printed 8vb. 1756. 
 
 Lovx AMoEMrxxi. VidtA" 
 
 Lovx AND Glory. AMalq. 
 Anonym. 8vo. 1734- — I know 
 no more of this Piece than by 
 finding it in the Lift of Publica- 
 tions of that Year, butia\.'»»; 
 it was never a£ted, not beis}] u i^ - 
 tioned either by Jflnncopf or in 
 the Britifi) Theatre, 
 
 Love and Honovr, Tragi- 
 Com. by Sir ff^, Davenanf, 4to, 
 1635.— This Play met with very 
 good Succefs.<— The Scene lies in 
 Savoy, 
 
 Lovx AND Liberty. Trag. 
 
 by Cba, Johnfin, 410, 1709. — - 
 
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 This Play vas intended for the 
 Tiieat. Roy. in Dr. Lane, but 
 •r .;s not adlcd. — It is dedicated to 
 the judicious Critics throughout 
 the Town. — The Scene lies hi 
 l^'aples. 
 
 Love and Liberty. Vid, 
 
 Sc ANTES Mv ~ 
 
 Levi, w o Aaoic, Vid.'Lti' 
 
 CK ANTER. 
 
 Love and Revenge. Tr. 
 
 by Elk. Settle, 4to. 1675. — "^^"^ 
 l-'lay is in great Meafuve borrowed 
 from Hewming'i Fatal Contrary the 
 Plot of which, as "wtll as f/*' -" 
 Victc, is founded on tlie trench 
 Clironiclcs of Mesceray, DeSerret, 
 &-C. — Sittli:, in his Poftfcript to 
 this Flay, very hatffily attacks 
 !^/:ad7Vil/j who has anfwered him 
 i,s feverely in his Preface to the 
 J.ihirtine. 
 
 Love and Revenge, or 
 the Vintner outwitted. Ballad Op. 
 Anonym. 1729. — This is little 
 fnore than the Match in j^eivgate 
 converted into an Opera,, by the 
 Addition of fome Songs.— It was 
 a£lcd with Succefs at the Little 
 Thcat. in the Haymarket, 
 
 Love and Revenge. Vid, 
 Fatal Contract, 
 
 Love and Riches Rccom- 
 ciLED. Fi^, Love's a Lot- 
 tery. 
 
 Love and V/ar. Trig, by 
 Tlfco. Meriton. • This is a very 
 middlir^ Piece, and wn- never 
 a£Ved, but printed 4to. 1658. 
 
 Love and Zeal. Vid. Sir 
 John Oldcastle. 
 
 Love at a Loss, oi Mofi 
 Votes carry it. Com. by Mrs. 
 Cath, Trother, 4to. 1701. 
 
 Love at a Vent' re, C. 
 by Mrs. Ccntlivre, 4t' 706.— 
 This Play was afted I . .e I ike 
 ei Grafton y. Servants, a: the New 
 Tlieatrc at Batt, 
 
 Lovr AT first Sight. 
 Ud. Princess. 
 
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 Love betray'd, or tie 
 Agreeable Difa/if ointment. Com. 
 by Mr. Burnabyf 4to. 1703 — 
 A£led at Lincclns-Inn-Fields. — 
 The Author confeiTes that he 
 borrowed Part of his Plot, and 
 about fifty Lines of this Comedy 
 from ShakeJpiarCy but as ' have 
 never feen the Play itfelf, ' t&n- 
 hot fay from which of that An- 
 thor's Pieces he has committed 
 this Theft. 
 
 Love crowns the Tnb. 
 A Paftoral-Tragi-Com. by John 
 1'atebam, Svo. 1640.— This was 
 afted by, and, I fuppofe, written 
 for the Scholars of Bingham in 
 Nottinghamjhire , in the Year 
 1632.-11 is very fhort, and not 
 divided into Afts, yet is recom- 
 mended by no lefs than thirteen 
 Copies ofVerfesby/frow^, Nabbes, 
 &c, — Scene a CrovCf wherein is 
 Lover's Valley, 
 
 Love bRAC00N*D. Farce, by 
 Mr. iIfor/«/x.—— But when or 
 where a€led, or of what Date the 
 Publication, I V.now not, but 
 imagine it to hav« been about 
 1700. 
 
 Lovx FOR Love. Com. by 
 IV, Congreve, 4to. 1 693. — This 
 Play is fo extremely well known, 
 and fo frequently aftcd with the 
 Approbation it jyftly merits, tb.it 
 it would be unnece0at<j' to lay 
 much of it.— •! fhall therefori: 
 only juft mention that with this 
 Play the New Theatre and Com- 
 pany opened at Li ne.^s-Inn- Fields, 
 at which Time it met wnth fo 
 sitt^h Succels, that Betterton and 
 the other Managers of that Houfe 
 made the Author an offer, which 
 he accepted, of a whole Share 
 with them in their Profits, on 
 Condition of his furniHiing them 
 with a new Play every Year. 
 
 Love for Money, or the 
 Boarding School. Com. by Tho. 
 Dirfcy, 4to, 169X,— This Play 
 
 met 
 
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 mtt with fome Oppofitlon :n the 
 fir(l Day's Reprekntation, but, 
 getting the better of that, flood 
 its Ground, and met with tolera- 
 ble Succefs.— The Plot in general 
 is original, yet the Play on the 
 whole is very far from a good 
 one.— The Scene lies at Cbelfea, 
 by the River's Side—The Time 
 36 Hours.— Co/^j> ftole from this 
 his Farce called the Boarding 
 School Romps, 
 
 Love fkezi» prom Igno- 
 banck and Folly. AMafque 
 of her Majeflies, by Ben yon/on, 
 —I know not on vihat Occafion 
 this Piece was written, or at what 
 Time performed or firft publifh- 
 ed. — It is, however, to be found 
 among his Works. 
 
 Love in a Chest. Vid, 
 Force of Friendship. 
 
 Love in a Forest. Com. 
 hy Cha. yobnfon, 8vo. 172T. aft- 
 ed at Drury Lane Theatre. — The 
 Plot and Part of the Language of 
 this Play is from Shakefpeat e* t Ai 
 You like it. Yet, as it has gene- 
 rally happen'd in every Attempt 
 toanAmendmentofthatgreatAu* 
 thor's Works, it is fo much in- 
 jured by the Alteration, that 
 were he at prefcnt in Exiftence, 
 he might with great Juftice enter 
 an IndiAment on the Maimifig 
 AA, againft thefe his pretended 
 Reformers. 
 
 Love in a hollow Tube. 
 Vtd. Lawyer's Fortvnc. 
 
 Love in a Hurry. Cotti* 
 \,y Antb, j^Mt 8vo. 1709. 
 
 Love in a Labyrinth* 
 Vid. Tutor for the Bravx. 
 
 Love in a Make. Vid, 
 Changes. 
 
 Love in A Mist, or A Lafi 
 tf Spirit* Farce. Anohym, 8vo. 
 1748. Never a£led. 
 
 Lots in a NunnkrYi Vid, 
 Assignation. 
 
 iOVt IM A PUDDLEi CoflB* 
 
 LO 
 
 Anonym, and without Date, but 
 fmce 1700. 
 
 Love in a Riddle. A 
 Paftoral Ballad Opera, by C. Cib» 
 hery 8to. 1728. -—This was tht 
 firft Piece written in Imitation 
 of the Beggar's Operas and came 
 out in the fucceeding Year.— It 
 met, however, with a moft fe- 
 vere and undefetved Reception^ 
 there being a general Difturbance 
 throughout the whole firft Re* 
 prefentation , excepting while 
 Mifs Rufior (the prefent Mrs. 
 CliveJ who made her firft Ap- 
 pearance in it, was finging ; and 
 on the fecond Night the Riot wa* 
 ftill greater, notwitbftanding the 
 late Frederic Prince of fVaUs wa» 
 prefent, and that for the firft 
 Time after his Arrival in thefe 
 Kingdoms, nor would it have 
 been appeafed, had not Mr. Cii' 
 her himfelf come forward, and 
 afiur'd the Audience that if they 
 would fuflfer the Performance to 
 go oA quietly for that Night, out 
 of Kefpeft to the Royal Pre fence, 
 he would not infift on the Piece 
 being a£led any more, altho' the 
 enfuing Night Aottld in Hight 
 have been his Benefit.— Which 
 Promife he faithfully kept. 
 Yet, as a Proof that it was Party 
 Prejudice againft the Author, and 
 not Want of Merit in the Piece 
 itfelf, that was the Occafion of 
 all this violent Oppofitlon, when 
 fometime afterwards xht Farce of 
 DtttM9 and Piillidii, uken. en- 
 tirely from this Play, was brought 
 on the Stage as a Novelty, and 
 ndt known to be CitSer^Sf it was 
 very favoMrably received, and has 
 ever fince continued to be a£lcd, 
 and conftantly with great Ap« 
 plaufe. 
 
 Love in a Sack. Farce of 
 two A&$i by Ben}. Grijjn, iimo. 
 1715. AAed at Lin.'s-Iiin''FifIdt» 
 HP-Scene Covent Cardttit 
 
 M 3 Lovt 
 
 I 
 
 •:?lrt.:^!. i 
 
 i^i 
 
 a ' 
 
 
 A \ 
 
 

 
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 i' 
 
 LO 
 
 Lovi IN Arms. Vld. Cjci- 
 
 IIA AND ChLORINDA. 
 
 Love in a Tub. Fid. Co- 
 j«4jcAL Revenge. 
 
 Love in a Wood, or St, 
 yames'trark. Com. hyJf.f^- 
 cberlev, 4to. 1 672. — This Play 
 has been but feldom a£led fince 
 its firft Run, and indeed, altho' 
 there are fine Things in it, it is 
 not equal to the Author of the 
 £k)untry Wife and Tlain Dealer. 
 
 Love in a Wood, or the 
 Country ISquire, Com. by G, J, 
 
 (Viles Jacob )\v\\hoMt Date. 
 
 This Piece was never afted, and 
 vas compofed by the Author in 
 three or four Days, and at a Time 
 vrhen he was wholly unacquaint- 
 ed with the Stfge or dramatic 
 Writings. 
 
 Love in Fashion. 71d, A- 
 MOROvs Gallant. 
 
 Love in its Extasy, or 
 the Large Prerogative. Dramatic 
 Paftoraf, by Peaj>s, 4to. 1649, — 
 This Piece was compofed by the 
 Author when a Studeni at Eton, 
 1 ring then only feventeen Years 
 «f Age, but was never a£ied, and 
 net printed till many Years after. 
 •—Scene Ltlybaus, 
 
 ,LovE IN LOW Life. Vid. 
 Press Gang. 
 
 Love in Ruins. ^/</ Fatal 
 Discovery. 
 
 Love in several Masks. 
 Com. by H. Fielding, 8vo. 1727. 
 ; fted at the Theat. Royal, in Dr. 
 lane. 
 
 Love in Tears. Fid.Hv- 
 
 lERMNESTRA. 
 
 Love in the Dark, or the 
 Man of Bvjinefs. Com. by Sir 
 Fra. Fane, 410. J 67 5. This is a 
 b.ly and entertaining Comedy, 
 yot is the Plot borrowed from va- 
 rious Novels. The Affair of 
 Count Sforxa and Parthella being 
 from Scarron's Invijible Mijlrefs, 
 ^-x— The AfFair of BtUiiiganTUif 
 
 i 
 
 I. o 
 
 Cornanto'i "W i,';;, lending Scrutinio 
 to Trivultio to check him for 
 making Love to her, from B(,c- 
 cace, Day. 3. Nov. 3. which has 
 alfo been made Ufc of by Hen 
 Jonfon, in his Devil's an Afi, and 
 by Mrs Centlivre in her Buff 
 Body. — HireamVa Wife catching 
 him with Ballirgauna, is built on 
 the Story ofSotrates and his Wife 
 Mirto, in the Loves of great 
 Men, p. 59. and Trivultio's feem- 
 ing to beat Bellinganna is ground- 
 ed on Baecace, Day. 7. Nov. 7, 
 — The Scene lies in Fenice. — — 
 From the Charafter of Scrutinio, 
 Mrs. Centlivre feems to have bor- 
 rowed the Hint of her Marplot, 
 which however flie has grearly 
 improv'd and heightened. 
 
 Love lies a Bleedijic. 
 Vid. Philaster. 
 
 Love lost in the Dark, 
 Vld. Muse or New Mar- 
 ket. 
 
 Love makes a Man, or 
 the Fop's Fortune. Com. by C. Cib' 
 
 her, 4to. 1698. Adkd at 
 
 Lincoln s-Inn-Fieldi Theatre with 
 great Succefs, and continues ftill 
 to give great Pleafure whenever it 
 
 makes its Appear^ce. '1 he 
 
 Plot of it is taken partly from 
 Beaumont and Fletcher's Cuflom oj 
 the Country, and partly from the 
 Elder Brother oi Xht fame Authors. 
 —-There aite nuoiberlefs Abfur- 
 ditles and even ImpoflibilitiM 
 in the Conduft of the Piece, yet 
 the Sprightlinefs in the Charafter 
 of Clodio, the manly Tendernefs 
 and Opennefs of Carlos, and the 
 entertaining Teftinefs 6f Don 
 Choleric, form (o pleafing a Mix- 
 ture of comic Humour as woiUd 
 attone for even greater Faults than 
 are to be found in this Piece. 
 
 LovB Maxes a PaintzRi 
 ^;'</. Sicilian. 
 
 LovE or Skadovts. Vid.Bti- 
 X.AMIRA NIR DrIAM. 
 
 LfVt 
 
AINTZRi 
 
 LO 
 
 Love only for Levi's 
 
 SaKB. yid, QUERERPER SOL 
 QVERER. 
 
 The Lover. Com. by H'heo. 
 Cibl>tr,%\o. 1733. Aftcd at the 
 Th. in Dr. Lane with no great 
 Succefs, yet is far from being a 
 bad Play. — It is dedicated to his 
 firft Wife Mrs. Jane Cibber, to 
 whofe Performance in it, he mo- 
 deftly attributes what Approba- 
 tion it did meet with. 
 
 Love restor'd, in a Mafq. 
 at Court, by Gentlemen the 
 King's Servants, by Ben Jonfon^ 
 Fol. 1640. 
 
 Lover his own Rival. 
 
 Vld. M A D Ca P T A 1 N. 
 
 The Lover's Cure. Com. 
 
 by A. Cbaves, 1 700. A Play 
 
 whofc Author feems to have been 
 of no very great Account, fince 
 he could find no be'ter a Patron 
 tor dedicate it to than Sir fVm. 
 Bead, the Mountebank. 
 
 Lovers Luck. Com by 
 Tbo. Dilkty 4to. 1696. — This 
 Play was afted at Little Lincoln's- 
 hn-Ficlds, with general Applaufe, 
 tho' mofl of the Charafiers are 
 but Copies j particularly Sir Ni- 
 cholas Purjlew, from the Antiqua- 
 ry of Marmiofjf and Goojandelo from 
 Crowns Sir Courtley, and Sir Geo, 
 Etheredge's Sir Foplty Flutter »-^—' 
 The Scene lies m London, 
 
 The Lover's Melancho- 
 IT. Trfgi-Com. by John Ford, 
 4to. 1.629.— -This Play is highly 
 commended in four Copies of 
 Verfcs by Friends of the Author, 
 and he has himfelf greatly em- 
 belliftied it by 4i apt Introduc- 
 tion of feveral Fancies from other 
 Writers, particularly the Story of 
 the Contention between the Mu- 
 fician and the Nightingale, from 
 Strada*s Prolufions, and the De- 
 fcription and Definition of Me- 
 lancholy, from BurtvtCi Anatomy 
 »/Melattcbcljf% 
 
 L O 
 
 The Lover's pROCREst. 
 Tragi - Com. by Beaumont and 
 F/etder, FoL 1679. — The Plot 
 of this Play is founded on a 
 French Romance, called Lifander 
 and Calijloy written by M. Dau» 
 diguier, and the Scene is laid in 
 France. 
 
 Love's Adventures. Com. 
 in two Parts, by the Dutchefs of 
 Nttvcafile, Fol. 1662. 
 
 Love's a Jest. Com. by 
 
 P. Motteux, 4to. 1696. This 
 
 Piece was aftcd with Succefs at 
 the Theatre in Little Lincoln i- 
 Jnn-Fiehh, — In the two Scents in 
 which Love is made a Jeft, the 
 Author has introduced many Pai'- 
 fages from the Italian Writers. — 
 The Scene is laid in Herifordjhirr, 
 ■ - ■ The Time of Adtion from 
 Noon to Night. 
 
 Love's a Lottery, and 
 A Woman the Prize. Com. 
 hy Jof. Harris, ^to. 1699.-— The 
 Scene London. — To this Piece is 
 annexed a Mafque, entitled Love 
 and Ricbes rtconciPd, which I fup- 
 pofe was performed with it in 
 Little Lincoln'' s-Inn'Fields. 
 
 Love's Conqjuest. yid. 
 Adultery. 
 
 Love's Contrivance, or 
 Le Medecin malgre^i. Com. by 
 Mrs. Ccntlivre, /\xo. 1703. — This 
 is almoft a Tranflation of Afo- 
 lifire's Comedy of the laft of thefe 
 two Titles, with only an Enlarge- 
 ment of the Plot and CharaAers. 
 —The Scene London, 
 
 -Love's Convert. Fid, 
 Siege. 
 
 Love's Cruelty. Trag. 
 by Ja. Shirley, /|.to. 164x5. — The 
 Concealment of Hippolito and 
 Chariana\ Adultery from her Ser- 
 vant thro' the Contrivance of her 
 Hufband Bellemonte, is taken from 
 Q^^ Margaret^ Novels, Day 4, 
 Nov. 6. andCy«/i6/(('i Htcatomitbi, 
 Pec. 3. Nov, 6. 
 
 Lovs*i 
 
 T> !^ 
 
 
 
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 iir 
 
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 Love's Cure, or the Martial 
 Maid. Com. by Beaumont and 
 FUtcbtrt Fol. 1679.— The Scene 
 Seville, 
 
 Love's Dominion. A dra- 
 matic Piece, by Rich, fltcknoe^ 
 8vo. 1654— It is faid in the Ti- 
 tle Page to have been written as 
 a Pattern for the Reformtd Stage, 
 and to be full of excellent Mora- 
 lity. — The Scene lies at jima- 
 thante in Cy/>r«<j.— The Time on- 
 ly from Morning till Night. 
 
 The Love-sick Court, or 
 the Ambitioui Politic. Com. by 
 
 Rich. Brome, 8vo. l6sS^ Of 
 
 this Play a Diftich in the Title 
 ihews us, that the Author him- 
 felf had a very modeft and hum- 
 ble Opinion. — Thfs.Sccne lies in 
 ^Tkefjaiy. 
 
 'iTie LovE-sicK King, An 
 Engliih Tragical Hiftory, loitb 
 the Life and Dtatb o/'Cartefmun- 
 da, the fair Nun of Winchefter. 
 by j4nth. Brewer, 4to. 1655.— 
 The Hiftorical Part of the Plot is 
 founded on the Invafion of the 
 Danei in the Reigns of K. Ethel- 
 red and Alfred (on which alfo the 
 Mafque of Alfred is built) and 
 which may bcfeen in the Writers 
 on the Englijh Affairs of that 
 Time. — The Scene lies in Eng. 
 land. — This Play was revived at 
 vSe King's Theatre, and ptintcd 
 ag in in 1680, under the new 
 1 itle of the Ptrjur'd Nun, 
 
 Love's Kingdom. A Paf- 
 torai Tragi-Com. by R. Fletknoe, 
 8vo. 1674. — Not as it was aAed 
 at the Theatre near Lincoln' t-Inn- 
 ficldi, bMt as it was written and 
 fmce correftcd ; with a (hort 
 Tr^^tilc on the Englip Stage, 
 Jl(«.-— ^This is little more than 
 Love't Dortinior, alter'd by its 
 Author, with the Addition of a 
 new Title.— It was brought OA 
 the Stage, but had the Miifor. 
 tvioe to mifcany iu tb« Reprc- 
 
 L O 
 
 fentation 5 yet it is fo very regu- 
 lar, that the Author boafts of 
 All the Rules of Time end Place 
 being fo exaftly obferved, that. 
 whilfl for Time 'tis comprized ia 
 as few Hours as there are A£ls j 
 —for Place it never goes out of 
 the View or Profpedl of Love's 
 'iemple.' > T he Scene is laid in 
 Cyprus. 
 
 Love's Labours lost. 
 Com. by W. Shakefpeare, 410, 
 1 598.— —This is one of thofc 
 Pieces which confift of fuch a 
 Mixture of Irregularities and 
 Peauties, fuch a Chequerwork of 
 Faults and Perfc(flions, as have 
 occafioned fome to fufpe£l it not 
 to be the Work of this Author j 
 yet, as Theobald, (whom 1 can- 
 not help conftdering as the moft 
 judicious and beft acquainted with 
 Sbakefpear\ Manner, of all the 
 Editors through whole Hands his 
 Works have pafs'd) has thought 
 proper to let it keep its Place a. 
 mong his Works, I have on tliat 
 Authorit}' Ax'd his Name to it in 
 this Place.-— It is written for the 
 moft Part in Rhime, which, to- 
 gether with the Turn for Quib- 
 ble, that was fo much the Fafhion 
 of the Time, that Sbake/peare 
 has himfelf hinted at it in one of 
 his beft Plays, where he makes 
 his Hamlet fay, " ^e muj^ fptak 
 by the Car J, or Equivocation wiil 
 undo »J," are its principal 
 Faults, vet through thcfe the 
 real Spirit of dramatic Genial 
 fecme to fliine, the Sprigbtlinefs 
 of BiroiCi Character being ini- 
 mitably fupported, and the Con- 
 duct of hit x.^o Friends and (heir 
 JnaPiotatat finely coada^ed for 
 bringing on whe principal Defr 1, 
 and working up the Plot to iCS 
 Height.— The Scene lies in the 
 King of NoFvatre't Palace, and 
 the Country round it. 
 
 Lovs'sLasyxjmtH) or Tbt 
 
 Bysi 
 
L O 
 
 Jtcyal Shepherdefs, Trag!-Ci)in. 
 hy Tho. Forde, Ivo. ]66o.-' It is 
 uncertain whether this Play was 
 ever afted or not. — Part of it 
 'however is borrowed from Gt>- 
 pieijal'i Tragedy of Sforxa Duke 
 et Atilan.-'SQtnt in Arcudia. 
 
 Love's last Shikt, or the 
 fool in Fajhion. Com. by C. 
 Cibbert ^to, 1 696.— As this Play 
 <vas the firft Atlcmpt this Gen- 
 tleman made as an Author, io 
 was the Performance of the Part 
 of Sir Novelty Fajhion in it the 
 Means of eflablifbing Ins Rcpu- 
 fation as ari Aftor, in both which 
 Lights he for many Years after- 
 wards continued a glittering Or- 
 nament to the ErgUJh Stage. — 
 The Plot of it is original j yet is 
 there fome Degree of Improba- 
 bility in Lovdeft^ not knowing 
 his own Wife after a very few 
 Years Abfence from her} how- 
 cvrr, this little Fault is made 
 ample Amends for by the Beauty 
 ot the Incident, and the admira> 
 ble Moral deducM from \U 
 
 Love'3 Loadstomeii Vid, 
 pathomachia. 
 
 Love's Metamorphosis. 
 by JotnL\fy, 4to. 1601.— Firft 
 phy'd by the Children of Paul's, 
 ard now by the Children of the 
 Ciiappel. 
 
 Love's Mistress, or the 
 Sluans Mafyue, by T, Heyioood, 
 410. 1636. — This Play was three 
 Times prefented before both their 
 M.ijcftics, within th.- Space of 
 ci^ht Days, in the Prcfcncc of 
 furtdry foreign Ambafladors, be- 
 fides being publickly afted at the 
 fheenix in Dr, Lane.—'** When 
 " this Play came the fccond 
 " Time to the Royal View, (the 
 ♦' Author tells us) her gracious 
 " Majefty then entertaining his 
 " Highnefs at Denmark Houfc 
 " upon his Birth - Day, Mr. 
 * "'go Jonci gave axx cxtraorJi- 
 
 L O 
 
 it 
 
 nary Luftre to every A£l, nay 
 
 aimed to every Scene, by his 
 ** excellent Inventions j upon e- 
 ** very Occafion changing the 
 " Stage to the Admiration of all 
 " the Speaators."— The Defign 
 of the Plot is borrowed from Apu* 
 leius's Golden Afs. — Apuleius and 
 Mydai beginning the Play, and 
 clofmg every Aft by Way of a 
 Chorus. 
 
 Loves or Abelard and 
 fl; roisE. Vid, Preceptor. 
 
 ^ii.' Loves or Ercasto. A 
 Paftoral, rtprefentcd at the Ope- 
 ning of the Queen's Theatre in 
 the Ilaymarket. — Compos'd by 
 Signior CiacomoC'reter, 4to. 1705* 
 —The Scene Arcadia. 
 
 The Loves or Mars and 
 Venus. A Play fet to Mufic, 
 by P. Motteux, in three Afts, 
 4to. 1697. — The Author in hio 
 Preface owns the Story to be 
 from Ovid, and that he has in- 
 troduccd a Dance of Cyclopes which 
 bears a Refemblance to, yet it 
 very different from, Mr. SbaJ- 
 'welPt PJycbe, which he fays is 
 borrowed almoft verbatim from 
 Moliere, who in his Turn took 
 his from an old Italian Opera, 
 called Le Noxxc de gli Dei. 
 The Prologue or Introdu£tion and 
 the firft Aft arc fet to Mufic by 
 Mr. Finger, and the fecond and 
 third A-'ts by Mr. J, Ecclet.--' 
 It was written to be infcrted in 
 Ravenfcro/t^s Anatomi/i, and v^aa 
 afterwards reprinted as afted with 
 it, 8vo. 1722. Fid. Anato- 
 mist. 
 
 Loves or Oroondatis 
 Ann Statira. yid. Rival 
 Kings. 
 
 Loves or the Deities, 
 Fid. Cynthia /nd Endy- 
 
 MION. 
 
 Love's Paradise < Fid, 
 Grove. 
 Love's Pilgrimage. Com. 
 
 by 
 
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 4.-\i 
 
 li 
 
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,. M, :,. n 
 
 :!*,.., 
 
 '''N:t 
 
 
 
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 #. 
 
 L O 
 
 ly Benumont and F/efcber, Fol. 
 1679. — The Foundation of this 
 Play is built on a Novel of Cer- 
 vantesy called /A^ tive Damfch. — 
 The Scene in the Prft Aft be- 
 tween Diego the Hoft of Offunay 
 and Lazaro his Oilier is ftolen, 
 Or rather borrowed from Ben Jtn- 
 fon'i Nenv Inn, fince it is not im- 
 probable, as that Play mifcar'ied 
 in the Allien, that Jonfon might 
 giTe them his Coafent to make 
 Cfeofit. 
 
 Love's Riddle. A Paftoral 
 Comedy, by j9hr. Co<wl^, 410. 
 i633.--The Plot of this Play, as 
 well as of all this /^-^thor's dra- 
 nuatic Pieces, is entirely original 
 and unborrowed j and altho* per- 
 haps it ie not to be looked on as 
 t firft Rate Performance, yet, 
 when it is confidered that it wat 
 Written while the Author was a 
 King's Scholar at IVtpmnptr 
 School; Candour may fee allowed 
 not only to let it pafs nfleeafured, 
 but eten to beftow fome Sl^are ajT 
 Commendation on it, efpecialiy as 
 the Author himfelf in his Dedi. 
 cation apologizes for St as a puer- 
 ile Piece of Work. 
 
 Love's SACRirxcB. Trag. 
 hy John Ford, 4to. 1 63 3. —This 
 Play was generally well received, 
 and has a compIiment<iry Copy of 
 Verfcs prefixed to it by Mr. Ja, 
 Sbirly^—Tht Scene lies in Pa- 
 n/ia» 
 
 Love's ths Physician. 
 Vid. Quacks. 
 
 LovB sTriumph, crtbeRov- 
 al Union. Trag. by Edw. Cooke, 
 —This Play is written in Heroic 
 Vcrfc.— The Plot is from the ce- 
 lebrated Romance of Cafandra, 
 Part 5. Book 4. and the Scene 
 plac'd in the Palace of Roxana at 
 Baly/on.-^lt never, however^, a^- 
 pear'd on the Stage. 
 
 Love's Til lUM J* H throuom 
 CxLLiroLis. Pferformcd in a 
 
 L O 
 
 Mafque at Court, 11636. by fils 
 Majefty King Cbarfes 1. with the 
 Lords and Gentlemen aflTifting.— . 
 The Words cf this Piece were 
 by Ben yonfon, the Decorations 
 of the Scene by Inigo yones.'—li 
 was printed in Fol, 1641. 
 
 Lovk's Victim, or tbeS^een 
 ef Wales. Trag. by Cba. Gil. 
 den, 4to, I701. — Aiftcd at the 
 Theatre in Lincch^i -Inn-Fields, 
 but without Succtfs. 
 
 Love's Victory. Tragi. 
 Com. by ff^m. Cbafnberfainy ^tc. 
 165S. — Thiis Play was written 
 during the Trouble!; of Ihe Ci. 
 vil Wars , and intended by 
 the Author to have been a£\ed, 
 had not the Powers then in Be- 
 ing fupprefs'dthe Stage, on whicli 
 Account he was obliged to con« 
 tent himfelf with only printing 
 it.— In the Vear 1678, however, 
 it made its Way to the Stage, 
 with fome Alterations, either by 
 the Author, or fome other Per- 
 fon, under the Title of Win led 
 by tbt Neft, or jf Pott's Rtvtngt. 
 —Scene Sicilia, 
 
 Love's Welcome, by Ben 
 Jotifony Fol. 1641. — This u far- 
 ther entitled. The King and 
 Queen's Entertainment at Btl- 
 Jovery at the Earl of NewcaJlWsy 
 the 30th oi July, 1634. 
 
 Love the best Physi- 
 cian. Com. by Oxell. — The Li- 
 teral Tranflation oiMoliere'i V A- 
 tneu.' Medainy not intended for 
 the Stage. 
 
 Love the Cause and 
 Cure or Grief. A rural 
 Tragedy, of three AAs, by Th, 
 Cooitr, 8vo. 1743. Afted at Dra- 
 ry-Lane Theatre, but juftly 
 damn'd. 
 
 Love the Cure of all 
 Woes. Vid. Mournful Nup- 
 tials. 
 
 Lo v F. Tri c K 8 , or the School tf 
 Cimj>Iimtnif, Com, by Ju, ^i"- 
 
 J 
 
L O 
 
 1^^,4X0. 1631. — In an Bdition of 
 tiii» Play under the laft Title only, 
 fhs Author in a Prologue declarca 
 fhis to be the Firfi Fruits of his 
 iJfv/>, and that be meant not to 
 fieuf hwijelf a FaStor to the Scene. 
 — Vet the Succefs this firft At- 
 tempt met with, probably induced 
 him to change this Intention, and 
 devote himfclf a very indu/lrious 
 one, as the Multitude of Plays 
 he afterwards wrote, fufficiently 
 evince him to have been. 
 
 LOVK TRIUMPHANT, or A'iz- 
 
 ture will prevail. Tragi-Com. by 
 7, Drydsrt, 4to. 1694.—- — This 
 Ficcc is the lail Dryden wrote for 
 the Stage, and altho* it did not 
 meet with the Succefs that moft 
 of his Plays had been indulg'd 
 witli, yet it muft be acknowled- 
 ged that in feveral Parts of it the 
 Genius of that great Man breaks 
 forth, efpecially in the Difcovery 
 oi A'phcnfo's viftorious Love, and 
 in the very laft Scene, the Cataf- 
 trophe of which is extremely affe fl- 
 ing, notwithftanding ♦hat it is 
 brought about, contrary to the 
 P.ulfs oi Anjlotle, by a Change of 
 Will in Varamond. — The Plot of 
 it appears to be founded on the 
 Story of Fletcher's King and no 
 King i at leaft on the Corre£lions 
 of the Fable of that Play, made 
 by Rynur in his Refle£lions on 
 the Tragedies of the laft Age. — 
 At the End of this Play is added 
 a Dialogue and fecuhr Mafque, 
 together with a Prologue and £- 
 pilogue, as pertormM and fpoken 
 at the Revival of Beaumont and 
 t'lctcbtr^t Pilgrim. — The general 
 Turn of both being a fcYCXc Sa- 
 tire on Sir Rich. Blackmori, 
 
 LOVB TalUMPHANT, Ot tbt 
 
 Rival Goddtfet, by D. Btnamyt 
 fen. and jun. Svo. 1746. — This 
 was never a^ed, but is one of the 
 Pieces publifhed in Concert by 
 ti)cfc two Oeotl«ncji> fffcthcf 
 
 LO 
 
 with fome Mifcellany Poems. — • 
 The Plot of it is founded oa the 
 Judgment of Pans. 
 
 Love will find out the 
 Way. Com. Anonym. 4tOt 
 1661. 
 
 Love without Interest, 
 or the Man too bard for the Majlcr. 
 Com. 4to. 1699.-- Who was the 
 Author of this Piece I know not, 
 but the Dedication is fubfcribed 
 by Ptnkethmany and is diredled to 
 fix Lords, fix Knights, and twen- 
 ty-four Efquircs, yet notwith- 
 ftanding this great Patronage it 
 met with very little Succefs, on 
 its Appearance at the Thcaue 
 Royal, 
 
 The Loving Enemies^ C. 
 byL. Maidivdl, 4to. 1680. — 'The 
 Epilogue of this Play was written 
 by Shadwell, from whofe P^irtu . ,0 
 the original Hint of this Co:nody 
 feems to have been derived ; the 
 Part of Grciimjiantio bearing a 
 great Referoblance to the Hu- 
 mour of Sir Formal Trifp, as may 
 be feenby comparing the Defcrip- 
 tion of the Magpies fucking a 
 Hen's Egg, in the fourth Ad of 
 this Play, with that of the M/uft 
 taken in a Trap towards the End 
 of the third adt of the Virtuofo,-^ 
 The Scene is laid in Fhrmcc, 
 
 Low Life above Sta'R'J. 
 Farce. Anonym. 8vo. 1759. """"" 
 This was never a£led, Por intend • 
 ed fort' -Stage, butonly a wretch- 
 ed Catcls-Pcnny for the iclling a 
 Pennyworth of blotted Paper fot x 
 Shilling, encouraged by the great 
 Succefs of High Life below Stairs, 
 which fee in its Place. 
 
 The Loyal Brother, ot ile 
 Perfian Prince. Trag. by 'I ho. 
 Soutltfity 4to. xiSi. -*Thts waa 
 our Author'* firft Play. —The 
 Plot of it is taken frcm a Novel 
 called Tachmas Prince of Ptrfia.-^ 
 The Prologue and Epilogue arr 
 Wiittea by Drydtn^ <^ The Scene 
 
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 The Loyal Brother, or 
 the Revenger'i Tragedy, by Cyril 
 Tourncur. — This Play, undcv the 
 fecond Title only, was printed 
 in4to. 1608. — At fundry Times 
 a£lcd by the King's Servants.— 
 The Scene Italy, 
 
 L'lYAi Favourite. Vid, 
 Ambitious Statesman. 
 
 The Lc VAL General. Tr. 
 by "/. Tate, 4to. 1680. — Afted 
 at the Duke's Theatre. 
 
 The Loyal Lovers. Tragi- 
 Com. by Coftno ^atittche, 410., 
 1652. — The Author in this Play 
 has feverelv lalhed the old Com- 
 mittee-Mcn and their Informers 
 Til the Perfons of Gripeman and 
 Sodom. — And Langbaine ventures 
 a Surmife that under the Cha- 
 racters of PLairaticui and Flyblno 
 he has meant to cxpofc an Ad- 
 venture of the famous Hugh Pe- 
 ters, with a Putcher's Wife of 
 St. Sepuk}:i:''s, with his Revenge 
 tlicrcon i obfcrving at the fame 
 Time that if his Conjedlure is 
 right, it is but a Piece of Juftice 
 that Peters fliould find himfelf 
 perfonatcd on the Stage, who 
 h?d fo frequently ridiciil'd o- 
 thers when he adtcd the Clown's 
 part in Sbakefpeare'i Company of 
 Comedians. 
 
 Loyal Subject. nd.RoY- 
 al Kino. 
 
 Lucius, thejlrjl Chriftian K:ng 
 of Brl«-ain. Trag. by Mrs. Man- 
 
 ley, 4to. 1717. This Play is 
 
 founded on the le<:;endary Ac- 
 counts of this Momrth, given 
 by the Monki^ Writers, im- 
 proved with a confiderable Share 
 of agreeable FiiHon of her own. 
 —It met with good Succefs, and 
 is dedicated to Sir Rich, Steele, 
 who, altho' fhc had formerly a 
 buled him in the Atalantis, was 
 now fo well rcconcil'd to her, 
 that he wkote the I'ruJogue to 
 
 £ u 
 
 this Piece, as Mr. Prior did the 
 Epilogue. — The Scene lies in the 
 Capital of Aquitaine. 
 
 Lucius Junius Brutus, 
 Father of his Country. Trag. 
 by Nath. Lee, 4to. 1681. — This 
 is a very fine Play, being full of 
 great Manly Spirit, Force and 
 Vigour, with lef? of the Bombaft 
 than frequently runs thro* this 
 Author's Works. — The Plot of 
 it is partly from the real Hifto- 
 ries of Florus, Lii>y, Dionyf. Ha- 
 lle, &c. and partly from the Fic- 
 tions in the Romance of C/c/ia, 
 -—The Scene between Vindiciui 
 and the elder Brutus feems to bear 
 a ^reat Refemblance to that be- 
 tweer. Hamlet and Po/o«/ttr.— The 
 Scene lies in Rome, 
 
 Lucius Junius Brutus. 
 Trag. by Mr. Duticombe, 8vo. 
 1735. — -This Play was not n«^ed, 
 and is only a Tranflation of the 
 Brutus of Voltaire. 
 
 Lucius Vekus, Emperor of 
 Rome. An Opera, 8vo. 1727.— 
 This was performed at the Thca. 
 in the Haymarkit.—^^^Thc Mufic 
 compofed by Signior Attilio Ari- 
 ojlo, — The Hiftorical Foundations 
 of this Drama are to be met with 
 in yulius Capitolinus , Eutrof>;us 
 and other Authors.— The Scene 
 is plaj'd in Ephefus. 
 
 The Lucky Chance, or <7;> 
 Alderman s Bargain. By Mrs, 
 
 Bebn, ^\.o. 1687. This Play 
 
 was grpjtly exclaimed againi^ by 
 the Critics of that Time, whole 
 Objetlions the Author hus cn- 
 dcavour'd to obviate in her Pre- 
 face.— The Crime laid to her 
 Charge was Indecency and an In* 
 trigue bordering both in Adion 
 and Language on Obfcurity.— — 
 From this (he has vindicated her- 
 iiiif, if retorting the Accufation 
 on others, and proving hcrfelf 
 only guilty in a lcfl"er Degr»e than 
 Others had been before her, may 
 
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 it muft be confefs'd tliat there 
 were many Faults in the Piece, 
 yet it muft alfo be acknowledged 
 that there were feveral Beauties j 
 and I own myfelf apt to believe, 
 that had the Play made its firft 
 Appearance on Drury Lane Stage, 
 with the Advantages it might 
 there have received from x\ e ail- 
 ing; and had the Auth >r re- 
 mained conceal'd till its Fa\e had 
 been determined, that it might 
 have met with is favourable a 
 Reception as fome Pieces which 
 have paft on the Public uncen- 
 fur'd, — What perhaps might alfo 
 add to the Prejudice againft it, 
 was a Conje«ilure that was fpread 
 about the Town, that Mr, Mack- 
 livy in his Character of Lord 
 Behil/e, had a View towards that 
 of a Man of Quality then living 
 and extremely well known ; but 
 thii. I imagine mull have been 
 tnere'y Conjcdture. 
 
 The Married Philoso- 
 pher. Com. hyyohnKcllyy 8vo. 
 1737. — This is a Comedy of the 
 general Stamp of the Pieces of 
 that Period, that is to fay neither 
 good nor bad.— —It was adted at 
 Drury Lane Theatre, with fome 
 fmall Succefs. 
 
 Marrv or do worse. 
 Crni. by fV. fValker, 410. 1704. 
 — Ihis Piece was aftcd at /,/«- 
 co!ns-IftK-Fie/ds,—SctnQ in Lon- 
 dct. 
 
 Martial Maid. FiJ, 
 Love's Cure. 
 
 The Martyr, or PoIyeuEies. 
 Trag. by Sir IVm. Loioer, 4to. 
 1655. — The Foundation which 
 he Story has in Truth may be 
 tiac'd in Coeffcteaus Hift. Rom. in 
 Suriui ce Vith Sai:E1orvm, &c.— 
 But the Tevcral Incidents of Pau- 
 lina's Dre.im, the Love of Seve- 
 rut, the Baptifm of Polyeuflirs, 
 the Sacrifice for the Emperor's 
 Viftory, the Dignity of Felix, 
 
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 the Death of Nearchu ; andl the 
 Convcrfion of Felix and Paulina ; 
 thefe, I fay, are all the Inven- 
 tion, and do Honour to the Abi- 
 lities of the Author. — The Scene 
 lies in Felix's Palace ar Mr/ifetie, 
 the Capital City of Armevia. 
 
 The MartyrV Soldier, 
 Trag. by Henry Shir-ey, 4to. 
 1638. — This Play ifnet with great 
 Applaufe, but was not published 
 till after the Author's Death,— 
 The Plot is taken from Hiftory, 
 during the Time of the eighth 
 Perfecution, for which fee £aro- 
 nius, 8eCr 
 
 Mary Magdalen, hek 
 Life AND Rfpentance. An 
 Interlude, by Le7vis U^ager, 4to. 
 X567. — The Plot is taken, as it 
 is faid in the Prologue, from the 
 feventh Chapter of St. Lvk\ — 
 The Piece is printed in the old 
 black Letter, and contrived fo as 
 to be eafily performed by four 
 Perfons j which, from this and 
 the Title Pages of other Interludes 
 which mention the fame Parti- 
 cular, I am apt to imsgine was 
 the flawed Number for a Set of 
 Performers for thcfc Kind of 
 Pieces. 
 
 Mary Queen or Scot- 
 land. Fid. Island Queen?, 
 A MAS(iyE presented itPnf- 
 bie in Derby (hire ^ on Twelfth- 
 Night, 1639! by Sir Afton Ccc- 
 kain, 8vo. 1669. — This Piece is 
 printed in the Body of this Au- 
 thor's Poems, — It was prefented 
 before Philip, the firft Earl of 
 Cbejlafield, and his Countefs ; 
 two of their Sons ndling in it. 
 
 A Masq^ce, a Defcription of, 
 with the Nuptial Songs, at the 
 Lord Vifc. Haddington's Marriage 
 at Court, ^n Shrove Ttiefday at 
 Night, 1608. by Btn Jorjon^ 
 Fol. 1640. 
 
 A,Masq_ue prefented at the 
 Houfe of Lord Haye, for the En- 
 tertainment 
 
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 tertamment of Le Baron de Tour, 
 the French Ambaflador, on Satur 
 Jay, Feb^ 22, 1617, ^y Benjott' 
 Jon, Fol. 161 7. 
 
 Masq.ue at Ludlow Cas- 
 tle. Fid. CoMus. 
 
 A Masque written at Lord 
 ]^ochcjitr\ Requeft for his Tra- 
 gedy of Vakntinian, by N. Tate, 
 -rrThis is printed in Mr, Tatii 
 Mjlcellanics, 8vo. 1685. p. 17. 
 - — The Scene is a Grove and 
 Foreft. 
 
 The Masq^ue or Augures, 
 wiih the fcveral Anti-mafquesj 
 prclented on T-welfth Nigbt, i6za. 
 by Ben Jonjon, Fol. 1 640. 
 
 The Masque of Flowers. 
 
 Anonym. 410. 1614. This 
 
 JViaique was prefented by the 
 Gentlemen of Gray''S'Inn, at the 
 Court at Whitechaple in the Ban- 
 quet tirg HoufeufonTweifth Nigbt, 
 1 61 3, and was the laft of the 
 Solemnities and Magnificencies 
 which were performed at the 
 Marriage of the Earl of Som^rfet 
 wi'h the Lady Frances, Daughter 
 to the Earl of Suffolk. 
 
 Masqjue op Heroes, f^id. 
 Inner Temple Masque. 
 
 A Masqjue or Owls at 
 Ken EL WORTH, prefented by the 
 Ghoft of Captain Cox mounted on 
 his Hobby -Horfe, i6z6. by Ben 
 Ifoufon, Fol. 1640. 
 
 Masq_ue of Queens. Vid. 
 Queen's Masq^ues. 
 
 A Masqjue in the Opera of 
 the Prophetefs, by Tho. Betterton, 
 printed with that Piece. 
 
 A Masque of the two ho- 
 nourable Houfes, or Inns of Court, 
 the Middle Ttwple and Lincoln" i' 
 Tttn, prefented before the King at 
 fyfjittcbapel on Sbrcve Monday at 
 Night, Feb. 15. 1 61 3. by Geo. 
 
 Chcipmany 410. 1614. This 
 
 Mafqiie was written and contrived 
 for the Celebration of the Nup- 
 tials of the Count Palatine of the 
 
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 Rhine "With the Princefs Elizahtth, 
 —The Machinery and Decora, 
 tions were by Int'go Jones, 
 
 A Royal Masq_ue of the 
 four Inns of Court, performed a- 
 lout Allhollandtide, 1633, Anon. 
 — ^ — Of this Mafque a very full 
 Account is given in WhitlocK\ 
 Memorials of Englijh Afiairs, 
 p. 18. — But whether this Piece 
 itfelf was ever priivsJ, I know 
 net. 
 
 Masque of Cray's -Inn, 
 Vid. Masque op Flowers. 
 
 The Masquerade. Cora, 
 by Cba. yohnjon, 8vo. 1723.-^ 
 Afled at the Theatre Royal in 
 Drury Lane, 
 
 The Ma<;querade, or an 
 Evening's Intrigue, A Farce of 
 two Adts, by Benj. Griffin. l2mo, 
 1717.— This Piece was perform- 
 ed at Lincoln^ s-Inn-Fields, with 
 ff me Succefs. 
 
 Masquerade du Ciel. A 
 Mafque, by »^. S, 410. i640,<^ 
 Dedicated to the Queen, 
 
 The Massacre at Par«, 
 Trag, by Nat. Lee, 4to. 1690. 
 —The Plot of this Play is found- 
 ed on the bloody MafTacre of the 
 Proteftants which was perpetrated 
 at Paris on St. Bartholvmew's 
 Day, 1572. in the Reign of 
 Charles IX, for the Particulars of 
 which fee De Serres, Mexeray, 
 &c,- -The Scene Paris. 
 
 The Massacre at Paris, 
 ivitb the Death of the Duke tf 
 Guife. Trag. by Ckrift. Marloe, 
 8vo. without Date. — This Play 
 is upon the fame Story with the 
 laft-mentioned one, but takes in 
 a larger Scope with RefpedV to 
 Time, beginningwith the unfor- 
 tunate Marriage between the King 
 of Naiarre and Marguerite de 
 Valcis, Sifter to Charles IX. 
 wh'.ch was the primary Occafion 
 of tiie Mafl'acrc, and ending with 
 the Death of Henry III, oi France, 
 
 This 
 
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 vjood'i Hierarchy ofAngeh, and In 
 the firft Book of Heyltn's Cofmo- 
 graphy. The entire Story at 
 large, however, collefted from 
 them all, is to be feen in a Work 
 in three Vol, 12 mo. entitled 
 Shakejpeare illujirated. Vol. I. — 
 The Scene in the End of the 
 fourth A£l lies in England, ■■ 
 Through all the reft of the Play 
 is Scotland, and chiefly at Mac- 
 tctFs Caftle at Invernefs. 
 
 Sir ff^. Da-venant altered this 
 Play, and added feveral new 
 Songs.— It was performed at the 
 Theatre Royal in Drury Lane du- 
 ring his Management, and print- 
 ed in 4to. 1674. — This Altera- 
 tion is by no Means equal to the 
 Original, yet on Account of the 
 Mufic, which is entirely fine, 
 being compofed b^ Mr. Lockt, it 
 is ftill very frequently performed 
 at our Theatres inftead of the 
 Original ! 
 
 One Mr. Lee, an A£lor be> 
 longing to the Edinburgh Theat. 
 alfo took on himfelf to publifh 
 an altered Edition of this Play in 
 that City, in Svo. 1753.— But 
 to that Edition the greateft Ho' 
 near I could /how, would be to 
 Jet it drop in Oblivion, and fink 
 in the Obfcurity it rofefrom. 
 
 Madam Fickle, or the 
 Witty Falfe One. Com. by Tho. 
 Durfey, 4to, 1677.— This Au- 
 thor, who, in Regard both of 
 Plot and Charafler, was certainly 
 one of the greateft Plagiaries that 
 ever exifted, has prefixed lO this 
 Play a Motto from Horace, viz. 
 Uon cuivis Homini contingit adire 
 Corinthum, which Langbaine has 
 humouroudy enough explained to 
 imply, " ^hat he could not write 
 *' a Pl/> nithout Jiealingy — At 
 leaft, h ,»,yer, he has given no 
 Proof to the contrary of fuch Ex- 
 planation in the Piece before us, 
 vhich is wholly made up from 
 
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 othe» Comedies. For Inftance, 
 the Charafter of Sir Arthur Old- 
 Love is a plain Copy of Veterana 
 in the Antiquary ; as is alfo the 
 Incident of ZrechieV% creeping in- 
 to the Tavern Bufli, and T'ilburn's 
 being drunk under it, &c. of the 
 Scene of Sir Reverence Lamard 
 and Pimfnoell, in the fFalh of 
 IJlington and Hogfdon. There 
 are alfo feveral Hints in it bor- 
 rowed from Marjion^s Fawn. — • 
 The Scene is laid in Covent* 
 Garden. 
 
 The Mad Captain, or the 
 Lover his own Rival, Coin, by 
 Mr. Langford, 1 73 1.— I know 
 not that this Piece was ever 
 afled. 
 
 The Mad Captain. Operai, 
 Anonym. Svo. 1733,— —Never 
 a£led. 
 
 Mad Covple. Vid, All 
 Mistaken. 
 
 The Mad Couple well 
 M A T c H ' D . Com . by Rich. Brome, 
 Svo. 1654.— This Play met with 
 good Succefs, and was revived 
 with fome very trivial Alterations 
 by Mrs. Bebn, under tlie Title 
 of the Debauchee, or the credulous 
 Cuckold, and reprinted in 410* 
 1677. 
 
 The Mad -HOUSE. Com. 
 Anonym, and without Date.— 
 Whether ever adled or not I can- 
 not trace, nor any Thing farther 
 concerning it than its being men- 
 tioned in the Britijh Theatre a- 
 mong the Publications fince the 
 Year :!700. 
 
 The Mad Lover. Tragi- 
 Com. by Beaumont and Fletcher, 
 Fol. 1670. — This Play is parti- 
 cularly commended by Sir Aflon 
 Cockain, in his Copy of Verfes on 
 Fletcher's Plays.— The Scene lies 
 at Paf>hos.— -The Plot oiCUantht'% 
 fuborning the Prieft to give a 
 falfe Oracle in Favour of her 
 
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 in Jofcphus, Book i8. Ch. 4. 
 
 Mad ^eform£R> ^'<'« 
 tFeiGN'o Friindship. 
 
 JMadrigal andTrullet- 
 TA. A Mock Tragedy, 8vo. 
 .1758. — This Piece was written 
 by one lAuRetd, a Gentleman who 
 |ias favoured the 'I'own fince with 
 a Farce called the Regifier-Office^ 
 of which fee jnpre in its Place, — 
 It was perfbrnjed at the Theatre 
 Roy. in Cov. Ga '?«, but without 
 ikny great Succels. — It is intended 
 as a Ridicule upon fome of our 
 Operarical Pieces, as well as on 
 i me of the later Performances of 
 (lic Buikin. 
 
 A JViAD World my Mas- 
 ters. Com. hy Tho, Middletotty 
 4to. 1608. — This -is a very good 
 May, and has been (ince borrowed 
 from by many Writers ; pvticu- 
 larly by Mrs. Befjn in her City 
 Heirefs, and by C, Jpbnfon in his 
 
 M*:NANDJtRsP3tTA8V. Fid. 
 C Y N T H I a's RjCyjCM G E. 
 
 The Magnetic Lady, ojr 
 fiumoun reconeiTd, Com< by Btn 
 Jonj'pn, Fol. 1640. —Thi'8 Play 
 iisin general leftcemed a very good 
 one, yet dijl j:^Qt efcapc the Cen- 
 fure of fome Critics of that Time, 
 pwticularly Mr. Dili Mafier of 
 Paufi Schopl, or his Son, wrote 
 a S^tyr agiiinft it^ which Sen 
 Jonjoit wrote a Reply to, with e- 
 qual, if not greater Severity. — — 
 Thpfe who are curious to fee 
 both, will find them in Lang- 
 tainr, 8vo. 1691. page 202. 
 
 The Mag n i r i c e n t Lo- 
 ver s. Com. by OxeU, —This is 
 only a Tranflation intended for 
 the CJofet alone, of Les Amam 
 Miign-'jiquei of Molicre, 
 
 M a H o M E T , /i; Jmpojior. Tr. 
 by J. Miller , f,\o. 1743. — T^'^ 
 is little more thin a good Tranl- 
 Ut.ion of the Mahomet of yoltairCf 
 
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 whofe Writings indeed breathe 
 fuch a Spirit of Liberty, and have 
 contraded fuch a Rcfemblancc lo 
 the Manners of the Eng/ijh Au- 
 thors, from the Author's Fon<l. 
 nefs to this Nation, in Confc. 
 quence of the Civilities he re- 
 ceived during his Refidcncc in 
 thefe Kingdoms, that they fetm 
 better adapted to fuccccd on the 
 Englijh Stage without much Al. 
 teration, than ihofe of any other 
 Foreign Wiiter.— This Piny met 
 with tolerable Succefs, its Merit;! 
 having fair Play from the Igno- 
 rance of the prejudiced Part of 
 the Audience with Regard to its 
 Author, who unfortunately dia 
 notfuxvive to reap any Advantage 
 from it, dying at the Beginning 
 of its Run.— —Not long after his 
 Death, however, Fleetwood^ then 
 Manager of Dr. Lan* Theatre, 
 permitted the Widow to attempt 
 the perfiormijig of it at that Houfe 
 for her Benefit; and notwith- 
 ilanding ihe Difpute which had 
 been for a long Time fubfiAing 
 between that Manager and the 
 Town, with Regard to the abating 
 the advacjC'd Prices on Entertain- 
 ments, (and which, as hia Pa- 
 tent was very near expired, ht 
 was by no Means anxious to re- 
 concile) had arifen to fuch ;>ri 
 Height, as to occafion nightly 
 Riots at the Houfe, and a Deter- 
 mination on the Side of the Au- 
 dience to permit no Reprefcnta- 
 tion till their prcpofed Reforma- 
 tion was complied with, yet fo tu- 
 vourable was the Town on this 
 Occafion, that the Play not only 
 went off without the leaft Inter- 
 ruption, but the Houfe was fo 
 full, as to enable the Widow to 
 deir upwards of an hundied 
 Pounds by the Profits of" it. 
 
 This Wits alfo ihe Play which 
 in the Year 1753, was the inno- 
 cent Caulie of a confiderablr Re- 
 volution 
 
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 volution In the dramatic World, 
 in another Kingdom, viz. that of 
 Ireland, and which finally termi- 
 nated in the entire Abdication of 
 a theatrical Monarch, altho' he 
 bad with great Lab-™ and AflTi- 
 duity brought his D:,.Tain into a 
 more flourifliing State i^ian any 
 of his Preooceflbrs had done . For 
 thro' the too great Warmth of 
 party-Zeal in a confiderable Part 
 of the Audience, which infixed 
 on a Repetition of certain PafTa- 
 ges in this Play, which appear'd 
 to them applicable to fome Per- 
 fons then in Power, and perhaps 
 a too peremptory Manner of oo- 
 pofing th Zeal on the Side of 
 l)r. / ridan, then Managerof the 
 Thf* iC Royal in Smock- Alley, 
 Dublin, a Difturbance enfued, in 
 Confequence of which, Sheridan 
 was obliged to quit firft the Houfe 
 for the Security of his Perfon, 
 and afterwards the Kingdom for 
 the Support of his Fortune. — — 
 The Theatre was ihut up for the 
 Remainder of that Seafon, and 
 the Management of it, after di- 
 vers ineflfeftual Struggles made by 
 Slimdan for fome Time, partly 
 by Deputation, and par^ly in Per- 
 fon, to reinftate himfelf in the 
 quiet Pofleflion of it, has at length 
 devolved totally into other Hands. 
 
 A Maidenhead well 
 losT. Com. hy Tho. Heywood, 
 4to. 1634. 
 
 Maiden Queen, yid. Se- 
 cret Love. 
 
 The Maid in th£ Mill, 
 Com. by Beaumont and Fletcher, 
 Fol. 1699. — This is a very excel- 
 lent Play, and was one of thofe 
 which after the Reftoration were 
 revived at the Duke of fork's 
 Theatre.— — The ferious Part of 
 the Plot, vix. that which re- 
 lates to Antonio, Jfmetiia, and A- 
 ninta, is borrowed from a Spanijfj 
 Romance, called, Ctrardoj and 
 
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 the comic Part, with the Aifair 
 of Otrante''s feizing Florimel, the 
 Miller's fuppofed Daughter, and 
 attempting her Chaftity from 
 l^elleforefl't Hiftoirei tragi quet, 
 Tom. 1. Hift. 1«. — The Scene 
 lies in Spain, 
 
 The Ma I D or Honou r . Tra- 
 gi- Ccru. by Phil. MaJJinger, 410. 
 1632. — This Pl.xy met with great 
 Apphufe, and has a Copy of 
 Verfes pref.xed by Sir Afton 
 Cockiiin. 
 
 ■'lil-. IAID'sLAST PRAYf R, 
 
 or Afiy rather than fail. Com. by 
 Tho. Soittherne, 4to. 1 69 3. — Scene 
 j.cndon. — There is a Song in this 
 flay ly Congreve. 
 
 T-'e Maid's Mktamor* 
 JHOsis. Com, by yohn Lyly, 
 4to. 1600. — This Play was fre- 
 quently afted by the Children of 
 Paul's, and is one of tliofe Piecea 
 in which the Author has attemp- 
 ted to refine the EngUp Language. 
 — The greateft Part of the Play, 
 anr' particularly the whole firft 
 Aft, if> written in Verfe. 
 
 MrtiDs OF Moore Clackf, 
 Vid. History, fSc. 
 
 Mait Revenge. Trag. by 
 Ja.r ,, 4to. 1639.— The Plot 
 is talif . from Reynolds' s God's Re- 
 •venge a^^ wfl Murder, Book 2. 
 Hift, 7. anJ the Scene lies at 
 
 Lijbon, This is faid to be the 
 
 fecond Play Shirley wrote. 
 
 Maids the Mistress. 
 Fid. Disappointment, 
 
 ■"' e Maid's Tragedy, by 
 Beaun.1t jind Fletcher. Fol. J679. 
 — Thi . Play is an exceeding good 
 one, and ever met with univerfal 
 Approbation, till being rcviv'd 
 after th^ Re^cration, K. Charles 
 II. bel.g for particular Reafons 
 difplenfed with fome Part;; of it, 
 forbid its being performed in his 
 Reign.' — JVailf, however, taking 
 the Piece in Hand, made confider* 
 aHle Alterations in, it, adding x 
 N 3 al^ 
 
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 almoft entire new fifth A&, wholly 
 agreeable to the Court ; in which 
 Form it v«'a8 again brought on the 
 Stage, . nd met with the Applaufe 
 it had ever been accuftomed to.— 
 It ha- not, however, been intno- 
 ciuced to any of our Audiences for 
 fome Years paft. — Scene Rhodes, 
 
 The Maid's Tragedy, by 
 FJm. Waller. Vid. The preceding 
 Article. —In this Play the Cata- 
 llrophe is rendered fortunate. 
 
 The Male-Con TE^T. Tr.- 
 Com. bj John Ma-flc-tt, 4to. 
 
 1604. The )firft Defign and 
 
 jrough Draught of this Play were 
 laid by Mr. Webfler, but were 
 greatly improved and enlarged by 
 our Author. — It is dedicated in 
 the warmeft and moft compli- 
 mentary Manner poflible to Ben 
 yonforif yet fo fickle and uncer- 
 tain a Thing is Friendfliip, efpe- 
 cially among Poets whofe Inter- 
 eAs both in Fame and Fortune 
 are frequently apt to clalh Wth 
 each Other, that we find this ve- 
 ry Author, not many Years af- 
 aemards, in the Epiftle prefix'd 
 io his Sopbetiijhay cafling Very 
 jbi^r:h and fevere, though oblique 
 Ktfledtions, on the SejatJus and 
 Catalire of the Writer whom he 
 at this Time addrefs'd as the 
 jnoft exalted Genius of the Age 
 he liv'd Jn. — Some of Marfton\ 
 Enemies reprefented this Play as 
 deligned to flrike at particular 
 Charadlers, but Langhaine endea- 
 vours to vindicate the Author 
 from that Charge, calling it an 
 jhoneft general Satire. 
 
 The Male Coqjuette, or 
 Siventecn Hundred fifty /even. 
 Farce, Anonym. 4to. 1757.— 
 This little Piece was written in 
 Hafte for Mr. fVoodward^s Be- 
 nefit, and is intended to expofe a 
 Kind of Character no lefs fre- 
 quent about this Town than ei- 
 ther the Fh/hti or friiHeSf but 
 
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 much more psrnicious than b v, K, 
 and which the Author has diu ,i- 
 guifhed by the Title of Daffodils j 
 A Species of Men who, without 
 Hearts capable of Senfibility, or 
 even M ni cod enough to rclifli, 
 or wifh i'^A Enjoyment with the 
 Sex, yet, from a Defire of being 
 conlidered as Gallants, make 
 court to every Woman indifcri- 
 minatelyj whofe Reputation is 
 certain to be ruin'd from the In- 
 ftant thefe Infe^ls have been ob- 
 fcrved to fettle near her, their 
 fole Aim being to obtain the 
 Credit of an Amour, without 
 ever once refiefting on the fatal 
 Confequences that may attend 
 thereon in the Deftruition of pri- 
 vate Peace and domeflic Happi- 
 nefs.— This Charafter, altho' a 
 very common one, feems to be 
 new to the Stage, and is, in the 
 Importance to the World of rcn- 
 dering it deteftable to Society, un- 
 doubtedly worthy of an able Pen. 
 —The Author of this Farce has 
 taken as broad Steps towards this 
 Point as the Extent of fo fmall 
 a Work would give fcope for, yet 
 his Cataftjophe is fomewhat un- 
 natural, and his Hero's Difgraie 
 not render'd public enough to an- 
 fwer the End entirely.— —As to 
 the fecond Title of it, there 
 fcems no apparent Rcafon for the 
 annexing it, unlefs it is to aftbid 
 Occafion for a humorous Pro- 
 logue written and fpoken by Mr. 
 Gairick, who has been aifo ima- 
 gined the Author of the Piece 
 itfclf. 
 
 The Ma l t, or the Modijh to- 
 vers. Com, by J, D. 4to^ 1674. 
 —This Play has been afcribed to 
 Drjdett, yet its Stile and Manner 
 bear but little Refemblance ^0 
 thofe of that Author, and there- 
 fore it is more reafonable to ima« 
 gine it the Work of fome ob^ 
 icurcr Writtr, 
 
 Mama* 
 
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 Mamamoucht, or the Citi' 
 xen turnd Gentleman, by Eaiv. 
 Btrveriferoft, 4to. 1675. — This 
 play is wholly borrowed, and 
 that even without the leaft Ac- 
 knowledgment of the Theft, from 
 the Monf. Pourecaugnec and the 
 Burgeoii Gentilhomme of Moliere. 
 —It was printed under the firft 
 Title only, 4to. 1672. 
 
 Managers MANAc'Di Vid% 
 Author's Triumph. 
 
 Mangora, King of thb 
 TiMBUsiANs. Trag. by Sir 
 
 Tho. Moore, 4to, 17 17. This 
 
 play was brought on the Stage at 
 the Theatre in Linc.-Inn-Fieldst 
 but was very defervedly damn'd j 
 it being both with RefpeA to 
 plot, Language, and every other 
 ElTential of dramatic Writing, a 
 moft contemptible Piece. 
 
 The Man hater. Com. 
 by 0«f//.— This is only a Tranf- 
 lation from the Mijanthrope of 
 Moliere, 
 
 Man hater. Vid, Timon 
 or Athens. 
 
 Manhood and Wisdomi, 
 A Mafque of muche lnJiru£iione. 
 Anonym. 4to. 1563. 
 
 Man in the Moon. Vtd, 
 Endymion. 
 
 Manlius Capitolinus. 
 Trag. hy Oxell, izmo. 17 15.— 
 This is a Tranilation in blank 
 Verfe from the French of Monf. 
 ie la Foffe.-—! believe it was ne- 
 ver intended for the Eng/ijh Stage, 
 but was afled at Pan's tor three- 
 fcore Nights runnings at the 
 Time that the Earl of Portland 
 was AmbaiTador at the French 
 
 Court. The Subjeft of it is 
 
 from Hiftory, and is to be found 
 in the 6th Book of Livy't ift 
 Decode* 
 
 Man of Business. Vid. 
 Love in the Dark. 
 
 The Man OF Honour Com. 
 ly Fransii JLj'w^t*— -At what 
 
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 evei 
 
 Time this Play was written of 
 publifhed I cannot exadlly know, 
 but imagine it mufl have been a" 
 bout 1730, or between that Time 
 and 1740, as the Independent Pa- 
 triot, by the fame Author, came 
 out in 1T\%* 
 
 The Man of Mode, or 5iV 
 Fopling Flutter. Com. by Sir 
 Ceo. Etheridge, 4to. 1676. — This 
 is an admirable Playj the Cha- 
 r ' n it are ftrongly mark'd, 
 •^reeably conduced, and 
 ^ue truly polite and ele- 
 Chara£ter of Dori- 
 •tf aps the only com- 
 
 Gentleman that has 
 I «en brought on the Eng- 
 lijh Stage, at the fame Time 
 that in that of Sir Fopling may 
 be traced the Ground Work of 
 almoft all the Foppingtom and 
 Petit Maitres which appear'd in 
 the fucceeding Comedies of that 
 Period. — It is faid that Sir George 
 intended the Part of Dormant as 
 a Compliment to the famous Earl 
 of Rochejler, defigning in that 
 Chara^er to form a Portrait of 
 his Lordihip, in which all the 
 good Qualities he pofTers'd (which 
 were not a few) were fet forth in 
 the moft confpicuous Light, and 
 a Veil thrown over his Foibles, 
 or at leaft fuch a Glofs laid on 
 them as to make them almoft ap" 
 pear fo many Perfeftions. 
 
 TheMAN of New Market* 
 Com. by Ediv. Howard, 410. 
 1678.— Scene London, 
 
 The Man of Taste, or the 
 Guardiam. Com, by J. Miller, 
 8vo. 1731.— This Play was afted 
 at Drury Lane with confiderable 
 Succefs.*— The Plot of it is bor- 
 rowed partly from the Eco/t d(t 
 Maris, and partly from the Pre* 
 cieufes Ridicules of Moliere, 
 
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 going Piece cut into a Farce by 
 throwing out that Part of the 
 Plot which is taken from the 
 Ecole des MariSf and retaining 
 only that which is borrowed 
 from the Precieufes Ridicules. 
 
 The Man's Bzwitchcd, 
 or the Devil to do about her. Com. 
 by Mrs. Cetit/ivre, 410. 1712.— 
 This is by no Means one of the 
 beft, nor is it the worft of this 
 
 Lady^s dramatic Pieces. The 
 
 Language is extremely indifferent, 
 and has a very great Deficiency 
 both of Wit and Sentiment ; but 
 the Plot is agreeably intricate and 
 bufy, and the Thought of Faitb- 
 fuis releafing his Miftrefs Laura 
 from her old Guardian Sir David 
 IVatcbum, by pretending to be 
 bewitch'd, as well as the Inci- 
 dent of the imagined Ghoft in 
 the laft A€l, altho* they are 
 fomewhat too farcical and out of 
 Probability, yet are, as far as I 
 know to the contrary, original, 
 and have no difagreeable EffeA, 
 to thofe who go to a Comedy 
 principally with a View of being 
 made to laugh, without entering 
 into too rigid a Scrutiny of the 
 Adherence to dramatic Rules. 
 Man's Heart is his 
 
 GREATEST EnEMY. Vid, 
 TrAYTOR to HIMSELr. 
 
 The Man*s the Master. 
 Com. by Sir W. Davenatit, 4X0. 
 1674.— This is the laft Play this 
 Author wrote, being finifhed not 
 long before his Death, which 
 happened in 166S. — The Plot of 
 it IS borrowed from two Plays of 
 M. ScarroH, viz. yode/et, or le 
 Maitre f^alet, and the Heritier ri- 
 dicule,— The Scene is laid in Ma- 
 drid, and throughout the whole 
 in one Houfe.-— It is efteemed a 
 good Comedy, and was often ait- 
 ed with Approbationt 
 
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 The Man too nAno ro% 
 THE Master. Com. Anon. 
 —Of this Play I know not the 
 Author's Name, nor any Tfcing 
 more than that it was publiihed 
 fince the Reftoration, nor do t 
 find it mentioned any where but 
 in the Appendix to the BritiA 
 Theatre. 
 
 M A R c X L I A, or r£f Treaeberout 
 Friend, Tragi-Com. by Mrs. 
 Frances Bootbby^ \Xo. 1670.— 
 Tht Scene lies in France^ the Plot 
 an Invention. 
 
 Ma r c I a n o, ox the Difcovery, 
 
 Edinburgh, 4to. 1663. This 
 
 Piece it is faid in the Title Page 
 was aAed with great Applaufe 
 before his Majefty's high Com- 
 miilioner and others of the No- 
 bility, at the Abbey of Holyrud 
 Houfe (at Edinburgh) on St. 
 Jobn^s Night, by a Company of 
 Gentlemen. — The Scene of this 
 Play is laid in Florence, but what 
 the Plot of it is, or on what Sto- 
 ry foun(!cd, I know not, having 
 never feen it, and only finding it 
 mentioned in Coxeter's Manufcript 
 Notes. 
 
 Marcus Tvllius Cicero, 
 that famous Roman Orator, bis Tra- 
 gedy. 4to. 1651.— It is uncertain 
 whether this Play was ever afted 
 or not, but it is written in Imi- 
 tation of Ben Jonfon's Cataline.-^ 
 The Scene lies at Rome, and for 
 the Story it may be found in Plu' 
 tarcb's Life of Cicero, Sec, 
 
 Margery, or A toorfe Plagut 
 than the Dragon, Ballad Farce, 
 by H, Carty, 8vo. 1739.— This 
 Piece is a Sequel or fecond Part 
 of the Dragon ofWantky (which 
 fee in its Place) and was a£led 
 with great Applaufe at Cwent 
 Garden Theatre ; yet, tho* it has 
 fome Merit, it is far from being 
 equal to the firft Part. 
 
 Maui AM, tbt fcur Sbteen of 
 
 Jtwrft 
 
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 Jinviy. Trag. by Lady Eli%. Ca- 
 nw, 4to. 1613. — ^This Piece it 
 is probabjie was never aAed, yet, 
 coniidering tiiofe Times and the 
 Lady's Sex, it may be allowed to 
 be well penn'd.— >it is written in 
 alternate Verfe, and with a Cho- 
 ras, which Chorus is compo£ed 
 of Settines, or Stanzas of fix 
 Lines, the four firft of which are 
 interwoven, or Aine alternately, 
 the two laft rhyming, to ^ach o- 
 ther, and forming a Couplet in 
 Bafe. 
 
 Makiamnz. Trag. by£/r- 
 jfh fentoH, Zvo, i7a3.-s-^-This 
 Play 'lA built on the fame Story 
 with the laft-rmcntioacd one, for 
 which tu jeff^uM, Book. 14 and 
 1 5.-^It was ^&ti. with great fiuc- 
 cds at the ^^heatce ia LiacaW\- 
 h»'FifUi, uiA was tq|leed 4fae 
 IfCcans of .fiippttrtiagi^d i«co|i« 
 filing thc-Tow4i to that Theatiif , 
 whi(ih iax fiame Tioac h«£Ba6 ihad 
 ^ccn almoftiotaUyiugkaed, ia 
 Favonr of £Uiu7.'£«wHoofie, the 
 ManNMS of which aot ^uving 
 MifiA Mr. Fmun mOi, in a lU- 
 £ural or at boft0dayia4heafting 
 of thfs Piece, he was i^ucad & 
 offer it to the other Theatre, 
 where it was gladly accepted i; 
 iind brought forward to that Afr 
 probation which it merited. 
 
 Marjma. a Play of throe 
 Ails, by Mr. Li/lOf 8vo. 1738. 
 —This Piece I have never feen, 
 cor have either iVbiiuopt or the 
 Author of the Britiftt ^tuatre 
 taken any Notice of it, yet, as I 
 find it on the Lift of Publica- 
 tions for that Year, I cannot a- 
 void giving it a Place here. 
 
 Marivs and Sylla. Vid. 
 WouwDs or Civil War. 
 
 Mark Anthony. /^iV/.An- 
 
 TONIUS, 
 
 Mar r LOT, or tht ftCMti Part 
 •f the Bufy Body, Com. by Mrs. 
 Qnfiivre, 410. 1709.— This Play, 
 
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 like moft fecond Parts, falfs 
 greatly Aort of the Merit of the 
 firft.— <i--rAt its original Appear- 
 ance, howewer, it met with con- 
 ^erable Approbation, and the 
 Duke of Fortkmdf to whom it 
 was dedicated, complimented the 
 Autbotefs with a Prefisntof forty 
 Guineas.—* The Scene lies on th^ 
 Territra dt P^tfftt'va Lifkon. 
 
 MAaaiA£x a la Mods* 
 Com. by 9. DrydtH, 4(0. i675« 
 •^Though this Piece is called a 
 Comedy in the Title Page, yet it 
 might, without -any great Impio- 
 priety, be coniider^d as a Tragi- 
 comedy, as it confifts of «w<» 
 diffieicnt A^Hoas, tbeoneSarieua 
 and the other Comic— The Sk- 
 fiigns of hotb, however, oi^car 
 to ha benwwed.— 'For Ciampk, 
 •the iuioos Past ie ^parchtly 
 :ibuaded on 4he -Story of ^«^'« 
 and Tlmartta in the Grand iynu. 
 Part 9. Book .3. «<*The Gfaarac- 
 tcn of Palmidt aad Rbtdtftil 
 fnm 4he Hiftoiy of 7'immtu aad 
 FsftUnit, 4a<the luMRoauuMe, 
 
 FsH 6. «M* 1 ^The<ChMaA«r 
 
 of Dtratifdjfrim Iftgertt in thc^- 
 nah 0/ Lwf j end the Hint of 
 Mt/aktbs'9 making Love «o her- 
 i^lf in Bkcdtpbin Name, ftom 
 Lit CmUh tyOuwHty Part i. f . 3< 
 
 Marriage a la Moob. 
 Farce, 1760. — This Piece wat 
 never printed, but was aded in 
 the Winter of nie above-men- 
 tioned Year for Mr. Tatet'i Be- 
 nefit.— It is, however, nothing 
 more than Capt. Btdtm*t Modijb 
 Couth cut down into a Faice. 
 
 Marriaok at la t, or 
 the Fortunate Prince. An Opera, 
 Anonym. 1733. — I cannot find 
 that this Piece was ever repre- 
 fented. 
 
 TheMARRiACZ Broaxer» 
 
 or the Pander. Com. by hf. W. 
 
 lamo. 1661.— The Plot of this 
 
 Play is taken from the EnvUJh 
 
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 Chronicles in the Reign ofSeAert 
 King of the ff^efi ^oxoffi.— The 
 Scene lies in Louden, 
 
 The Makriagx Hatek 
 M A T c H 'o. Com. by T. Durfey, 
 4to. 1693. — The high Opinion 
 the Author himfelf had of this 
 Piece may be gathered from an 
 Cpiille to him, prefixed to it by 
 Mr. Cla. Gildon, in which the 
 Author, through that Gentle- 
 man, informs the Public that 
 this is the beft of all his Come- 
 dies } yet I cannot very readily 
 fubfcribe to that Opinion.— The 
 admirable Performance of a Part 
 in this Play, however, was what 
 firft occafioned the afterwards ce- 
 lebrated Mr. Dogget to be taken 
 Notice of as an Aaor of Merit. 
 —The Scene in the Pwk near 
 XtHfingtom^'-^tht, Time Thirty 
 Hourst 
 
 TJie MAaaiAox ^lOMT. 
 Tng. bj H, Lord Vife. Felk. 
 Uadf, 4to. i664.«»This Play 
 contains a great Share of Wit and 
 Satire, yet it it uncertain whe- 
 ther it wu ever aAed or not.— 
 The Scene lies in CMjUlt, 
 
 The MAaaiAGx or Ocxa- 
 
 MUS AND BaiTANNJA. A 
 
 .Mafque, by Ritb, F/tckme, 8vo. 
 J 667. 
 Marriagi or thb Arts. 
 
 yid. TBXNOrAMIA. 
 
 Marriaok or THIPXVTI. 
 yid. BxtPHSGOR. 
 
 The Marriage or Witte 
 andScixnces. An Interlude, 
 Anonym. 1606. 
 
 Marriage Promise. Fid, 
 Intriguing Courtiers. 
 
 The Married Beau, or the 
 Cun'out Impertinent, Com. by y, 
 Crownef 410. 1694. — This Play 
 was efteemed a good one, and 
 was frequently a£led with gene- 
 ral Approbation. —- ■ It has, how- 
 ever, been long laid aftde.— The 
 Story of it is taken from Don 
 
 MA 
 
 Sluixete, and the Scene lies in 
 Covent Garden,-— In the Preface 
 to this Piece the Author has at. 
 tempted a Vindication of hitnfell 
 from the Charges brought againft 
 his Morals, and the Loofenefs of 
 his Writings, by fome of his 
 Cotemporaries. 
 
 The Married Coquet. 
 Com. hyy. Bailie f 8vo. 1747.— 
 This Play was never a£ted, nor 
 even printed till after the Au- 
 thor's Death.— It is no very con- 
 temptible Piece, nor has it any 
 extraordinary Merit, yet to the 
 Modeffy and amiable Diffidence 
 of its Author, perhaps was owing 
 its not being publiflied in his 
 Life-Time.— Was every Writer 
 poflefs'd of thefe good Qualities, 
 the Town would not be fo fre- 
 quently pefterM with the Com- 
 plaints of difappointcd Play- 
 vinighti, nor would fo many poor 
 Peiformances force their Way 
 :into the World from beneath the 
 Preij, which had judicioufly been 
 4enicd Accefs to the Theatres. 
 
 The Married Libkrtins. 
 Com. by Cba. Maekiirif 1761.— 
 This P' was brought on the 
 Stage i /ent Garden Theatre, 
 yet, afi. .1 cs firft Run, was no 
 more performed, nor has yet ap- 
 pear'd in Print. — A very ftrong 
 Oppoiition was made to it during 
 every Night of its Run, which 
 were no more than the Nine ne* 
 ceflary to entitle the Author to 
 his three Benefits. — Prejudice a- 
 gainfl the Author feem'd however 
 to have been in great Meafure the 
 Bafis of this Oppofition, which, 
 aitho' in fome Meafure overborne 
 by a flroQg Party of his Country- 
 men, who were determined to 
 fupport the Play thro' itsdeftined 
 Period, yet fhewed itfelf very 
 forcibly even to the laft. — I can- 
 not, however, help thinking its 
 Fate fomewhat hard j— for altho' 
 
 it 
 
in 
 can 
 
 te cftcem'd a Vindication .>i— But 
 fliort, the beft Excufe that 
 be made for her, is the 
 falhionaMc tfc€hlioufneTs of the 
 Time (he wrote in, when the 
 bare-faced Intrigue of a Cpurt 
 
 and Nation of Gallantry, ren- Hie Title of MitlisKar^ or the 
 der'd thofe Things apparently fAwr^i Rvotngt^ which fee in itft 
 chafte and d^cnt, which wouli proper Place. 
 
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 LlTST*8 T>OMINIOK, Or f/* 
 
 J.afeitihui S^etn* Trag. by Chrift* 
 Marloty 8vo. 1657.-— This ii 
 vety far from bein^ a bad Play in 
 itfe'lf; but was afteiivards altered 
 by Mr?. Bthvy nnd a£ted under 
 rtie Title of Abdtlazar^ 
 
 at this Time be hifs'd off the 
 Stage as obfcenc and immoral.—' 
 As to the Plot, it is for the 
 tnoft Part original, excepting only 
 the Incident of Cayman's enjoying 
 Lady Fullhank, and taking hei' 
 for the Devil, which is copied 
 from Kick/haw and Aretha in 
 the Ladf of Pleaftirey by Shirley, 
 —The Scene London. 
 
 The Lucky Discovery, 
 or the Tanner of York, A Ballad 
 Opera, Anonym. ».,_'* 
 
 Lucky Ex travagAKT. 
 Vid. Sham Lawyer. 
 
 The Lucky Prodigai., or 
 Wit at a Finch, Com. of two 
 
 LtfsTY JvvEVTVs. An In* 
 terlude, by R, ff^aver, 4.to. X56*r, 
 — — Cwrffrr, in Oppofition to alj 
 the Writers, fpclls his Nafiii* 
 ff^eanfer, 
 
 Lyar. yid, MzSTAXtT* 
 Beauty. 
 
 Lyfe of Cambysxs. ^/, 
 Cambyses. 
 
 The Lying Lovers, or the 
 Ladie$* Friend/hip, Com. by Sir 
 Rich. StfeUf 4to. 1704.— As this 
 Author borrowed Part of all his 
 Plots from other Authors, it is 
 not at all to be wondered at if we 
 find that to bfc the Cafe with this 
 Piece among the reft, the main 
 
 A£ls, i2mo. 1715.— 'Adtcd at Grouhdworlc of the Defign being 
 Theatre in Lineo/n's • Inn 
 
 the 
 Fields. 
 
 Lucky younger Bro- 
 ther. Fid. Beau defeat- 
 ed. 
 
 LvMiNALiA, or the Fefiival 
 tfLigbt. 4to. 1627. — Preiented 
 in a Mafque at Court, by the 
 Sluten's Majefty and her Ladies 
 
 taken frdm the Menteur of P, 
 Corneille, the Charafters of Old 
 and Toung Boohtvit from the Ce- 
 rente and Dorante of that Piece, 
 and iriany of the Incidents very 
 clofely copied.— How far Sir Richm 
 ard has fallen (hcrt of, or im- 
 proved on his Original, is a Point 
 that I (hall not take on me iii 
 
 on Shrove Tuefday Night, 1637. this Place to determine, but fliall 
 
 —At her Majcfty's Command only obferve that I do not thinfe 
 
 the celebrated Inigo Jones, who it by any Means equal to any ond 
 
 was at that Time Surveyor of the of his other Plays. 
 
 Board of Works, took oh him- The Lying Valet. Farce, 
 
 feif theContrivan.eof Machinery in two Aft?, by D. Gtin-ick, 8vo, 
 
 for this Mafque, the Invention 1740. — This little Piece made 
 
 of which confifted principally in its firft Appearance at the Thea. 
 
 the prefenting Light and Dark- in Goodman' s-Fields ; but the Au- 
 
 w/jj iV/fArrcprefentingthe^nti- thor foon quitting that Place foi? 
 
 Mafque or Inlroduftion, and the the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, 
 
 Subjc£l of the Main 'Mafque be- 
 ing Light. 
 
 The LuNATicK. Com, of 
 three A As, 4to, 1705. 
 
 brought his Farce witfi him, 
 which was there afted with great 
 and dcfervcd Applaufe. — Some of 
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 charged this Piece as being tor- 
 rowed from fcjne Ftettcb Come- 
 dy ; but as I have never yet heard 
 the Title of the fuppofed Origi- 
 nal mentioned, I cannot avoid, 
 as far as to the Extent of my 
 own Knowledge, acquitting the 
 Author from this Accufation.— 
 A Charge, however, which, 
 wherever laid, I am ever apt to 
 fufpeft as rather the Effeft of En- 
 vy, than of a Love of Juftice or 
 the Public, as it has ever been 
 the Praftice of the very beft Wri- 
 ters in all Ages and Nations to 
 make Ufe of valuable Hints in 
 the Works of their NeighbourjB, 
 for the Ufe and Advantage of 
 thofe of their Countrymen, to 
 whom thofe Works may not be 
 fo familiar as to' themfelves.— — ^ 
 No Man in his Senfes would, I 
 think, quarrel with a fine Nofe- 
 gay, becaufe fome of the moft 
 beautiful Flowers in it happened 
 to have been gathered in a neigh- 
 bouring Country j nor is the 
 World much lefs obliged to the 
 Perfon who favours it with a 
 good Tranflation of a good Au- 
 thor, than to that Author him- 
 felf, or one of equal Excellence 
 at Home.— — Intreating Pardon, 
 however, for this fmall Digref- 
 fion, I fliall now proceed to the 
 little dramatic Work under Con- 
 fideration, which, whether Ori- 
 ginal, Tranflation or Copy, has 
 undoubtedly great Merit, if Cha- 
 racter, Plot, Incident, and a 
 Rank of DiAion well adapted 
 to thofe Characters, can give it 
 a juft Title to the Praife I 
 have bellowed on it. — — Nor 
 can there be ftronger Evidence* 
 borne to its Deferts, than that 
 Approbation which conftantly at- 
 tends on it through the numerous 
 Repetitions of it cvciy Seafon at 
 both Theatres. 
 
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 Lyrxnda's Misery, yi^^ 
 CotA'sFuRY. 
 
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 M Ac BETH. Trag. hyW. 
 "Shakefpeare, 410. 1604. 
 I Play is extremely irregu. 
 lar, evcty One of the Rules of 
 the Drama being entirely and re- 
 peatedly broken in upon. — Ycr, 
 notwithft^ding, it contains an 
 Infinity ot Beauties, both witli 
 RefpeA to Language, Charafter, 
 Paflion and Incident. — ^The In- 
 cantations of the Witches are 
 equal, if not fuperior, to the 
 Canidia of Horace.—-Tht Ufe this 
 Author has made of Bariquo\ 
 Ghoft towards the heightning 
 the already heated Imagination 
 of Macbeth, is inimitably fine- 
 Lady Macbeth difcovering her own 
 Crimes in her Sleep, is perfectly 
 original and admirably conduced, 
 — Macbetb's Soliloquies both be. 
 fore and after the Murder, are 
 Matter -Pieces of unmatchable 
 Writing i while his Readinefs 
 of being deluded at firft by the 
 Witches, and his Defperation on 
 the Difcovery of the fatal Am- 
 biguity and Lofs of all Hope from 
 fupernatural Predictions, produce 
 a Cataftrophe truly juft, and 
 formed with the utmoft Judg- 
 ment.— —In a Word, notwith. 
 ftanding all its Irregularities, it 
 is certain one of the beft Pieces 
 of the very beft Mafter in this 
 Kind of Writing that the World 
 
 ever produced. The Plot is 
 
 founded on the Scottifli Hiftory, 
 and may be traced in the Wri- 
 tings of Heaor Boethius, Bucha- 
 fan, Hollingjhtad, 9k, in Uty 
 
 i t* 
 
 :!«■■ 
 
M A 
 
 —This Play is not divided into 
 ASts, yet it is far from a bad 
 one, and might probably furnift 
 the Hint to Mr. Lee. 
 
 Mas s I n e l to (hut rightty 
 Tomafo AnncUo di Malfa» Gene- 
 ral of the Neapolitans) bis Tra- 
 gedy, or, the Rebellion of Naples. 
 Anonym. 8vo. 1651.— — This 
 Play is faid to have been written 
 by a Gentleman who was bim- 
 felf an Eye Witnefs to the whole 
 of that wonderful Tranfaflion, 
 which happened at Naflet in 
 1647. — The Scene lies at Napla^ 
 and the Story may be feen more 
 at large in Giraffii Hiftory of 
 
 Massanixllo, or, A Fifl>' 
 enran a Prince, A Play iii two 
 Parts, by T. Durfrjy 4to. 1700. 
 
 This is on the fame Story 
 
 with, and partly borrowed from, 
 the former. 
 
 Master Anthony. Com. 
 by the E. of Orrery^ 4to. 1690. 
 —The' this Piece bears the above 
 Date, yet it appears to have been 
 artrd many Years before, at the 
 Puke's Th. in Line. -Inn- Fieldi, 
 by having the Names of Mr.yfn- 
 lel and Mrs. Long in the Drama, 
 who had at that Time been dead 
 fume Years. 
 
 Master TuRBUtiNT, or, 
 the Me/ancho/ies. Com. Anonym. 
 4to. i68z.-- The Scene of this 
 Play is laid in Moor-Fitldi. 
 
 A Match at MioNinnT. 
 Com. by Wm. Rowley, 4to. 1633. 
 —Part of the Plot of this Come- 
 dy, viz. the Defign of yarvis*s 
 hiding Bloodhound under the Wi- 
 dow's Bed, is founded on an old 
 Story in the Englifib Rogue, Par^4, 
 Chap. 19. 
 
 Match imNewoatz. DtV. 
 
 RtVXKGE. 
 
 Match inNewcatz. Fid. 
 Woman's Revenge. 
 Match mi in London, 
 
 M E 
 
 Tragi'Com. by no. Deekevy 4to, 
 1631.. — Scene 5/>a/». — -This is 
 edeemed a good Play. 
 
 Matilda. Trag. — Of this 
 I know no more than the Name, 
 and that it was written in the 
 Reign of Henry VII. both which 
 I gather from the Index to Jii- 
 eoh'i Poetical Regifier, where alone 
 I find it mentioned, but without 
 any Reference to the Body of the 
 Book, or any farther Particulars 
 relating .to it.— If the laft Cir- 
 cumftance be true, however, it 
 will render it the very earlieft 
 dramatic Piece we know any 
 I'hing of in thefe Kingdoms, as 
 that Monarch died in 1 509, and 
 Bi/hop Ba!ei God's Promifes is of 
 no earlier Date than 1538. 
 
 Matrimonial Trouble, 
 in two Parts, by the Dutchefs of 
 Neweafile. Fol. i66».-- The firft 
 of thefc is a Comedy, the fccon4 
 a Tragi-Comedy. 
 
 May Day, Com, by Geo% 
 Ckspman, 4to. 16 11. 
 
 The Mayor ot Qvinbo« 
 ROUGH. Com. by Tko, MidHt" 
 ton, 4to. 1 66 1. —This Play was 
 often a£led with great Applaufe. 
 — The Plot is taken from 5f«w, 
 Speedy &c. in the Reign of Vor- 
 tiger ; and the Author has intro- 
 duced into the Piece feveral Dumb 
 Shews, the Explanation of which 
 he puts into the Mouth of Rai- 
 r.ultb Monk of Chefter, whofe 
 Polscbronicon he has pretty cJofely 
 followed. 
 
 Measure for Measure. 
 A Play, by W, Sbakefpeare. Fol, 
 —This is a moft admirable Play, 
 as well with Refpcft to Charac- 
 ter and ConduA, as to the Lan- 
 guage and Sentiment, which at e 
 equal to any of this inimitable 
 Author's Pieces. — The Dike's 
 Soliloquy on Life, and the Plead* 
 ings of Jfabella for her Brother's 
 Pardon with jingtld, as well as 
 
 O tla!u!tr/» 
 
 ill 
 
 fc' 
 
 »lj 
 
 ! 
 
 
'1' 
 
 i 
 
 i 
 
 -1 
 
 ; 
 
 M» 
 
 f 
 
 M E 
 
 Chuito^s own Arguments with his 
 Sifter to yield herfelf up for his 
 Prefervation, and her Reply to 
 them, are Mafter-Pieces of EIo- 
 quencf- and Power of Language* 
 — -1 he Play is ftill frequently 
 performed, and always with af* 
 fur'd Approbation.— The Plot is 
 built on a ivlovel of Cintbio Gi- 
 raldi, Dec. 8. Nov. 5.— -The 
 Scene lies at Vltnna, 
 
 Medza. Trag. bySir£At>. 
 Sberburnty 8vo. 1648.— This is 
 only a Tranflation from Seneca, 
 with Annotations ; but never in- 
 tended for the Stage.— To it is 
 annexed a Tranflation of Seneca's 
 Anfwer to Ludliut's Query, Why 
 Good Men fufFer Misfortunes? 
 
 MsDBA. Trag. by J. Stud' 
 /«.—— This is the fame Play as 
 the foregoing, only tranflated by 
 a different Hand, and with an 
 Alteration of the Chorus of the 
 firftAft. 
 
 Medscin malgre lvi* 
 ViJ, LovE*s Contrivances. 
 
 Medley op Lovers. yiJ, 
 Miss in her Teens. 
 
 Mecancholies. ^zV. Mas- 
 ter Turbulent. 
 
 Melancholy Visioner. 
 f^d. Factious Citizen. 
 
 Mblicerta. An heroic 
 Paftoral, by OxeU. — ^This is only 
 a Tranflation from a Piece of the 
 fame Name by Moliere, who 
 wrote the Original at the Com- 
 mand of the French King, whofe 
 Impatience would not wait for 
 the finiihing it, fo that it was 
 z&cd in an imperfeA State at 
 yerfailles, in which Condition it 
 remained ever after ; the Author 
 I fuppofe not thinking it worth 
 while to compleat it. 
 
 Menachmi. Com. by H^. 
 W, 4to. 1595. — This is only a 
 Tranflation from Plautus, — From 
 this Play the Plot of, the Comtdj 
 o/Erron is borrowed* 
 
 ME 
 
 The Merchant or Vg. 
 NICE. Tragi-Com, \>yW,Sbak(i 
 peare, 4to. 1600. — This is an 
 admirable Piece, and ftill conti. 
 nues on the Lift of afting Plays. 
 —The Story is built on a real 
 Faft which happened in fome 
 Part of Italy, with this Difference 
 indeed, that the intended Cruelty 
 was really on the Side of the 
 Chriftian, the Jew being the un« 
 happy Delinquent who fell be. 
 neath his rigid and barbarous Re* 
 fentment.— -Popular Prejudice 
 however vindicates our Autb»r 
 in the Alteration he has made» 
 and the delightful Manner in 
 which he has availed himfelf of 
 the general Character of the 
 Jews, the very Quinteflence of 
 which he has enriched his Sht' 
 lock with, makes more than A> 
 mends for his deviating from a 
 Matter of Faft which he was by 
 no Means obliged to adhere to.->. 
 The Decifion of PcrtiWs Fate by 
 the Choice of the Cafkets affords 
 a pleafing Sufpenfe, and gives 
 Opportunity for a great many ini< 
 mitable Refle£tions.— The trial 
 Scene in the fourth A A is ama< 
 zingly conduced; the Anxiety 
 both of the Characters themfelvcs, 
 and of the Audience being 
 kept up to the very laft Mo- 
 ment ; nor can I clofe my Men- 
 tion of that Scene without taking 
 Notice of the Speech put into 
 Portia'' s Mouth in Praife of Mer- 
 cy, which is perhaps the finefl 
 Piece of Oratory on the Subjeft, 
 (tho* very fully treated on by ma- 
 ny other Writers) that has ever 
 appeared in our or any other Lan- 
 guage.— The Scene lies partly at 
 Fienice, partly at Belmopf, the 
 Seat of Portia on the Continent.— 
 For the Alterations which Lord 
 Lanfdowne has made in this Piayi 
 Vidt Jew or Vcnice. 
 
 MUR* 
 
M E 
 
 Mbrchant's Wif e. ^«/. 
 Andromana. 
 
 Mekcokius Bkitanni- 
 cus, or tie Englijb InttUigencer. 
 Tragi- Com. aAed at Paris with 
 great Applaufe, 4to. 1641. — ^This 
 Piece is wholly political, the 
 SubjeA of it being entirely on the 
 Ship Money, which was one of 
 the great Points that occasioned 
 the Troubles of K. Charhi I.— 
 Several of the Judges are attacked 
 in it under feigned Names, parti- 
 cularly Juftice Hutton and Juftice 
 Cotke, under the Names of Ihr- 
 ttfifus, and Corvus Aciliui ; as is 
 alfo Pry fin f who is introduced un- 
 der the Character of Prinner.'— 
 It conftfh of only four (hort A£ls, 
 and of the fifth is faid in the 
 Epilogue as follows. '* It is <&- 
 temined bj the iEdils, the Mif- 
 trefs ofpMicke PhySt that the next 
 day (by Jove*/ Permffion) the 
 fifth AElJhallbe aSiedupon Tyber, 
 1 Jhouldjay Tyburne, by a new 
 Society o/^balamites. f^ve le Roy, 
 Beibre the firft AQ is prefixed 
 this other Title, viz. Tbe Cen- 
 Jure of tbe Judges, or tbt Court 
 Cure. 
 
 MSRCVltT VIMDICATCD 
 
 from Akhynufts at Cnrt, by Gen- 
 tlemen the King's Servants, by 
 Btnjonfon, Fol. 1640. 
 
 MERors* Trag. by jiaren 
 hill. 8vo. 1748.-^— This Play 
 was, and ftill continues to be, 
 afted with great Applaufe.<^— It is 
 greatly borrowed from the Me- 
 rope of Voltairey yet has Mr. H///, 
 whofe Manner and Style are very 
 peculiar and original, made it 
 entirely his own by his manner 
 of tranflating it.— Some Critics 
 tliere are indeed who have found 
 Fault with this Gentleman as a 
 turgid and bombaft Writer ; to 
 their Opinions, however, I can- 
 not fubfcribe, for altho' it may 
 be allowed that a peculiar Ordo 
 
 M E 
 
 Verbommt and a frequent Ufe of 
 compound Epithets, which feem 
 to be the true CharaAeriftics of 
 Mr. Hill^s Writings, may give an 
 apparent StifFnefs and Obfcurity 
 to a Work, yet when once per- 
 feAly digefted and properly deli- 
 vered from the Lips of Oratory, 
 they certainly add great Force and 
 Weight to the Sentiment,— nor 
 can it furely be confidered as pay- 
 ing this Author any very exalted 
 Compliment to rank the Tragedy 
 of Merepe as fuperioir to any one 
 which has hitherto appeared fince } 
 nor can there, perhaps, appear a 
 ftronger Evidence in its Favour, 
 than the Ufe which fome of the 
 later tragic Writers have made 
 of the Dcfign of this Play, hav- 
 ing more or lefs adopted the Plot 
 as the Ground Work of their 
 own Pieces, as Witnefs the Tra- 
 gedies o( Barbareffa, Creufa, Dou- 
 glas, &c.— The Story of Mcropt 
 is well known in Hifiory; and 
 the Scene lies at Mycene. — Dur- 
 ing the Run of this Piece the 
 Author died. 
 
 Me ROPE. Trag. by M. de 
 Vgkairet tranflated by Dr. T/'ce- 
 baldf 8vo. 1744.— —This is a 
 mere Tranflation, and was never 
 brought on the Stage. 
 
 Merope. Trag. I ''^^t.Ayre, 
 Ital. and Englilh, 8vo. : 740.-* 
 This is only the literal Tranfla- 
 tion of an Italian Tragedy on the 
 fame SubjeA on the foregoing 
 Pieces, having the Original print- 
 ed with it Page by Page, for th« 
 Ufe and Inftru£lion of Perfont 
 inclined to become Matters of the 
 Italian Language. 
 
 Merry Beggars. Vid, Jo- 
 vial Crew. 
 
 The Merry Cobler. A 
 Ballad Farce, by Cba. Cofey. 
 1 73 1. —This is a fecond Part of 
 the Devil to pay, or the H^ivei 
 
 Metamorpbofed } 
 O 2 
 
 but being by ne 
 Degree 
 
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 II 
 
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 Degree equal to the firftj it M-as 
 defervedly damn*d the firft lOTight 
 at^the Th. Roy. in Dr. Lane, 
 
 Merry Cuckold, f^d. Ci- 
 ty Bridb. 
 
 ' The MeHry Devil of Ed- 
 monton. Com Anonym. 4to. 
 i6ia.— This Comedy isattribut- 
 «d by Kirkman to Shakeffeare, but 
 on what Foundation 1 know not, 
 as there do not appe.^r in the 
 Piece itfelf any Marks that tend 
 to the Confirmation of fuch a 
 Suggeftion.— Csx ter takes Notice 
 of an old MS. to this FJay that 
 he has feen, which Ipcaks it to 
 have been written by Michael 
 Drayton. — Tie ^iot is founded on 
 the Kiftory of one Peter Fabaly 
 of whom more particular mention 
 is made in Fuller^ i Church Hifory^ 
 and in the Chronicles of Henry 
 VTs Reign.— -Scene Edmonton. 
 
 The Merry Mas q^u e- 
 K > D z R s, or the Humorifi Cuckold, 
 Com. Anonym. 8vo, 1732.— 
 Not a£ted, but among the Publi- 
 «ations of that Year. 
 
 Merry MilxMaids of Is- 
 lington. Vid, MvsxoF New 
 Market. 
 
 The Merry Pranks, or 
 l^'indmill Hill. Farce. Anonym. 
 1704,— This I never faw. 
 
 The Merry Sailors, or 
 the Landlord bit. A Farce. 1 707. 
 —This Piece is mentioned no 
 v/here but in the Eritijb TIbeatre, 
 and by the Title I fliould rather 
 conceive it to have been a Droll 
 afted at fome of the Fairs, than 
 a regular Farce for a Theatre. 
 
 Merry Swain. ^/V/. Rival 
 Nymphs. 
 
 Merry Tricks, yid. Ram 
 Alley. 
 
 The Merry Wives of 
 Windsor. Com. hy ff^. Shakef- 
 ^eare, 4to. i€o».— This Piece is 
 allowed by the Critics to be the 
 Mafter Piece of this Author's 
 
 Writings in the Comic Way j it 
 was undertaken at the Command 
 of Queen Elizabeth, who being 
 a very great Admirer of the Cha- 
 rafter of Faljiaff'xn the two Parts 
 of Henry IV. infiftcd on feeing 
 what Figure he would make in 
 Love. — How greatly our Author 
 was able to execute any Defign 
 that was hinted to him this Play 
 fufficieiuJy evinces.— —There is 
 perhaps no Piece in our own or 
 any other Language iii which fo 
 extenfive a Groupe of perfe£l and 
 highly finiflied Charaftets are fet 
 forth in one View. — In the Cba- 
 rafter of Juftice Shallow he has 
 gratified a very innocent Revenge 
 on a certain Magiftrate, who, 
 in his Adolefcent Years, had 
 been unreafonably harfh upon 
 him, yet he has done it with fo 
 inofFenfive a Playfulnefs as bears 
 ftrong Teftimony to his own 
 Good Nature, having only ren- 
 der*d him laughable without 
 pbinting at him any of the Ar- 
 rows of malevolent or poignant 
 Satire.— Dry<&» allows this to be 
 exa£lly formed, and as it was 
 written before die Time thatfm 
 yonfon had introduced thaTafte 
 for a cold elaborate Regularity, it 
 plainly proves that our immortal 
 Bard was by no Means incapable of 
 policing and regulating his Plots 
 to an equal Degree of Exaftnefs, 
 had not his Choice of hiftorical 
 Plans very frequently compelled 
 him, and the unbridled Strength 
 of his Imagination as often in- 
 duced him to o'erleap the Bounds 
 of thofe dramatic Rules which 
 were firft eftabliflied by Writers 
 who knew not what it was to 
 write, to aft, to think, above all 
 . K\\\t.'——Langbaine fuggefts iKac 
 the Circumftances of Sir Johni 
 being conveyed out of Doors in 
 the Buckbaikct, and his relating 
 his whole Intrigue with Mrs. 
 
 Ford 
 
M E 
 
 ford to her Hufband under the 
 Name of Mr. Brooke are borrow- 
 ed from feme Novels,— —But as 
 thefe Circumftances are only to 
 be found in a CoUe^ion of No- 
 rels published fince Shaiefpeare's 
 Time, I cannot think there is a 
 fufficient Foundation to build fuch 
 3 Surmife upon.— The Scene at 
 fyindjtr. 
 
 M E s 8 A L I K A, the Roman 
 Emprefi, her Tragedy, by Natb. 
 Richards, 8vo. 1696. — The Plot 
 of this Play is from Suetar,ius, 
 Pliny, Juvenal, and other Au- 
 thors who have written on the 
 vicious Chara£ler of that infatiate 
 Woman.— It is uflier'd in by fix 
 Copies of Vcrfes.— Scene Ktme, 
 
 The Metamorvhosis, or 
 the old Lovtr outwitted. Farce, by 
 '^ohn Corey, 410, 1 704,— —This 
 was afted at the Theatre in Line.- 
 Jnn-Fields. — Jacob has made a 
 Confulion in Regard to this 
 Farce, giving it in two differeat 
 Places to Authors of the fame 
 Name, and calling it in one Place 
 a Trandation from Motiere, and 
 in the other an Alteration of Al- 
 bumazar.'^Tht latter, however, 
 is the right, it confifting only of 
 that Part of the Plot of the faid 
 Comedy, which relates to the o- 
 ver- reaching of Pandolpbo by 
 Means of the pretended Trans- 
 formation of 7r/«ftf/o.— ~-This 
 Miftake, however, has uvlfen 
 from confounding Mr. Corey the 
 Author of the Generous Enemies, 
 vith Mr. Ccrey the Comedian, 
 who was the Compiler of this 
 Piece. 
 
 The Met AMoiii'Hos*D Gyp- 
 sies, A Mafque, by Ben Jon- 
 fc». Fol. 1641.— This Piece was 
 thrice prefented before K.James I. 
 — Firft at Burleigh on the Hill, 
 next at Behnir Caflle, and laftly 
 3XlVtndfor in ^»g^. 'l6ai,— It 
 was printed before with other 
 
 M I 
 
 Poems, under the Title of Tie 
 Mafque ofGypfiet, 8vo. 3640. 
 
 Michaelmas Tomx. 
 Com. by 7ho. Middleten, 4te. 
 1607.— —This W>y w' fundry 
 Times a£led.— It is of a moderate 
 Length, but is not divided into 
 
 Mtckocosmvs. a Moral 
 Mafque, by tho. Nabbes. 4to. 
 1637.^— This has two Copies of 
 Verfes prefixed, one of them by 
 Rich, Srome, 
 
 Middlesex Justice. Fid, - 
 CovEKT Gaiden weeded. 
 
 Midsvmmee Night's 
 Dream. Com. by H^. Sbakef- 
 peare, 4to. 1600.— This Play is 
 one of the wild and irregular 
 Overflowings of this great Au- 
 thor's creative Imagination.— -It 
 is now never a£led under its on-* 
 ginal Form, yet it contains ari 
 infinite Number of Beauties, and 
 the different Parts of it have been 
 made Ufe of feparately in the For- 
 mation of more Pieces than one. 
 —The Parts of Oberon and TVm- 
 ma, for Example^ are the Ground- 
 work of the Fairies ; the Story 
 of Fyramus and Tki/be has been 
 nlfo performed fingly under the 
 Form of an Opera ; and the ftiH 
 more comic Parts of it have been 
 printed by themfelves in Quarto 
 under the Title of Bottom tbe 
 Weofver, and ufed frequently to 
 be a£led at BartboJomew Fair, and 
 other Fairs in the Country by 
 the ^rolling Cbmpanies.— — The 
 Scene is in Ahens, and a Wood 
 not far from it. 
 
 The Minor. Com. of three 
 A As. hy Samuel Foot e, 8va. I759» 
 —This Piece was firft prefented 
 in the Summer Seafon at the 
 Little Th. in the Haymarket, artd 
 tho* . it was performed by an en- 
 tirely young and unpractised Ccm- 
 pany, it brought full Uoufes for 
 thirty-eight Nights in that Tiihe 
 
 O3 0^ 
 
 i 'If 
 
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f- 
 
 vv ; 
 
 If-:, 
 
 
 
 l^ 
 
 .'\ii; 
 
 •I 
 
 it . 
 
 I 
 
 M ! 
 
 of the YeuT} an<l.contimiesftill one 
 of the Aock Pieces for the Win- 
 ter alfo.-^As the principal Merit 
 cf all this Gentkman'c Writings 
 ronflftt in the drawing peculiar 
 Chara^ers well known in real 
 Lif«i which he heightens by his 
 own Manner of perfonating the 
 Originals on the Stage, it will be 
 ncceflfary to inform Pofterity that 
 in the Charaders of Mrs. Cole 
 and Mr« Smirk, the Author re- 
 prefented thofe of the celebrated 
 Mother D—gl-s, and as celebrated 
 •n Auctioneer } and that in the 
 Conclufjon or rathet Epilogue to 
 the Piece {pokcn by Sbi/t (which 
 the Author performed, together 
 with the other two Chara£lers) 
 be took off to a great. Degree of 
 £xa£lneiiiy the Manner and even 
 ferfon of that moft noted enthu- 
 fiaftic Preacher, and Chief of the 
 Methodifts, Mr. Cto. Wh-tf-ld. 
 »-And indeed, fo happy was the 
 Succefs of this Piece in one Re- 
 fpeA, that it feem'd more effec- 
 tually to open the Eyes (of the 
 Populace efpecially) in Regard to 
 the Abfurdities of that pernicious 
 Set of politic Enthudafts, than 
 All the more ferious Writings 
 that had ever been publiflied a- 
 gainft them.— Mr. Foote has been 
 •ccufcd of borrowing not only the 
 Hint, Lut even the whole of the 
 Chara£ler of Mrs. Colt, from an- 
 other Piece which was at that 
 Time only, in Embrio. What 
 
 iuftice there is ia this Charge, 
 owever, we may perhaps canvais 
 farther in another Part of this 
 ' Work, when we come to make 
 mention of that Piece. 
 
 The MiKRouB. Dramatic 
 Satire. Anonym. 8vo. 1756.— 
 Never aAed. 
 
 Miaaovit. or tmx latx 
 Tim IS. Vii. Rump. 
 
 Mm I A. Trag. by Rob. Ba- 
 twt ftv«» 16471 ortiicreabottt.<— > 
 
 M r 
 
 This Tragedy is founded on real 
 FaAs which happened not long 
 before, and is illuftriited with hi> 
 ftorical Annotations.— The Story 
 of it is the fame as that which 
 Denbam made the Ground Work 
 of his Sepby, and which may be 
 found in Sir Tbo. Herbert^ Tra- 
 vels ; yet has Mr. Baron handled 
 it in a very different Manner from 
 that Author, having finiihed three 
 compleat A£):s of this, before he 
 Caw that Tragedy; nor found 
 himfelf then difcouraged from 
 proceeding, on a Coniideration of 
 the great Difference in their re- 
 fpe£live Purfuits of the fame 
 Plan. — Barett has made y«nfori't 
 Cataline in great Meafure his 
 Model, havmg not only followed 
 the Method of his Scenes, but 
 even imitated his Language, and 
 any one may perceive that his 
 Ghofl of Emir-bamze-Mirxa is 
 an evident Copy of that of Scylla 
 in Catalint.-— It is however a good 
 Play, and is commended by five 
 Copies of Veifes by his Cumbridgt 
 Friends, but whether ever a£led 
 I know not. 
 
 The MisKR. Com. by 7i&». 
 SbatfweJi, 4to. 167a. — This Play 
 by the Author's own ConfeHion 
 is founded on the j^are of Me- 
 litre, which is itfelf alfo built on 
 the jiulularia of Plautut. — Shad- 
 Hvell, however, has by so Means 
 been a mere Tranflator^ but has 
 added confidcrably to his Ori- 
 ginal. 
 
 Thft MisxR. Com. by H, 
 Fiel(Htijtf 8vo. 2734.— This Play 
 was aQed with great Applaufe at 
 the Theatre Roy. in Drury Lane, 
 and is the Piece which now con- 
 tinues to be performed annually ; 
 yet, notwithftanding it it the 
 Work of a very capital Hand, I 
 cannot think it in any Degree 
 equal to the Original. 
 
 The Mjsxji* Com, by J, 
 
 Jiugbcit 
 
M I 
 
 j^^^jj.— This is only a firft Aft 
 of a Tranflation from Moliere, 
 vvhicb the Author either did not 
 think worth while preferring, or 
 elfe was prevented by the Stroke 
 of Death from finifliing.— -It is, 
 however, publi/hed with his o- 
 ther Dramatic and poetical 
 Works • 
 
 The MisBR. Com, by OxtU. 
 ..This is Nothing more than a 
 literal Tranflation unintended for 
 the Prefs, of the celebrated French 
 Play of Moliere^ from which all 
 the above-mentiouad Pieces have 
 been borrowed. 
 
 Miseries or CivilWars. 
 Vid. Henry VI. 
 
 TheMisERjssor inforced 
 Marriage. Com. by Geo. 
 
 Wilkinh A^o. 1637. ^Tothis 
 
 Comedy Mrs. Btbn is indebted for 
 great Part of the Plot of her 
 Town Fop, oxSxtTmotbyTaW' 
 dry,—-Sht has, however, confidero 
 ably improved on this Play, 
 which is not even divided into 
 Afts. 
 
 MisER*s Retreat. Vid, 
 Whim. 
 
 Miss in her Teems, or ^ 
 Mediev of Lwtri. Farce, by Z). 
 Garrick, 8vo. 1747. — This Farce 
 met with great Succefs, and in- 
 deed defervedly fo, it bsing a 
 laughable and diverting Piece. 
 The Charaaers of Fla/b and Frii- 
 lie may perhaps be confidered as 
 fomewhat Outr/, and too mndi 
 on the Caricature, but that hat 
 ever been allowed in Farce, or 
 what the French call the Baji 
 Cwnedie, where Probability is fre- 
 quently facrificcd to Invention, 
 and a &n& Adherence to Nature, 
 to Humour and Ridicule—And 
 moreover, the inimitable Per- 
 formances of the Author and Mrw 
 Woodward in thefe Chandlers 
 ieem*dto overbear even the,fligfac- 
 «ft ReficaioA of Uu» Kiad thit 
 
 M I 
 
 might arlfe, ftnce even in the 
 Reprefcntation of what might 
 itfelf exceed the Bounds of Na- 
 ture, the enchanted Audience 
 could fcarcely perceive that they 
 were not walking in her very 
 ftraiteft and moft limited Paths. 
 
 Miss Lucy in Town. Far. 
 by H. Fieldingt 4to. 1740.— 
 This Piece, which is a Sequel or 
 Second Part of the Virgin un» 
 majkedf was prefented for fome 
 Nights at Dr. Lane Theatre, and 
 met with Applaufe.— But it be- 
 ing hinted that a particular Man 
 of Qu^ty was pointed at in one 
 of the Charaflers, an Application 
 was made Co the Lord Chamber- 
 lain, who fent an Order to for- 
 bid it being performed any more. 
 
 The Mistake. Com. by 
 Sir John Vanhnrght 4to. 1706. 
 — This is an admirable Play, and 
 always meets with Applaufe.-^ 
 The Quarrelling Scene between 
 Carlos and Leonora is perhaps as 
 highly touched as any we have 
 in the whole Lift of Eng/ijb Co- 
 medies. 
 
 Mistake. V^J, YovNe 
 King. 
 
 Mistaken Biavtt, ortht 
 Lyar, Com. 410. 1685. Anon. 
 " This is little more than a 
 Tranflation of the Menteur of 
 ComeiUe, Mr. Hart vim mucil 
 admired for afting the Part of 
 Dorant in this Play, yet it met 
 with no great Suocefs.— There is 
 an earlier Edition of it, under the 
 latter Title only, in Folio. i66i« 
 
 TheMlSTAKRM HOSBAND* 
 
 Com. by Dryden^ ifjio, i6y^.-^— 
 This Play is on the Model of 
 Plauhui Menmcimif and is ex- 
 tremely farcical.—- It is not, how- 
 ever Mr. Drydeiftt being only a- 
 dopted by him and enriched with 
 one good Scene froin his Hand* 
 •—The real Author 'i», L believe^ 
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 The Mistakes, or the Falfi 
 Report, Com. b" Jofepb Harris f 
 4to, 1690. — This Play was writ- 
 ten by another Perfon, but falling 
 into this Gentleman's Hands, he 
 made many Alterations in it con* 
 fiderably for the worfe.— — Yet 
 Dryden beftowed a Prologue on 
 it, Tatt an Epilogue, and Mount' 
 fort a whole Scene in the laft 
 A A, and many other Corrections. 
 — Notwithllanding which it re- 
 mains a tedious difagreeable Play, 
 and maiy of the Scenes which 
 are printed in this Edition of it, 
 weie obliged to be omitted in the 
 Reprefentation. 
 
 Mistake uroN Mistakx. 
 
 Vid. P£RPLSX*D CourLK. 
 
 Mistress. Vid, Bella- 
 
 MIRA. 
 
 Mrs. Parliament's new 
 Vagaries. F/</. New Mar- 
 ket Fair. 
 
 Ma. Taste, the foeti- 
 CAL Fop, ot the Modes of the 
 Ccurt, Com. Anonym. Svo. 
 1731. — Of this Piece I know no 
 more than the Name. 
 
 Mithrioatss King or 
 Po K t L s . Trag. by Natb. Lte^ 
 4to. 1678.— This Play is found- 
 ed on rliftory, for which fee 
 Appiariy Florus and Ptutarche^— 
 The Scene lies in Synope.—TYa 
 Epilogue written by Mr. Dryden. 
 
 Mock Astrologer. Vid, 
 Evening's Love. 
 
 The Mock Captain. Far. 
 by Tbo. Druryt 8vo. 1733.—— 
 Whether this Piece was ever plaid 
 1 know not, at it neither appears 
 in tyhincop^t Catalogue, nor is 
 mentioned by Viffor in his An- 
 T.ual Rcgifttr.—Yttf as it is thus 
 nam'd in the Britip 7heatr*, I 
 have given it a Place here. 
 
 Mock Coronation. Fid, 
 Pretender's Flight. 
 
 Mock Covntesi, f^d, 
 PtAv's THE PloTi 
 
 M O 
 
 The Mock Doctor, orri« 
 Dmmi lady cured, A Ballad Far. 
 by H. Fielding, Svo. 1733.— This 
 Petite Piece is taken wholly from 
 the Medecin ntalgre lui of Moliere, 
 excepting the Songs, which kre 
 not very numerous. — Some other 
 Writers have made Ufe of that 
 Comedy as the Ground-work of 
 their Pieces, but by attempting 
 to enlarge on-and improve it have 
 abfolutely fpoil'd it. — This Au- 
 thor, however, whofe natural 
 Bent of Genius had the fame 
 Kind of Turn with that of Afo- 
 Uere himfelf, has been contented 
 with only giving a fprightly and 
 happy Translation of him, vai-y- 
 ing no more from his Original 
 with Refpeft to Plot, Incident 
 or Conduct, than the different 
 Tafte of the two Nations ren- 
 dered abfolutely neceflary : By 
 which Means he has introduced 
 the Foreigner amongft us pof- 
 lefs'd of all his natural Vivacity 
 and A^urnour, ar^^ with no other 
 Alteration than that which his own 
 Politeffe would neceflfarily occafion, 
 vix. the being drefs'd in the full 
 Mode of the Country he is viliting. 
 —How far the Author was right in 
 the Performance of this Method 
 the Succefs of the Piece fuffici- 
 ently evinces \ it having been re- 
 ceived with univerfal Approba- 
 tion at its firft Appearance, and 
 continuing to this Day one of the 
 conftunt ftanding Deferts to our 
 dramafic Collations, notwith- 
 ftanding the Infinity of Pttitts 
 Pieces that have appeared fince. 
 
 The Mock Duellist, or 
 The French Valet. Com. 
 by P. B. 4to. i67«.— This Play 
 was a£ted at the Th. Royal with 
 fome Succefs, and is, in Confe- 
 quence of the Letters affixed to 
 it, attributed by Langbaine and 
 Jacob to one Mr. Peter Sehn,-^ 
 Scene Ctvtnt Gurdcn, 
 
 Mock 
 
M O 
 
 Mock Cover noji. ^/</. San- 
 CHO AT Court. 
 
 The Mock Lawyer. Farce, 
 by Edw. Philips, 8vo. 1733. — 
 This was adtcd at Lr, Lane with 
 fome Succefs. 
 
 Mock Marriage. Vid.'Zv' 
 ^MSH Moor. 
 
 The Mock Marriacx. C. 
 by Tho. Scetf J^,to, 1696. —This 
 Play was the iirft Attempt of a 
 young Author in the dramatic 
 Way, and was performed in an 
 indifferent Part of the Seafon,yet 
 it met with coniiderable Appro* 
 bation. The Scene is laid in 
 London, the Plot I believe ori- 
 ginal. 
 
 The Mock Preacher. Far. 
 Anonym, and without Date, bit^ 
 mentioned by the Author of the 
 Britijh Theatre, and by him only, 
 as one of the Pieces Hnce 1700. 
 
 The Mock Tempest* or th* 
 Enchanted Cajite, Farce,' by Tbo. 
 Duffet, 4to. 1676. — This Piece 
 was aOf d at the Tbtat, Rojf. and 
 written purpofely in a burlefque 
 Style.— The Defign of it was to 
 draw away the^udience from the 
 other Theatre, to which at that 
 Time there was a very great re- 
 fprt, drawn thither in Confe- 
 quence of the Applaufe given 
 to Drvdeu^s Alteration of the 
 Tempejt, which was then in its 
 full Run: BnC it was inter- 
 mixed with fo much Scurrility 
 and Ribaldry, that altho* it met 
 with fome little Succefs at firft, 
 it prefently fell to the Ground, 
 and when it came to be prefented 
 in Dublin, feveral Ladies and Per* 
 Tons of the beft Quality teftifyed 
 their Diflike of fuch low and in- 
 decent Stufr,by quittingthe Houfe 
 bi'fore the Per^xjrmance was half 
 OTcr. 
 
 Mock Testator. Vid. 
 
 WjTS, 
 
 M O 
 
 Mock Thyestes. Farce, 
 by John PFriglt, 8vo. 1674.—— 
 This Piece is written in burlefquc 
 Verfe, and is one Proof among 
 many that Burlefquei are not 
 always intended, ( as they arc 
 nfioft generally miftaken to be) 
 as a Ridicule on tbofe Authors 
 who are either parodiz'd or tra- 
 veftied in them, but only as the 
 yeu d'Efprit of a lively and in- 
 genious Imagination j fmce the 
 very Piece of Seneca on which 
 Mr. fFrigbt has built the Plan of 
 his Mock-Tragedy, the very fame 
 Gentleman has taken the greateft 
 Pains in a ferious Tranflation of, 
 which he executed with great Ac- 
 curacy- and Elegance, and which 
 was printed and publiihed together 
 with this Burlefquc. 
 
 Modern fins Lady^ yid* 
 Female Rake. r>. 
 
 The Modern Hosbamd. C. 
 by H. Fielding, 8vo. 1734. -• 
 This Play was afted at die Theat. 
 in Dr, Lant with fome Succefs* 
 but never revived fince. 
 
 Modsrn Poktastms, or 
 Diredort no Conjuren. A Farce*. 
 Anonym. l^%^,oH tbefammn Odt 
 fVritert, Satyrifis, Panegyrics, tec, 
 of the preftnt "timet, and their Pa- 
 trons, &c. — This Piece I have 
 never feen, nor find any Account 
 of but in Coxeter'9 MS. where I 
 find it mentioned by the above 
 Title. — It was never a£ted, and 
 feems by its Title to be only • 
 Piece of perfonai Satire and par- 
 tial Abufe, neither intended nor 
 fit for the Stage. 
 
 The Modern Prophets, or 
 New fFit for an Hujband. Com, 
 by Tho. Durfty, 4to. 1707. ——• 
 This Piece is an exceflive bad 
 one, having no kind of Merit but 
 the expofing, with fone little 
 Humour, a Set of abfurd Enthu- 
 fiafts who made their Appear- 
 ance 
 
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 »nce at that Time under the Title 
 •f the Frmeb Pnpkett, 
 
 The Modern Wtf«, or the 
 ^irjrin her own Rivaf, Com. by 
 
 y. StevtnSf %vo. 1745. This 
 
 Piece is faid to have been intend- 
 ed for Reprefentation at the New 
 Theatre in the Hnmarket. -^Tht 
 Name affixed to it is that of a 
 Bookfeller, who was remarkable 
 for clandeftinely obtaining Copies 
 of any little poetical or other 
 Pieces that he could lay Hands 
 on, and publifhing them not only 
 without, but even againft the Con- 
 fent of their Authors, and there- 
 fore, as his own Abilities appear'd 
 fcarce e^ual to the ProduAion of 
 a dramatic Piece, of evea fo in- 
 difierent a Degree of Merit as 
 this, which by the Way, he pub- 
 lifted by Subfrription for his own 
 Emolument ; it will not appear, 
 perhaps, too uncharitabk to lufpeA 
 that it was not hit own, but only 
 procurM, like his other Publica- 
 tions, by ftealth. 
 
 MODXS or TMX COVRT. Vid, 
 
 Mn. Tasyx th« poetical 
 Fop. 
 
 Modish CiTzsXM.^(/.FAia 
 
 EXAMPLS. 
 
 The Modish CotfPtx. Com. 
 fcy Capt. Bodeni^ 8vo. 1733. This 
 Play was afted at Dr. Lane with- 
 out any great Succefs. ——Yet I 
 think it feems entitled to an e- 
 ^ual Share with moft of the Co- 
 medies of about that Period. — — 
 There is no great Intricacy in the 
 Plot, nor ftriking Novelty in the 
 Chara£ters; yet the Dialogue is 
 cafy and unforced, and there is 
 Nothing either in rhe Conduct or 
 Sentiment that difgufts, which is 
 perhaps as much as can be faid of 
 moft of our Modern Comedies.->- 
 From it has fince been taken a 
 Farce called Marridf^e-a-la-MeJef 
 performed at Mr. Tate'» Benefit 
 
 M O 
 
 in the Tear 1760.— "Which fee in 
 its proper Place. 
 
 Modish Gallants, f^id. 
 Intriguing Courtiers. 
 
 The Modish Husband. C. 
 by Cba. Buruafyf 8vo jjoz.-m 
 This Play was performed at Dr. 
 Lantf and was damned. —Yet 
 fome Excufe is to be made for it, 
 as it appears by the Preface to have 
 been written in a Month's Time, 
 that is to fay if any Excufe ought 
 to be made for the Affront thrown 
 on the Public by Authors, in 
 protruding on them their hafty 
 unAnilhM Performances. 
 
 Modish Lovxrs. ViJ, 
 Mall. 
 
 Modish Wirx. yiJ. Tom 
 
 ESSENCX. 
 
 The Mohocks. A Tragi- 
 comical Farce, as it it alted (fays 
 the Title Page) ntar the H^atcb- 
 boufe in Coy xvT Garden, 8vo. 
 1711. 'This Piece was never 
 aAed, but is printed with a De« 
 dication to Mr. D***, (Dennis) 
 and has beea attributed in general 
 to Mr. Gey, but how truly lean- 
 not pretend to alBrm.— The Sub- 
 i'eA 6f it is an Expofition of the 
 lehai^our of a Setof mifchievoui 
 young Men who were diftinguifli- 
 ed by the Title of Afo^li (at 
 thofe of the prefent Time are 
 by that of Bucks and Bloods) and 
 who ufed, on the Prefumption of 
 their being prote£ted by Rank or 
 Fortune fi-om Punifliment for 
 their Errors, to miftreat every in- 
 offenfive Perfon whom they met 
 abroad, under the Ideaof Frolicks. 
 — Thefe pernicious Beings have 
 almoft always fubfiftcd under one 
 Title or other, and it feems re- 
 markable that they have ever di- 
 ftinguiflied themfelves by fuch as 
 in fome Degree point them out to 
 be the Fern Nature } the modern 
 Race however, fecming to have 
 
 rather 
 
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 rather mow .f i Monkey than 
 the Bear in tb* , confine them- 
 fclvcs to lefs Savage Kinds of 
 Mifchief than thofe hinted at 
 here, who ufed to ftop aj. no Bar- 
 barity, cutting and maiming in- 
 nocent Perfons with their Swords, 
 Sic. and indeed imitating the un- 
 poliihed Nation whofe Name they 
 afTumed* 
 
 Moll C»t?urse. Fid. 
 RoaringGirl. 
 
 MoMVS tubn'd Fabulist, 
 or r«/wif'i JVtdding. Ballad Op. 
 Anonym. 1730.— This Piece has 
 a confiderable Share of Merit, the 
 Charafter of Momut being well 
 fupported, and almoft every Song 
 contrived to be a Fable prettily 
 told, and conveying a pleafing 
 fatirical Moral.— It was a£led at 
 tincoltt' i-Ifin-Field$ with Succefs. 
 
 Monsieur dePourceaug- 
 n A c, or SjuireTret/ooly. Anon. 
 4to. 1704. — This Piece was afted 
 at the Subfcription Mufic at the 
 Th. Roy in Lincoln s- Inn- Fields , 
 Mar. zo. 1704. by a feleft Com- 
 pany from both Houfes.— — It is 
 done into Engli/b from Mdiere't 
 Comedy of the lame Name, which 
 was made and performed for the 
 Diverfibn of the French King. -^ 
 The Scene of this lies in London^ 
 and it has a Prologue by Dr. Gartbf 
 %vhom Coxeteri MSS. hints to 
 have been the Trandator of the 
 vholc. 
 
 Monsieur de Pourceauo- 
 N A c , or Squire Treelooly, by Ozell, 
 —A mere Tranflationof ^«//Vr/s 
 Play, never intended for the 
 Stage. 
 
 Monsieur D'Olivb. Com. 
 »»y Geo. Ckapmany 4to. 1606. — 
 This Play was cfteemed a good 
 one and met with Succefs. 
 
 Monsieur Ragout. Vid, 
 Old Troop. 
 
 Monsieur Thomas. Com. 
 ^y Jihn Flttchtrf 410, i639t'*In 
 
 M O 
 
 this Comedy the Author was un- 
 aflifted by his Friend Beaumont 
 (who probably was dead before 
 the Writing of it) or any other 
 Perfon, but was not publifhed till 
 after his Death by Richard Bromt^ 
 who dedicated it to Ckarlei Cotton^ 
 as a great Admirer of the dead 
 Author's Works and Memory.— 
 It was afterwards revived on the 
 Stage by 7bo. Durfev, under the 
 
 Title of Trick for Trick. The 
 
 Scene London. 
 
 Money is an Ass. Com. by 
 Tho. Jordan^ 4to. 1668. — This 
 Play was aQed with Applaufe ; 
 the Part of Capt. PennilefSf the 
 principal Character in it, having 
 been performed by the Author.— 
 It is one of the Pieces publifhed 
 by Kirkman\ and Langbaine fur* 
 mifes from the Stile, that it is 
 older than the Date of it« Publi- 
 cation. 
 
 Money's thk Mistkbis. 
 Com. by Tie. Soutberne, 4to. 
 I7tc.— This Author's Comedies 
 are oy no Means equal to kit 
 Tragedies, nor is this even the 
 bcft of the former, yet it met with 
 fome Approbation on its Appear- 
 ance at Lt.tcoln*$ Inn-Fitldt^-'The 
 Author was Sixty-five Yurs of 
 Age when it appeared, ir may 
 therefore be confider'd as the very 
 lad dying Ember- of his poetical 
 Fire. 
 Moor or Venice. Fid, 0- 
 
 THELLO. 
 
 Moor's Revenge. f7</.AB- 
 
 OELAZAR. 
 
 More Dissemblers be- 
 sides Women. Com. by 7bo. 
 MiddletoH, 8vo. 1657. Scene 
 Milan. 
 
 More Ways than one, 
 yid. Contrivances. 
 
 More Ways than onb 
 roR A WifE. Ftd. Pbvii* 
 COAT Plotter 
 
 ThcMoRMN* Ramble, or 
 
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 ihe Town Humours. Com. Anon. 
 4to. 1973'— The Scene in Loffi/on. 
 — This Play is a good one, and 
 by Coxeter attributed to ^evil 
 Paine. 
 
 MoRTiMER^s Fall. Trag, 
 by Ben yeij/ow.— This Piece is to 
 be found amongft JonJotCi Works^ 
 but is no more than a Fragment, 
 juft begun, and left imperfefl 
 by Means of the Author's Death. 
 ■^What it would have been, how* 
 ever, may in fome Meafure be 
 gathered from the Argumenta of 
 each feveral AA, which are pub- 
 liflied to it for the Reader's Satif- 
 fa£lion. *— The Lofs of it is the 
 more to be regretted, as it is the 
 only Flail this Author had pro- 
 ceeded on for a dramatic Piece, 
 on any Story taken from the Hi- 
 ilory of our own dramatic Af* 
 fairs. I 
 
 Most Votes carry it., 
 Vid. Lovs at a Loss. 
 
 Mother Bombix. Com. by 
 John Lilly t M. A. 4to. 1594. 
 AAedby the Children oi Pours, 
 
 Mother inFaihion. Vid, 
 
 DiSArrOIKTMENT. 
 
 The Mothbr-in-Law, or 
 the Dogor the Difeaje, Com. by Ja, 
 Miller f 8vo. 1735.— This Come- 
 dy was afted with very great Suc- 
 cefs at the Theatre in the Hay 
 market,— -The Scene of it is laid in 
 London, and the Plot is compound- 
 ed of thofe of two Comedies of 
 Molieref vi«. the Monjieur Pour- 
 t(0ugnac and the Malada imagi' 
 »w»>tf.— The Author received fome- 
 Helps in the Compofition from 
 Mr. Henry Baker, and being at that 
 Time in Orders, and fomewhat 
 apprehenlive of the EflTeAs that a 
 known Application to theatrical 
 Writing might have on his Pro- 
 notion in the Church, he pre> 
 vailed on that Gentleman to pafs 
 as the fole Author of tha Piece* 
 wd M fuch to dedicate it to tht 
 
 MA 
 
 Countefs of Hertford. — In Confe- 
 quence of the Succefs it met with 
 however, he afterwards on a 
 Publication of his Works ail to. 
 gether, refumed his Claim to this 
 Piece, among the reft, and, if I 
 miftake not, without fo much as 
 acknowledging the Afiiftances he 
 had had from his Friend. 
 
 Mother Ship ton, her Life, 
 Com. hyTho.Thomfony^to. 1671. 
 —This Play it is faid was a£led 
 nine Days fucceflively with great 
 Applaufe, yet what Merit it has 
 can by no Means be call'd its 
 own, all the Characters, excepting 
 thofe which relate to Mother 
 ShiptOH, being ftolen from MaJJitt' 
 ger's City Madam, and Middletons 
 Chafie Maid in Cheapfide, — It has 
 not the Author's Name at length, 
 but only the Initials|; which ap- 
 pears as if he was aihamed of his 
 Plagiary. 
 
 TheMouRNFUL Nupttals, 
 or Love the Cure of all fVoeu A 
 Play, hyTho. Cooke, 8vo. 1735.— 
 This, like the reft of this Gen- 
 tleman's dramatic Pieces, was 
 fmothered in the Birth, never 
 having been aCled, 
 
 TheMouRNiNo Bride. Tr. 
 by IV, Congreve, 4X0. 1697. — This 
 is the only Tragedy this Author 
 ever wrote, and met with more 
 Succefs than any of his other 
 Pieces, yet it is certainly greatly 
 inferior to the very worft of them, 
 for altho* the Story it a pleafing 
 and alTeAing one, and well told, 
 yet the Language has fo much of 
 the bombaft, and fo little of real 
 Nature in it, that it is fcarcely 
 credible it could be the Work of 
 an Author, fo remarkable for the 
 contrary in the eafy flowing Wit 
 of his Comedies. — The Scene is 
 laid in the Court of the King of 
 Valentia, 
 
 M V c sooR vt, tbt King's Son of 
 ValMttia. OMtf Amaaink the 
 
 Kings 
 
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 jCinr't Ddi^hter of Art^fMf with by y^hn Mefm^ 4tOt 1610. •*'■-*• 
 tbt merry Coticeitt •/ tht Moufe. What Merit this Play might 
 Com. Anon. 4to. 1668. — Thia really poflefs, I will not pretend 
 Piece is in fome of the old Cata- to fay, having never had an Op* 
 logues faidto be Sbakefpeare'Sf but portunity of meeting with it } but 
 was never publiflied among his that the Author himfelf had a 
 Worki. -— It is rather a Kind of moft eialted Opinion of it, is ap* 
 Droll or Farce than a regubr Co- parent from its Title Page, in 
 medy, and ufed frequently to be which he not duly ftiles it a wot- 
 performed for the Diverfion of thy I'rugcdy, but quotes the fi>l« 
 Country People at Chriftmao lowing Line from Horace for itt 
 Time.— *Tis probable there muft Motto, via. Smh jkptrbium qvaji' 
 have been an Edition earlier than turn multi$, and in another Edition 
 this. of it in 4to. 1631, it is called. 
 Much ado about No* anexceUentTrJigi*^ c/IAvvxAf 
 THING. Com. by ^. Sbakefpfore, sts ttt Turk, and BoaoiAS Gc 
 4to. i6oOt— This Comedy, tho* v«m»r o/*F/(»>*nKr»'— Full of inter- 
 not free from Faults, has never- changeable Variety, beyond Ex- 
 thelefs numberlefs Beauties in it, pe&tation* —Divers Times afted 
 nor is there perhaps in any Play (with general Applaufe) by the 
 io pleafing a Match of Wit and Children of hit Majefty*! Revtls. 
 
 lively Repartee as is fupported be- 
 tween BenediSi and Beatrice in 
 this, and the Contrivance of ma- 
 Icing them fall in Love with one 
 another, who had both equally 
 forfworn that Paflion, is very 
 ingcniouflycondudled. The Scene 
 lies in Medina, and that Part of 
 the Plot which relates to Claudh 
 and HerOf with the Baftari'% 
 Scheme of rendering the former 
 jealous by the Afliftance of Mar- 
 garet the waiting Maid and 89' 
 rachio, is borrowed from the fifth 
 
 r-Scene fhttnee, 
 
 TheMusBor NtWMAftXKT* 
 4to. 1681. — > This is only an af- 
 femblage of three Drolls a£ied at 
 Netvmarkttf all ftolen from other 
 Plays.— The Names of them are 
 as follows. I. The M s R R Y 
 Milkmaids or IslinqtoK* 
 or the rambling Galfantt defeated, 
 II. Love lost in thx Dakx, 
 ot the Drutiken Cou^fe. III. The 
 Politick Whork, or the cotf 
 ceitcd Cuckold. —What Plays they 
 arc taken from has not yet come 
 
 Book of Ariofio'i Crlando fkritfoy to my Knowledge. 
 
 in the Story of Ariomant and 
 Gemura. — The like Story is alfo 
 related in SpencerU Fairy S^uten, 
 Book 2 . Canro 4. 
 
 The MULBIRRY OARnXN. 
 
 Com bySirCi&d.6V(//ry,4to. i'66t. 
 —This was cfteemed a very good 
 Comedy.— There apj cars how- 
 ever, an evident Similarity o' Sir 
 John Evtryoungt and Sir Samuel 
 hrrcaft to tht; bframrtllf and At ifit 
 of Molitrti Ecolt dei Mans Scene 
 the Mulhnry (. arden near Saint 
 
 MuLEASitS THE TuRK. I'r 
 
 The Muses Looking Glass* 
 Com. by Iho, Randolph^ 8vo. 
 1681. — This is, perhaps, one of 
 the moft efti triable and meritori- 
 ous '>f all the old Pieces extant.—' 
 It contains an Affemblae of 
 Characters whofe Height of 
 Painting would do Honour to the 
 Pens of Hbtiktjpfar or Junior: the 
 Language is at the fame Tim: 
 natural and poetuul, the Senti- 
 ments Ih^ng, the Satire (joif.iantf 
 and the Moial both abloluteiy 
 chadf ,inJ (icarly lonfpicuous. — 
 In a Word, there is nothing; Liit 
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 the difference of the Manners, 
 and the Want of Intricacy in the 
 Plot, which could prevent its be- 
 
 '' coming one of the Favorites of the 
 
 prefcnt Stage.— The Author firft 
 !|l gave it the Title of the £«f«rfl/«- 
 
 ;' tne/tt i and to the laft Edition, 
 
 which is in 8vo. 1706^ it has the 
 fecond Title of the Stage revived, 
 —The Scene lies in London f near 
 Black-Fryars, 
 
 MusicK, or a Parley of Tn- 
 firumentSf 4to. 1676. — ^This little 
 Piece is no more than the Com- 
 pofition of fome Mafter of Mufic, 
 
 I for his Scholars at a Ball. 
 
 Musical Folly. Vtd, In- 
 I j| DEPENDENT Patriot. 
 
 !; MUSTAPHA /A*5#« */"SoLV« 
 
 viAV the Magnificent. Trag. by 
 Roger E. of Orrery, Fol. 1677.— 
 The Scene of this Play is laid in 
 Hungary, and the Foundition of 
 the Story is on Hiftorical Fa£ls, 
 for which fee Tbuanus, Lib. 12. 
 KnoUeit Turkrjh Hifiory, &c. It 
 is efieemed a good Play. 
 
 MvsTAPHA. Trag. by Fu/k 
 Grevillfy Lord Brooke, Fol. 1633. 
 
 ' ——As this Play is built on the 
 
 i fame Foundation with the prece- 
 
 ding one, it will be needlefs to re- 
 fer to any other Authorities than 
 thofe above-mentioned. — There 
 is an earlier Edition of this Play 
 xn 4to. 1606, but it may rather be 
 
 i called a Fragment than a Play, 
 
 being not only incorrect but ex- 
 tremely imperfect, and probably 
 came out without his Lordfliip's 
 Knowledge. — ^The Folio Edition, 
 however, is perfe£Vly correfted. 
 
 Mu STAPH A. Trag. by David 
 Mallet, fvo. 1739. — ^ThisPlay is 
 alfo upon the fame general Plan 
 •s the foregoing ones, but the 
 Language being more modern and 
 pc etical, and the ConduA of the 
 Plot more adapted to the prefent 
 Tafte, it may JHlUy be called the 
 
 N A ■ 
 
 Author^s own"; it was played at 
 Dr, Lane Theat. with Succefs. 
 
 MuTivs Sc.KvoLA. An^ItaJ. 
 Opera, by P. A. Rolli, 8vo. 1711. 
 — Performed at the King's Th. 
 in the Haymarket. -— Moft of the 
 Circumftances of the Story are to 
 be found- in Livy, Lib. z. Dec. i. 
 —Scene in and near Rome. 
 
 M Y D A S . Com . by Jobn Lyly, 
 lamo. 1632— The Story of this 
 Play is related at large by Apuleiu% 
 in his Golden Aju See alfo QviSi 
 Metam. Book II. Galtruchius, kc. 
 
 Myrtillo. a Paftoral In- 
 terlude, by ColleyCibher, 8*. 1716. 
 —Performed ; t Dr. Lane with no 
 very great Succefs. — It is fet to 
 Mufic by Dr. Pepufcb, 
 
 My Son get Money. Vid, 
 Dissembled Wanton. 
 
 N. 
 
 NANC Y, or the farting Lo- 
 vers. A Mufical Interlude, 
 by //. Carey, 8vo. 1739. — This 
 Piece was a£led with Succefs at 
 the Theat. in Dr. Lane. 
 
 Narcissus and Eliza. A 
 dramatic Tale, by Fratcis Gen- 
 tleman, 8vo. 1754. — This Piece 
 was never aAed nor intended for 
 the Stage, and is rather a Poem 
 than a Play. 
 
 Narcissus. An Italian Op. 
 by p. A. Rolli, %\o. 1720.— The 
 Plot is taken from (hid't Metam, 
 Book 3. Fab. 5. 6. and Book 7. 
 Fab. 28.— Scene in Atbent, 
 
 Natural Macick. Vid, 
 Novelty. 
 
 Natiire*s three Daugh- 
 ters, Beauty, Love ako 
 Wit, Com. in two Parts, by the 
 Dutchefs of Newcajile, Folioy 
 
 Na- 
 
N E - 
 
 Nature will rRiVATt. 
 
 I'id LOVK TRIUMPHANT. 
 
 Naufragium Joculare. 
 Com. by Abr, Cowlty^ 1638.—— 
 This Piece, altho* written in 
 Latin, is undoubtedly entitled to 
 a Place here, being the Work 
 of an Englijb Author, and a£ted 
 at the Univerfity of Cambridge, 
 by the Members of Trinity Col- 
 ledge, on the fecond ofFtb. in the 
 above Year, which was no more 
 thaathe twentieth of the Author's 
 Life, — The Plot is an Original 
 Invention. — The Scene Dunkirk. 
 
 Neglected Virtue, or 
 the Unhappy Conqueror. Trag. 4to. 
 1696. — This Play was pubilAed 
 by Mr. HorJen the Player, into 
 whofe Hands it was put, and who 
 wrotfc the Prologue to it, as did 
 Mr. MMtuit thi Epilogue ; yet it 
 had very little Succefs.-— ~Scene 
 the Capital City of Partbia, 
 
 Nevtuhx^s Triumtk roR 
 THE Rsturk OF Albion. A 
 Mafque by Ben yonfon, performed 
 at Court on Twelfth Night, 1624. 
 
 Nero Emferox jor Rome, 
 his Trag. by Natb, Lee, 410. 
 1675, —This Tragedy is written 
 in a mix'd Stile, Part being in 
 Profe, Part in Rhime, and Part in 
 blank Vcrfe. — The Plot may be 
 traced in the Hiftorical Writings 
 of Suetonius, Tacitus, Aurelius 
 yi8or, &c.-— The Scene Rome. 
 
 Nero, the Tragedy of. Anon. 
 4to. 1633.— —This Play is in 
 fome of the old Catalogues called 
 Ntra netoly written, becaufe it 
 was written after that of Claudius 
 Tiberius Nero (which fee in its 
 Place) which Kirkman has by 
 Millake called A^^^'s Life and 
 Death. — It is on the fame Foun- 
 dation with L/'/s Play, and the 
 Scene laid in the fame Place. 
 
 Nest of Fools. Vid, No«- 
 TuciiN Lass, 
 
 .MA 
 
 The Nest of Plavs, by 
 Hildebrand yacob, 8vo. 1738.—" 
 This was the firft dramatic Enter- 
 tainment liccnfcd by the Lord 
 Chamberlain, after the palfing of 
 the A€t forreftraining the Liberty 
 of the Stage ; which was of it* 
 felf aflign*d as a Reafon for its 
 Want of Succefs. — Be that as it 
 will, the Work was damn'd the 
 firft Night. — It confiib of three 
 Hiort diftin£k Comedies, whofe 
 Names are as follows, viz. I. The 
 Prodigal reformed. II. The 
 Haffy Constancy. III. The 
 Trial of Conjugal Love. 
 — All intended together to form 
 the Amufement of one Evening. 
 
 The New Academy, ot th€ 
 New Exchange. Com. by Rich, 
 Brome, 8vo. 1658.— This Play I 
 have not feen, nor know the Plot 
 of it. 
 
 The New Athenian Co- 
 medy, by y,S. 4to» 1693, con- 
 taining the Politics, Oeconomics, 
 Todies, Cryptics, Apocalyptic, Styp" 
 tics. Sceptics, Pneumatics, Theolo- 
 gies, Poetics, Matheptatict, Sophif- 
 tics. Pragmatics, Dogmatics, tic» 
 of that mofl learned ^MfV/y.— »Th:r " 
 Piece was not intended for th« 
 Stage J it confifts only of three 
 Adts, and is a low Piece of 
 Banter on the Athenian Society. 
 —Scene <y [wVA's] Coffce-Houfe, 
 Stocks Market. 
 
 New Case for the Law- 
 yers. Fid, Will and no 
 Will. 
 
 Newe Customs. An Inter- 
 lude. Anonym, 410. 1573— The 
 whole Title of it is as follows^ 
 ** A new Enter lude, no lefs wit tit 
 than plea/ant, entituled Newe 
 Cuftome } deviftd of late, andfvi^ 
 dtverje Caufes now Jet forthe, never 
 before this Tyme imprinted. — The 
 Dramatis Perfonee, which are ele- 
 ven in Number, ue in the Title 
 , Pa Biigc^ 
 
 ■ ^mi 
 
 iii 
 
 I 
 
 !♦ 
 
pl!H 
 
 1^' 
 
 »i ^if^ 
 
 (. Hi 
 
 N E 
 
 Page, and fo difpofed therein, as 
 to evince the PofTibility of what 
 is faid, v:z. that Fewr« may f/ay 
 tlis EnUrludcf or in the prefent 
 iheatric Phrafe, to point oat all 
 the Doublet that may be made 
 Ufe of in the cafting of it.— It is 
 printed in the Black Letter, and 
 IS written in Etiglijh Hexameter 
 Khymes. — I cannot, however, a- 
 void making one Remark in this 
 Place, which has frequently oc- 
 curred to me on the Sight and 
 Pcrufal of fome of thefe earlieft of 
 our dramatic Pieces, viz. that 
 trcm the Spelling and general 
 Turn of the Phrafeology andVer- 
 ^ficaticn, thpy muft have been 
 much longer written, than ap- 
 pears from the Dates of their 
 Publication* er eUe that the 
 Works of SMeJ^eargy SfttnetTj 
 Si'dtieyt and others of thofe brilliant 
 Stars which adorned the Sriti/b 
 Kemifphere «t a certain Period, 
 xnuft have ma<^ a moft atpacing- 
 ly fuddeS Reformation and Im« 
 provement in the Englt& Lan- 
 euage, both with Refped to Poe- 
 try and Profe, neither of which 
 9re now, after near two Ceoturlei 
 iwid* elapfed, fo much alterM 
 from their Manner of writing, 
 at that Manner it from the Stile 
 and Complexion of fome even oi 
 their Cotemporariet. 
 
 NtwEscHAMox. Ful.Vftyf 
 Academy. 
 
 Nxw HiprocRATsi. Farce, 
 1761.— This Piece made its Ap- 
 pearance for two feveral Benefits 
 on Drtny Lang Stage and is fa id 
 to have been written by one Dr. 
 KHtpbanon. — The Intent of it is 
 to expofe the Folly 6f PeHbns of 
 Fortune confiding the Conduct of 
 their Health and Conftitutions to 
 foreign Empiricks, to the Prejudice 
 of deferving regular brrd Gentle- 
 men of the Faculty, v^ho poflRefs'd 
 mi §nat Leamuig, SkiU, and 
 
 #' 
 
 N E 
 
 Judgment, arc nevcrthelefs often 
 negleAed and denied that En- 
 couragement, which is at the 
 fame Time unreafonably. laviflied 
 on thefe pernicious Beings; to 
 whom, from their abfolute Defi. 
 ciency of every one of thofe Qua- 
 lities, it would be Madnefs to 
 cntruft the Management of even 
 the trivial Concerns in Life, ex. 
 clufive of Life itfelf.— The Dcfign 
 fo far may be good, but the £xe> 
 CUtion of it is puerile, and defec* 
 tive in almoft every Eitential to 
 the Drama ; Chari^^ler, Incident, 
 and Probability being all alike 
 wanting in it j the Foreign Quack 
 being made an abfolute Et^lifi' 
 wtatif and the only Attempt to real 
 Chara£ler which it that of Mifs 
 GriftWnef^i^ntah, a Torkjbire, 
 Galloping, Foxhunting, Female 
 Ruftic, dragg'd in by Head and 
 $houldert witiunit any previoot 
 Expedition, or fuhfeqnent Con« 
 Sequence, or in a Word, without 
 any farther Connexion to thit 
 Piece, then it might be made to 
 bate equally well to any other."-* 
 The Su^cefs it met widi, which 
 WM» tikinu of coM contemptuoui 
 Difregard, wat foxdy at much as 
 its Merit could demand, and in- 
 deed the Author feemt to have 
 Acwn a Confcionfnefs of the fame 
 Jndgment, by not poblifhing the 
 Piece. 
 
 The Nxw Inn, or the Light 
 Htarf, Com. bv Bm yonfMf 8vo. 
 1631 ——Nothing, perhaps, can 
 give a ftronger Idea of the Self- 
 Opinion, Haughtinefs and Info* 
 lence of this Writer, whofe Me- 
 rit, great as it was, muft be great- 
 ly eclipfed by thofb ill Qi^litjcs, 
 than his Behaviour withRegard 
 to this Play, which notfucceeding 
 according to the exalted Idea he 
 had himfelf formed of its Worth, 
 he publiflied it with the following 
 Title-Pagc, which I Aall here 
 
 tranf- 
 
tranfcribe at large— —Ti'^r New 
 Inn ; or, the Light Heart. A 
 Comedy^ never adedf tut moji neg' 
 hgenily played by fame oftbtKing^t 
 ServajitSt at)d more fyueamiply be- 
 held and cenfurd by other* the 
 King's SubjeliSt 1 629. Now at 
 lafi fet at Liberty to the Rcadert, 
 hit Majefiy's Servatttt and SubjellSf 
 to be judg'd.—tiiyt not fatisfied 
 with this general Glance at their 
 Judgments in the Title, he has 
 annexed to the Play an Ode, in 
 which he openly and infolently 
 arraigns the Publick for Want of 
 Tafte, and threatens to quit the 
 Stage.— —Such was the Refent- 
 inent ihewn by this opiniated Ge- 
 nius on "one fmglc Slight fhewn 
 to him by an Audience from 
 whom he had before received 
 
 repeated Favours. This Ode 
 
 however drew upon him an An- 
 fwtr from the ingenious Mr. 
 Felt ham, v/hich could not fail of 
 feverely wounding a Mind fo fuf- 
 ceptible of Feeling, and fo ava- 
 
 ritious of Praife as yonjons. 
 
 Nor do I hint this by Way of 
 cafting any Reflet^ion on the 
 Memor}' of this truly great Ge- 
 nius, whole Merits in fome Re- 
 fpcds arc, and ever will remain 
 nncqual'd ) but only as a Hint, 
 how greatly even the moft ex- 
 alted Merit may degrade itfclf by 
 too apparent a Self Confcioufnefs, 
 and how vaftly move amiable 
 ffiufl have been the private Cha- 
 racters of the modeft Sbakefpeare 
 and humble Spencer, who con- 
 ftantly mention themfelvcs with 
 the utrnoft Humility, and others 
 with the higheft Refpcft; than 
 that of the overbearing yonfon^ 
 who, tender as he thus wr.s as to 
 any Attacks made on himfelf, 
 was neverthelefs perpetually carp- 
 ing and cavilling at the Works 
 of others, the due Commenda- 
 tJocs given to which his c&vious 
 
 N E 
 
 DifpoHtion would not permit liin 
 to hear ^ith Patience, nor ac* 
 quiefce to with Unrefervt or Caft* 
 dour.-^But fuch is the Frailty of 
 hums|n Nature, and. fuch the Er- 
 rors which Perfons of great AU-' 
 lities are perhaps more epide- 
 mically liable to fhan others 
 whofe ConfcioufnedB of DefeA a« 
 bates and antidotes the Pride of 
 Nature. 
 
 New Market Fayre, or 
 ji Farliamentary Outcry of State 
 Commodities fet to fa/e. Tragi-Co- 
 medy. Part 1. Printed at Tou may 
 go look, 4to. 1649.'— Scene Weji' 
 minjier. 
 
 New Market Fayre, or 
 Mrs. Parliament's nev/ Figaries, 
 Tragi-Comedy. PartlL Written 
 (as the Title fays) by the Man in 
 the Moon, and printed at Tou may 
 go look.—' — Thefe two Satyrical 
 Plays, each of which confifts of 
 little more than one Scene, were 
 written by fome Loyalift to faty- 
 rize and expofe the Proceedings 
 of the Rebels againft Ki>ig 
 Charles I.' whofe Power was at 
 that Time arifen to its greateft 
 Height) but whether publifhcd 
 before or after the Martyrdom, if , 
 know not. 
 
 New Ordinary. Fid. Da- 
 
 MOISELLE. 
 
 A New Rehearsal, or 
 Bayet the younger. Anonym. Svo. 
 
 1714. ^Contain an Examcn of 
 
 the Ambitious Step-mother, "Jamer- 
 lain, the Biter, Fair Penrtert, 
 Royal Convert, Ulyffcs and yum 
 Shorty all written by iV. Po^ve, 
 Elqj alfo a Word or two upon 
 Mr. Pope's Pt,pe of the Lock.—— 
 This Piece is written in Imita- 
 tion of the D. of Buihingham's 
 Rehearfal, Mr.Rowe''a Plays how- 
 ever being rendcr'd in it the fole 
 Subject of Examination and Crl- 
 tictfm — It is in three Afts, and 
 tlie Scene laid at the Rft Ta^itrn, 
 P 3 CWf»f 
 
 ! r 
 
 ;ra 
 
 ' i 
 
 r.n 
 
 r 
 
\ J 
 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 - ~ ,Wi,''if' « III 13! 
 
 N E 
 
 Covcflf Garden, — Vnfix'A to It is 
 • PscfaM in Viikdictttion of Cri- 
 tki(m in gtncral, faid (but I 
 think it furpiciout) bv *he Ute 
 Sad of Sbaff/huy.'-'Tkk Piece, 
 t^io' anonymous, was writi:en by 
 Om, GiUoH, 
 
 News vrom Pass a v. ^i/. 
 Sham R>rMcE. 
 
 DXWS TKOM Pl.TM(»VrR. 
 
 Cooih by Sir AK Davtiiartt, 4(0. 
 withovt a Date. Fol. 1673.—— 
 Scene Ffymoutb. 
 
 News mpM THS Ex- 
 CMAMeK. Vid. Ramfamt Al.- 
 
 AfKMAN. 
 
 Nxws raoM tmk msw 
 
 World discovek^d in tmk 
 Moon. AMafquc, by Ben yon- 
 Jit, Fol. 164T.— >— Prefented at 
 Court before K. yamet I. 1620. 
 
 Anew Trick to cheat 
 THE DBTit. Com. by R. D, 
 Gent. 4to. 1699.— —This Play 
 net with good Succefs. ■■ T he 
 Scene lies in London.— ^/igbtaB's 
 Inftni&ions to the Gentlemen 
 {A&. I. Scene a.) is^ borrowed 
 from Ovid de Arte Amnndi, Lib. %, 
 mi the Plot of Fryar yobn't dif- 
 corering the Intrigue between the 
 Conftable and the Woman, and 
 pretending to conjure for VlAoals 
 at the Hufband's Return (AA 3. 
 iScene I.) has not only been co- 
 pied by M. D^OuvilU in his Tales, 
 but has alfo been fincc made Ufe 
 of by Ravenfcroftf in his London 
 Citcko/ds. 
 
 New UToriA. Ptd. Six 
 Pay's Adventure. 
 
 New Way to keef a 
 Wife at home. f^d» Lbt- 
 1 XR Writers. 
 
 A New Way to pay oid 
 Debts. Com. by P. Maffinger, 
 4 to. 1633. - T his Play is very 
 ^eiervcdly commended in tvd Co- 
 pies of Vcrfes by Sir Hen. Motdj 
 and Sir Tbe. yuy. — It is one of 
 the beil of the old Comedies, and 
 1 think the veiry bcA of this An- 
 
 N I 
 
 thor's Writing The Plot U 
 
 good and well conduced, the 
 Language dramatic and nervoui, 
 and the CharaAers, particularly 
 that of Sir Gilei Over-reacb, high- 
 ly and judicionfly drawn.— It was 
 revived at Drury Lane Theatre 
 feme few Years ago} but whether 
 from any Fault in the Perform- 
 ance, or Want of Tafte in the 
 Audience, I know not» but it 
 did not meet with that Succefs 
 which might have been expedcd 
 from its Merit, and which fome 
 of Its Cotemporarics, not poflfefsM 
 of more, have fince received on a 
 Revival. 
 
 New Way to hay an 
 o t D Game. Pid. Falsi 
 Count. 
 
 New Way to please You. 
 rid. Olj) Law. 
 
 New Wit for a Hus- 
 BAND, yid. Modern Pro- 
 phets. 
 
 A New Wonder, a Wo- 
 man NEVER vBXT. Com. by 
 fKa. Row/ey, 410. 1632.- This 
 is a diverting Play, and met with 
 Succefs.— The Circumftance of 
 the Widow's finding ip the Belly 
 of a Fifh the Ring which Ae had 
 dropped in crofling the Thames, 
 feems borrowed from Herodotus'i 
 Story of Poherates in his Thalia. 
 
 Nice Valour, or tbe paf' 
 Jion'ate Madman, Com. by Beaw 
 mont znd Fletcher, Fol. 1673.— 
 Scene Genoa, 
 
 The Nice Wanton. A 
 plealaunt Comedie. Anonym. 
 1634. 
 
 Ni COMBO A. Tragi-Com. by 
 John Dancer, Ato, 1671.— This 
 is a TranHation from the French 
 of Otrneille, and is one of the 
 Pieces which that Author valued 
 himfelf the moft upon, and whofe 
 feveral Beauties he has enumerat- 
 ed in an Examen. — The Story is 
 from yti/fin, Bock ^* Chap. 
 
 the 
 
N O 
 
 the laft, and the Scene U laid at 
 ^icotiudia. 
 
 NlGHT^S AOVCNTVKERS. 
 
 Vtd. SqjviRB Old Sap. 
 
 Night's AovsNTVKZt. 
 Vid, Carxs or Love. 
 
 A Night'sIntrigvx. Far. 
 Anonym. 8vo. without Date, 
 but written fince 1700* 
 
 Night's Intricuc. Vid, 
 
 EVINIMG*S AdVKNTURX. 
 
 The Night Walker, or 
 *Tbe Little nUf, Com. h^ John 
 Fletcher, 410. 1641.— Scene Xe»- 
 Jon.— This was Flttcbers only, 
 unaflifted by his Colleague Biau- 
 tnort, 
 
 Noah's Flood, at the Dejlruc- 
 tion of the World, An Opeta, by 
 Edw.EecUJiotit 4to. 1679.— This 
 Piece is of the fame Nature with 
 Drydens State of Innocence, but 
 ,falls infinitely fnort of the Merit 
 of that Poem.— The firft Edition 
 of it not felling off according to 
 the Expectations of the Book- 
 feller, they put to it at different 
 Times two new Title Pages, 
 vix. The Cataclijm, or General 
 Deluge of the World, 1684. ind 
 adly. The Deluge, or the DeftruC' 
 titn of the World, 169 1, with the 
 Addttion of feveral Ornamental 
 Sculptures.— Befides this, another 
 Edition of it came out in 8vo. 
 17 14. with the Title of N»ab*i 
 Flood, or the Hijion of the general 
 Deluge \ and the mmes of feveral 
 of the moft eminent Bookfellers 
 then in Trade, who joined in an 
 Impofition upon the World of 
 this Piece as a new One, and the 
 Parent unknown, as may be feen 
 in the Preface* 
 
 The NOBLX GXNJLXMAN, 
 
 Com. by Beaumont and Fletcher, 
 Fol. 1673,— Scene France. ■■ 
 This Play was revived with veiy 
 little Alteration by Mr. Duffet, 
 under the Title of the Foots Pre^ 
 ftrmttttt ^t f^^ ff'rte Dukts ^Dutt- 
 
 W o 
 
 Jiable, of which fee Mention m«df 
 in its proper Place. 
 
 The Noble Imcr ATiTtiox. 
 A Paftoral Tragi-Com. by Sir 
 Wm.Lnuer, izmo. 1658.— This 
 is a Tranflation from the French 
 of M. ^tffd«//.— Scene in the 
 Foreft of Argier, 
 
 Noble Servant. Vid.O%» 
 
 MONO THE GREAT TVRX. 
 
 The Noble Spanish Soi- 
 niER, or ^ Contra ff broken jufily 
 revenged, Trag. by iS^flir. Raw- 
 ley, 4to. 1634.— This Piece was 
 not publiflied till after the Au- 
 thor's Deceafe, but according to 
 the Editor's Preface it had met 
 with Succefs in the Reprefenta- 
 tion } but where it was aAed it 
 is not eafy to trace, any more than 
 the Foundation of Story, the for* 
 mer not being mentioned at all, 
 nor any Mention made as to the 
 other of what King of Spain it 
 was who was guilty of the A A 
 of Perjury with Onalia, on which 
 the Plot of this Play ^ums. 
 
 The Noble Strawgxr. 
 Com. hy Lewis Sharp*, 4to. 
 1 640.— Ltfff|;^iit« gives this Flay 
 a good Charaifter, particularly re- 
 commending the Parts of Pupilhs 
 and Mereutio, and the Defcriptioo 
 given of feveral Poets, amongft 
 whom is Ben Jonjon, in the fourtb 
 A€t, 
 
 Nobody amd SoMxxoDVf 
 
 7 he the true Chronicle Hiftorie 
 Elgidvrx, who was Ibrtu- 
 nately three Times crowned 
 Kynge of £«y^/a0</, 4to. i598.--« 
 This Play is not divided into 
 Afts. — ^The Story is taken from 
 our Englijh Chronicles. 
 
 NocTROPPx's Mai* 
 WHIPPED. Vid* Pbxsbttx* 
 RiAN Lash. 
 
 No Fools lixxWits. Com* 
 by Jd>n Gty, 8vo. 1720.— Thif 
 is only an Alteration of Wright* $ 
 FemaU Virtuofoetf atA was iet np 
 
 and 
 

 1 . I 
 
 tti'^M,' 1 
 
 I! 
 
 '• .'!: 
 
 i 
 
 N*b 
 
 Mi aftfd at the Th. in Lincoln*t- 
 Inn I'itlds, in Oppofition to Mr. 
 Cihtet't Rrfufal, which was partly 
 boi rowed from the fame Play, or 
 At lenft from the fame Original, 
 viz, the Femmes ffovantes of Mo' 
 Hire,— -I cannot, however, think 
 this Comedy equal in Merit to 
 the Rc/uja/. 
 
 No \fAoic LIKE Love. f^d. 
 British Enchanter. 
 
 The Nonjuror. Com. by 
 Cei/iy Ctbhctf 8vo. 1717.— The 
 generAl Plot of this Comedy is 
 borrowed from the Taituffe of 
 Meli'erc, and the principal Cha- 
 racter in it, viz. that of Doftor 
 ft^d/e, is a clofe Copy from that 
 great Original.— The Conduft of 
 the Piece, however, is fo greatly 
 altered as to render it perfectly 
 Englijht and the Coquet Maria 
 in truly original and moft ele- 
 gantly fpiritcd.— The principal 
 Intention however of the Au- 
 thor, who was a Man warmly 
 and amiably attached to the il- 
 hifirious Family then not long 
 rftablifhed on the hritip Throne, 
 and which had been very 
 lately difturbed in the Pofleffion 
 of it by a moft unprovoked Re- 
 hcllion } his Intention I fay was, 
 by cloathing MolUrei Tartuffe in 
 • Habit very little different from 
 his own, mix. " That of an 
 •* Eiiglifit I^opifli Prieft, lurking 
 ** under the Doftrine of our own 
 ♦* Church, to raife his Fortune 
 " upon the Ruin of a worthy 
 •♦ Gentleman, whom hi^ dif- 
 " fcmbled Sanftity had feduced 
 ** into the treafonab'.e Caufe of 
 *• a Roman Catholic Outlaw," 
 (Vid. Cibber^ Apology.) to point 
 out the Mifchiefs and Ruin which 
 N^ere frequently brought into the 
 tnrf; Roble smd valuable Families 
 iy the felf-intcefted Machina- 
 tjcas of thofc fkulkirig and per^ 
 jilcioui Vipersi thofe WoWes in 
 
 N O 
 
 Sheep** Cloathing, who at that 
 troublefome and unicttled Period, 
 covering their private Views be- 
 neath the Mark of public Zeal 
 and Sandlity, aftcd the Part of 
 the great Serpent of old, firft 
 tempting to Sin, and then be 
 traying to Pumihment.-— The 
 Play met with great Succefs in 
 the Reprefentation, taking a Run 
 of eighteen Nights ; the Subjeft 
 itfelf being its Protection, and 
 irs Enemies not dating to /hew 
 any more at that Time than a 
 few Smiles of filent Contempt. -~ 
 The Confcquence ho\. ever wv- 
 what the Author forcfa vv ^ iLut 
 is to fay, the ftirrin^; up a Party 
 againft him, who would fcarcely 
 fuflfer any Thing he wrote after- 
 wards to meet with fair Play, and 
 making him the conAant Butt of 
 MiJI^s Journal, and all the Juco- 
 bite Faction.— Nor do I think it 
 by any Means an improbable 
 Surmife that the Enmity and In* 
 veteracy of his Antagonift Mr. 
 Foftf and the Set of Wits who 
 were connected with him, might 
 have their original Foundation 
 trac'd from the Appearance of 
 this Play. — Scene London. — Pro- 
 logue by Mr, Rowe, 
 
 The Northern Heiress,, 
 "or the Himoun tf Tork. Com. 
 by Mrs. il/tfry ZJfli'M, 4to, 1 5? 1 6. 
 —Scene in York. 
 
 The Northern Lass, or a 
 Nejl of /W<, Com. by Rich. 
 Brome, .j/.o. ,"''' —Thisi ; 
 of th' le'" t)i mis Author's 
 Pieces; it met with good Ap- 
 plaufe in the Reprefentation, and 
 is commended by his Cotemporary 
 Ben yonjon •"'It was revived and 
 reprinted in 4to. 1684. v/ith a 
 new Prologue by yo. Haynes, and 
 an Epilogue.— -And new Songs 
 being added to it, the Mufic of 
 which was compofed by Dan, 
 Turctlh it was again reprmted in 
 
 4t(ti 
 
 :J» 
 
NO 
 
 4to. 1706.— It has no lefs :han 
 (\x Copies of complimentary 
 Verfcs pre6x'd to it. 
 
 NORTMWAIID HOK. ColT) 
 
 Vy 7i6«. DecAer, 410. 1607. — In 
 this Piay the Author was aiTiftcd 
 by fyekfter,—A Part of the Plot, 
 n/tK, that of CrHtiJbitU and Fea- 
 tberflotie'i pretending to Maybtrry 
 that they have both lain with his 
 Wife, and of their coming to a 
 Knowledge of each other by 
 M ins of her Ring, is borrowed 
 i: ni Makjfini^s Novels, Part i. 
 
 N07. 2, 
 
 Novella. Com. by ^ieh. 
 Jirome, A£ted in 16^. but not 
 
 Jrintcd till 1653. in 8vo.— L«fff- 
 aine gives this Play a very good 
 Chara£ler.— Scene m Venice, 
 
 The NovsLTT, or Evuy jUf 
 a P/ey, by P, Mottaai, 410. 1697. 
 —The Model of thia Compound 
 of Pieces feems to be taken from 
 the Hint of Sir J^. Dteoenant*» 
 playhoufe. to be let.-^lt confifts, as 
 the Title implies, of five diftin^ 
 ftort dramatic Pieces, all of 
 them of different Kinds, at fol- 
 low^ vr«. the Ift. is a Pafiora/, 
 andii called TuYKfit.— 'It waa 
 vRitten by Mr. 0!^:m, and 
 the Scene of it lies on a Greea 
 before a Wood.— II. is a Cmma^, 
 called All witkootMokit. 
 —Scene the PaU'man.—lU, A 
 Maffue, entitled Hbkcvlxs, the 
 Scene of which lies in the Lydian 
 Court. — Both thefe are original, 
 and written by Mr. Motteux him- 
 felf.— IV. ATragedyt called the 
 Unfortunate Covfle, 
 which is only the latter Part of 
 Dr. Fiimer's Unnatural Brotber,—- 
 
 Sccoe Lyons. V. The; laft is 
 
 called Natural Magic, and 
 is a Farce written in Imitation of 
 Part of a French Comedy of one 
 Aft after the Italian Manner.'— 
 The Scene laid at a Country 
 Houfe. 
 
 NU 
 
 No Wit LIKE A Womah'b. 
 Vid. Sir Bvrnaby Whig. 
 
 No Wit, No Helf like a 
 Woman's. Com. ^y*TtomMid- 
 dlctoriy 8vo. 1657.— The Scene 
 in London. ^ 
 
 NuMiToa. An Italian Opera, 
 ly P. A* RoUt, the Mufic by {7i- 
 wanni Portfi, and the Scenery by 
 Roberto Clerici, 8to. 1720.— This 
 was performed at the K.ing*s The- 
 atre in the Haymarktt. The 
 
 Scene lies at Alba, and the Plot 
 is taken from the Niftorical Re* 
 lations of Livy and Eutr^piut, 
 
 TheNvPTiALS or Pelews 
 AND ThItis. By yames H0we/t 
 4to. 16 «4.— This Piece confifts 
 of a Mafque and a Coipcdy, and 
 was aAed at Pari$ fix Times by 
 the ICing in Perfon, the Dukes 
 of Anjiit and Torkf the Princefs 
 Royal, the Princeft of Contiy and 
 feveral other illuftrioat Perfon* 
 ages*-^The Mafyne is borrowed 
 from an Italiaa Comedy.— The 
 Scene lies in Tbejpi/y, and tU 
 Story is to be found in Owtts 
 Idnmoifb, Book 11. 
 
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 o. 
 
 BERON THi Faibt 
 ^ Pa INC B. A Mafqee <^ 
 Pnnce Henry's, by Ben Jon/on, 
 Fol. 1640.-— The Author ha» 
 himfelf written Annotations on 
 this Play. 
 
 The Obstinate Lady. 
 Com. by Sir ^on Cockain, 8vo. 
 1658. — This Play is written in 
 Imitation of Majfmger't Very IV0- 
 man, as may be eafily perceived 
 on a Comparifon bet\veen the 
 Chai-a£lers of Don John, Antonio 
 and Amira in that Comedy, and 
 thofe of Carionil and Lueora in 
 this.— Scene London, 
 
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 OcTAvjA. Trag. by 71)9, 
 Kuce, — This is only a Tranfla- 
 tion of the OfHavia of Seneca. — 
 Scene Rome.-^Tot the Hiftory fee 
 Suetoniui\ Life of Cicero, Tac,'- 
 tus, iiC. 
 
 ^TheOcvLiST, Farce. Anon. 
 8vo. 1747. — I have never feen 
 this Piece, it was never afted, nor 
 <io I find it mentioned any whtrc 
 tut in the Briiip Theatre. — I am 
 apt to imagine it was only written 
 as in Abufe or Banter on Dr. 
 Tay/or the Oculift, who, about 
 that Time was much talked of. 
 
 L'Odio & L'Amora. An 
 Italian Opera, 8vo. 1721. — This 
 Piece was Originally written by 
 Sig. Matteo Norio, but at the 
 Time of this Edition was revived, 
 and pefformM at the King's Th. 
 in the llaymarket, with confider- 
 able Alterations by P. A. Rolli. 
 
 Oedxpvs. Trag. by Alex. 
 Nevilfe, 410. 1 581, This is a 
 Tranflation from Seneea^ who 
 himfelf borrowed Part of it from 
 Sophocles, 
 
 Oedipos King ot Thebxs. 
 Trag. by J. Dryden and N. Lee, 
 4to« 1679.— This is a very excel- 
 lent Tragedy, being one of the 
 beft executed Pieces that either of 
 thofc two celebrated Authors 
 were concerned in, yet the Cri- 
 tics have juftly found Fault with 
 the Impropriety of Of<///tfi's relifli- 
 ing an Embrace from jocajia after 
 he had quitted his Crown, and 
 was gone to fuch Extremity of 
 Dillraftion, as to have pulled out 
 his own Eyes.— The I'lot is from 
 Hiftory, and the Authors have 
 happily availed thcmfelvcs of fe- 
 veral Beauties both in SopkecUs 
 and Ser.eca.— — The Scene lies at 
 Thetes. — This Tragedy is fomc- 
 timcs performed even now, and 
 Mvcr fails to affc€i the Audience 
 very ftrp'i«»lv.— Nor tan I in this 
 Placr a\uid relating an Aiiecdotc 
 
 OL 
 
 in Regard to the Power it a; 
 fhewn of this Kind, which is, 
 that fome Years ago at a Rcpre- 
 fentatjon of it in Dublin, whcic 
 Elrington a£^ed the Part oi Oedipus, 
 one of the inftrumental Perfor- 
 mers who was fitting in the Or' 
 cbeftra to fee the Piece, was af- 
 fe£ted in fo violent a Manner with 
 the fcign'd Diftradlion of that 
 Monarch, that he was immediate- 
 ly feiz'd with a real Madnefs, 
 which, if I am not miftakcn, ne- 
 ver left him but with Life. 
 
 Oedipus King or Thebes. 
 Trag. by Lcv)is Theobald, 8vo, 
 171 5,— This is only a Tranflation 
 from Sophocles, with critical Notes 
 by the Tranflator. 
 
 TheOL0BATCHELOK.Com. 
 by IV. Congreve, 4to. 1693. <—• 
 This was the fiift Piece of this 
 juftly admired Author's Writings, 
 being brought on the Stage when 
 he was not above nineteen Years 
 of Age, yet it met with general 
 and mod deferved Applause, and 
 is perhaps in the Sprightlinefs and 
 genuine Wit of the Dialogue, and 
 the pure Nature and Self-Con- 
 fiftency of the Charafters, one of 
 the moft extraordinary Inftance of 
 brilliant Genius, joined to npened 
 Judgment, in a Peifon of fo ten- 
 der an Age. — The Critics have 
 found Fault with his having fuf- 
 fered hisCharafters to be married 
 in Maflcs, a Praftice fcarcely ever 
 made Ufe of in real Life ; yet 
 fomething furely is to be allowed 
 to the Licentia Poetica, and the 
 Cuftom of conducing the Ca- 
 taftrophies of Comedies at th;it 
 Time, fecms to give a Kind ot 
 Sanflrion to this Ovcrfij;ht, cfpe- 
 daily in fo young a Writer, whole 
 Imagination might lometimes, 
 perhaps, hurry him beyond the 
 Limits of Probability. 
 
 Oi DC AST I.e. rid, Si« John 
 Olpcastle. 
 
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 The Old Couple. Com. by 
 tbo, May,/\to. 165I. — This is a 
 very good Play, and the principal 
 Defig!) is to point out the Folly, 
 Abliirdity, and Detcftiblcncfs of 
 Avaricc, 
 
 Old Fools will be med- 
 dling, nj. Win her and 
 
 TAKE HER . 
 
 The Old Law, or a neii tf^ay 
 to ph^fe y- Com. by P. Maffiri' 
 ^^r, 4to. 1656 — This very Play 
 both Jacob aiid Gildon have en- 
 tcr'd III the Catalogue 0^ Mi'JJle- 
 rcn's Works, who, together with 
 Kmvley, was undoubtedly afliftant 
 in the Writing of it, but as 
 langbainc\\di% given xi^oMaJJingery 
 anJ that it has been reprinted 
 with that Author's Plays in the 
 late Odlavo Edition, I have ven- 
 tur'd to reftore it to him, whom 
 it is probable, was Parent to the 
 
 beft Part of it. At the End of 
 
 the Edition here mentioned, is 
 printed a Catalogue, but a very 
 impcrteft one, of the Dramatic 
 Pieces extant l>efore that Time, 
 and which, befides abundance of 
 Typographical Miftalies, has ma- 
 ny other grofs Errors in it, many 
 Pieces being inlerted as Pliys, 
 which are entirely of another Spe- 
 cies of Writing. — The Scene is in 
 Epire. 
 
 Oi.n Lover outwitted. 
 Vid, Metamorphosis. 
 
 The Old Maid. A Comedy 
 of two Adh, by A. Murply, 
 J 76 1. — This Petite Piece has not 
 yet been publifhed, but was per- 
 formed feveral Times with great 
 Approbation at theTh. R. in 2)r, 
 L, during the Summer Theatri- 
 cal Partner/hip of the Author and 
 Mr. Fo(jte.—\t has certainly great 
 Merit. — Whether the Thought 
 is original I cannot pretend to 
 fay ; but thr Subjcft of it is fin- 
 gle and pleafing. — The Ambigu- 
 ity and Perplexity produc'd by 
 
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 Clcrimoftt's firft Miftake of the 
 Wife for the Maiden is natural 
 and well fupported, and the Con- 
 duft and Behaviour of that Gen- 
 tleman and the other Cliara£tcrs 
 in Confcquence of that Circum- 
 ftance, which, though kept un- 
 known to them till the abfolute 
 Period of the Denouement^ is fuf- 
 ficiently difcovcr'd to the Audi- 
 ence to give them the full Enjoy- 
 ment of their mutual Energy, 
 does Honour to the Skill and 
 Judgment of the Author. — The 
 Old Maid's Character is admirably 
 kept up, and indeed to fpeak of 
 it on the whole, I know not any 
 Farce at prefent extant, which 
 feems to lay a juftcr Claim to a 
 Continuance of that public Fa- 
 vour which was at firft paid it, 
 and which feem'd 10 grow upon 
 the Audience in every fubfcquent 
 Reprefentation, than the Piece 
 before us. 
 
 An Old Man's Lesson and 
 A YOUNG Man's Love. 4to, 
 1605. — Though fo early a Piece, 
 Langbainc has taken no Notice at 
 all of it or its Author j but jfa- 
 ccb and Gildon have both attribut- 
 ed it to one Nicholas Breton.- — In 
 this Particular, however, they 
 are both miflaken, having named 
 the Editor for the Author, that 
 Gentleman in his Preface declar- 
 ing himfclf ignorant of whom it 
 was written by. It appears 
 moreover to be much older than 
 the Time of its Publication, be- 
 ing only aa Interlude, or indeed, 
 to fpeak more properly, a bare 
 Dialogue between a Father and 
 Son, the former of which is a 
 Widower, and the latter a Tra- 
 veller, who, after a long Ab- 
 frnce, is returned to his Father's 
 Houfe. 
 
 The Old Man taught 
 Wisdom, or tbe Virgin unm^i/^'d. 
 A fiaUad Faicr, hy H, Fitiding, 
 
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 8vo. 1734. — ^ThisFarce was a£le<i 
 with good Succefs at Dr. Lane 
 Theatre, and continues on the 
 
 afting Lift to this Day. The 
 
 Charaflers arc all outr^ to the 
 greateft Degree, and the Piece is 
 entirely devoid of even the Sha- 
 dow of a Plot, yet there is fome 
 what laughable in it on the whole ; 
 and therefore as it pleafes the 
 Canaille^ it is in general more fre- 
 quently (.crformed, than many 
 Farces of an infinitely greater 
 Share of Merit. 
 
 The Old Moot and thIe 
 New, or Country Mi ft Vfitb her 
 Furbeloe. Com. by Tio. Durfey, 
 4to. 1709.— Scene Cwwtfry. — — 
 This is a very indifferent Play. 
 
 The Old Troop, oxMonfieur 
 Ragout. Com. by John Lacy^ 4to. 
 1672.— Scene in London.'-'Latig' 
 baine imagines this Play, 'by the 
 Stile, to be founded on fome 
 Freneb Original, yet candidly ac- 
 knowledges this Suppofition to be 
 nothing more than bare Con- 
 jeflure. 
 
 An Old WxfeTsTale. C. 
 Anonym. — Neither Langbaint, 
 Jacobf or Gildon, pretend to have 
 fecn this Play, or to know either 
 its Author, or Date, but the Com- 
 piler of the Britijh Tleatre feems 
 to be better acquainted with it, 
 having boldly named and dated it, 
 vi«. jIn Olde JVyfe her Tate, 1598. 
 
 Olinoa and Sophroma. 
 Trag. by Ahrabam Portal, 8vo. 
 J 7 j8.— Til is Play is a very indif- 
 ferent one, a nchvas never brought 
 on the Stage. — The Story of it ,s 
 tAkcn from Tajfui Cierufalemme 
 lihcrata. 
 
 Oliver Cromwell, An 
 Hi/lorical Play, by Ceo. Smith 
 Crtni, 8vn. i ^ ^ i. — Never adled, 
 tho* pvjbably inttnd-d for the 
 Stage by its Author, and refufed 
 b) the Managers for Kcafvns not 
 unol)viuus« 
 
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 Oliver ordering our 
 State, fid. C r a r t i x 
 Cromwell. 
 
 The Opera or Operas, or 
 Tom Thumb the Great, 8vo. 1733. 
 —This is no more than Fielding" t 
 Tragedy of Tragedies, (which fee 
 in its Place) transformed into an 
 Opera, by converting fome Pafla- 
 ges of it into Songs, and fetting 
 the whole to Mufic. — It has often 
 been performed with Succefs. 
 
 TheOppoRTuNiTiE. Com. 
 
 by Ja, Shirley, 4to. 1 640. . 
 
 The Hint of Part of this Play is 
 borrowed from Shakeff tare's Mea- 
 furtfor Meafure. 
 
 The Oracle. Com. Anon. 
 8vo. 1 741. — This Piece is taken 
 no Kind of Notice of ei<hcr in the 
 Britijh Theatre, or by fVbincoup, 
 which are the only Catalogues 
 publifhed fmce the Date o> it, nor 
 have I myfelf ever feen it, but as 
 I find its Name in the monthly 
 Lifts of the Publications of that 
 Year, I cin by no Means rcfufe 
 it a Place here.— That it was nc« 
 vcr prefented on any Stage, is a 
 Point, however, which will not 
 admit a Difpute. 
 
 The Oracle. Com. of one 
 A£l, by Mrs. Cibber, 8vo. 1750. 
 — This little Piece is a Tranfla- 
 tion from the French, and was, I 
 believe, only intended as a Means 
 of aflifting the Author in a Be- 
 nefit.— It is, however, very pret- 
 tily executed, and not only gave 
 great Pleafure at the firft Repre- 
 fentation, but even cuntinu''d tor 
 a confidcrable Time ati.erwards, a 
 ftandinji theatrical Collation.—— 
 The Character ot Cynthia is fim- 
 pie and ptcaHnt!, and alrho' ill 
 thofe Kind ot Chara£lcts appa- 
 rently owe their Origin to '\/jkc- 
 fpear- s Miranda, yet a very 1 ttlc 
 VarialiOii in I'oint o rircum- 
 fttnceor HLhavnjur, »vlll ever be- 
 llow on them a Novciiyi wii: h 
 
 . added 
 
 li 
 
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 jddeci to the Delight we conftant- 
 ly taki: in Innocence, cannot fail 
 ot giving Piealurc. 
 
 Tiie Ordinary. Com. by 
 
 U'r,, Cartivright, 8vo. 1651. 
 
 Scene London. — That this Play 
 vvas elk-emed a good one, may be 
 in:err'd from the Compofer of a 
 ^oo^caW. ALove Dialogues having 
 tranfcribed Fart of the firft Aft, 
 viz. the Scene between the Wi- 
 dow Pot luck, Sliccr, and Herefay, 
 and rcpubliflieJ it ^n his Works, 
 p. 81. under the Name of the 
 Old U'idcnu. 
 
 Orestes. Trag. by Tho. Goffcy 
 4to. 1633. — This Play was adled 
 bj the Students oi Chriji Church, 
 Oxfcrd, the Prologue being fpokcn 
 by the Author. — The Plot is bor- 
 rowed from ths Oreflei oi Euripi- 
 (!.', and the E/eSira of Sophocles. 
 
 OuEiiTES. Trag. by yohn 
 Uuglc, Rvo. 1717.— This is alfo 
 frnm Etiripfdesy but was never 
 ..ftcd, the Author dying before 
 he had render'd it compleat. 
 
 Or GUI, A, or the Fatal Error, 
 Trag. by L. IV. 410. 1658.— To 
 this i'lay is annexed a Preface dn- 
 roviring the true Nature of Poi'Jie, 
 w'th the proper Ufe and Inten- 
 tiun of fuch public Divcrtiic- 
 nicnts. — The Scene is laid in 
 S.fufia, the ^\ntique Name of a 
 City and Province in the Eaji 
 Gaul, or France. 
 
 Orlando furioso, one of 
 tbt twelve Peers of France, his 
 Ihflof)'. Anonym. 4to. 1594. — 
 This Play is a very irregular one, 
 b'fing not divided into Afts, and 
 moil of it taken wit^ very little 
 Difference, but that of national 
 Languiige, from the Orlando fur i^ 
 tfo of that celebrated Italian Poet 
 Ariojio. 
 
 O R M A 8 n K s, or Love and 
 Fritndjhip. Tragi - Com. by Sir 
 mn. Kilfigrew, Fol. i666.--Thc 
 Scene in xht llltnd of Citbtrea* 
 
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 Okmisda. An Ital. OperS) 
 8vo. 1730.— This Piece was per- 
 forTied at the King's Theatre 
 in the Haymarket. — The Scene 
 Peijia, and the Plot from the 
 Perjian Hiftory. 
 
 Orookoko. Trag. by Tho» 
 Southerne, ^to. 1696. — This Play 
 met with very great Succefs when 
 it firft appeared, and has ever iince 
 continued to give Pleafure in the 
 tragic Parts of it, to every feniible 
 and feeling Auditor, the Love of 
 Oromtcko to Imoinda, being, per- 
 haps, the tendercft, and at the 
 fame Time the moft manly, no- 
 ble, and unpolluted that we find 
 in any of our dramatic Pieces ; 
 his Fitmnefs and Refolution alike 
 pcrfeft in A£lion and in Suffer- 
 ing, are truly heroic, and I think 
 unequal'd. — But the Intermixture 
 of the low, trivial, and ioofc 
 Comedy of the Widow Lackit and 
 her Son Dattiel, with the Ad- 
 dreiTes of Charlitte fVddon in 
 Breeches to the former, are fo 
 greatly below, and indeed fo 
 much empoifon, the Merit of the 
 other Parts, that nothing but the 
 corrupt Taftc of the Period in 
 which the Author firft imbibed 
 his Ideas of dramatic- Wrii ng, 
 can ftand in any Degree of Exculi^ 
 for his having thus enwrapped a 
 Mafs of fteriing Ore in Rags and 
 Filthinefs. — The Scene is laid in 
 fome of the Englijh Colonies in 
 jimerica, and the Plot protefledly 
 borrowed from Mrs, Bebn% No- 
 vel of the fame Name. — The E- 
 pilogue by Cottgreve, 
 
 Oroonoko. Trag. by ^, 
 Hawkfivortb, 8vo. 1759. — Thii 
 Piece was afted at Dr. Lane Th, 
 and is only an Alteration of the 
 foregoing Play, in which the 
 /lugaafi Stable is indeed clcanfed, 
 the Comic Parts being very pro- 
 perly quiteomitted.— — Yet ftill 
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 ing than this Mutilation, to ren- 
 der this Play what one would 
 wi/h it to be, for as the Comedy 
 took up (6 confiderable a Share in 
 the Length of a Play of no im- 
 moderate Extent, the Story of the 
 Tragedy was apparently not fuffi* 
 ciently full t>f BuHnefs to make 
 out the Cataftrophe of an en- 
 tire Piece, without the Addition. 
 of more Incidents. — And tho* 
 Dr. Hawk/worth in this Altera- 
 tion has greatly amended this 
 Play in Point ofOmiflion, yet 
 the little further Extent that he 
 has given to the Characters of 
 Aboan and Hotman, feem not fuffi- 
 cient to fill up the Hiatus, which 
 thofe Omiflions have occafioned, 
 and I cannot help thinking there- 
 fore, it is ftill to be v,'ifhed that 
 cither that Gentleman, or fome 
 other Writer of equal Ability, 
 would confider it as worth hi:, 
 vrhile once more to revife this ad- 
 mirable Groundwork of a Tra- 
 gedy, and by interweaving with 
 its prefent Texture, fuch addi- 
 tional Incidents as Mrs. Bclot's. 
 extenfive Novel might very am- 
 plyfurni/h, by which Means the 
 whole might be rendered equally 
 interefting, and the Piece become 
 entitled to that Immortality its 
 Merit is entitled to, pay a pleafing 
 and grateful Tribrite to the Me- 
 mory of an Author, whofe Value 
 feems likely to fmk almoft in 
 Oblivion, for Want of fome fuch 
 Care. 
 
 The Or p H A N, or the Unhappy 
 Maniaj^re. Tr.ig. by Tbo. Otioayt 
 4to. i6So. — Ihis Play, from its 
 frequent Repetitions on the The- 
 atre, is too well known to need 
 our faying much inRet^'ard to it. 
 — The Plot is founded on the 
 Uiflo y of Brandon, in a Novel 
 called Enfflijh /'tdventures. — The 
 Language is truly poetical, tender 
 and featifflcntali the Circum- 
 
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 ftances affcfting, and the Ca- 
 taftrophe diftrefctul, — Yet there 
 is fomewhat improbable and 
 bungling in the particular (,n 
 which all the Diftrefles are t'oun- 
 dedj and I muft own myfelf 
 fomewhat of the Opinion of that 
 Ferfon, who on the finl feeing it, 
 exclaim'd, "OlJVhat an itrfimf 
 Deal of Mifcbief mould a Fart Una 
 Rujh-Light have prevented V — 
 Nor can I avoid remarking, that 
 the Compaflion of the Audience 
 has commonly appear'd to me mif- 
 placcd, it lighting in general on 
 the whining, irrefolute Cajialio, 
 inflcad of falling where it ought 
 to do, on the more fpirited and 
 open hearted Polydore, who, in 
 Consequence of Concealments on 
 the Side of his Brother, which he 
 could not have any Rcafon to ex- 
 pert, and by which he is really 
 injured, is tempted in his Lovt; 
 and Refentment, to an Ad which 
 involves him in greater Horror 
 and Diftrefs than any of the 
 other Charafters csn und.Tgo, 
 from the more bloody effects it 
 produces. — This Partiality has, 
 however, always appeared to me 
 to arife from fome Strokes of 
 Libertinifn thrown into the 
 early Parts of Polydore's Cha- 
 racter, which give an Air of 
 Loofenefs to it, and prejudice the 
 Audience againft him thro' the 
 whole Play. 
 
 The Orphan or China. 
 Trag. by j^ Murphy, 8vo. 1759. 
 —The Foundation of this Play 
 is to be (een in a dramatic Piece 
 tranflated from the Chinffe Lan- 
 guage, in Du Ha/de's Hiftory of 
 C6/«a.— The Subjeft had before 
 been handled by M. yo/taire, in 
 
 hi? Ophelin de la Chine. Mr. 
 
 Murphy has, however, greatly va- 
 ried from the French Poet in the 
 Conduct of his Plot, by very pro- 
 perly introducini the Orphan, 
 
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 who in that Play is an Infant, 
 and only fpoken of, as a Youth 
 advanc'd in Life, and one of the 
 Capital Charadters in this Play. 
 —On a clofe Examination, per- 
 haps, he may be found to have 
 made fome Ufp of the HcraJius of 
 Corneille ; but whatever AfhlUn- 
 ces he may have had Rccourfe to 
 for the laying his Foundation, 
 the Superftrufture mull be allow- 
 ed his ow^n, and tho' this Gen- 
 tleman's Genius feemsto be more 
 naturally devoted to the Comic 
 than the Tragic Mufc, it would 
 be Injuflice to him, not to con- 
 fefs that this is far from /landing 
 the la<l on the Lift of our modern 
 Tragedies, nor would it be per- 
 haps faying too much, to obferve 
 that was the whole Play, or i: - 
 deed even the laft A&. of it equal 
 to the Merit of the fourth, it 
 would ftand a very fair Chance of 
 being efteemed the very fotemoft 
 on that Lift.— -But, indeed, it 
 feems to be the conftitutional Er- 
 ror of our prefent tragic Writerii 
 to value themfelves more on a 
 pompous, poetical and corre^lStile, 
 than on a Novelty of Plot, on Pa* 
 thos, or natural Cataftropbe ; in 
 Confequence of which, a Degree 
 of Samenefs feems to run thro* 
 them all. 
 
 The Orphan or Venice. 
 Trag. by jfa, Darcy^ 1749.— This 
 Play I have never feen, nor know 
 whether it ever was in Print. — 
 It was aded at the Theat. Roy. in 
 Dublin, 
 
 ORPHEtjs. AnEnglifli Opera, 
 by y. Hill, 8vo. 1740.— This lit- 
 tic Piece was, 1 believe, the firft 
 Attempt in Writing of an Au- 
 thor who has fince been more vo- 
 luminous, than generally read.— 
 ^"or this aione it is remarkable, 
 and for having been the Occafion 
 of giving the firft Vent to that 
 i>pitit of Vijidi6livenefs and A- 
 
 O R 
 
 bufc, which has fmce flowed 
 in fuch abundant Torrents from 
 
 the Pen of its Author. This 
 
 Pii^ce had, I believe, been the 
 Work of a few leifure juvenile 
 Hours.— The natural Self-Love 
 and Ambition of a young Author, 
 induced him to carry it to Mr. 
 Rich the Manager of Covettt Gar- 
 den Theatre, by whom, after it 
 had been for fome fliort Time in 
 his Hands, it was returned with 
 the ufual Reply, that it would not 
 do, — In the Seafon following, 
 however, Mr. Rich brought on 
 the Stage his celebrated Panto- 
 mime Entertainment of Orpheus 
 and Euridice, on which Mr. Hi/t 
 immediately in a moft grofs and 
 abufivc Letter to Mr. Rich in 
 Print, publickly accufed that 
 Gentleman with having infa- 
 ffloufly ftolen from this Piece 
 while in his Hands, the greateft 
 Part, if not the whole of that 
 Pantomime.-^This Charge, how- 
 ever, Mr. Rich fully dear'd him- 
 felf from, by publishing an an- 
 fwer to the faid Letter, in which 
 he not only proved that there was 
 no Refemblance between his 
 Piece and Mr. Hi/i\ but alfo 
 produced Affidavits of feveral 
 Perfons who had been employed 
 by him in Preparations for hit 
 Pantomime, above twelve Years 
 before. 
 
 Orpheus and Eurioick* 
 An Engli/h Opera fet to Mufic* 
 Anonym. 8vo. 1740. This 
 
 Piece I find among the Lift of 
 Publications of that Year, yet 
 I cannot fay I ever faw it, but 
 am apt to believe it may be the 
 fpcaking Parts and Mufic of th« 
 above-mentioned Pantomime. 
 
 Orphfus and Euridice, 
 by Mr. Sommtr, 8vo. 1740.—— 
 This is another Piece on the fame 
 Story, not, I believe, intended for 
 the Stage, but probably the An • 
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 OrpheCs and Euridice. 
 A Mafque, hy Martin Bl<Ue>i,ovo. 
 1705. — This Mafque is publiftied 
 at the End of a Tragi -Comedy, 
 tailed, Solon. 
 
 Orpheus anh EuRrnicE. 
 A Mafque, by y. Dcnt/is. — This 
 Piece is printed in the Mufes 
 Mercury f for Feb. 1707 j but 
 whether ever publi(hed by itfelf I 
 know not. 
 
 Orpheus and Euridice. 
 A 15ram.^tic Pantomime, by jfohn 
 
 tP'ea'vcr, 8vo. 1717. 1 know 
 
 not whether this was ever per- 
 formed, but rather imagine not. 
 
 The Story on which all thefc 
 fevcral Pieces are founded, may 
 
 MnJ^n/ika, Son of Mah.mct the 
 Second, j-lckniet Pajj'a, and his 
 Wife. — The Scene in Conjlun- 
 timpk. 
 
 Othello the Mor of Ve. 
 nice. Trag. by fV, Shakefpearcy 
 4to. 1622. — This is generally al- 
 lowed to be one of the Chef. 
 d'OEvres of this admirable Au- 
 thor, notwithftanding all the k- 
 veral Cavils and Cenfares thrown 
 on it by Hymer. — The Jeuloufy 
 ef the Moor is moft inimitably 
 wrought up by Degrees in an 
 open and fufceptiblc Heart influ- 
 enced by the Machinations of a 
 defigning and plaufibte Villain, 
 and his Charaflcr is throughout 
 the whole Play clofely kept up 
 
 be fecn in Ovid's Mctamorpbojes, to the Defcription given of it 
 
 Book X. and xi. — — — The Scene 
 partly in Tbraee, and partly in the 
 Infernal Regions. 
 
 OSMONPTHE GREAT TuRK, 
 
 olheiwife called, the Noble Ser- 
 vant. Trag, by Lodonvick Carlellf 
 8vo. 1657. — The main AAion 
 of this Play is, in Reality, the 
 
 by himfelf in his Charge to 
 Cajio and the reA in the laft 
 ^cene, as to the Report they 
 (hould make of hrm to the Se. 
 nate.— The Story is borrowed 
 from CtHtbio's Novels. Dec. 3. 
 
 Nov. 7. The Scene, during 
 
 the firft Aft, is laid in renice ; 
 
 Xuk'xng of Conjiantifiople by Mabo- bxit changes after that for the 
 
 net II. in the Year 1453. — — A whole Remainder of the Play to 
 
 particular Account of which may the Ifland of Cyprus. 
 
 ie feen in Kmllei's Turkijh Hift. Otho Kin6 of Germa- 
 
 ^nd all the Writers on the Life of NY. An Opera, 8vo. 1723. 
 
 'that Monarch, as alfo in A true perform'd at the Th. Roy. in tiie 
 
 Relation 0/ tbe Murtber 0/ Oi'man Hay tttar kef. —-Tht Dedication by 
 
 the great Turk, and five of his N. Haym. — Scene Rome and the 
 
 principal Bafhatusy &c. printed 
 in 4to. 1622. — Yet the Author 
 has transfcrr'd his Scene from 
 Greece to Rarbaryy and alter'd the 
 Names of ATabotnet And Inne, into 
 
 neighbouring Country, 
 
 Ovid's Thagf.dy, by Sir 
 AfionCockain, 8vo. 1669.— Lrir^- 
 haine obfervcs the Title of this 
 Play to be a Mifnomer, Cvid 
 
 thole of Melclofus and Defpina'^ having fcarcely any Thing to do 
 prolaMy in Imitation of Bmitmont with the main Plot of the Piece, 
 
 and Fletcbrrs Bloody Brot/.er, in 
 vhich thofe Authors have degra- 
 ded Antofinus and Gefa, from 
 Emperor? of Rome to Dukes of 
 Aormantiy , giving them the 
 
 which is the Jcaloufy of EaJ/une, 
 and the Muilhcr of his Bride 
 Clcrira and his Friend VyrciUi.i \\\ 
 Confoqucncc of it, not very mi:« li 
 unlike that of Alonxoy Carlos and 
 
 Lane ra 
 
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 ti'orora in the Revenge. ■ T he 
 Incident of Captain Hattmbars in- 
 viting the dead Carcafs of Hehi- 
 dius to Supper with him, is the 
 fame with the Cataftrophe of Don 
 John in the Libertiney and was 
 probably borrowed from the feme 
 Original^ vix. An Italian Play, 
 called 11 Atheifio fulminato. — Some 
 Part alfo of the Plot and Lan- 
 guage derive their Source from 
 Oi//s Elegies. 
 
 The Oxford Act. Ballad 
 Opera, 8vo, 1733. — This is re- 
 g fterM in the Monthly Lifts of 
 Publications of that Year, but 
 it has never reached my Know- 
 ledge. 
 
 P. 
 
 PAXSGRAVE P1?1ME ELEC- 
 TOR. Vid. Hector or 
 Germany, 
 Pamela. Com. Anonym. 
 
 Xvo. 1742. 
 
 -This Piece was 
 
 written ibon after the Publication 
 of "hat celebrated Novel, and is 
 founded on fome of the principal 
 liicivicnts in the fecond Voluine. 
 —It was afted at Goodman s-lields 
 theatre, but is a very indifferent 
 Ferformance. 
 
 Pamela, or Virtue rewarded. 
 Com. Anonym. 1742. -This 
 Play, is on the fame Plan with 
 the foregoing one, but much worfe 
 executed, and was never aAed at 
 ail. 
 
 Pal,«mon and Arcyte. 
 Com. in two Parts, by Rich.Ed- 
 ?t'<7r</t,— Thefe are very old Pieces, 
 being publifhed together with the 
 Author's Songs, &c. in 1585.— 
 The Story of them is profeffedly 
 taken from Chauctr'i celebrated 
 Focxn of the Knigbt't Tulu 
 
 PA 
 
 Pallantus and Eudosa* 
 Vid. Conspiracy. 
 
 Pan and Syrinx, Opera, 
 of one Aft. by Lenvii lieoba/d, 
 8 vo. 171 7, — Set to Mufic by Mr, 
 Calliard, and performed in Lin- 
 coin's- Ir/i'Fie/ds. — For the Story 
 confult Ovid*s Metamorfbefes, 
 Book I. Fab. 12. 
 
 Pander, f^d, MarriagX 
 Broker. 
 
 Pandora, or the Conqueftu 
 Tragi-Com. by Sir JVm. Killi- 
 gretv. Fol. 1666.— Scene in Sy- 
 racujia. 
 
 Pan's Anniversarie, or 
 the Shepherd's Holiday. A Mafque, 
 by hen jfonjon, Fol. 1650. pre- 
 fented at Court before King James^ 
 1625. — The Author was aflifted 
 in the Decorations of this, as 
 well as of fome other of his 
 Mafques, by that ingenious and 
 celebrated Architeft, Inigo Jones* 
 
 Papal Tyranny in the 
 Reign of King John. Trag. 
 by C. Cibbery 8vo. 1744. — Thi« 
 Play is not an Altefation from 
 Sbakefpeare, tho' founded on the 
 fame Portion of the Englijh Hif- 
 tory as his King John j nor is iC 
 by any Means fo good ? "'ay at 
 his J altho' had that Autii 1 uevci 
 hid Exiftencc,this might very well 
 have i-dfs'd as a good One among 
 the Courfe of modern Tragedies. 
 —The Author, after having for 
 feveral Years quitted the Stage, 
 once more launched forth into 
 public Charafter in the Part of 
 Pandolph the Pope's Nuncio in 
 this Piece, which he had probably 
 written with a View to his own 
 Mannet of afting } and notwith- 
 f^anding his great Age, being then 
 about 73, and the Lofs of feveral 
 of his Teeth, whereby his Arti- 
 culation muft neccflarily have 
 been greatly injur'd, yet a Grace 
 and Dignity appear'd in bis At- 
 <^3 titudes. 
 
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 tltudes, A£lion, and general De* 
 portment, which could not fail 
 ir.fpi»ng a reverential Awe for 
 this valuable aud valued Veteran 
 of the Stage, who, wofn out in 
 the Servli e of the Public, feem'd 
 on this Occafion to endeavour at 
 convincing the Town how warm- 
 ly, to the very laft Moment of 
 Life, his 2^al excited him to con- 
 tribute a? much as his exhaufted 
 Powers would permit, towards 
 their Entertainment, both in the 
 Light of a Writer and a Per- 
 former. — And indeed, an equal 
 Inclination feem'd apparent in 
 the Audience to reward this Zeal 
 by the hight-ft Encouragement 
 both to the Author and his 
 Piece, 
 
 Parasit ASTER, ov tbeFaivtt. 
 Com. by yobn Marjion, 4to. 
 1606. — The Sc«ne of this Play 
 is laid in Uibino, and Part of the 
 pioi, -vix. that of Dulcimer s im- 
 pofing on the Duke by a pre- 
 tended Difcovery of'JUtnVs Love 
 to htr, is borrowed from the Story 
 told by Philomi ra in Boccace'i De- 
 tamercn, Dec. 3. Nov. 3. As al- 
 fo the Difpofition of Nymflado-o 
 of a gei.eral Love for the whole 
 Fair Sex from Ovid Amor. Lib. 2. 
 Eleg. 4. 
 
 Parley of Instrwments. 
 Vtd. Music. 
 
 The i* A K L I A M K N T o F Be E !, 
 ■with theii |noper Charafters, or 
 a Beehi.e fumiflu with twelve 
 Honey Combs^ at jileafant as pro- 
 fitable, being an Allegorical De- 
 ftription of the Adious of good 
 and bad Men in thefe our Daies. 
 A Mafque, by 'John Daye, 410. 
 1607. — J his Piece is infevted in 
 all the old Catalogues as a S^ ecies 
 of Play, but is indeed Nothing 
 niore than a Converfation between 
 twelve Charaflers, or Colloquifls 
 M Rhyme. 
 
 Thv Parricide. Trag% by 
 
 P A 
 
 Mr, Sterling, 8vo. 1733. — This 
 Play, I believe, was never a£led. 
 The Parricide, or Inr.(j. 
 cevce in Dijirefi. Trag. by Mr. 
 Shirley, 8vo. 1731. — This Flay 
 was afted at Covent Garden The- 
 atre with middling Succefs. 
 
 The Parson's Weddinc, 
 Com. by Tho. Kil/igrczv, Fol. 
 1664.— — This Play was reviv'd 
 with confiderable Succefs at the 
 Theatre in Lincoln^ s -Inn-Fields, 
 and ad^ed entirely by Women.— 
 The Scene lies in London 5 and 
 the Plot made Ufe oft' by Care/eft 
 and ffVa to circumvent Lady 
 ff^i/d and Mrs. P/cahnce into 
 Marriage, fcems borrow'd from 
 like Circumftances in the jlnti- 
 quary and Ram Alley, — The Au- 
 thor has, however, made good 
 Ufe of his Theft, having con- 
 dudlcd his Denouement in a more 
 pleafing Manner than in either of 
 the other two Plays. 
 
 The Parthian Hero. Tr. 
 by Matthew Gardiner, 8vo. 1 741. 
 — Of this I know nothing more 
 than the Mention of it in tb» 
 
 Britijh Theatre. It was never 
 
 a£tcd in London, but it is not im- 
 probable that it might be both 
 reprclented and publifhed in 
 Dublin. 
 
 Parting Lovers. Vid, 
 Nancy. 
 
 Pas<>^uil and Katha- 
 RiKA. Vid. Jack Drum's 
 Entertainment. 
 
 Pa s Qju 1 N, Com. by H. Field- 
 ing, 8vo. 1735. — This Piece was 
 rcprefented at the little Theatre 
 in the Huytnarket, and contained 
 feveral very fevere fatyncal Re- 
 fledlions on the Miniftry, which 
 being taken Notice of, as well as 
 fome others in a fucceeding Flay 
 ot the fame Author, and per- 
 formed at the fame Houfe, were 
 the Occafion of a Bill being 
 brought ia to the Hgufc of Com- 
 
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 nions for limiting the Number of 
 Playhoufes, and retraining the 
 Liberty of the Stage. 
 Or THK Passion of 
 
 Chryst. Two Comedies. 
 
 Thcfc two Pieces are by Bifhop 
 Bale, and only mentioned in his 
 own Lift of his Works. 
 
 The Passionate Lover. 
 Trag. by LoHowick Carlell, in two 
 Parts, 8vo. 1655, — Scene 5«r- 
 gony and Neujlrea. 
 
 Passionate Lovers. Vid. 
 Grip us and Hegio. 
 
 Passionate Madman. 
 Vid. Nice Valour. 
 
 Passionate Mistress. 
 Vid. Vice reclaim'd. 
 
 11 Pastor Fido, or the 
 Faithful Shepherd. A Paftoral, 
 by Sir Rich. FanjhaHU, 4to. 1646. 
 —This is only a Tranflation of 
 Giiarims celebrated Paftoral of 
 that Name, writicn originally on 
 
 P E 
 
 Novels, Dec. 10. Nov. 10.—— 
 The Story is alio to be found very 
 finely told in a Poem callV '";<- 
 althcrui and Crifa/da, whicL j a 
 Ttanflation or modernized Ver- 
 fificalion of one of Chaucer's Can- 
 terbury Tales. 
 
 Patient Man and iong- 
 ING Wife. Vid. Honest 
 Whore. 
 
 Patient Man and impa- 
 tient Wife. Fid. Honest 
 Whore. 
 
 The Patriot, or the Italian 
 Confpiracy. Trag. Anon. 1698. 
 —Scene Florence. 
 
 Patriot. Vid, Gustavus 
 Vasa, 
 
 The Patron, or the State/- 
 maiii Opera, by Ibo. Cdell, 8vo. 
 1729. — A£ted at the Little Th. 
 in the Haymarket. 
 
 Paul the Spanish Shar> 
 PER. Farce of two Afts, by 
 
 Occafion of the young Duke of yames IVethtrbey, 8vo. 1730.— 
 
 i^a'voy, Charles Emanuel's Mar- 
 riage with the Infanta of Spain. 
 —The Scene lies in Arcadia. 
 
 Pastor Fido, or the Faithful 
 Shepherd, Paftoral, by Elk. Set- 
 tle, 4to. 1677. — This is nothing 
 nore than th^ foregoing Tranfla- 
 tion fomewhat alter'd and im- 
 proved, and adapted to the Stage. 
 
 Never acted. 
 
 Pausanias, the Betray- 
 er OF His Country. Trag. 
 
 4to. 1696. This Play was 
 
 brought on the Stage by Mr. 
 Southern, who in the Dedication 
 informs his Patron that it wjs 
 put into his Hands, and confe. 
 quently, I fuppofe, written, by a 
 
 —It was performed at the Duke Perfon of Quality.— The Story of 
 
 of Tork's Theatre. it may be found in Plutarch.—'—^ 
 
 Pathomachia, or the Battle The Scene is laid in Laced^eman 
 
 of AffeEiionSf fkadonved by a feigned and the Piece built on the Model 
 
 Siege of the Citie of Pathopolis. 
 Com. Anonym. 4to. 1630. 
 The Running Title of this Piece 
 is Love's Loadjione. — Who the 
 Author of it was I know not. 
 
 of the Antients, and written «c« 
 cording to the Reformation of the 
 French Stage. 
 
 The Pedler's Prophecii, 
 Com. Anonym. 4to, I5Q5.">^ 
 
 but it was not publifhed till fome This is rather an Interlude than 
 Time after his Death, by Fr, a regular Play.— -It is very old. 
 
 Conjlable, one of his Friends. 
 
 Patie and Peg<3y. Vid. 
 Gentle Shepherd. 
 
 Patients Grizzxle, Co. 
 Anonym. 1603.— The Plot of 
 (his Piece is founded oa Socface^s 
 
 and undivided into A£ls. 
 
 Peleus and Thetis. A 
 Mafque, by Lord Lanfdowre, 
 Vid. Jew of Venice. 
 
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 *IH, Cocks and yobn Moulcy, 8vo. 
 i7zS. — Almoft the whole hrft Aft 
 of this Piece was written by the 
 laft-named Author fome Years 
 before the other Gentleman had 
 any Hand in it, or even ever feen 
 it. — It is a Mock Tragedy, and 
 was probably intended as no more 
 than a Burlefque Drama without 
 any particular Aim,— —But as it 
 was brought on the Stage foon 
 after the i-'ublication of Mr. Papers 
 Tranflation of the OdyJ'ey of Ho- 
 mer, that Gentleman confider'd 
 it as a Ridicule on his Work, 
 and has in Confequence of that 
 Suppolition treated Mr. Cooke 
 Ibmcwhat feverely as the Author 
 of it in his Notes to the Dunciad, 
 —The 'Piece, as a Burlefque, is 
 not without Merit, but met with 
 no Succefs in the Reprefentation, 
 from making its firft Appearance 
 at the little French Theatre in 
 the Haymarket ^ and being per- 
 fuimed by a moft contemptible 
 S'it of Aftors, by which Means, 
 ^xclufive of the Enmity its Sub- 
 ject drew on it^ it had by no 
 Means fair Play with the Pub- 
 lick. 
 
 The Perfidious Brother, 
 Trag, by Lno'i TheobaUf 4f»). 
 f»,i6.— The Model of thi: Play 
 is fomewhat like that of tht Or- 
 /)/<»«.— —The whole Scene of it 
 being laid in a private Family at 
 Bruffek. 
 
 PzRiANDER King op Co- 
 SINTH. Trag. by yohn Tracy f 
 8vo. 1731. — This Tragedy, tho' 
 TCry far from a contemptible one, 
 net with but middling Succefs 
 when perfotmed at the Theatre 
 in L/wfe/n'i'/ws-F/V/di.— ThdPlot 
 is taken from well-knowrn Hif- 
 tory. 
 
 Pericles Princb of Tyre. 
 Trag. by fT. Sbakefpearef 410. 
 4609.— This is one of Uk feven 
 
 P E 
 
 Pieces which fome of the Jate 
 Editors of Shakejpcare\ Works 
 have rejefted as not properly be- 
 longing to them. — It is true, in- 
 deed, that the general Subftance 
 of this Play falls greatly fliort of 
 that Author's more finifhed 
 Writings j yet it fliould feem 
 much too glaring an Impofture 
 and too eafily contradicted to pafs 
 unnoticed, to publi/h a fpurious 
 Piece with the Name of an Au- 
 thor of Charafler prefixed to it, 
 during that Author's Life Time, 
 as was the Cafe with this ; and 
 indeed, fo greatly did the Tafte 
 of that Time differ from the Cri- 
 tical Judgment which reigns in 
 liiis, that it i.> pretty apparent 
 this Play wa"! t^ceived by the 
 Audiences of £hi*t h%z as an ad- 
 mir'd and favorite Wotk. — The 
 Plot feems to be entirely Inven- 
 tion, there being no Veftige of 
 any fuch Story or Perfon to be 
 trac'd in the Syrian Hiftory. 
 
 The Perjur'd Devotee, or 
 F.->rcc of Love. — This is one of the 
 Pi':,c«'s \ jblifhed under the Title 
 of a Volume of Mifcellanies in 
 8vo, 1746. by MeflVs. Dar.iel 
 Bellamy, fen. &jun.— Of which, 
 however, none were brought on 
 the Stage. 
 
 The Perjuu'd Husband. 
 Trag. by Mrs. CentUvre, 4to. 
 1700 — This is the firft of this 
 Lady's Attempts for the Drama, 
 and altho' herWritings afterwards 
 took the comic Turn tor the moft 
 Part, yet both this Piece and the 
 Cruel. Gift, fliew her very capable 
 of making a Figure in the Service 
 of the Tragic Mufe.— The Scene 
 lies at l^enice in Carnival Time. 
 
 Pbrjur'd Lovers. Vid, 
 
 C/XLIA, 
 
 Perjur'dNun. Vtd.hovzn 
 8ICK King. 
 
 The Perjuror. Farce, of 
 one A{1, by Cbrift, Bu/loci, 8vo. 
 
 17x7. 
 
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 J717. — The Scene of this liltlc 
 Piece lies in Cogent Garden, and 
 the Defign, if it has any, feems 
 to be to point out the Collufions 
 and Combinations that are or may 
 be carried on between ill-defign- 
 ing jiiftices of the Peace, and the 
 Conrtables and ether Officers 
 whom they employ under them, 
 
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 from a Spanijh Play, the Name 
 of which however fhe has not in- 
 formed us of. — ^The Scene lie» 
 in London ; the Time from Five 
 in the Evening to Eight in the 
 Morning. 
 
 Persian Prince. Vid, 
 Loyal Brother. 
 
 The Persian Princess, or 
 
 to the great Injury of the Rights the Royal yillain. Trag. by Lewis 
 of the Subjeft and of publick Theobald, 4to. 1715. — The Au 
 
 Juftice in general. — It is, how- 
 ever, a very poor Performance. 
 
 Perkin Warbeck, thetrue 
 and chronicle Hiftory of. T>ag. 
 
 thor, in his Preface to this Play, 
 aflerts it to have been written and 
 adled before he was full nineteen 
 Years of Age— The Plot of it. 
 
 by John Ford, 4to. 1634. — This notwithftanding the Title, feems 
 
 is not a bad Play, — It is founded to be entirely Invention, there 
 
 on the Hiftory of that fl range being no Incident in the Per/tan 
 
 Pretender to the Crown, who fet Hiftory from which the Story ap- 
 
 himfelf up and caus'd himfelf to pears in the leaft to be borrowed, 
 
 be proclaimed King of England, The Petticoat Plotter.. 
 
 declaring himfelf to be Richard Farce of two Afts, by Newburgb 
 
 Duke of York, Brother to Ed 
 ward V. who loft his Life in the 
 Tower, as may be feen in the 
 Erglijh Hiftorians of the Reign 
 of henry VII.— Scene England. 
 
 Hamilton, 8vo. lyez. performed 
 at the Theatre Royal in Druty 
 Lane. 
 
 The Petticoat Plotter, 
 
 or More M-'ayi tkan one for a Wife, 
 
 Perolla and Izadora. Com. hy Hen. Wood, 8vo. 1747. 
 Trag. hy C. Cibber, ^to. 1706. — — This Play was never, I be- 
 As this Author's Tajie was very lieve, afted at any of the London 
 far from lying in the Tragic Theatres. 
 
 Strain of Writing, it is not to be 
 wonder'd at that this Play, toge- 
 ther with fome others of his Tra- 
 gedies, have been entirely fet afide 
 from the Theatre, and even for- 
 got in the Clofet, fincethe Period 
 of their firft Appearances. 
 The Perplex'd Couple, or 
 
 PhjEDR A AND HiPPOLlTUS. 
 
 Trag. by Edmund Smith, 8vo. 
 1707.— This is a very admirable 
 Play, and is ftill continued on 
 the Lift of adling Tragedies.— 
 The Charaftcrs are fiiOiigly 
 drawn, the Language poetical and 
 fentimental, and the Condudl of 
 
 Mijiake upon Mijiake. Com. by the Drama affefting and judl- 
 
 Cba. Molloy, 4to. 17 14, — This cious ; — yet, for all thefe good 
 
 Play is for the moft Pai t borrow- Qualities, it met at firft with but 
 
 ed from Moliere's Coat imagir.aire j little Encouragement from the 
 
 which indeed has been the Fcun- Audience, for which thi Au- 
 
 dation of feveral other Englijh thor of the Tatler deplores their 
 
 dramatic Pieces. Want of Tafte. 
 The Pertlex'd Lovers, The Phoenix. 
 
 Com. by Mrs. Centliirc, 410. 
 17 10. — The greateft Part of the 
 Plot of this Play is, by the Au- 
 thor's own Confv-flion, borrowed 
 
 Tragi-Com. 
 by Tko. RJiddleton, 410. 1607.— 
 This is a good Play.— The Plot 
 of it is taken from a Sfamfii 
 
 Novel 
 
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 l^ovel call'd the Force of Love, and 
 the Scene is laid in Ftrrara. 
 
 The Phoknix in her 
 FiAMts. Trag. by Sir IV. 
 lo7t>er, 4to. 1639.— Scene ^ra- 
 hia.-^Langtaine fuppofes this to 
 b»ve been the Author's firft At- 
 tempt, it having been written 
 leforc he vi&i, knighted. 
 
 Phaeton, or the Fatal Di- 
 vene. Trag. by Cba. Gi/doH, 
 ^to. 1698.— This Play is written 
 in Imitation of the Ancients, and 
 
 met with good Succefs. The 
 
 Plot, and a great many of the 
 Beauties of it, the Author him- 
 felf owns to have been taken 
 from the Medea of Euripidei, and 
 he has evidently made \J{e of 
 many Hints from the French Play 
 of Phaetoit.^The Scene is in a 
 Crove and adjoiniRg Temple in 
 the Land of Egvpt.—To it is an- 
 nexed fome Reflexions on Collier's 
 ihort View of the Immorality and 
 Prophanenefs of the Stage. 
 
 Pmaiton in thk Swds. 
 
 f^d. TUMBLX DOWN DlCK. 
 
 A Phanatic Play, ift 
 Part, prefented before and by the 
 Lotd F/eet-wood, Sit Arthur Hajle- 
 rigf Sir Henry Fane, Lord Lam- 
 iert and others, with Mafter^^/"- 
 ter and Mafter Pudding, 4to, 
 1660.— ~-It confifts but of one 
 
 Scene.. This, by its Title, I 
 
 Ihould imagine to be a Party Play, 
 probably intended juft at the Pe- 
 riod of the Reftoration to ridicule 
 and expofe the Roundheads.— I 
 have never (eeix it, nor do I find 
 it mentioned by any of the Wri- 
 ters but yacoh } from whom, 
 and Coxeter's MS. Notes on him, 
 4 have felefted the full Title I 
 have here inferted. 
 ' Pharnaces. An Italian 
 .topera, by Sig. Gio. Boitencim\ 
 8vo, 1723. pwformed at the 
 King's Theatre in the Haymar- 
 
 P H 
 
 kct.'^—^ht Scene Artaff'ata in 
 Scytbia, 
 
 Philander. A Dramatic 
 Paftoral, by Mrs. Lennox. 8vo. 
 
 '757' A Piece not intended, 
 
 nor indeed of Merit fufKcient for 
 the Stage. 
 
 Philaster, or Lvue liti a 
 Bleeding. Tragi - Comedy, by 
 Beaumont and Fletcher , 4to. 1628. 
 — This was the firft Piece that 
 brought thefc afterwards moft 
 juftly celebrated Authors into any 
 confiderable Eftimation, and it 
 even now confiderM as one of the 
 moft capital of their Plays.— It 
 was prefented firft at the Old 
 Theatre in Lincoln's- Inn- Fields, 
 when the Women a£ted by them- 
 felves J— a Circumftance recorded 
 by Mr. Dryden, who wrote a Pro- 
 logue for them, which may b« 
 found among his MifcelUun Po* 
 «wi.-— The Scene lies in Cilieia, 
 ——Mr. Settle revifed this Play, 
 and entirely writing anew the 
 two laft A£te, brought it again 
 on the Stage and publifhed it in 
 4to. 1695. changing the Scene 
 to Sicily* 
 
 Philetus and Constan- 
 TiA. This is one of fix Pieces 
 fuppofed to be written by Rob, 
 Cox Comedian, which are printed 
 i n the fecond Part of Sport upon 
 Sport, 1659. 
 
 Philip or Macedon. Tr. 
 by Mr. Lewis, 8vo. 1729.— This 
 Play is founded on the Macedonian 
 Hiftory, and was a£ted at the 
 Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, 
 but'with no great Succefs. 
 
 Phillis of Scyros. a 
 Dramatic Paftoral, 4to. 1655. — 
 This is a Tranflation (made a- 
 bout twenty Years before it waa 
 printed) from the Italian oi Gut- 
 dobaldi di Bonarelli,-^The Scene 
 lies in the Idand of Scyros, — — 
 Prefixed to it are the Letters S. S. 
 
 -oBuk 
 
P H 
 
 —But Coxeter leoms to Imagine 
 from fonic VcrlVs of Mr. Stan- 
 ly'i, that it was tranflated by Sir 
 tJward Skerburne, 
 
 Philoci. EA. Trag. byM'wa- 
 trara Mcrgany 8vo. 1754.— This 
 Play is founded on Part of Sir 
 Phi lip Sidney's celebrated Romance 
 of the Arctui.j, the fame Story 
 which Uad been long before re- 
 duced into a Tragedy by Ja. 
 ^birLy, — The Piece before us is 
 crowded with an immenfe Num- 
 ber of Abfurdities both in Lan- 
 guage and Plot, the firft being al- 
 tcrnarely bombaft and puerile, 
 and the other incorreft, imperfcft 
 and contradiilory.— Yet did this 
 Tragedy meet with better Succefs 
 than Plays of much greater Merit 
 that appeared in that and fome of 
 the enfuing Se:^lbns. — This Suc- 
 cefs, however, may be in great 
 Mcafure attributed to the Man- 
 ner in which the more tender and 
 jenfible Parts of the Audience 
 could net fail beinj aftefted by 
 the paffionate Scenes of Love in 
 it, which gave fo fine an Oppor- 
 tunity for a Difplay and Exertion 
 of fine Figure and Tenderncfs of 
 Expreffion in Mr. Batry and Mifs 
 NojJ:ter. 
 
 Philosophy no Defence 
 AfiAiNST Love. Vid, Solon. 
 
 Philota'. Tiag. by Sam. 
 Daniel, 4to. 162 3. — This Play 
 is faid to be the Author's firft, 
 yet is efteemed a good one, but 
 net with fome Oppofition, not 
 on Account of any Deficiency in 
 the Poetry or in the Condu£b of 
 the Defign, but from a Sufpicion 
 propagated by fome of the Au- 
 thor's Itnemies, that he meant 
 to perfonalice in the Chara£ter of 
 Philotas that unfertunate'Favorite 
 of Queen Elizabeth' t, the Earl of 
 EJfex 5 which obliged him to en- 
 ter on his Vindication from xhiX 
 Chaijge io an Ap olofy printed »t 
 
 P H 
 
 .the End of it. — In this Play, 
 as well as in his 1 "ragedy of Cu- 
 ofatra, he has (bewn great Judg- 
 ment by treading in the Steps of 
 the Ancients in the modellizing 
 his Fable and the working of his 
 Morals J the two principal, but 
 frequently difregardcd Branches 
 of Tragedy. — According to their 
 Manner alfo he has introduced 
 Chorufcs between the Afts. 
 
 Philotas. Trag. "by Phf//p 
 Froivde, 8vo. 1731.— This Tra- 
 gedy was aftcd at Lincoln" S'lnn- 
 Fields Theatre, with very little 
 Succefs J yet I cannot help look- 
 ing on it as a very admirable PJay. 
 — TheCharafters of Cfytus, Alex* 
 ander and Phihtas are very finely 
 fupported, thofe of An'igona and 
 Ckora beautifully contrafted, the 
 Language bold and fpirited, yet 
 poetical and correft, the Plot 
 ingenious, and the Cataftrophc 
 intererting. — The Defiga of this, 
 as well as the foregoing Play, is 
 taken from Siuirttm Curtius and 
 Jujiin. And the Scenes of both 
 are laid in Perjia. 
 
 Philotas. Com. Anonym. 
 4to. 1612, printed at Edinburgh, 
 in the old black Letter. — The 
 Defign of this Piece is to fliew the 
 Inconvenlencies that arife from 
 the Marriage of old Age with 
 Youth, — Some have miftaken 
 this for DaniePt Philotas, but 
 without Reflection, for their Sub- 
 je£ls, and even kind of Verfe, ace 
 entirely different, this being writ* 
 ten in Stanzas. 
 
 Phormio. Com. by2?/V-&. Ber» 
 nardf 4to. 1598. —This is onlv a 
 Tranflation from Terence, with 
 fome critical and ufcful Notes, and 
 Additions for the ufe of Learners, 
 — ^This Play has been alfo tranf^ 
 lated by Hoo/e, Patrick, and E- 
 - ebard, but never brought on the 
 Stage in its own Form, altho* 
 two .y€iy celebiated Poets, vis, 
 
 MoUtreg 
 
 
 
 Mm''^ 
 
 1 f ■'■ 
 ' 11." 
 
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 f'4 
 
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 Rfollere among the French^ and 
 Otivay among the Englijh Writers, 
 have made great Ufc of the Plot 
 in their refpedlive Comedies of 
 the Tricks of Scapin. 
 
 ThePicTURE Tragi-Com . by 
 Ph. MaJfingcTy 4I0. 1636. — This 
 Play met with good Succefs, and 
 indeed very defcrvcdly, it having 
 
 great Merit. The Plot of it, 
 
 particubrly that Part of it where 
 &ophia decoys the two debauch'd 
 Courtiers RUhardo and Ubaldo^ 
 whom the Queen fends to at- 
 tempt her Chaitity, together with 
 her very juft and equitable Treat- 
 ment of them, is bonowed from 
 Nov. 4. of the Dccdved Lcucrs, 
 in a Book, entitled, the Fortunate, 
 deceived, and ur.fortnnate Ldnjcn, 
 •—The enchanted Pi&ure, where- 
 by Sophia's Virtue is rendered 
 fufpicious to her Hufband in his 
 Abfence, feems, tho' not exadlly 
 the lame Thought, yet to owe its 
 Origin to the enchanted Cup, in 
 Ari'jjlo'i Orlavdo furiojo. — It was 
 performed by Lonvin, Taylory Bcn- 
 feld, and all the moft capital 
 Performers of that Age. 
 
 The 1' I c T u R K, or the Cuckold 
 in Conceit, A Ballad Opera, 8vo. 
 1744. — This Piece was written 
 by Ja, Miller, but as it did not 
 meet with Succefs, it was pub- 
 liflied without his Name to it. — 
 It is principally taken from the 
 Cocu imaginaire of Moliere, 
 
 Piety and Valour, or 
 Verry defended, Tragi-Com. Anon. 
 169a. — ThisPlay Ifind no where 
 mentioned but in the Britijh The' 
 fltrtf and as it is of the fame 
 Date with a Tragi - Comedy, 
 called, the Siege of Derry^ and 
 that is not veryfrequcnt to fee two 
 Plays on the fame Subjeft (tho' 
 thit, indeed, was at that Time a 
 very popular one) I think it not 
 improbable that thefe might be 
 ofily two Editions of the fam^ 
 
 F I 
 
 Play, or perhaps, (which has not 
 been an uncommon Practice) the 
 fame Edition vamp'd up with a 
 new Title Page, in hopes to 
 quicken the heavy a:->d fiow Sale 
 of a very indifferent Piece, v\ hitli 
 lay on the Book feller's H.mds. 
 
 The Pilgrim. Comedy, by 
 Beaumont and Fhtcber, Fol. 1679. 
 —This is a very good Play, and 
 met with Approbation on usfiift 
 Appearance} befides which, it 
 was in the Year 1700 reviv'd at 
 the Theatre Roy. in Dr. Lane, 
 with a new Prologue and Epi- 
 logue, and a fecular Mafou' , by 
 Mr. Dryden, being the laft of that 
 great Poet's Wcrk?, and writicn a 
 very little before his Death, Yet 
 do they ftand as a Proof, witli 
 how ftrong a Brilliancy his poetic 
 Fires glow'd even to the laiL — 
 The Prologue is pointed with 
 great Severity againft S'nRitbjid 
 Blackwore, who, ilio' by no mean.s 
 a firft Rate Foet, yet I cannot 
 help thinking, deferving of more 
 Immortality, than either the Envy 
 orlll-Nauie of his Brother Wits 
 have by their Ridicule on h;s 
 Works, permitted the Prejudices 
 of Mankind, ever cafily led afidel 
 by what they innigine a fupcrior 
 
 Judgment to grant him. 
 
 This Comedy, however, when 
 revived about a dozen Years 
 ago , together with the fe- 
 cular Mafque, by the Managers of 
 Dr, Lane Theatre, tho' very well, 
 nay, in fome of the Chara(ftcrr, 
 very greatly performed, did not 
 meet with the Applaufe it might 
 reafonably have expcfted. — Suih 
 is the Difference of Tafte at dif- 
 ferent Periods. 
 
 The PitcRiM. Trag. by Tho. 
 Killigrew, Fol. 1664. — This Play 
 wae written zt Paris 1651, while 
 the Author was on his Traveh. 
 —The Scene Millain. 
 
 The Pi LCI IMS, ottbt Happy 
 Cenvtrtt, 
 
P L 
 
 Qitiverts, A Dramatic Entertain- 
 ment, by ff^. Harrifon, 410. 170 1. 
 —This Piece was never a£ted, yet 
 is very far from being totally de- 
 Yoid of Merit.— The Scene is laid 
 in London, 
 
 Pill and Droi>. Vid. 
 Plot. 
 
 Pindar or Wakefield. 
 Vid. George a Green. 
 
 Piso's Conspiracy, Trag. 
 
 Aaonym. 4to. 1676. ^This is 
 
 no more than the Tragedy of 
 Nero, printed with a new 
 Title. 
 
 Pity she's a Whore, Fid. 
 Tis Pity, &c. 
 
 Plague of Envy. Vid. 
 Sl'Spicioub Husband cri- 
 ticiz'd. 
 
 The Plague of Riches, 
 rr VEmbarrai des Richeffeu Com. 
 Yn'ncb and Engli/hf 8vo. 1735.— 
 This is only a Tran/lation by 0- 
 zdl c)i a French Comedy, but ne- 
 ver intended for the Staj^c. 
 
 The Plain Dealer, Com. 
 by IV. IVycherhyy 4to. 1676. 
 —This Play is looked upon as 
 the moft capital of this Author's 
 Pieces, and indeed Dryden has 
 given it the Charafter of being 
 the noldeft, moft general, and moft 
 ufcful Satyr, 'that was ever pre- 
 fented on the Englijh Stage. •■ - 
 The Plot, however, and particu- 
 larly the two moft principal Cha- 
 railers in it, viz. Manly and 
 Olivia^ feem in fome Meafure 
 borrowed from the Mijantropt of 
 MoHere, as does alfo that of Ma- 
 jor Old/ox from Scarron^t City Ro- 
 mance. — Yet, notwithftanding, he 
 he is fcarcely to be condemned for 
 thcfe little Thefts, fincc he has 
 applied them to fo aoble an Ufe, 
 and fo greatly improved on his O- 
 riginals. —The Charafter of 
 Lord PlaufibU is faid to have 
 been intended for Geo. Lord Birke- 
 iy, wh« was created £«rl of 
 
 P L 
 
 Berkeley by King Cbarles II. — A 
 Nobleman of ftrift Virtue and 
 Piety, and of the moft undiftin- 
 guifhed Affability to Men of all 
 Ranks and Parties — Scene Lon- 
 don. — Notwithftanding all its Ex- 
 cellencies, however, this Play ha» 
 for fome Years paft been laid 
 afide. 
 
 ThePLAToNic Lady. Com. 
 by Mrs. Centlivre, \to. 1711.—" 
 This is not one of her beft Plays, 
 and is now never afted. The 
 Prologue was written by Capt. 
 
 Geo. Farjular. The Scene 
 
 LondoM. 
 
 The Platonic Lovers. C, 
 by Sir fV. Davenant, 410. 1636. 
 —Scene Sicilia, 
 
 A P£ay betioeve Job an the 
 Hujhattdy T Y B the fVife, and 
 Sir JoH A fi the Pritjl, by John 
 Heywoodj 4to. Imprynted at Lon- 
 don by William Raftall, the xii 
 Day o/" February, 1533.— —This 
 Piece, and fome others of thi» 
 Author's, which we fliall pre- 
 fcntly have occafion to fpeak of, 
 are mentioned in the Mufaun 
 yJjhmoHanum. — They are printed 
 in the old black Letter, written 
 in Metre, and not divided into 
 A£ls, and are I believe fome of 
 the carlieft, if not the very earlieft 
 dramatic Pieces printed in Lon* 
 don. 
 
 A Pt AY bettvene the Pardoner 
 and the Frere, the Curate, and 
 Neybour Prattc. An Interlude, by 
 yohn Hcywood. Imprynted bf 
 Wyllyam Raftall, ^ih oi April, 
 1533. — Black Letter. 
 
 Players whipp'd. Vid* 
 Histriomastix. 
 
 A Playhouse to be Lit, 
 by Sir IV. Davenant, Fol. 1673, 
 —This Piece is oiJy an Affem- 
 blage of feveral little detacirci 
 Pieces in the dramatic Way, writ* 
 ten in the Time of Oliver Crom* 
 ucUf aad during \ht Prolubltiott 
 K (ff 
 
 I I 
 
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 «i i I' 
 
 iSi 
 
 ■in 
 1 1 
 
 ii 
 
 mm 
 
 :.i 
 
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 (fp * 
 
 
 
 t , ■ ■ fvT' 
 
 iii 
 
 »!9i' 
 
 N E 
 
 of theatrical Reprefcntatlons. — 
 Thcfc are connefted with one a- 
 nuthcr by the Addition of a firft 
 A&. by wayof Introdudtian, each 
 At\ afterwards being a feparate 
 Piece, viz. the fccond is a Tranf- 
 lation of Moliere's Cocu imagi- 
 tjaire, purpofely thrown into a 
 Kind of Jargon or broken Eng/i/h, 
 like that fpoken by Frtnchvien 
 who have not been long in Eng- 
 'land. — The third and fourth Ads 
 are Tragical, or rather a Species 
 of Opera, reprefen'ing, by Vocal 
 and Inftrumental Mufic, and by 
 the Art of Perfpeftive in Scenes, 
 the Hiftory of Sir Francis Drake, 
 Sec. and the Cruelty of the Spa- 
 niards in Peru, and the fifth a 
 Tragcdie traveftie, or Faice in 
 Burleftiue Verfe, on the Aclions 
 of Ceefar, Anthony, and Ckcputra. 
 The laft of thefe Pieces waa aifo 
 performed feparately at the Thca. 
 in Dor/it Gardens, by Way of 
 Farce, after the Tragedy of Pojn- 
 py, written by Mrs. Kathnrme 
 FbiUips. 
 
 Player's Wedding. Vid. 
 City Rambi.e. 
 
 The Play is the Plot, C. 
 hy John Durunt Breval 4X0. 1 707. 
 —This Play the Author himfclf 
 confcfles to be mecr Farce, and 
 it confequently met with but in- 
 
 difterent Succtfi. Part of it 
 
 feems to be tranilatcd from fome 
 of the French Interludes in the 
 Tbeafre halitn. — The Scene lies 
 at a Village in Bedfordjkirc. 
 
 A PtAY of Genteelnefs ard 
 Nobilltie. An Interlude, in two 
 Parts, by "Jiihn Htyiuood, 410. — 
 This has no Date, but is, I fup- 
 pofc, about 1533. 
 
 A Play or Love. An Inter- 
 lude, by John Htjxuood, 4to. 
 
 A Play tftbe Weather, call'd, 
 m new and very merry Interlude of 
 sJI aUmur ffff^tatien, by John 
 
 M A . 
 
 Hey wood, Pol. 1 5'^3 — ^Thefc thre? 
 kft Pieces, with the two meuticn- 
 ed above and the four P':, m:.ki 
 up the whole of the dramatic 
 Works of this Author, who 
 fecmsto me to fland in a Kind of 
 dubious Competition with Bifiiop 
 Ba/c, for the Title of the Father 
 oiEnglifii dramatic Poetry, feme 
 of his Writings being piiblirticd, 
 according to thefe Atcounts, in 
 1533, ajid thofe of the lormcr no 
 foontr th«.. -538. — It is liowever 
 to be obferved, that in the Lift the 
 Bi/hop has given us of his im- 
 printed Pieces, he mentions fevi.- 
 ral whicli have in their Titles ;fn 
 air of greater Antiquity, ani 
 whicii, therefore, mirjit prolaMv 
 have been written previous to an. 
 of tills Author's Piccts l^forc u , 
 
 PlKASAKT AdvF.NT I/HRf 
 
 AT Brussels. Vid, Cam- 
 pa igneks. 
 
 The Princely Pleasur Fs at 
 Kennelwokth Cas r I.E. .\ 
 Mafcjue, in Profe and Rhime, hv 
 Ceo. Gafcoigne, 4to. 1575 — 'i i.„ 
 is a Relation of the Eiiterta;:)- 
 ment given to Q^Elixabah jt 
 Kennelivorth, by Robert Du,fi\, 
 E. o{ Leicejicr, on the 9th, loth, 
 andnthofy«^, 1575. 
 
 Pleasure RKcoNciL'n to 
 Virtue. A Mafque, by lint 
 yonjon, prcfented at Court btfcrt 
 King^jwef I. 16 19 J with anaii- 
 ditional Mafquey'cir the L'orcuf.j 
 fVali's, in vshich the Scene is 
 chang'd from the Mountnin At- 
 las as before, to Cr.tig-Eriri, • 
 
 This latter Part is mentioned in 
 fomc of the Catalogues, but erro< 
 neouHy, as a di(hn£l Piece ci 
 itfelf. 
 
 Pleasures or the en- 
 chanted Isle, y/d. Prin- 
 cess OF El IS. 
 
 The Plot, or Pi/l and Drf, 
 A Pantoraimical Entertainmer.i, | 
 8vQi 1735*'— This Piece was Dc- 
 
 v:i| 
 
113 — ^Thefcthre? 
 
 the two meiiticn- 
 
 c tour P:, mikj 
 
 of the dramatic 
 
 3 Author, who 
 
 and in a Kind of 
 
 ilion with Bifiiop 
 
 ille of the Father 
 
 itic Poetry, feme 
 
 being piibliilicd, 
 
 efe ALCOunts, ii) 
 
 of the lormcr no 
 
 8. — It is Jjowever 
 
 hat in the Lift the 
 
 en us of his un- 
 
 le mentions fevL- 
 
 in their Titles an 
 
 Antittuity, un! 
 
 e, nr>ir,lii prolalijv 
 
 en previous to .iiiy 
 
 s PicLts liuture u , 
 
 AdvF.NT UHli 
 
 Fid. Cam- 
 
 PlEASUR FS AT 
 I'H CaSTI.£. a 
 
 fe and Rhiine, bv 
 4to. iijys—'ij.u 
 )f the Enterta;n. 
 
 > Q^Elix-abah ,it. 
 ly Robert Ljud\\, 
 on the 9th, lotl;, 
 'y* 1575- 
 
 K KCONC Il'd to 
 
 Mafijuc, by h:ii 
 lA at Court btfors 
 1619 5 with anaii- 
 zfor the L'orcuf'.j 
 ich the Scene is 
 he Mountain ///. 
 
 > Cr:Ji^-Eriri. . 
 
 •t is mentioned in 
 talogiics. but erto. 
 diitinft Piece ci 
 
 } or THE EN- 
 LE, yid» PRIN- 
 
 ff 
 
 or Pill and Drf, 
 al Entertainmcn:, 
 hi* Ficcc was oc- 
 
 V!! 
 
 O E 
 
 v;r aftLd, nor did I ever fee it in 
 Flint, but imagine it to be w rit- 
 tcn in Ridicule of the noted Dr. 
 fVard, whofe Pili and Drop at 
 that Time made a very great 
 Noife in the World. 
 
 A Plot and no Plot. C. 
 \iy J. Dmri:, Mo, 1697. — This 
 Play was int«ndcd by its Author, 
 as a Satire upon the Credulity of 
 the Jacobite Party of thofe Days. 
 ^It is extremely regular, and 
 bears Teflimony in Favour of the 
 Writer, not only as a Man of 
 Wit, but as a perfert M after of 
 the Arts of the St&gf , and of the 
 ftiict Rules of the Drama. 
 
 Plot discover'd, Vid.Yt- 
 MCK pbesbrv'd. 
 
 Plot spoil'd. Fid.VATw. 
 
 Mi3TAKI. 
 
 The Plotting Lovms, or 
 
 tht Dijmal Squirt. Farce, by Cka. 
 Skadtvill, lamo, 1720.— —This 
 Piece was a£led in Dublin. —It 
 is a Tranflation with Liberty of 
 Molierit Monf. dt Pourceaugnat, 
 that is to fay, that whole Play of 
 three Afts is reduc'd info one, e- 
 very Incident and humourous 
 Paflage of any Coniequence, how- 
 ever, being preferved in it. — ^Tbe 
 Scene Dublin^ the Time one 
 Hour. 
 
 Plotting Sisters. Vid, 
 Fond Husband. 
 
 PlUTOFURENS &VINCTUS. 
 
 A Modern Farce. 4to, 1669. ■ 
 This Pjece I find no where but 
 in Coxetcr\ MS. Notes, yet from 
 the Title, and there being the 
 Name of yJm/i. inferted for the 
 Place of Publication, altho' it 
 was really printed at London, I 
 am apt to conjeflure the Subjcti 
 ot it to be political. 
 
 Pl u t u s , or fee fFor/d's Tdol. 
 Com. by Li'Tvis Th bald, lamo. 
 1711;. — This is only a Tranfla- 
 lioii from the C'reik of j-lriflo- 
 l-ans, with Notes, nod a Dif- 
 
 O L 
 
 courte prefixed containing fome 
 Account of Arifiophane'i, an i his 
 two Comedies of Pluttti and the. 
 Cloudi, — It was not intended for 
 the Stage. 
 
 Plutus the God or Ri- 
 ches. 8vo. 174Z. — This is a- 
 nother Tran/lation of the fame 
 Piece, executed jointly by Mr. 
 Henry T'itlding and the Reverend 
 Mr. Young, being, I believe, de- 
 (ign'd as a Specimen of a proposed 
 compleat Tranflation of all the 
 ComtA\<ti oi Arijiophanti, by thofe 
 two ingenious Gentlemen, buv 
 which was never carried into Ex- 
 ecution. 
 
 Plutus God of Wealth. 
 ytd. World's Idol. 
 
 Poetaster, ot tht Arraign' 
 ment. Comical Satyr, hyBtn Jcif 
 ftitt, 4to. 1602. — This Piece is a 
 Satire on the Poets of that Age, 
 more particularly Mr. Decker^ 
 who is fevcrely laih'd under the 
 Title of Crifpinusy yet has 
 very fpiritedly returned it in his 
 Satyr omaftix.'^t is adorned with 
 many TranHatlons from Horact^ 
 Virgily Ovidf and others of the 
 antient Poets, whom BeM Jonfon 
 was on every Occafion fond of 
 fliewing to the World his inti- 
 mate Acquaintance with. 
 
 Poetical Sqjuike.^iV/. Sik 
 Hi rcules Buffoon. 
 
 Poet's Revenge. DV/, 
 Love's Victory. 
 
 Poi:t Stutter, Fid. WlT 
 FOR Money. 
 
 riOlKI AOOPONEZII, or the difft' 
 rent Humours of Men, reprefented in 
 an Interlude at a Country Schtelf 
 Dec. 15, 1 69 1, by Sam, Sbaw, 
 8vo. 1692. 
 
 The Politician. Trag. by 
 Ja. Siirlcy, 4to. 1655. — "^^^ 
 isccnc of this Play lies in Ncr- 
 tray, and the Plot fccms borrow- 
 ed trorn the Story of the King of 
 Rjmania, the Vunz^Antiffui am\ 
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 tefs of Montgomery's Urania. 
 
 The Politician cheat- 
 ed. Com. by A!ex, Greene, ^to. 
 1663. — This Play was printed at 
 the Time above mentioned, but 
 never made its appearance on the 
 Stage.- — The Scene in Sfain. 
 
 PoLinus, or Dijircfs'd Love. 
 Tr. by Mcfpi Browne, 8vo, 1723. 
 —The Author of this Play ftcns 
 to have been a very young Gen- 
 tleman, and indeed fonie fuch Ex- 
 cufc is ncceil'ary to attonc for its 
 Deficiencies.— 't was never adled 
 at any of the regular Theatics, 
 but was pcrformvd by young Gen- 
 tlemen for (heir Diverfion, at the 
 private Theatre in St. AlhanS' 
 jlrcft.— -Annex' i to it, is a Farce, 
 called. All bedevilled, 9r 
 tJje Houfe in a Hurry, by the fame 
 Author, poflTcfs'd of the fame 
 Share of Merit, and performed at 
 the fame Time and Place. 
 
 Politick Whork. Vid, 
 Muse op NcwMarket. 
 
 PoiLV, An Opera, by John 
 Cay, 8v'o 1728. This is a fe- 
 coiid Part of the Beggar' t Opera, 
 in which, according to a Hint 
 given in the laft Scene of the firft 
 Part, Potty, Maekeath, and fome 
 other of the Charadters arc tranf- 
 ported to America.— W^\itn every 
 Thing was ready, however, for 
 a Rehearfal of it at the Theatre 
 Royal in Covent Garden, a Mcflage 
 was fent from the Lord Chamber- 
 Jaii., that, it was not alhwed to he 
 a^ed, but commanded to iejupprcjj'cd. 
 —What could be the Realon of 
 fuch a Prohibition, it is not very 
 cafy to difcovc»,unlcfs wf imagine 
 it to have been by Way of Revenge 
 for the numtrons Strokes of S;i- 
 tire on the Court, &c. which 
 ilione forth in the firft Part, or 
 fome private Pique to the Author 
 himfeif ; for the Opera before us 
 n fo totally innocent of either 
 
 P o 
 
 Satire, Wit, Plot, or Execution,. 
 that had not iVlr. Gay declaredly 
 publiHied it as his, it would, I 
 think, have been difficult to have 
 perfuaded the World that their 
 favorite Polly, could ever have fo 
 greatly degenerated from thole 
 Charms, which firft brought 
 them into Lovo with her, or tint 
 the Author of the Beggar i Opera 
 was capable of fo poor a Perfor- 
 mance as the Piece before U5. — . 
 But this is frequently the Cuie 
 with fccond Parts, undtrtaiccn bv 
 their Authors in Confequencc of 
 fome extraordinary Succefs of the 
 firf>, wherein the Writer, having 
 before exhauded the whole of hii 
 intended Plan, hazards, and often 
 lofes in a fccond Attempt, tor the 
 Sake of Profit, all the Reputation 
 he had juftly acquired by the 
 firft. 
 
 Yet notwithdanding this Pro- 
 hibition, the Piece turned out 
 very advantagious to htm, for 
 being perfwaded to print it for his 
 own Emolument, the Subfcrip- 
 tions and Prefents he met with on 
 that Occafion, from Perfons of 
 Quality and others, were fo nu. 
 merous and libera^ that he was 
 imagined to make four Times a<; 
 much by it, as he could have ex- 
 pe^^ed to have clear'd by a veiy 
 tolerable Run of it on the Stage. 
 
 Polly Honeycombe. A 
 dramatic Novel. Anonym. S\o. 
 1760. —This li'tle Piece was 
 brought on the Stage at Dr. Lart 
 Houfe, and met with moft ama- 
 zing Succefs. — Who was the An- 
 thorl know not, but the ProlvOjjiie 
 declares it to be the firft Attempt 
 of a juvenile Writer, and as fuch 
 it may pafs Mullcr, altho" m.iny 
 Faults and Deficiencies might cer- 
 tainly be po'nted out in it, more 
 efpecially in the Catafhc.phe, 
 which is entirely inconclufive.— 
 Its Delign is to cxpofc the Mil'- 
 
 chiei's 
 
P o 
 
 thicfs which may arife to young 
 Girls from tlic tafliionable Tafte 
 of Novel Rending ; but this is far 
 from being rejidcr'd clear in the 
 Dcnoumair., — Its greatcft Merit 
 appears to be in the Portrait c'" a 
 ridiculous Couple, who in the do - 
 cline of Life, and after having 
 been for many Years united, not 
 only afrl'dt to keep up the Fond- 
 nefs of a Honeymoon, but are c- 
 vcn perpetually fhcwing before 
 Company fuch a Degree of ful- 
 foTie Tendernefs to each other, as 
 not only renders them ridiculous 
 in themfelves, but difguftful and 
 troublefome to all their Friends 
 and Acquaintance. 
 
 POLYKOCTKE. Fid. Mar- 
 
 TYR. 
 
 Pom T IV. Trag. by Mrs. 
 
 KatherinePhilipt, Fol. 167?. 
 
 Thir. F'lay is a Tranflation from 
 the Potnpe'f. of Conieilte, undertaken 
 atthcrequeft of the Earl of 0>-- 
 rer-iy and published in Obedience 
 to the Commands ot the Count .fs 
 of Corfcf to whom, in Confc- 
 quence, it was dedicated by Its 
 fair and ingenious Author. — It 
 was frequently prefentid with 
 great Applaufe, and at the End 
 of it moft commonly was a£ted 
 l\i-^ Trcmejiiey or Mock Tragedy, 
 v;hjch forms the fifth Aft of Sir 
 W, Davenanfs Play-house to 
 BE LET. Which f;!c above. 
 
 PoMPEY THE Cheat. Trag. 
 by Eiim. JValler, 4to. 1664. — — 
 This is a Tranflation of the fame 
 Play as the foixgoiujr, and was 
 acted by the D. of 3'trA'i Servants 
 —Mr. Waller was alTiftcd in it by 
 the F.arl of Dorjet and MiJdlefex, 
 
 PoMPEY THE Great his 
 FAIR Cornel ia's Tn .-^ o EPY, 
 tff'cilcdl>\ her Father and HufhatuVi 
 Duivncajl, Dtafb and hatur.c, 
 by The. K^d 4to. 159^- — 'f'his 
 is only a Tranflation from an old 
 Frtnth Author, onr Robert Car- 
 
 P R 
 
 Tiii-r. 
 
 — The Trairvflatlon is in 
 blank Verffj with only now and 
 then a Couplet, by the Way of 
 clofing a Paragraph or long Sen- 
 tence^ and Chorufles which are 
 written in various Meafures of 
 Vcrfc, and are very long and fen- 
 tcntious. 
 
 ThcPooR Man's Comtort. 
 Tragi-Com. by Rob. Daborne, 4to, 
 1665. 
 
 The Poor Scholar. Com. by 
 Rob. NfvilUy 4to. i66a. This 
 Play was never afted, but is 
 commended in three Copies of 
 Verfcs. 
 
 Popi Joan. Fid. Fxmalk 
 Prelate. 
 
 Popish Impostok. Fid, 
 Henry VII. 
 
 The Portsmouth Hciress, 
 or th generous Refufah Com. 
 
 Anonym, 4to. 1704. This 
 
 Play was never aftcd. — The Plot 
 of it is probably founded on fome 
 real and well known Faft, and 
 the Time of it is m.\de to be du- 
 ring the K\n%oi Sfain\ Refidence 
 at that Place. 
 
 The Pragmatical Jesuit 
 NEW i.eaven'd. A Flay, by 
 Rich. Ciirpertfr, /\Xo. 1634. — The 
 Author of this Piece was a very 
 religious Man, and has endca- 
 vour'd throughout the whole to 
 promote, as much as poffible, the 
 Caufe of Morality and Virtue, and 
 point out the DifFeience between 
 f^.pocrify and true Rclip.ion. — 
 He has alfo tnade it his Bufinefs 
 to expofe all the numerous Sub- 
 tihies and artful Inventions made 
 XJi'ii of by [heRcmiJb Cleijiy, for 
 the gnininj; over of ProfcKtes, 
 and promoting their own Re- 
 ligion. 
 
 The Pk E c K p T R , or the Loves 
 of AhcUird ard Hcloife. A Baf- 
 l.id ())•?• a of one Ad, by fVm, 
 llafunwnd, Svo. 174c. — The very 
 Title of this Piece informs us of 
 R 3 its 
 
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 ■ems in its 
 mure adapted 
 
 i* as s- 
 
 ii 
 
 lis Subjeft, which 
 own Nature to be 
 for the Ground'Work of a Tra- 
 gedy, than a Ballad Opera.— — -I 
 imagine^ therefore, it might be 
 a mere Jen iTEfprit, and that as 
 it never was, fo alfo it might pro- 
 bably never be intended to be, 
 brought on the Stage. 
 
 The Presbyterian Lash, 
 orNocTROFFE'j Mdt'd lVhipp''d. 
 A Tragi-Com?dy, acted in the great 
 Rcopt at tht Pye Tavern At Ald- 
 gate, ^y Noftroffe the Priiji, and 
 feveral of his Parijhionus, at the 
 cutting of a Chi Ke of Beef . Anon. 
 
 4to. 1661. This Piece was 
 
 written juft after the Reftotation,. 
 at which Time the Puritan and 
 Prefbyterian Pirty. were fo ob- 
 noxious to the Government and 
 to the LoyaliOs, that every Kind 
 of Satire, Scandal, or Abufe', was 
 permitted to have its full Vent, 
 and to take aa.entire and unlimi- 
 ted Scope againft them.— That it 
 was fometimes unjuft, I make no 
 Doubt, and fd probably might the 
 Piece before us be, which is en- 
 tirely a perfonal Satire on one 
 Zachary Crtfton, a violent and 
 lewd Prefbyterian Teacher then 
 livinp. — It is dedicated to Mafter 
 Zach. NoSb^offe, by K. E. and con- 
 fifts only of thirteen Scenes, not 
 divided into A£ls, 
 
 The Presence. Com. by 
 the Duchefs of Nenvcaftlc, Fol. 
 1662. — This very voluminous 
 Writer had conipofcd twenty nine 
 additional Scenes to this Piece, 
 which (he intended to hare inter- 
 woven with the general Texture 
 of the Comedy, t>lit finding they 
 would render ittoo lorigfor a fingle 
 drama, <he omitted them ; but has 
 printed them feparately, and pub- 
 liflied them with the Play. 
 
 Presentation, Ftdi 
 Spb ing's Gt.or V 
 
 Thfi.Pji£S8 GAKG;,,orLwf i/i 
 
 N o 
 
 L(nv Life. Ballad Farce. Anon 
 limo. — No Date. — This Piece 
 is faiJ in the 1 itle Page to have 
 been pcrforme. at Covent Garden 
 Theatre.— The Plan of it is en- 
 tirely what its Title exprcfles, and 
 the Execution very indifferent, 
 and if it ever was reprefented, 
 muft have been by Way oi an En- 
 tertainment between Play and 
 Farce, it not being long enough 
 for an entire Farc€. — It feems to 
 have been written during fomc 
 Part of the laft Spanifh War. 
 
 Presumptuous Lovf. A 
 Dramatic Mafque. Anonym. 4to. 
 1716.--- This Mafque was perfor- 
 med at the Theat. in Line. /,•„•.• 
 Fiddi, in a Comedy, calPd, Everj 
 Body mrfraken, which was never 
 printed, ahd was only an Ahera 
 tion of Shaktfpcare^s Comedy oj 
 £rri5rj.— -The Story of the Mafque 
 is taken from the Heathen My- 
 thology, and the Scene laid in 
 
 the Plains of Theffaly. The 
 
 Mufic, after the Italian Tafte, 
 was compofed by Mr. IV. Turner, 
 who, fays the Author, has a 
 happy Genius in naturalizing Ita- 
 lian Mufic into a true EngUjh 
 Manner, without lofing the Force 
 of the Original in the Imitation 
 or the mafterly Touches of the 
 Art in the Compofition* 
 
 The Pretenders, or the 
 Town ur.maflCd. Com. by Th. 
 DUkes, 4to. 169^.— SccneCs'z/iT/ 
 Garden.— -—This Piece was aftcd, 
 but without Succef:!^ ac the Th. 
 in Lincoln s-Jnn- Fields, 
 
 The Pritiender's Flight, 
 or a Mock Coronation, ivitb the 
 Humours of the facetious Harry 
 St. John. Farce, by fohn Phit- 
 lifs, 8vo. 1716. — Of this Piece 
 very little feems needful to be 
 faid, fince its Date points it out 
 to have been written at the Ciol'c 
 of the Rebellion in 171 5, v-hcn 
 the Chevalier quitted SceJund in 
 
e, hy John Phil. 
 
 P R 
 
 the moft abrupt and daftanlly 
 Manner.— The under Plot is in- 
 tended as a Ridicule on tli'! fa- 
 mous Lord Bo'ingbroke, whofe Ad- 
 herence to that miiiakcn Pariy 
 drove him for feveral Years into 
 £xilc. 
 
 Prince in Concxit. Vid, 
 Wits. 
 
 The Pbincz of Prigg's 
 Revels, or the Prafiifts of that 
 grand Thitf Captain James Hind. 
 Com. by J. S. Gent. 410. 1658. 
 
 Prince of Tarbnt. Fid. 
 Very Woman. 
 
 The Princess, or Lcve at 
 
 f'ft Sigbt. Tragi-Com. by 77(7. 
 
 Ktlligreiv, Fol. 1663.' — This Play 
 
 was written while the Author 
 
 was at Nap'es. The Ecene is 
 
 laid in Sicily and Naples, and the 
 Plot probably from fome tradi- 
 tional Story in the Nia}o'itan 
 H.ftory. 
 
 The Princess of Cleve. 
 Tragi-Com. by Nat. Lee, 4tj. 
 1689. — This play is founded on 
 a. French Romance of the fame 
 Title, and the famous Inveclive 
 againft Women, which is fpoken 
 by Po'trato in the fifth A&., is 
 borrowed from a Romance call'd 
 the French Rogue. — The Scene is 
 laid in Parti. 
 
 The Princess or Eli s, or 
 the Pleafures of the Enchanted 
 Jjland, A Dramatic Piece, in 
 three Parts, by Mr. Oxcll. — This 
 is only a Tranflation from Mo- 
 //>r«.— The Original was ".'r'^^-n 
 to add a Spirit to the Gallant and 
 Ma;^nificent Entertainments given 
 by Lewit Xl V, at VerJailUi on 
 the 7th of May 1664, and was 
 performed by his Riajefty, the 
 Princes of the Blood, and the o- 
 thcr Nobility of that then glo- 
 rious and illuftrious Court. 
 
 The Princess of Parma. 
 Trag. by H. Smithy 4to. 1699. — 
 Tills Play was aftcd at Uie The. 
 
 P R 
 
 Mr. 
 
 rid, 
 rid. 
 
 in Lhcclns-Ir.n- Fidds. » . The 
 Scene is laid in Genoa, and the 
 Epil^ue was written by 
 Mottcux. 
 
 Przncess of Persia. 
 
 DiSTH ESSED InNOCKNCK, 
 
 Princess of Poland. 
 Juliana. 
 
 The Prison breaker, or 
 the /Liventures of John Shcphci-d^ 
 A Farce, Anonym. 8vo. 1725^ 
 intended (by its Author, I fup- 
 pofc) to be aOed at Lincoln s-Im- 
 Fields, 
 
 ' The Prisoners. Tr.-Com. 
 by The. Killigrinvy Fol. 1663.— 
 The Scene Sardinia. 
 
 The Prodigal, or Recruiti- 
 for the S^ueen of Hungary. Com. 
 by Tho. ddell, 8vo. 1744. — This 
 is little more than an Alteration- 
 of ShadiVcWs JVoman Captain. — 
 It was a£led with fome Succcfs'at 
 the Little Theatre in the Hay- 
 market, it being at a Period when 
 the Emprefs Queen was as great' 
 a Favorite with the Englijh ,'^eo- 
 ple, as the heroic Pr^ian Mo- 
 narch has fince fo much more 
 juflly been. 
 
 Prodigal retormzo. Vtd. 
 Nest of Plays. 
 
 Progress OF an Harlot* 
 Vid. jEVf decoy'd. 
 
 Progress of Honesty, 
 Vid. Muse of New Mar« 
 
 KET. 
 
 The Projectors. Com. by 
 
 J. fVilfon, 4to. 1665. This 
 
 Play met with good Succefs on 
 the Stage —Scene London, 
 
 The Projectors. Com, 
 Anonym. Svo. 1738.— -This 
 is a very middling Piece, and was 
 
 never afted. Its Defign is to 
 
 ridicule that Clafs of People who 
 are ready to encourage any pro- 
 pofed Scheme, however romantic 
 arid abfurd, which offers the moft 
 diftant and airy Profpedl of Gain 
 to thcmfelves, and who confe. 
 
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 qiiently, by grafping at a Sha- 
 dow, do for the moft Part lofc 
 the Subftance which they already 
 poirtfs, 
 
 Pkomises of God. l^/J, 
 God hys Promises. 
 
 Promos ANb Cassandra. 
 Com. in two I'arts, by Geo. IVbet- 
 Jiotie, 4to. 1578. Black Letter. — 
 The full Title is as follows, « The 
 right excellent and famous Uijiorye 
 of Promos and Cafliindra j di-vided 
 into tivo comical Difcourfcs. — In 
 tiefyrjie Part is fjcione, the un- 
 fuftcrable Abufe of a lewde Ma- 
 giftratej the virtuous Behaviours 
 of a chafte Ladye j the uncon- 
 trowled Lewdenefs of a favoured 
 Courtifan ; and the undeferved 
 Eftimation of a pernicious Para- 
 fyte. — /« the fecond Parte is dif- 
 courftdy the perfeft Magnanimitye 
 of a noble Kinge, in checking 
 
 Vice and favouring Vertue. 
 
 tfrerein is Jhtivne, the Reigne and 
 Overthrow of difhoneft Praftices, 
 ^vith the Advauncement of Up- 
 right Dealing." — Both thefe Plays 
 are written in Vcrfe, for the moft 
 Part alternate. — The Scene lies 
 at Julio in Hungary, And Shakef- 
 ttare fcems to have male fomc 
 Ufc of them in his Mcajure for 
 Meafure. 
 
 The Prophetess. A Tra- 
 gical Hiftory, by Beaumont and 
 Fletcher, Fol. 1679. — This Play 
 is founded on the Hiftory of the 
 Emperor Dialefian, to whom, 
 when in a very low Station in 
 Life, it was foretold by a Pro- 
 phetefs that he fhould become Em- 
 peror of Rome, when hi ftiould 
 have killed a mighty Boar (quardo 
 Aprum interfecerit ) inConfequence 
 of which Predi^ion he applied 
 himfelf more particularly to the 
 Hunting of thofe Anin^als, but 
 in vain. — The Prophecy, how- 
 ever, was r»;t laft fulfilled by his 
 putting to Death ^^er, the Pa- 
 
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 ther-in -Law of the Emperor Nu. 
 merianus, whole many Tyrannies 
 and Ads of Cruelty, and parti- 
 cularly the Murder of his So'n-in- 
 Law, had occafioned a Mutiny 
 among the People, which Dio. 
 cl.fian heading, immediatf;!y 
 mounted the Throne he had fb 
 long been waiting for. — The Stoiy 
 is to be found at large in Nici' 
 fhoruSy Eufebius, BaroniuSy &c. — 
 Mr. Better ton and Mr. Dry den re- 
 vived this Play in the Year 1690, 
 altering it into the Form of sn 
 Opera by the Addition of feveral 
 mufical Entertainments , com- 
 pos'd by Mr. Ff«. Purcell. printed 
 in 4to. 1690. — It has been alfo 
 brought on the Stage again feveral 
 Times during the Courfe of the 
 two or three laft Seafons, but is 
 very far from being a pleafing 
 Play. 
 
 Proteus, or Har/ejuin in 
 China. Pantomime, by Mr.lVood- 
 
 ivard, 1755. This Piece was 
 
 performed at the Theatre Royal 
 in Dr .ry Lane, with gt-eat Suc- 
 ccfs, for the Author of it, altho' 
 no ^A^riter, feems to have an ad- 
 mirable Aptnefs at the Invention 
 of this Kind of Entertainments, 
 fo as to render them pleaiing and 
 fhewy, without being fo extremely 
 expcnfive as thefe Affairs have 
 been frequently fuffeitd to ex- 
 tend to. 
 
 The Provok'd HysBANn, 
 or y4 yourney to London. Com. by 
 C. Cibbcry 8vo. 1727.— This Co- 
 met'y was begun by ^Axfohn Van- 
 brughy but left by him imperfedl 
 at his Death, when Mr. Cibbcr 
 took it in Hand; and when fi- 
 nished brought it on the Stage at 
 the Theatr" Royal in Drury Lane, 
 where it met with very great 
 Succefs. — Yet fuch is the Power 
 of Prejudice, and perfonal Pique 
 in biafling the Judgment, th.it 
 Mr, Cibber^i Enemies, ignorant 
 
 of 
 
This Piece was 
 
 P R 
 
 7f what Share he had in the 
 writing of the Piece, bcftowcd 
 xhz highcft Applaufc on the Part 
 which related to Lord Tonv-t/y^s 
 Pi,)Vocations from his W>^', 
 wbich was moftly Cibber'iy at the 
 fame Time \kizi they condt'mned 
 and oppofcd the Journey to London 
 Fart, which was alraoll entirely 
 yanbrugh's, for no other apparent 
 Reafon but becaufe they imagin- 
 ed it to be Mr. C7Wfr's.— ^He 
 ',bon, however, convinced them 
 of their Miftake, by publifhing 
 alt the Scenes which Sir yohn 
 had left behind him, exaftly from 
 his own MS. under the fingle 
 Title of the Journey to Lon- 
 don, 
 
 Provoic'd Win. Com, by 
 Sir John yanbrughf aXo. 1698.— < 
 This Comedy h»s a great many 
 very fine Scenes in it, and the 
 CharaAer of Sir yob» Brute is 
 very highly and naturally dravtrn. 
 —Yet it has in the Language as 
 well as ConduA of it too much 
 loofa Wit, and Libertinifm of 
 Sentiment to become the The- 
 atres of a moral and virtuous Na- 
 tion.— Since no Behaviour of i 
 Hui1)and, however brutal, c?4n 
 vindicate a Wife in revenging her 
 Caufe upon herfelf, by throwing 
 away the moft valuable Jewel (he 
 pofTefles, her Innocence and Peace 
 of Mind.— Lady Brutis Conduit, 
 moreover, feems rath;r to proceed 
 from the Warmth of her own In- 
 clinations than a Spirit of Refent- 
 ment againft her Hufband j nay, 
 ihc feems fo far to have loft even 
 the very Senfe of Honour, that a 
 very little Matter appears capable 
 of inducing her to turn Pander to 
 
 her Niece Belinda. Had Lady 
 
 Brute indeed appear'd to the Au- 
 dience ftridlly virtuous thro' the 
 whole Tranfaiflioi, yet had carried 
 en fuch a Dccep:ion to her Huf- 
 band, as to have alarm'd all thoie 
 
 P tf 
 
 Sufpicions which a Confclouftiel^ 
 of his own Behaviour towards 
 her would authorize him in enter- 
 taining the Belief of, and thefk 
 reformed him by a pcrfedl clear- 
 ing up of tho'e Sufpicions, and,^ 
 by fhewing him how near hie 
 might have been to the Brink of 
 a Precipice, taught him to avoid 
 for the future the Path that was 
 leading him towards it, the Moral 
 would have been compleat •) 
 whereas, as it now ftands, all 
 that can be deduced from it, is, 
 that a bruti/h Hufband deferves 
 to be made a Cuckold, and that 
 there can be no Breach of Virtue 
 in giving him that Defert, pro- 
 vided he can afterwards, either 
 by the Pcrfuafions of his Wife, 
 or the Bluffer of her Gallant, b« 
 footh*d or frightened out of an 
 Intention of refenting it on her; 
 —A Maxim of th( mofl hapjpy 
 Tendency to Perfons inclinable ta 
 Gallantry and Intrigue ; fince the 
 fame Practices may equally an- 
 swer againfl the good and indul- 
 gent, as againft the furly and bru • 
 t;)l Hufband. 
 
 Prunklla. An Interlude, 
 by Rich, Zjicrjrt^ 4to. without 
 Date.— This Piece was performed 
 for Mr. Eficourt''s Benefit, between 
 the Afts of the Rehearfal, and 
 mufl have been before the Year 
 1713. — It was intended as a Bur- 
 lefque on the Italian Operas in 
 general, and particularly on thofe 
 of Arjinoty Camilla and Ibomyriiy 
 at that Time greatly iii Vogue.— 
 The Senfe and Mufic, fays the 
 Title Page, collefted from the 
 moft famous Mafters.— He lays 
 his Scene inCovent Garden, which, 
 in Imitation of thepompous Man- 
 ner of the Italian Scenery, he hu- 
 mourouOy defcribes as follows.— 
 " ^cene a flat Piece of Ground 
 without Hedge or Stile, the Prof- 
 p?dl yf a Church in View, and 
 
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 Tnt-s Co fee -bouje at a Diftance.— 
 Some of the Songs in the above- 
 mentioned Operas are parodized 
 in it. 
 
 Psyche. An Opera, by T-^'o. 
 ShadivtUy 4to. 1675.— This is 
 the ftrft Piece this Author wrote 
 in Rhyrne, for which fomc of 
 his Cotempora.-y Critics were very 
 fe\ere upon him.— His Intention 
 in this Work w a& not to produce 
 a pcrfedl rtgulait dramatic Piece, 
 but only to entertain the Town 
 With a Variety of Mufic, Dan- 
 cing, Scenery and Machinery, ra- 
 ther than with fine Writing or 
 Exa^ftnels of Poetry. — The Plot 
 of it is partly founded on yf/>«- 
 hiks'i Golden Aji, and partly on 
 the Frenth Pjyeht^ which he very 
 candidly acknowledges the Ufe he 
 ^3 made of in his Prefaco. — ^It 
 met with great Surcci's, and in:deed 
 defenedly» flnceail the firil R»te 
 Mafters in Mufic, Dancing and 
 Painting of that Time, were em^ 
 ployed about it. 
 
 Psyche. An Opera, by Mr. 
 0»«//.— This is a liberal Tranfla- 
 tion of the Psfche of Molitre, from 
 which, as I have faid before, the 
 laft -mentioned Piece is partly 
 borrowed. 
 
 Psyche debavch^o. Com. 
 by Tko. Duffety afted at the The- 
 atreRoyal, and printed 8vo. 1678. 
 —This Piece is a Mock Opera. 
 — — It was intended to ridicule 
 SbadtveWi Pfyehcy and written 
 purpofely to injure the Duke's 
 HouL, which at that Time was 
 more frequented than the King's. 
 —It is, however, nothing but a 
 Mafs of low Scurrility and Abufe, 
 without either Wit or Humour ; 
 and met with the Contempt it 
 me'itej. 
 
 Ptolemy , Kino of E- 
 GYPT. Jtal. Opera, by N.flaym. 
 8vo. 1728. — This was performed 
 at the King's Theatre in the 
 
 P Y 
 
 Haymarkrt, the Mufic by Kandci, 
 and the Sco:ie fnppofed to be 
 laid in a Maritime Country in 
 Cyprus, 
 
 Public Wooing, Com. by 
 the Dutchefs of NnvcaftUy Fol. 
 1662. — —Several of the Suitors 
 Speeches, particularly ihofe of 
 the Soldier, the Countryman and 
 the Spokefman for the bafiiful 
 Suitor, were written by the Duke, 
 as were alfo two other Scenes, 
 and the two Songs at the End of 
 the Play. 
 
 The Puritan, or tkt Widoio 
 nf JVatling Strett, Com. by PJ\ 
 Sbaksfptare, 410. 1607. — This 
 Play is not unentertaining, yet it 
 is one of the ftyen which have 
 been rej;cfted by fome of ShakeJ- 
 ftat€% Editors — Scene London. 
 
 Pyrkhus and Dime: rivs. 
 Opera, by Owen MfSiornyy 410. 
 1709.— —This is a Trsrnflation 
 from the Italian of Sear/atti, and 
 was performed at the King's The- 
 atre in the Haytnarket -^Scent in 
 Efirus. 
 
 Pykrhus King o7 EpirtjI. 
 Trrg. hy Cha. Hopkins, 4to, 1695. 
 —This is the leaft meritorious 
 and leaft fuccefsfui of this Au« 
 thor's Performances, but has his 
 great Youth at the Time he 
 wrote it to plead in its Defence.— 
 It has, however, many Strokes 
 in' it which an older Writer need 
 by no Means have been alhamed 
 
 of. The Story of it may be 
 
 found in Livyy in Plutarch's Life 
 of Pyrrhuiy Sec. — The Scene is 
 the City of Argosy befieged by 
 PyrrhuSy with the Camp of the 
 Epirotes on the one Side, and that 
 of the MacedonianSy who came to 
 its Relief, on the other. — Pro- 
 logue by Mr. Congreve. 
 
 Pyramus and Thisbe. 
 
 A Comic Mafque, lamo, 1716. 
 
 This Piece was performed 
 
 at Lineeln's-Jnn- Fields Theatre.— 
 
 Mr. 
 
Ml". Rich. Leveridge drefs'd It out 
 in Recitatives and Airs after the 
 prcicnt Itulian Manner, from the 
 Interlude in Hbakcj'peare'i Midfum- 
 mcr Night's Dnam. 
 
 I 
 
 THE Quacks, or Love's 
 tbr Phyfaim. Com. by 
 
 Oiuen M^Snviny 8vo. 1710. 
 
 This Piece confifts only of three 
 A<fts, and is a Tranflation from 
 the VAnijur Mtdecin of Moliere, 
 
 —Scene London. It was twice 
 
 lejcded or forbidden at the The- 
 atre Royal in D>ury Lar.c, but 
 was at laA introduced to the Pub- 
 lic at the ii^/w//'s Theatre in the 
 Haymarkct, of which I believe 
 Mr. M-Sivii:ny was at that Time 
 in Pa/t, if not fole 
 It m t, 
 Succefs. 
 
 The Quaker's Opera, by 
 tbo.JValkcr, 8vo. 1729. — This 
 is one of many very indifferent 
 Pieces which the warm Sunfliine 
 of Applaufe the Beggar''s Opera 
 had met with, hatched into Life. 
 — Mr. Wiilkery, moreover, might 
 have another Motive to make 
 him hope Succefs in a Ballad 
 Opera, from the great Approba- 
 tion he had been favoured with 
 in the Part of Capt. Mackheaih, 
 
 The Quaker's Wedding. 
 Com. Anonym. 410. 1699. — Of 
 this I know only the Name. 
 
 The Queen, or the Excellency 
 of her Sex. Tragi-Com. Anonym. 
 
 4to. 1653. This excelkntold 
 
 Play is £iid to have been found 
 out by a Perfon of Honour, and 
 given to the Editor Alexander 
 Goughe, to whom three Copies of 
 Verfes are addreffed on the Pub- 
 lication of it,— Part of the Plot, 
 
 Q.U 
 
 VI X. 
 
 <, Manager. — 
 however, with little 
 
 the A ffdir of So/a^a' i fwear^ 
 ing l^£ afco not to iight is taken 
 from Bcllefor^ji" s Htjlvins tragi fues. 
 Novel 13. — Scene lies at .inagot . 
 The Queen and Concu- 
 bine. Com. by Rich. Brome^ 
 8vo. 1659 —Scene Sicilie. 
 
 Qu E e N Ca T H E R I N E , or the 
 Ruinet of Love. Trag, by Mary 
 
 Fix, 4 to. 1698. The Scen« 
 
 lies in England, and the Plot from 
 the Englijh Hiliorians in the 
 Reigns of Edward iV: And Henry 
 VI, — The Prologue is written by 
 her Cotemporary Mrs, Trot her. 
 
 The Queen of Arragon, 
 Tragi-Com. by JVm. HabingtoKf 
 Foi. 1640. 
 
 The (j[uEEN OF Corinth, 
 Tragi-Com. by Btaumont and 
 Fletcher, Fol. 1673. 
 
 The Queen OF Spain. By 
 Ja. fVorfdale. — This Piece I never 
 faw, but find itmentioncd in the 
 Britijh Theatre, yet without Uatc, 
 or any Notice whether it is Tra» 
 gedy or Comedy. — By the Title 
 one would be apt to imagine it 
 the former j yet as Mr. lVorfdale*s 
 Genius has alwaj's appear'd to 
 take a comic Turn, I Ihould ra- 
 ther conclude it to be the latter. 
 Queen of Wales, f^id. 
 Love's Victim. 
 
 The Queen's Arcadia. A 
 Paftoral Tragi -Com. by Samuel 
 Daniel, 4X0. 1606. — This Piece 
 was prefented to Que«n AnnCf 
 Wife of yames I. and her Ladies 
 by the Uniyerfity of Oxford in 
 Cbrifi Church in Atigufi, 1605, and 
 is dedicated in Vcrfe to her Ma- 
 lefty. — The Scene lies in Arca- 
 dia. — The Characters of Carinas 
 and Amintai in one of their Scenes 
 refemble thofe of Filme and 
 Daphnii in M. S^uinaulfi Comedie 
 fans Comedie, as do two other 
 Scenes between them and their 
 Mrs. Clomire bear a Likenefs t« 
 that between the Swains Damon 
 
 and 
 
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 «nd Atexis, and the inconftant 
 Nymph Laurinda in Randolphs 
 
 The Qoien's Exchangi. 
 Com. by Rich. Breme, 410. 1657. 
 —This IMay was adtcd at Black 
 Fryars with great Applaufc.— — 
 Scene lies in England. 
 
 Qj/ E E n's Masque, Vtd, 
 Love's Mistress. 
 
 The Queen's Masque or 
 Beauty. By Ben J on/on, Fol. 
 1640.— This Piece was perfonated 
 at Court by y/nne, Queen to King 
 ^amesl. and her Ladies on Tw^^rA 
 !Kight, 1605. 
 
 The Queen's Masq^ue of 
 Blackness, by Ben JonJ'on, Fol. 
 
 ^640. This Piece, as well as 
 
 the foregoing, was prefented at 
 Court by the Queen and her La- 
 dies,, only this was performed on 
 the Sunday Night after 7ivdftb 
 Night, 160S. — It was at the Pa- 
 Jace oi Whiuhall that both thefe 
 Pieces made their Appearance, 
 the celebrated Architeft luigo 
 Joues affifting in the Machinery 
 and Decorations. 
 
 The Queenes of Brent- 
 ford, or Bayes no Poetajier. A 
 Ballad Opera of five A<Sts, by Tho. 
 Durfey, 8vo. lyzi. — This Play 
 was, I believe, never afted, but 
 was publifbed, together with two 
 Other dramatic Pieces and a Col 
 leflion of Poems by the fame 
 . i^uthor. 
 
 QjJ E E N T R A GEDY R E- 
 
 stor'o. A Dramatic Enter- 
 tainment, by Mrs, Hotter, 8vo. 
 ly^g. — This Piece, which is a 
 . ftrange incoherent Jumble of re- 
 peated Abfurditics, tho' intended 
 by its Author as a Burlefque on 
 the Modern Writers, and a Means 
 •f reftoring Tragedy to hst an- 
 
 cicnt Dignity, was performed ont 
 Night only at the Little Thcaire 
 in the IJaymarket, by a Set of 
 Performers of equal Merit with 
 the Piece itfelf; the Author her- 
 felf, who had never trod a Stage 
 before, appearing in the Part of 
 ^cen Tragedy. — As the Houfc 
 was almoft entirely filled with 
 her own Friends, a filent Difguft 
 and Ennui was all the Reception 
 it met with, but on attempting 
 to bring it on a fecond Night, the 
 Fame it had acquired was appa- 
 rent, from there not being anAu- 
 dience fufficient even to pay the 
 Expences of Mufic and Candle. 
 
 QUERER PER SOLoQUERER. 
 
 To love on/y /or Love's Sake, Dia- 
 matic Romance, by Sir Rich. 
 Fanjhato, 4to. 1671.— — This is 
 only a Trandation, or rather Pa- 
 raphrafe from the Spanijlj of An- 
 to:uo de Metidoxa, made by Sir 
 Richard during his Confinement 
 at Tank.rjly Caftle in 1654, when 
 he was taken Prifoner by OHvtr 
 at the Battle of JVorcefter.—Thz 
 Original was written in 1623, in 
 Celebration of the Birth- Day of 
 Philip IV. of Spain, and is dedi- 
 cated to Elizabeth bis Queen. — 
 It was reprefented at Court at 
 AranjueXy before thofe Sovereigils, 
 by the Meninas, which are a Set 
 of Ladies, the Daughters or 
 Heirefles to the Grandees of 
 Spain, who attend on the Queen, 
 but who, tho' only Children in 
 Years, fland higher in Rank 
 than her Majefty'sLadies of Ho- 
 nour. — The Piece confifts but of 
 three Afts or Jornadai, accord- 
 ing to the Spanijh Cuftom. — An. 
 nexed to it is the Fitftas de Aran- 
 juex, Ftftivah at Aranjuez, tranf- 
 kted from the fame Author. 
 
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 SAdamistus, 
 Opera, 8vo. 
 cd at the King's i 
 the Haymarket.'^'rhc I 
 facit, Annal, Lib. 12. 
 Racing Devil 
 
 /W. PlUI O FURENS K 
 
 1 I'S, 
 
 The Raging Tt 
 Bajazet II. Trag. 
 Gcffe, 4to. 1631.— Th" 
 this Play may be found 
 lulting Knolles Turkijb 
 ihalcocomdylai, and othei 
 on that Reign.— It was 
 hfhed tilJ after the 
 Desth. 
 
 Ram a l t t V, ( 
 tricks. Com. by Lodm 
 IlMrey, 4to. 1611. — T 
 lient of IVill. Smallfiank 
 iiig the Widow Taffeta, 
 lircumftancc in Killegre 
 (c'.'s If^edding, as likewil 
 'hi^V.pj Rogue, Part IV 
 19. — Scene in LoidoH. 
 
 Ramble to Oxk k 
 Humouk* qf the Ro 
 
 Rambling Cai i ai 
 
 rj ATED. nd. MtSE o 
 MARKET. 
 
 The Rambling J\ 
 
 or the Jealous Hujbands, 
 H-.mours of JcIjh Twyfon 
 liy John Leonard, 410. 
 Great Part of this Play 
 rowed from Middteton\ A 
 
 I fcmhUrs bffides Women, pa 
 1} the Scene between Sir 
 AmouroHs and Bramble in 
 
 [ M\.-~PetHlaHt Eafy's ht 
 giiiled like a Gipjy in t 
 Act, »nd the Scene 
 
 I Bramble and the Gip^es ir 
 --The Scene is laid in 
 atijjj the Time tM-cnty-fotii 
 
 
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 T\ Adamistvs. An Italian 
 l\ Opera, 8vo. 1720. per- 
 jbrmcd at the King's Theatre in 
 the Haymarket, -"The Plot from 
 facit. yirtnal. Lib. 12. 
 
 Racing Devil boukd. 
 /W. Plui o ruRENs Br vinc- 
 
 The Raging Turk, or 
 Bajazet II. Trag. by Tbo. 
 Ccfe, 4to. 1631. — The Plot of 
 this Play may be found by con^ 
 fulring KnoIUs Turktjh Hiftory, 
 iblcocomdy/as, and other Writers 
 on that Reign.— It was not pub- 
 liihed till after the Author's 
 Denth, 
 
 Ram a l t e y, or Merry 
 Tricks. Com. bv Lodowick Lord 
 liiurey, 4to. 1611. — The Inci- 
 litnt of H^iH. SmaUJbank'ii decoy- 
 ing the Widow TaffetOf is alfo s 
 tirciimftancc in Killegre<u)\ Par- 
 fc'.'j if^edding, as likewifc in the 
 'higV.jh Rogue, Part IV. Chap. 
 19. — Scene in London, 
 
 Ramble TO Ox> kd. yid. 
 
 HuMOUKf OF THE RoAO. 
 
 RaMBLIMgGa> I A.I4TS DE- 
 DATED. /^/</. MtsE or New- 
 market. 
 
 The Rambling Jvstice, 
 or 4he Jealous Hujhjnds, with the 
 Humours of JebH Tnuyford. Com. 
 liy 'John Leonard, 4to. 1678.— 
 Great Part oi this Play is bor- 
 rowed from MiddtetOfi'i More Dif- 
 I kir.hlers bffides Women, particular- 
 ly the Scene between Sir General 
 Amourotts and BramUe in the 2d 
 htX.^Petulant Eafy'i being dif- 
 guiled like a Gipjy in the 'fame 
 A:\, and the Scene between 
 Bramble An^ the Gipjies in the 3d. 
 •~The Scene is laid in Lottdon, 
 3H||1 the f imc twcnty-foitr Houw. 
 
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 Rambling Lady. f^d. Sm 
 Antony Love. 
 
 Rambling Shephebo. f^d* 
 Constant Nymph. 
 
 The Rampant A l i> e b • 
 m A N, or News from the Exekatge. 
 Farce, Anonym. 4to. 1685.— 
 This Farce is one entie Piece of 
 Plagiary, being ftolen from Afar- 
 mions fine Companion, and fevcr4 
 other Plays. 
 
 The Raps, or the Innocent Im- 
 poitoru Trag. by Dr. Brady, 4to. 
 1692.— —This Piece was intro- 
 duced on the Stage by Mr. Shad" 
 welt, who wrote an £pilog«e 
 to it. 
 
 The Rape of Eubopa jiv 
 Jupiter. A Mafque, Anonym. 
 4to. 1694. Sung at the Slgeen'* 
 Theatre in Dorjet Gardens by their 
 MajelHes' Servants. 
 
 The Rape of Helen. A 
 Mock Opera, Anonym. 8vo. 
 1737. —This Piece was not, I 
 believe, afled any where, as it ie 
 not mentioned in any of the Lifts, 
 and I find it only named i» 
 the Monthly Catalogues of PubU- 
 c at ions of that Year. 
 
 Rape of- Lavimza. fld^ 
 Titus Ai«dbonicus. 
 
 The Rape or LucRECE. A 
 true Roman Tragedy, by Tto, 
 Heywood, 4to. 1638. — The Plot 
 is fele6led from Livy, Fttrus^ 
 yalerius Maximus, and other /?«- 
 man Hiftorians.— In it are intro^ 
 duced fevcral Songs fung by Fa!e- 
 rivs the merry L ^d among the 
 Roman Peers. 
 
 TheRAPE or Pbosbrpine. 
 A Farce, by Lewis Tieobafd, 4to. 
 1727. aftcd at the Theat. Royal 
 in Lincoln s-lnn-Fie'ds. — — Ths 
 Mulic to this Piece was compolci 
 by Mr, Calliard, and the Scens 
 lies in- Sitily. —This I imagine 
 to be the Ground-Work cf a 
 Pantomime whkh frequently t» 
 
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 *h\i Day makes its / p{)eat'ahoe in 
 Covent Garden Theatre, and to the 
 great Reproach of public Tafte, 
 has repeittedly drav/n crowded 
 Audiences tit the mofV trivial and 
 infignificant Pieces g( the Drtima, 
 and thofe even very indifF?tently 
 perfoTtned, at Times vhen the 
 ahnoA iupernatural Works of 
 £takifp«an, yohnjhit. Sec. fupport- 
 ed by. every Thing that human 
 Exertion snd' Abilities cOuKi add 
 to them in die A£ting, have 
 made their Appearance to almoft 
 «mpty Benches. 
 
 Rape upon Rape, or the 
 yujiice caught in hh cwn Trap. 
 Com. AiK>«iym. Svo. 1739. — To 
 the beft of my Remembrance ft 
 was reputed to be Mr. Fieliing^\ 
 and wats aAed at the Little The- 
 atre in the /foywarAfr.— Scene 
 l.ondon. 
 
 The Re EEL LION. Traf. by 
 Tho. Rawlins, 4to. 1640 — Scene 
 5««i»/7.— This Play was a£led with 
 great Applaufe, and feems to have 
 been heM in high E/linration, 
 »k«i« being no lefs than eleven 
 Copies of Commendafory Verfes 
 f reftxM to this firft Edition of it. 
 Rebellion or Naples. 
 Vid. Massaniillo. 
 
 Recruiting OrpiciR. 
 Com. by Gn, Farfkhar, 4to. 
 1707.— This moft entertaining 
 and lively Comedy, which is at 
 this Time, and probably v/ill ever 
 continue to be one of the moft 
 iiandard and efVabUihed Amufc- 
 ments of the Britijh Stage, was 
 written on the very Spot where 
 the Author has flx'd his Scene of 
 A^^ion, vi«. at Shre^njhvry, dnd 
 at a Time that he was himfelf a 
 Recruiting Officer in that Town, 
 and, by all Accounts of him, the 
 very Character he has drawn in 
 th.nt of Captain Plume. — His Juf- 
 tice BalUnte was defign'd, as he 
 «eilf you himfelf, ai a Compliment 
 
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 to a very worthy Country Gen- 
 tleman in that Neighbourhood 
 
 He has dedicated the Play in a 
 familiar and at the fame Time 
 grateful Manner, to ail Friends 
 round the fVrckin, and his Epi- 
 logue is a fprightly and r-artial 
 one, adapted to the SuccefTes of 
 the Britijh Arms at that glorious 
 Period, being introduc'd by the 
 Beat of Drum with the Grenadier 
 March. — The Charaders are na- 
 tural, the Dialogue genteel, and 
 the Wit entirely fpirited and ge- 
 nuine. — in fhort, to f<ty the Icaft 
 we can in its Praife, w can 
 fcarceiy keep within the Limits 
 adignM us j and were we to fay 
 the moft, we cor.ld fcarceiy do 
 Juflice to its Morit. 
 
 Recruits for theQueen 
 OP HoNGAliY. f^id. Pro. 
 
 DICAL. 
 
 The Repormation. Com. 
 4to. iS-j-^.-^-ZftncVentci. — This 
 Kiece is afcribed to one Mr. Ar. 
 roivfmith^ M. A. of Catrbridgf, 
 but with what Juftice I cannot 
 pretend to fay. 
 
 TheREPORM'ft Wife. Com, 
 by Mr. Burnaty, 4to, 1700.— 
 From this Play Mr. Cit'btr has 
 borrowed great Part of his LaAm 
 laji Stake. 
 
 The R E r u s A L , or the Ladin 
 Phihfophy. Com. bv C. Cibh, 
 4to.' 1720.— The Ground-work 
 of th.u Part of this Play whirli 
 relates to the fecond Title is built 
 on the Femktei fctwantes of Af). 
 htre, which Wr*^*t Female Vir- 
 hmfoes is alio boitowed from,— — 
 But Mr. dUer, who always greatly 
 improved thofb Hints which he 
 took ftDm others, has Introduced 
 a fecond Plot into it, by making 
 the Circumftances of his Cataf- 
 trophe depend on 'ho Abfurdities 
 of that Year of Folly and Infa- 
 tuation in which this Flay irade 
 its Appearance, when the Bubble 
 
 cf 
 
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 [to if, by making 
 
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 pf thr Scutb-fea Scheme ren»icT'd 
 even Men of Undcrftanding Feo/s, 
 and then fubjedVtd them to the 
 (Jefigning Views of Knaves.—— 
 His Sir Gilbert Ifrargle, whcm 
 he has made a Houtb-fea Direc- 
 tor, is an admirably drawn, an 
 exceeding natural, and ye>' I think 
 an original Charaftcr ; rind .Altho', 
 the Prejudice which the Author 
 had rais'd againd him on another 
 Occarion(Vid.JVi>/i/«ror^permitted 
 this Picc« to run for no more 
 than fix Nights, and that with 
 repeated Difturbances at every one 
 of them, yet I cannot help look- 
 ing on it as one of the moH; fi- 
 liAed of this Author *s Come- 
 dies.— With the Revival of this 
 7\vjt if I do not raiftake, Mr. 
 (Stmck open'd the Th. Royal at 
 Druty Lane, in the Y«ar I747> 
 iMing tlve ftrft ef his Manage- 
 ment) nor c«ii I i«i Juflice omit 
 taking !C6{:i*«^«f t)i£ ^rcat Merit 
 AeMrik by Mt. MMklim m the Per» 
 forma»c« of the Part of Sir 
 Qilkttt, 
 Tk« RBttlctst, or Kinit 
 
 iimei I. Tl-Ag. by Dv. SmaUtt, 
 w. 174^.— -The Pk)t of this 
 Piece ii founded on tin Seeitijb 
 Hiftory of tkelUign of that Mo- 
 »arch who was bafoly aad barba- 
 rxnily morder^d by bis Uncle 
 If^alter Sttisrt, Earl of AthoJ, in 
 the Year 1437.— Thie Play y/»% 
 offered to the Managars of the 
 Theatres, but rejefted, a parti- 
 cular Account of which the Au- 
 thor has given under fcign'd Cha- 
 racters, in his Adventures of Ro- 
 dfnc Raidom, in which he has 
 difplay'd a great Deal of Wit and 
 Humour, but vith how, much 
 Juflice I cannot pretend to de- 
 termine, — It was publiflied after- 
 wards by Subl'cription, very much, 
 I bclievt , to its Author's Emo- 
 lument.— As therefore it ftands 
 in Print, aqd open to every one's 
 
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 Examination, I Ihall by no Means 
 here enter in any particular Invef- 
 tigation of its Merits, but leave 
 it entirely to the Decifion of the 
 Public how far the Author and 
 Managers wt-rc or were not in the 
 Right in their refpcAive Parts of 
 the Conteft. 
 
 Rkgicidiuai. Tragi -Co- 
 mordia. Anonym. 1665. — This 
 Laa'n Piece , written by fome 
 Erglift) Author, is on the Death 
 of K. Chcrln I. but having never 
 Teen it, I ran give no further Ac- 
 count of it. 
 
 The RtrisTER Offici. 
 Farce of two Afts, by J^ffpif 
 Reed, 8vo. 1761. — This little 
 Piece, which wac performed only 
 for two Nights at the Th. Royal 
 in Drury Laiie, althu^at both Re- 
 prefentations it met with great 
 Applaufc, is intended to tf^rl^ 
 the pernicious Confequences that 
 may, and pronably do, frrf^uently 
 arifc from 0£Uci of Intj/igener, 
 or, as they are called, Rrgifltf 
 OfficHf where the Management 
 of them happens to be lodged io 
 the Hands of wicked and defign- 
 ing Men.— This Defign is furcly 
 a laudable one, as the Stage 
 ought certainly to be made the 
 Vehielc to convey to the pubK« 
 fiar ftnd Eye, not o^ly the Re- 
 prefentation of general Vice and 
 Folly^ but alfo the Knowledge ot 
 any particular Bvil or Abufe, 
 which may occur to a few Pcr- 
 fons indeed, but thofe perhaps 
 either too unconfequential or too 
 indolent to attempt a Redrefs of 
 it, and which cannot therefore by 
 any Means To readily as by this 
 be brought forth to open Day- 
 light, and in Cnnfcquence to pub- 
 lic Redrefs. — In the Execution of 
 this, the Plan of which is reii* 
 der'd as fimple as poflible, fcvcral 
 Charaftcrs are introduced,— The 
 Ocnerality of which are well 
 
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 drawn, particularly the proTincial 
 •nes of an Irijb Spalpetn, a Sectcb 
 Ptdlar, and a Yorkfiaire Servant 
 .Maid, as alfo that of a military 
 Male Slif-Jlopy whofe Ignorance 
 lejds him into the perpetual Ufe 
 «f har4 Words whr<"e Meaning 
 he does not underflaij, and con«- 
 jfcquently mil* - pronounces, and 
 whofe Impudence fecures him 
 from a Bluflj on the Deteftioh of 
 his Abfurdity. — There is alfo an- 
 ©thcr Charafter in it, which was 
 omitted in the Reprefcntation, 
 viz., that of Mis. Snare an old 
 Puritanical Bawd, whiih treads 
 io tlofe on the Ht-els of the cele- 
 biatid Mrs, Cole in Mr. Foat'iMi- 
 Ti'.r, not only in the general Por- 
 trait, but in the particular Fca. 
 ^nu«s of Sentinnent and DiOion, 
 that we Hiould certainly be ready 
 to fy out io Exclamation againft 
 rh<: Author as the moft barefaced 
 and urjrtuiitvd Plftgiary, bad he 
 net, in an Ailvertilement annex- 
 ••d to the Piece, aflur'd us that 
 the faid Chara^cr was written 
 previous to the Appearance of the 
 Mtnof, and even that the MS. 
 Jiad been lodged in Mr. Footers 
 own Hands, under an Expectation 
 ot that Gentleman's bringing it 
 on the Stage in the Year 1758, 
 two Years before he brought out 
 his own Piece of the Minor, 
 
 RxGtJLuii Trig, by John 
 Creion. 4to. i694.--The Title 
 of this Play declares what the 
 Suhjed of its P.'ot mu(t be, the 
 Story of Regulut being perfectly 
 well known as one of the noblcfl 
 "Examples of Honour and Con- 
 lUncy to be met with throughout 
 the whole Roman Hi(lory.— It is 
 to be found in Livy, Florut, kc, 
 R E G u t. u s . Trag. by ^. Ha- 
 vard, 8vo. 1744. — This Play is 
 on the fame Subject with the be- 
 fi re mentioned one, and was prc> 
 fiotcd at the Th. Roy, in Drury 
 
 R E 
 
 Lane, and with Tome S«e- 
 ccfs. 
 
 Tl)e REHXARiiAL. Com. by 
 the Duke of DHckinf^ham, 410, 
 1671.— This Play was atted with 
 Univerfal Applaule, and it indeed 
 the trueft and moft judicious Piece 
 of Satire that ever yet appear'd.-^ 
 Its Intention was to ridicule and 
 expofe the then reigning Tafte for 
 Plays in Heroic Rhime, as aifn 
 that Fondnefs of BombafV and 
 Fuilian in the Language, and 
 Clutter, Nrife, Buftle and Shew 
 in the Conduct of dramatic Pieces 
 which then fo ftrongly prevailed, 
 and which the Writers of that 
 Time found too greatly their Ad< 
 vantage in not to encourage by 
 their Practice, to the Exclufion 
 of Nature and true poetry from 
 the Stage.— This Play was writ- 
 ten, and had been fcveral Timet 
 rehearfed before the Plague in 
 1685^ but was put a Sto» to b^ 
 that dreadful Public Calamity.— 
 It then, however, wore a very 
 difFcrent Appearance from what 
 it does at prefent, the Poet having 
 then been called Bilboa, and wu 
 intended for Sixt Robtrt Howard \ 
 afterwards, however, when Mr. 
 Dryden, on the Death of Sir W, 
 Davenantf became Laureat, and 
 th<«t the Evil greatly increased by 
 his Example, the Duke thought 
 proper to make him the Hero of 
 his Piece, changing the Name 
 of Bilboa into Bayis \ yet ftill, 
 altho' Mr. Drydeti's Plays became 
 now the more particular Mark 
 for his Satire, thofe of Sir R^b, 
 Howard and Sir }V. Davenant by 
 no Means cfcaped the fcverity ot 
 its La(h. — This Play is Uill re- 
 peatedly performed, conrtantiy 
 giving Delight to the judiiious 
 and critical Parts of an Audience. 
 —Mr. Garrick, howiVi-r, intuit 
 dticrd another Tcgrec of Merit 
 into the Part ot i'^y^, haviiij 
 
 rcjiJci'd 
 
R E 
 
 rendered it by bis inimitable Pow- 
 ers of Mimirkry not only the 
 Scourge of Poets but of Players 
 ilfo, taking off, in the Courfe of 
 his Inftruilions to tke Perform- 
 cn, the particular Manner and 
 Style of a£ling of almoft every 
 living Performer of any Note. — 
 And altho* that Gentleman has 
 for fomc Years paft laid afide this 
 Praftice, out or a tender Conlr- 
 oeration for thofe Perfons whofc 
 Interefts with the Public might 
 be injur'd by the pointing out 
 their ImperfeAions to k< Notice, 
 and ptrhaps cftceming Mimickry 
 b^low the Province of a Per/orm- 
 fr of caf ital Merit, yet his Ex- 
 jmple has been followed by fi 
 ttiil Aftors who have finre play- 
 '1 ihf Part, and will perhaps 
 e to be fo by every one 
 iv \. Powers of Execution arc 
 il^iu TO the Undertaking. 
 The Rkhkarsal. A Farce, 
 or AjuoJid Part of Mrs. Confu • 
 fion'i Travail and lard Lalout; 
 /ht nidurU in the Birtb of h,r frjl 
 Mi'nft,aus OffiprinFy tbt Child of 
 Dttorinity, tbt loptful Fruit cf 
 jnien Years T^emirg, and a preaoHs 
 Bahe of Grace, dt/iver'd in the 
 T(jr x648, iy Mercurius Brit- 
 lsnIlicu^, printed iii the Tear \;if,. 
 4t().— '/ he Dedication to Monl". 
 fi'.i.nitre. — The Scene Cmy^i' 
 Imi. — ^rhic Piece I never f.uv, it 
 biing in none of the Catalo^iip.% 
 ror fk''-! Notice of by any /\u- 
 Jhor, except ng in the MS. Ad- 
 ditions \o Jacob by Cr.yeter, which 
 1 have liad fo fr»'«jucrtt Occafioii 
 to mention, and in which it is 
 infcrtid with the above full Ti- 
 tle.— —It njippar<: very plainly to 
 bt rt political Piece, and relative 
 fo the Trouble! of Charkt the 
 IJrirs Reign, and from its being 
 faid to l>f a fecond Part, and the 
 fiilitioui Author's Name annex- 
 ed beinj} correfpondcnt, I am apt 
 to lu'lteve it iiitonded as a Si i|ucl 
 to the Mcr^unui Snttaniihs, of 
 
 RE 
 
 v/hlch fee more ia its Phce.*-*- 
 For what Reafon this old Party 
 Piece fliould have keen republiihed 
 at the above Period I cannot cob . 
 ceive, nor why it /houid be dedi> 
 cated to Pillienieref who was a 
 Frerxb Refngii at that Time, 
 protea«d by the bte Dr. Hoadley^ 
 then Biftop of Banger^ unlefs it 
 was with a malicious View ta 
 caft an Imputation of Puritanilm 
 and antimonarchical Principles en 
 the Bifhop and his Friends. 
 
 The Rehearsal or Kings. 
 Farce, 1698. Anonym. — What 
 Kind of Piece this is, I know 
 not, oniy finding a bare Mention 
 made of it io ff^biftca^ and the 
 Uritifb Theatre. 
 
 The Rklafsi, or Virtue in 
 Danger. Com. hy ^\i J.sbn Van- 
 ifrvgh, 4ta. 1697.— This Play 
 was written as a Continuation ot\ 
 or Se<jiicl to Citber^t Lovit i$fi 
 Shift j all the principal Cfaaradlers 
 being continued, and finely fiip- 
 ported to the Complexion tbey 
 bore in the firft Part,— -It was, 
 however, an hafty Performance, 
 being written in fix Weeks Time, 
 and lome broken Scenes that there 
 are in ii may be dtem*d an Irre- 
 gulr.iity. — There arc, indeed, 
 much Wit, great Njtuie, and 
 AbufidarKC of Spirit which run 
 thro' the v.hcjic of it, yet it muft 
 bo acknowledged there is a 
 ReJuiuiancy of Licentioufhefs and 
 Lihcrtinilm mingled with thtni, 
 and tliat two or three of the 
 Set neK, particularly thol'c between 
 Boirtl.a and Lct.-elcfs, and that 
 (wliith ii indeed now omitted in 
 the- Reprefentation) letwrea 
 Ciiip/er skud young lafiofi, convey 
 Idca^ of io much Warmth and 
 Ind.TKiicy, as muft cift a \cry 
 fcvtrc Reflcttion on fuch Audi- 
 ences as could fit to fee them 
 without being fituck with Confu- 
 fioii and Difpuft.— — -The iafte 
 however of the Age fir Jo/n 
 
 i '^nitrugb 
 
 WM 
 
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 ,im: 
 
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 y( 
 
 R E 
 
 Vanbtuih lived in, aloae cowld 
 jurtify his committing fuch Vio- 
 lence cn.the Chaftity of the Co- 
 mic Mufc { and whoe^ r will pe< 
 tufe Qbberi Prologue to the Pro- 
 wk'd Hu/band^ will be fatisfied 
 from the Teftimony of one who 
 certainly was well acquainted 
 with this Gentleman's Senti- 
 ments, that he was, before his 
 Death, not only convincM of, 
 but determined to reform this 
 Bi ror of Taftc. 
 
 RiLiGious« A Tragi-Com. 
 by the Dutchefs of NetacafiUt 
 Fol. 1662. 
 
 TheRztiGiovs RtiXL, or 
 tht Pilgrim Prince. Trag. Anon. 
 4to. i67i.-~Scene in (/rnwary. 
 
 TheRiNEGADO. Tragi-Co. 
 by Pkil, MaJJingery 410. 1630. — 
 This was eftecmed a good PLy, 
 and is recommended by two Co- 
 pics of Verlcs by Shirley and Da- 
 HI el Larkyn.'—T\it Scene Tunis. 
 
 The RiraHAt, or tbtTari 
 #/ Old England. Farce of two 
 Adls, by Dr. Jmc/Zi-r, 8vo. 1757. 
 - However indlfFercnt this Au- 
 thor's Succefs might be in Tra- 
 gedy, yet his Comic Genius has 
 ihewn itfelf very confpicuoufly in 
 this little Piece, in which there 
 *tt four Charadlers, vix. a French^ 
 Scoub and Jri^ Man, and an 
 Englijh Sailor., as highly drawn 
 und as rationally diftioguiflied as 
 yi any dramatic Piece I know 
 in the J5»jf//y* Language.— t* met 
 wi'h tood i'ucccfs in the j ,>rc- 
 fentation 5 3 et, 'o fpeak my real 
 »:id unbiaffi d (pinion, not equal 
 to what its Merit might have 
 joOlv (laim'd. 
 
 TbeRrsTOSATioN, orRiglt 
 will take Plau Tragi-Com. with- 
 •ut Date.— This Play was never 
 f fted } — it is a very paltry Per- 
 formance, ytt has been attributed, 
 lut injuriouHy, to the Duke sf 
 ttteklngbam. 
 
 The RisTOAATiON or 
 ^ina Chaklss II. witk tit 
 
 K E 
 
 Life and Death of Oliver Crom- 
 well. An Hiftori-Tragi-Comi- 
 Ballad Opera. Anonym. 8vo. 
 
 1732. To this Piece, which 
 
 was never performed, is annexed 
 a Preface in Vindication of the 
 Author from certain Afperfions 
 which had been thrown on him 
 with Regard to it. 
 
 The Retukn from Par. 
 N Assvs, or <i Scourge for Simcrr, 
 
 Com. Anonym. 4 to. 1606. I- 
 
 This Piece was publickly afted in 
 St. John a College Qimlridge, by 
 the Students.— The Poets of that 
 Time are treated with much Se- 
 verity in it, and from the Hints 
 thrown out in it againft the Cler- 
 fy, Doftor fTild laid the Foun 
 dation of his Play call'd the Be- 
 neficct 
 
 The RsviNCF. Trag. by 
 E. Toung^ 8vo. 1711. — This i^lay 
 met, and juftly, with very grcdt 
 Succefs, as it is undoubtedly the 
 Mafter-picce in the dramatic Way 
 of that great and amiable Au> 
 thor. — The Defign of it fecms to 
 have been borrowed partly from 
 Shake fpeare" t Othello^ and partly 
 from Mn.Behni Abdelaxar'y the 
 Plot favouring greatly of the for- 
 mer, and the principal Chara£t.r, 
 viz. Zanga, bearing a conHdcrablc 
 Rcfemblance to ihe btter.— Yet 
 it will not furely be faying too 
 much, to ob/crve that Dr. 7'oun^ 
 hps in fome Pcfpcfls greatly im- 
 proved on both. — If we compare 
 the lago in one with the Zar^j 
 in the other Ti»gedy, we (hall 
 find the Motives of Refcntmnit 
 greatly diflcrcnt, and thofc in th? 
 latter more juftly as well as more 
 nobly founded than in the for* 
 mcr. — Jago\ Caufe of Revenge 
 againft Orhtllo is only his ha\ing 
 fct a yijungtr Officer over hn 
 Head on a particular and <:ngle 
 Vacancy, notwithftanding he 
 himfclf ftill itands moft high >n 
 ills £(Wein and Confidence, .ind 
 
 can- 
 
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 returning Thanks for Toys long 
 
 fonfequently in the faireft L>ght> to his Wife in rapturous Ternw, 
 xor being immediately prcfcrr'd 
 by him to a Poft of equal if not 
 greater Advantage. — To this in- 
 deed is added a (light Sufpicion, 
 
 which he himfelf declares to be 
 but bare Surmife, of the Gene- 
 ral's having been too great with 
 bis Wife, a particular which 
 Otbel/o's Charafter and Caft of 
 Behaviour feems to give no Au- 
 thority to } and on thefe Hight 
 Motives he involves in the Ruin 
 he intends for the Moor, three 
 innocent Perfons befides, viz. 
 CaJ/io, Dejdemona and Rodirigo,-— 
 Far different is Zangai Caufe of 
 Rage, and differently purfucd.— 
 
 fmcc hcitow*d on him ; he finds 
 his Picture hid in a private Plnec 
 in his Wife's Chamber, is told a 
 pofitive and circumflantial Story 
 by one whofe perfe£t Truth he 
 had long confided in, and laflty 
 is confirmed i.i all his Apprehen- 
 fions by that Unwillingnefs to 
 footh them, which Leonora' i con- 
 fcious Innocence urges her Pride 
 to aflume.— -Such are the Advan- 
 tages the Piec; before us has 
 with Relpeft to Plot over Otbelh, 
 And notwithftanding that Ahdt' 
 laxar has been rendered by Mrs. 
 Btbn a very fpirited Charaftcr, 
 
 highly coloured Zanga is, and 
 what Advantages, even in the 
 Subtilty and Probability of Suc- 
 cefs in his Machinations, the one 
 has above the other. — In a Word, 
 we may, I think, with gieat 
 
 A Father's afTur'd Death, fiain by yet any one on Infpeftion, will 
 Alonxot the Lofs of a Kingdom, eafily perceive how much more 
 in Confequence of his Succefs, " ~ 
 
 and the Indignity of a Blow be- 
 ftow'd upon himfelf from the 
 fame Hand ; all thefe accumu- 
 lated Injuries, added to the Im- 
 poflibility of finding a nobler 
 
 Means of Revenge, urge him a- 
 
 gainft his Will to the Subtiltles 
 
 and underhand Methods he em* 
 
 ploys. — Othello'% Jcalonfy is rais'd 
 
 by Trifles, the Lofs o^a poor 
 
 Handkerchief 
 
 knew not was 
 
 only pleading for * Man's For 
 
 givencfs who had been cafhicr'd 
 
 on a moft trivial Fault, are all 
 
 the Circumftances he has to cor* 
 
 roborate the vile Infmuations of 
 
 Juftice, affign to this Piece a 
 Place in the veryfirft Rank of our 
 dramatic Writings. 
 
 The RiviNCE, or A Mir** 
 rn Newgate. Com. 4to. 1680.— 
 which Dejdemona This Play was attributed to Mrs. 
 of Value, and Behn^ but is in Reality no more 
 than Marfton% DtiTCH Coon* 
 TisAN, reviv'd with feme very 
 trifling Alterations. 
 
 RXVKNCK FOR HoNOU». 
 
 Trag. by Gee. Chapman, ^to. 1654* 
 
 [ago. — He therefore mufl appear —The Plot of this Play is Eaft 
 
 too credulous, and forfeits by fuch 
 Conduct fome of ou» Pity. 
 Alonxoy on the contiary, long 
 ftruggUs againll Conviction of 
 this Kind, nor will proceed to 
 Extremities, till, as he fays him- 
 felf, " Proofi rife on Proift, and 
 '* ftiU the lafl the ftrongefi ' — The 
 Mun his Jealoufy ftands fii'd ou, 
 is one who had for three Years 
 been not only hi- Wife's Lover 
 but her deflin'd Hufband — He 
 finds a Letter (forg'd indeed, but 
 io at. to deceive biHi; iiamCotl^i 
 
 crn, and the Scene laid in Ara^ 
 
 hi a. 
 The Rf.vENGEVut Qukik« 
 
 Trag. by Wm. Phillips, 4to. 1698. 
 The Plot of this Play is taken 
 from Machiavel'i Florentine Hi- 
 ftory, and the Scene laid in t^e- 
 rona. — Sir fVm, Daitnant had 
 raany Years before written a 
 Tragedy on the fame Story, mix, 
 AlbovineKino or the 
 Lome AIDS. That, however, the 
 Author dedaiei he knew no- 
 thing 
 
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 thing of, till after the Wrstlng and 
 Publication of this Piece. 
 
 Revengkr^s Tragedy. y:J. 
 Loyal BitoTHrR. 
 
 TheRKNOLTCR. Tr. Aaon. 
 4to. 1670. A Piece I know 
 nothing farther of than the 
 Naaio. 
 
 The Ri VOLUTION, or tie 
 Happy Change. A Tragi-Com. 
 a£iid throughout the Svgiijb Do- 
 minions in 16S& ; written by a 
 Perfon of Quality .-^The Plan of 
 this Piece may be eafily conceived, 
 and it is as apparent that it mufl 
 he purely political, and could not 
 Jiavc been intended fw Rcpre- 
 Jcntatlon.— It is, j>iobably, the 
 Produftion of fonne Time very 
 icon after the Period of the Re- 
 volution i but its exaA Date I 
 cannot trace. 
 
 Revolution. Fid, Timo- 
 
 LEON. 
 
 The Revolution or Swe- 
 den. Trag. by Catharine I'rotbery 
 4to. 1706. — The Scene &'cfj4i>oA« 
 and the Camp near it. 
 
 TheREWARDB orViRTut, 
 Com. by foktiFoutrtain^ 4to. 1661 . 
 — -Thii I''iay was not intended for 
 the Stage by its Author j but after 
 Jiis Death, Mr. ShaJtve//, who 
 perceived it to have Merit, made 
 fome few Alterations in it, and 
 reviv'd it under the Title of the 
 JRoYAL Shepherdbis, in the 
 Yc«r 1669. 
 
 Rhodon and Iris. A Va(- 
 t«ral by Ra^b Knevet, 4to. 163 1. 
 —This Piece is recommended by 
 .four Copies of Vtrfes ; it was 
 prefented at the Florin's Feift ot 
 JSortvieh, May 3, 1 631. — The 
 Scene I'befify. 
 
 Richard II. f^iJ. King 
 Richard U> 
 
 Richard III. Fid. King 
 RrCHARD III. 
 
 ThcRicHMOND Heiress, or 
 
 A Uvman oitct in the Right. Com. 
 
 ^y '24». Otrfij, 4^ iij3.— This 
 
 R r 
 
 Play did not meet : t firft with all 
 the Succefs the Auchor expefted 
 from it, but being reviv'd after- 
 wards with Alterations, was very 
 favourably received. 
 
 Richmond Wells. Anon. 
 Without Date, and 1 believe ne- 
 ver a£led. — It is, however, one of 
 the Predu^ons of the preftnt 
 Century. 
 
 RiBicULous Lovers. Fid, 
 Generous Enemies. 
 
 Right Use or Plays. Fid. 
 Divine Comedian. 
 
 Right will prevail. Fid. 
 Usurper detected. 
 
 Right will takePlace, 
 Vid. Restaur ation. 
 
 Rznaldo. Opera, 8vo. 1711. 
 — Performed at the Queen's 
 Theatre in the Yfaymarket, — — 
 The Plan of this Piece was laid 
 hy Aaron Hill f that Gentleman's 
 Defign was ftU'd up with Itaitan 
 Words by Sig. Giacomo RoJJi^ and 
 the Mufic compofed by Handel — 
 The Hint of the Story is taken 
 from Taff'ot and the Scene in and 
 near JfrNfalem. 
 
 Rinaldo and Armida. 
 Trag. by J. Dennis^ 4to. 1699. 
 — liie Hint of the chief Cha- 
 racters in this, as well m the laft 
 mentioned Piece, is from Tajfoi 
 Gieruftlemmty hut the i^anncrs of 
 them being by our Author 
 thought unequal to that gr^t 
 hJian^ he has taken the Liberty 
 to cVange them, and form his 
 Charafters more agreeable to the 
 Subjeft.— His Rcafons for fo do- 
 ing h« has given, not only in his 
 Preface to the Play, but alfo in 
 the Protoffue^ which he tonfcffes 
 to be a Sort of Preface to it, — 
 How far he has fuecceaed in his 
 Defign, muft, however, be left 
 to the Judgment of every Reader. 
 —The Scene lies on the Top of 
 a Mountain in the CuHants. — 
 Th« Muiical Bntortiinmcnts in 
 it, were compofed by Mr. 7*^ 
 
 In A' 
 
R I 
 
 f:cc!ei, excepting a Chorus in the 
 fourth A£l, which is borrowed 
 from Mr. H. PurcilVt Froft 
 Scene. 
 
 The Rival Brotheks. Tr, 
 Anonym. 4to. 1704.— The fun- 
 ing Title of this Play, is, The fatal 
 Si cm, or the RivarBrotbert. — 
 Scene England. 
 
 TheRivAt Fools. Com. by 
 C. Gibber y 410. 1708. — This Play 
 is partly borrowed from FUtcber'i 
 lyit at Jtveral J^'eapcns, It met, 
 however, with very b>d Succefs 
 —There happened to be a Cir- 
 r.imftance in it, which being in 
 itfelf fomewhat ridiculous, gave 
 fome Part of the Audience a fa< 
 vourable Opportunity of venting 
 their Spleen on the Author}— 
 viz. a Man in one of the earlier 
 Scenes on the Stage, with a long 
 Angling Rod in Im Hand, going 
 to fi A for MiUtr'i Hiitmhi : 0J| 
 ;;fh;cii Account, fomc of the 
 SpcAators took Occafion when- 
 ever Mr. Cibber appeared in the 
 Charxfter he himfelf play*d in 
 it, to cry out continually MilUr't 
 tbumbt. 
 
 The Rival Fkiknds. Com. 
 by Peter Haufttady 4to. 163*, — 
 The Title of this Play has fome- 
 wbat whimfical in it, and bears 
 Teftimony to the Author*! Unea- 
 finefs under Cenfure.— He tells 
 you in it, that it was aAed before 
 the King and Queen*s Majefties, 
 when, out of their princely Fa- 
 vour, they were pleafed to vifit 
 the Univerfity of Cambridgef on 
 the r9th D.\y of March, 163 1. 
 Cryddmvn by Boys, FaSIien, Envy, 
 and confident Ignorance, approv d 
 by the judicitus, and expotd to the 
 public Cenfure by the Ai rier.— His 
 Dedication is in the lame Style, 
 bring a Copy of VcrfcJ, infcrib'd 
 t« the Right Honourable, Right Re- 
 verend, Right fVorJhlpful, or 
 'Whatjevcr he be, Jball be, tr 
 
 R I 
 
 luhorn be hertafterfball eoHVatrin. 
 — From hence it appears that it 
 had met with fomc Criticifms* 
 which he knew not how to bear* 
 — y * it is commended by a 
 Copy bf LatinVtrks, and two in 
 Englijb, — It has an Introduflion 
 byi^ <Ly ofDialogue,between^«»;» 
 Pheebut and 'Thetis, fung by two 
 Trebles and a Bafe, in which 
 f^enus, (being Pbofphoryt, as well 
 as Vefper) appears at a Window a- 
 hove, as rifen, calling to Phtebut 
 {in Sol) who lies in Th*tit^% Laps 
 at the Eaft Side of the Stage, ca> 
 nopy'd by an azure Curtain.-^ 
 The Scene between LoveaH, Mun- 
 grell, and Hammerjhinf in the 
 third A£t, IscopyMfrom that bo* 
 tween Truevut, Daw, and La 
 Fool, in the fourth A£i o( Ben 
 yo«/o«'s Silent Woman. 
 
 TheRivAL GsNEKALS. Tr* 
 by Mr Sterling, without Date, but 
 fome Time about 1733. — Thit 
 Piece is mentioned no where but 
 in the Bn'ti/b Theatre. — And at 
 the Author is there faid to be an 
 Jrijb Gentleman, it is probable 
 this Play might have been repre* 
 fented in Dublin. 
 
 Rival Goddzssks. Fid» 
 LovxTbivmphant. 
 
 The Rival Kings, or tit 
 Loves of Oroondattt and Statira* 
 Trag. hyyobn Banks, 4to. 1677. 
 —This is one of the lead known 
 of this Author's Pieces, and bea- ^ 
 the Arong Chara£teri(tic of all 
 his Writings, viz. the being af- 
 fecting in its Condu£l, without 
 having one good Line in its 
 
 Compofition. It is written it\ 
 
 Rhyme, and the Plot taken al- 
 mort entirely from the Romance 
 of Cajfandrat excepting what Re- 
 lates to Ahxand:r, the Founda- 
 tion of which may be trac'd in 
 Siuintus Curtius and JuJfin.-^Tho 
 Scene BabyUn. 
 
 The Rival Ladies. Tragt- 
 
 Com* 
 
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 Cotn. \ty J. DrydiHy 4to. 1675. 
 —The DeOkati&n to this Play is 
 a Kind of Preface in Defence of 
 blank Verfe. — The Scene lies in 
 AUcant j the Difpute betwixt 
 Amidto and Hyp«lu9y and Gw' 
 yWw's frghting with the Pyratcs, 
 i« borrwwed fram Entotfyiaj, GHony 
 Eumolpiit *.n& Tijfbena^i boarding 
 t'le Ytfftl ofLycat, in Petroniut 
 A-iittr } and tfec Oataftrophe has 
 a near Refemblancv to that of 
 Scarron*s Rival Brotberit 
 
 The RtvAt MjllinBrs, or 
 tht Artorn^^s Ckrh. {"arce, by 
 Roh, Drury, 8vo. 1735. —This 
 is a Burkfq^ue or Mock Tragedy, 
 ahd was performed at the Little. 
 Tfceatre in the Ibymarktt, with 
 i^e Applatife. 
 
 The Rival Modes, Com. 
 hy Ja. Moore Attytb, 8vo. 1726^ 
 o^Titt reputed Gtnias of this 
 Gentleman, cave the higheft Ex- 
 grfbticns of this Piece for 1 
 jibng Time befofe its Appearance, 
 vHhich> however, it was very far 
 fitmi afifwering, and confeqoent- 
 tf very ftwn dropt into Oblivion, 
 
 The Rival MoTtttR. Com. 
 Anon. 8vo. 1678'. 
 • The Rival Nymphs, ortbe., 
 fi/terry Swain, by RfefT. tian. Sth 
 Awy, fbrt, and'J^io. 1746,— This 
 it tjfie of the dramatic nertspnb- 
 liSied h:^ theft Oemleiinen hi 
 Conjunction. — I never faw it, 
 but by the Title imagine it to be 
 a Comer'y. 
 
 The Rival Qtjkbns, ox ths 
 l)tath of Alexander the Great. Tr. 
 by Nath, Lte, 4to. 1677. — This 
 it looked on as one of the beft of 
 this Author's Pieces, and Is to 
 this Day frequently reprefcnted on 
 the Stage ; yet with confidenible 
 Alterations from what Mr. Lee 
 kft it. — It muft be confefs'd, 
 that there is much Bombaft and 
 Extravagance in fome Parts of it; 
 yet in othcrs_ there is fo much 
 
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 real Dignity, and fuch beautiful 
 Flights of Imagination and Fancy, 
 as render even the Madnefs of 
 this true Genius, more enchant- 
 itig than even the more regular 
 and finilh'd Works of the cold 
 hborious Piayvwight of fome 
 Periods finoe his Time. ——The 
 Scene is in Babylon^ and the Story 
 may be found in the Hiftorians 
 c^ that Hero's Lift. 
 
 The Rival Qjeanji, tvitb 
 the Humours of Alexander tbt 
 Gr'at, hyC. Cibhtr, 8vo. 1729. — 
 This Piece is a Burleficfue on the 
 laft mentioned Play, almoft every 
 Scene being parodtcedw^h a good 
 deal of Humour. — Thi* Kec« 
 was not printed till the Time of 
 the above Date, and then only in 
 Ihth^h. —Yet the Author ai the 
 Briti/h Vheotrt obferve9> that it 
 was porfbrmed about the Yeat 
 17 10, but without Akvlnfe whert. 
 
 The RfTAt PineWs, of Ht 
 Female PoHticran. Com. by Meft 
 Btllamfy 1746.— Notie of the 
 Writing^ of thde Gtntfeffiea 
 were ever a^ed. 
 
 The Rivals. Trag}-C<nm 
 4to. iW?.— This Phy i« printed 
 Withoat any Author^i Name, btit 
 L a n ^ai ite, on tfie Authority, at 
 he fi?ys, «f thePubKAef^ afcr ht% 
 It to l$Jr #F*. Dav^oi^. ——The 
 Scene l^es In Artadia. 
 
 The Rival Sisters, ov tbt 
 Violence of Love. Trag. by Rtbert 
 Gottld, 4to. 1696. — The Repre* 
 fentation of this PJay appears by 
 the Author's Complaint in his 
 Eptfthe, to have been for fome 
 Time delay'd after his firft Offer 
 of it t0 the Stage ; but when it 
 was afted, met with a favourable 
 Reception.— The Plot is in great 
 Meamre borrowed from .Shirley's 
 Maid's Revenge, but the original 
 Story is to be found in God's Re- 
 venge agaiaji Murder.--Tht Scene 
 Kts at Avottf a Village in PortU' 
 
 gal, 
 
I^KAviS fifct hti 
 
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 ^d/.— The Prologue and Epilogue 
 wiittei: hy D''UrJiy. 
 
 The Rival Widows, ortBe 
 fair Libert inf. Com. by Mrs. 
 Cooper, 8vo. 1735. — This Piece 
 was afted at the Theat. Royal in 
 C'/vent Garden, with fome Succefs. 
 The principal Characters being 
 alternately performed by the Au- 
 thor afid Mr§. Horton . 
 
 The Roaring Girl, ©r 
 Hd^H Outfurfe. Com. by Tko. Mid- 
 dlHov, ito. i^lT. ■ ■■■ Mr. Ihcker 
 was grealy »ffiftant to the Au- 
 thor in the Compofition of this 
 Play. 
 
 RoBSRT Eakl Of Hunt- 
 ington's Downfall, afttr- 
 wards ca/kJ Kobin Hood of merry 
 Sherwodc ; iviti> hit Love 10 the 
 chaJieMziWAn, the Lor<3'Fitz water's 
 Va- gbter, afterguards hit Maid 
 Marian,— -An hiftorical Play, by 
 The, Hcfwood, 4to, 1 60 1. 
 
 Robert Earl or Hunt- 
 ington's Death, etbemvife 
 called Aobin Hood, of mery Sher • 
 wode, ivith- the ianitfirabUTra^edy 
 if chajte Matilda, bis fair Maid 
 M.irian, poifoned at Ditnnjow by 
 the King. An hiftorical Play, by 
 Tho. Heytvood, 4to. 1 601. —This 
 Play and the precetling ont, are 
 both printed in the o'.vl hVack. 
 Letter, and are neither of then* 
 divided into Aftp. — The firftPart 
 is introduced by y. Sbelten, Poet 
 Laureat to Henry VIII. and the 0- 
 ther by Fryar Inch. — The Story 
 on which they both are founded 
 may be Teen in Stow^ Speed, Ba^ 
 kit, and the other Hiftorians of 
 the Reign of Richard I. 
 
 Robin CoNsctENCE. An 
 
 Interlude. Anon. 4to. 16^4. ' 
 
 This Piece is entirely allegorical, 
 being a dfamatic Dhalogue of 
 KohinCot^cienct, afainfthis Father 
 Covetous, his Mother NHugtitfff 
 »nd his Sifter Proitd Beauty. 
 
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 Robin Hood's PA«TOR>.t 
 May Gamls, 1624. 
 
 Robin Hood and h rs Crevt 
 
 OF SOLDIFRS. An Tht'.Tlttdc. 
 
 1^27? — This Piece and the laft- 
 mentioned one, are in all the 
 Lifts, yet I do «ot find any of th« 
 Writers who pretend to have feen 
 them J Langoairie and yaceb have 
 mentioned them without Dale, 
 and it is only in the Briti/b Thea- 
 tre that I meet with thole above, 
 which from that Authority alone, 
 therefore I have affiled to them, 
 RoBiNHOOD. AMafic^lEn- 
 tertainment, 8vo. 175 1. — ^Thit 
 Piece was performed at the Thca. 
 Roy. in Dr. Lane, but without 
 any great Succefs, it having little 
 more than Mufical Merit to re- 
 commend it, which was not even 
 then quite fo much the Idol of 
 public Adoration, as it feems at 
 prefent to be. 
 
 RODELINDA Q^UEEN OP 
 
 LoMBAROY. An Italian Opera, 
 by N. Haym, 8vo. 1725. Tbia 
 Opera was performed at the Q/« 
 Theatre, in the Hayntarket, ~^¥of 
 the Story, fee the Hiftory of 
 Paolo Diacom, — The Scene in 
 Milan i the Mtiflc compofcd by 
 Mr. Handel. 
 
 RoLLo Duke of Norman* 
 Dv. P'id.Ht.oohy BkOTHBR. 
 
 The Roman Actor. Irag, 
 by Phil. Majjinger, 4to. l6a9> — 
 This Play was confidcr'd by its 
 Author, and by other drimitic 
 Poets, his Cotemporaries, to have 
 been the moft pcrfeft Dirth of his 
 Minirva, as appears from his own 
 Epiftlc dedicatory, and by no kft 
 than fix feveral Copies of Verfti 
 prefixed to it. —It could n«t, 
 therefore, fail of meeting with 
 Succefs in the Reprefentation.— 
 It was reviv'd with fome Altera- 
 tions, and printed in 8v*o. 17x2. 
 and even before that Time, Mr. 
 
 hetUrtdn 
 
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 BettertOH occufionci it to be got up 
 in the Theatre, and gain'd great 
 Applaufe and Reputation in the 
 Part of the Rnman AEior^ which 
 he himfelf perfoimcd.--ThePlot 
 of it may be found in the Hifto 
 tians of the Reign of Domitian, 
 and the Scene lies at Rome. 
 
 The Roman Bride's Re- 
 venge. Trag. by Cha. Gildon, 
 4to. 1697. — Thiswasavery hafty 
 Produ£tion, havmg been written 
 in a Month, and met with that 
 Succefs, that fuch Precipitancy 
 in Works which undoubtedly re- 
 quire the utmoft Care in Compofi- 
 tion, Revifal and Corrcftion, juft- 
 ly defervcs. —Yet it is far from 
 being deftitute of Merit, the firft 
 and fecond Afts, written probably 
 while the Author's Genius and 
 Imagination were in their full 
 glow, being very well executed. 
 Nor is the Cataftrophe at all to be 
 found fault with. — The Moral 
 intended in it, is to fet forth, in 
 the Puniflin>ent of one of the 
 principal Charafters, that no Con- 
 fideration whatfoever, fhould in- 
 duce us to negleft or delay the 
 Service of our Country. — The 
 Scene lies in Rtme, and Part of 
 the Plot h taken from Camnea of 
 Calata. 
 
 The Roman EMFRtss. Tr. 
 by^w. Joyner, 410, 1671— This 
 Play met with great Approbation 
 and Succefs, notwithftanding its 
 £rft Appearance laboured under 
 fome Inconveniencies. TheLan 
 guage of it is poetical, fpiritcd; 
 and mafculine, and free from 
 what he calk the jingling Anti- 
 thefes of Love and Ihnour j Terror 
 and CompaJJioH being the alternate 
 Senfations he aims at exciting in 
 his Auditors. — It is not very ap- 
 parent for what Reafon the Au- 
 thor fliould alter the Names of the 
 Characters from thofe which 
 they bear in Mifton,'. — Vet he 
 
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 tells us, that by the Advice ot" 
 Friends he has done fo, and that 
 this Errteror was one of the great- 
 eft that ever i?o««f boafted. — Lang- 
 baine conjeflures, that under the 
 Character of VaUntius, the Author 
 has intended to draw that of Con- 
 ftantire the Great, and that Crifput 
 and his Mother-in -Law Faujfina, 
 lie concealed under thofe of F/orut 
 and Fu/via.— 'The Scene of this 
 Drama or A£lion, is about the 
 Banks of the Tiher } where //o/. 
 ti/i'us and his Party are fuppofed tf 
 be in Romef or on the Roman Side 
 of the River, and Vahntiui with 
 his P^rty encamped on the other 
 Side, in the Nature of Believers. 
 The Roman Father. Tr, 
 by H^. JVhitebcad, 8vo. 1750. ~ 
 This Play is founded on that ce 
 lebrated Incident of the eatlieft 
 Period of the Roman Hiflory, 
 the Combat between the Horatii 
 and the Curiatii.—T)x\i Story had 
 been long ago made the Subject 
 of a dramatic Piece, by the ^rcat 
 French Tragic Writer, P. Corne- 
 il/e, whof- Horace is efteemed a^ 
 mongft his Cbefd'Oeuvra, — From 
 that Tragedy, therefore, Mr. 
 ffbitebcad confeHes that he has 
 borrowed the Idea of two or th^ee 
 of his moft intereftingScenes. And 
 I muft confefs I cannot help 
 wishing he had even more clofcly 
 followed the Plan of that vcr^ 
 capital Writer in the Conduct of 
 the Piece, finceby confining him- 
 felf entirely to Rawie, and the Fa- 
 mily of theHoratii, he has dcpriv'd 
 himfelf of the Opportunity of 
 throwing in that Variety of In- 
 cident and Contraft of Ohara6lcr, 
 which Cornei/le^s Play is poflefs'd 
 of, in Confequence of his having 
 introduced the young Curiatiut, 
 wbofe rugged, hardy Valour, tho' 
 truely heroical, fets off, in the 
 moft advantageous Manner, the 
 Equality and Rcfolution minj-kd 
 
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 with a Aiperior Tendernefs and 
 Humanity, which fliines out in 
 thcCharafter of the young Hora- 
 /;».— The Addition of a Sifter 
 of Curiatius married to lioratiutf 
 in Cornei lie's Tragedy, alfo by 
 Arengtheningthe Tie between the 
 Families, is a great Aggravation 
 of the Diftrefs. ■ I would not, 
 however, here be underftood to 
 mean any RefleAiofi on Mr. 
 Whitehead's Tragedy, which has 
 certainly great Merit, and ob- 
 tained the juft Approbation of 
 repeated and judicious Audiences. 
 — For furely to fall fomewhat 
 fliort of a CtrntiUe, can be no Dif- 
 gracc to any Writer beneath a 
 Shakefpear. — Nay, in fomc Re- 
 fpefts, the Piece before us has the 
 Advant-age of the French Play, 
 the declamatory Parts in the laft 
 i\t\. being, in »he latter, too long 
 and diftufe for giving Pleafurc in 
 iPtheatrlcal Reprefentation, how- 
 ever pleafing they may appeai> in 
 the Clofet.— There are alfo, in 
 general, more poetical Beauties 
 in the Language of Mr. White' 
 bcaiTif than in that of Cornei IWs 
 Tragedy ; and indeed, taking it 
 on the whole, it may be rank'd a- 
 mongil the beft of the dramatic 
 Pieces of this fomewhat unproli- 
 fifk Age. 
 
 The Roman Gekerals, or 
 tic dljirejfed Ladies, Trag. by 
 jfchn Dover, 4to. 1677. — The 
 Piot of this Play, as far as it re- 
 lates to Hiftory, may be trac'd in 
 Plutarch's Lives of Pomfey and 
 Cif/jr.— -The Author has, howe- 
 ver, laid it down as his Maxim, 
 neither rigidly to adhvre to hifto- 
 rkal Fa£t, nor wildly to deviate 
 from it.— The Scene lies in Gal- 
 lioy Rcme, and other Parts of Italy, 
 from the general Tenor of the 
 Prologue and Epilogue, it is not 
 unreafonable to colWt that the 
 Piece was never a£led, nor in- 
 tended t« be (q, tli«y ftcfioing ra- 
 
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 ther addrelTed to the Reader than 
 the Auditor. 
 
 Roman Ladi£s. Hd, Ves- 
 tal VlKGIN. 
 
 The Roman Maio. Trag. by 
 Capt. Hur^, 8vo. 1711. — This 
 Play was a£ted at the Theatre 
 Royal in Lincoln's - Inn - Fields, 
 with very little Succefs. 
 
 Roman Matron. yid,Qo' 
 
 • lOLANUS. 
 
 The Roman Revenge. Tr. 
 by J, Hill, 8vo. 1753. —Thin 
 Play was afted at the Theat. at 
 Bath with fome Succefs, but is 
 not equal to the Generality of 
 its Author's Works. —The Plot 
 of it is the Death oi Julius Cdpjar\ 
 and he has heightened the Di- 
 ftrefs by a Circumftance, which, 
 however, I know not that he has 
 any Authority for in Hiftory, 
 vix. the making Brutus find him- 
 felf, after the Death of the Dic- 
 tator, to be his natural Son.-« 
 How far fuch an Addition to, or 
 Deviation from recorded Fa£l3, 
 is warrantable, or comes withiu 
 the Limits of the Licentia poetica, 
 Ihavb neithenRoom not Inclina- 
 tion to enter into a Difcuflion of 
 in this Place. 
 
 Rome excis'd. A Ballad 
 Opera, %\o, 1733. — This little 
 Piece is entirely political, and was 
 never intended for the Stage, be- 
 ing only a Satire on the Meafures 
 then taking by the Miniftry 
 with Regard to the Revenue. 
 
 Romeo and Juliet. Trag. 
 by IV» Shakefpeare, 4to, 1 599. — 
 The Fable of this now favorite 
 Play, is built on a real Tragedy 
 that happened about the Be- 
 gining of the fourteenth Century. 
 The Story -with all its Circum- 
 ftances, is given us by BanJelh, 
 in one of bis Novels, Vol. 2* 
 Nov. 9. and alfo bv CiroUpte 
 Corfe, in his Hiftory of yejrana. «— 
 The Scene, in the Begioing of the 
 
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 fifth Aft, is at Mantua j thro' all 
 the roft of the Piece, in and near 
 yerona> — As I have mentioned 
 before that this is at prefent a 
 very favorite Play, it will be ne- 
 ceflaiy to take notice what vari- 
 ous Alterations it has gone thro' 
 from Time to Time, and in 
 what Form it at prefent appears, 
 which is confiderably different 
 from that in which it was origi- 
 nally written. — The Tragedy in 
 itfelf has very great Beaut es, yet 
 on the whole, is far from being 
 this great Author's Mafter-Piece. 
 •—An amazing Redundance of 
 Fancy fliines through the whole 
 Diftion of the Love Scenes ; yet 
 the Overflowings of that Fancy, 
 in fomc Places rather runs into 
 Puerility, and the frequent Inter- 
 vention of Rhimes which ap- 
 pears in the original Play, and 
 which feems a Kind of Wanton- 
 ncfs in the Author, certainly a- 
 bates of that Vcrifimilitude to na- 
 tural Converfation, which ought 
 ever to be maintained in draraa- 
 t^c Dialogue, efpecially where the 
 Scene and Aftion fall under the 
 Circumftance of domeftic Life. — 
 The Charafters are fome of them 
 very highly painted, particularly 
 thofe of the two Lovers, which 
 perhaps poflcfs more of that ro- 
 mantic, giddy, and irrefiftable 
 Paffion of Love, where it makes 
 it!5 firft Attack on very young 
 Hearts, than all the Labours of an 
 hundred Poets fince, was all the 
 Eflence of their Love Scenes to be 
 united into one, could poflibly 
 convey an idea of. Menutio too, 
 is a Cha»a;5ler fo boldly touched, 
 and fo truly fpirited, that it has 
 been a Surmife of fome of the 
 Critics, that Shakefpeare put him 
 to Death in the thiVd Aft, from 
 a Coufcioufnefs that it would e- 
 ven exceed the Extent of his own 
 Powers to fupport the Charafter 
 
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 thro' the two laft Aftr, equal tfi 
 the Sample he had given ot ii in 
 
 tlie three former ones. . 
 
 The Catartropf'.e is aft'ecHng, 
 and even as it flands intlie Ori. 
 gipal, is fuflicicntly dramatic. 
 — — Now for the fevcral Al- 
 terations of it, of which \ fn%\\ 
 mention three, by three fevc- 
 ral Hands. — The firft t r thcie 
 that I find taken Notice of, is that 
 by Janui Howard, Efqj whom 
 Doiunes in his Rojcius Ariglicaw.^ 
 p. z*, tells us, aiter'd this Tra- 
 gedy into a Tragi-Comedy, pre- 
 serving both Romeo and Juliit a- 
 live ; — fo that when the Play 
 was reviv'd in Sir PVm. Dare- 
 nant\ Company, )• was play'd al- 
 ternately, viK. t ^gical one Dav, 
 and tragi-comi al another, for ii- 
 vcral Days together.-^-lhe lecond 
 Alteration I fhall mention here, 
 was by Mr. Thophilut Cilh, 
 who in the Year 1745 or 1746, 
 revived this Play at the Theatre 
 in the Haymarkcij and publiilicd 
 it as aiter'd from Shakefpcan by 
 himfelf, with an Apology for hii 
 own Life, — In this Edition, how- 
 ever, not much more is done 
 thaii breaking the Rhimes into 
 blank Verfe, by the Subfiitution 
 of fome few Words for fynonj. 
 mous ones of a different Termi. 
 nation, and the lopping ofiT certain I 
 extraneous PafTages, which were | 
 either trivial, prolix, or unnecef. 
 fary to the general Purport of the I 
 Plot or Aftion. — The third and 
 lafl of thefe Alterations, is that | 
 which is now univerfally and re- 
 peatedly performed in all the I 
 Britijb Theatres, and is the Work 
 of Mr. Carrick, whofe perfed| 
 Acquaintance with the Proper 
 ties of Efiieft, and unqueflionable I 
 Judgment z% to what will pleafe 
 an Audience, have fliewn them 
 felves very confpicuouily in this I 
 Piwc,«rF«r withtHit doing much 
 
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 fforc than reftoring Shahfpcare 
 to himfelt", and the Story to the 
 N'ovcl from which it was origi- 
 nally borrowed, he has rendered 
 the whole more uniform, and 
 woiked up the Cataftrophe to a 
 frcater Degree of Diftrrfs, than 
 it held in the Original; as Ju'itrt's 
 awaking before Romeo's Death, 
 ind the 'I'ranfports of the latter, 
 on feeing her revive, over-coming 
 fven the very Remembrance of 
 the very late Ai\ of Defperation 
 he had comtnitted, give Scope for 
 that fudden Tranfition from Rap- 
 ture to Defpair, which make the 
 Recolledtion that he mufi die, 
 infinitely more affefting, and the 
 Diftrefs oi Juliet, as well as his 
 own, much deeper than it is pof- 
 f;ble to be in Sbakefpeare's Play, 
 where (he does not awake till af- 
 ter the Poifon has taken its fiill 
 Eflfed in the Death of Romeo. -- 
 There is one Alteration, however, 
 in ihis Piece, which I muft con' 
 fefs, does not appear to me alto- 
 gether fo neceflsiry, viz. the intro- 
 ducing Rtmet from the Begining 
 as in Love with Juliet^ whereas 
 Siakefpeare feems to have inten- 
 ded, by making him at firft ena- 
 mour' d with another (Rojalind) 
 to point out his Misfortunes in 
 the Confequence of one Paflion, 
 as a Piece of Poetical Juftice for 
 his Inconftancy and Falihcod in 
 Regard to a prior Attachment, as 
 vlict's in fome Meafure are for 
 er Breach of filial Obedience, 
 and her Rafhnefs in the Indul- 
 gence of a Paffion, fo oppofite to 
 the natural Interefts and Connec- 
 tions of her Family. 
 
 Befides thefe, two other Ma- 
 nagers, viz. Mr. Sheridan of the 
 Dublin, and Mr. Lee of the Edin- 
 (urghVWciXxc, have each, for the 
 Ufe of their refpeiftive Companies, 
 made fome fuppofed Amendm&nts 
 in this Play, but as neither of 
 
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 them have appeared in Print, I 
 tan give no farther account of 
 them. 
 
 I cannot, however, quite drop 
 this ,Subje£l without taking No- 
 tice of one more Aheracion, tho* 
 notfoprofefleda oneof it, made by 
 more celebrated Pen, than any of 
 thofe I have iiitherto mentioned, 
 f/«. Mr. Onvay, whofe Tragedy 
 ofCAius Mar I us is founded 
 wholly on it, and who has culled 
 all its choicert Beauties to en- 
 graft them on tht Stock of a 
 Roman Story, with which thry 
 have not, nor can have, the lealt 
 plaufible Connexion. ■■ Yet fo 
 little does this Play ieem to :.ive 
 been known till of very late 
 Years, that I have frequently, 
 with Surprize, obferved Oupta* 
 tions of fome of its fineft i\ fTj- 
 ges, particularly the ini: litaik • 
 Defcription of the Apothecary's 
 Shop, made Ufe of by Authors, 
 who have attributed them to Ot- 
 luay, without feeming to have the 
 lead Knowledge from whence he 
 took them.— Yet to do that Gen- 
 tleman himfelf Juftice, it muft 
 be acknowledged that in his Pro- 
 logue he has confefled his having 
 borrowed half his Plot from fome • 
 Play of Shakefpeare's^ altho' h« 
 does notmt, i^n this particularly 
 by Name. ' . 
 
 Rome's Follies, or the Amor' 
 rous Fryars. Com. by N. ^. 4to.' 
 i68i.-- The Scene lies in?, the' 
 City cf Rome, and it is faid in tiie 
 Title-Page, to have been a^ed at 
 a Perfon of (>Mality's Houfe, but 
 I imagine it was only intended 
 to'lhrow a Glance of Ccnfure and 
 Ridicule on the ProfefTors of the 
 Romifii Religion, which were at 
 that Time pretty numerous, and 
 ftill more increafing in thefe 
 Kingdoms. 
 
 Romulus and Hersilia, 
 or the Sahim War, Trag. Anon, 
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 4to, 1685.— This is a very good 
 Play J the Plot taken from Livy, 
 Lib I. and Oviifs Mitam. Lib. 14. 
 —The Scene lies in Rimef and 
 the Epilogue is written by Mrs 
 £etn. 
 
 RosALiNHA. A dramatic 
 Piece, by y. Lcckman, 8vo. 1 740. 
 —Never aAed. 
 
 Rosamond. Opera, by ^o- 
 ffph yUdiforij 4to. 1702. — The 
 Plot of this little Piece is taken 
 from the Englijh Hiftory in the 
 Reign oi Henry IL and it is obfer- 
 ved that it exceeds, in the Beauty 
 ot ihc Didtion, any Englijb Fer- 
 tormancc ot the Kind. — It was, 
 however, very ill fet to Mufic, by 
 .vhich Means the Succefs it met 
 \^ith, fell far fljort of what its 
 Merit might juftly have laid a 
 Claim to. — The Scene is laid in 
 modpsk Park. 
 
 RoTHEKic O'Connor, K. 
 Ov CoNNAUGHT, or, the D if- 
 tr'fs'd Prince. Trag. by Cba. Shad' 
 w'elif izmo. 1 720. —This Trag. 
 was a£led in Duhlinf the Title 
 points out where the Scene is 
 laid, rnd the Plot is borrowed 
 f\om the Irijh Hiftorians. — It is 
 far from being a bad Play, tho*, 
 I think not equal to fome of his 
 Comedies. 
 
 The KovEi, or the Bar.tjyd 
 Cava/ierM. Com. in two Parts, by 
 ^rs jifbra Btbtiy 4to. 1677 and 
 j68i.— Thcfe two Comedies are 
 both of them very entertaining, 
 and cojttainmuchBnfiacfSyBufile, 
 and Intrigue, fuppoi;eu with an 
 infinite deal of Sprightlinefs. — 
 The Bafisof them both, however, 
 inay be fonnd on a Pcrufal of 
 KHKgrtw'% DoM Thomaso, or 
 tbf Jr«iM^Sr»wr.— The Scene of the 
 %ffk Part is laid in N^l'i^ during 
 Timt of Ctrnivaly which is 
 
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 high Scafon for Gallantry, 
 I|mI thit-of the fecond at Mi> 
 
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 The RovzR, 01 HappiHffi a: 
 lafi, A dramatic Paftoral, deljgn'd 
 for the Theatse, but never aftcd, 
 Anonym. 8vo. 1752. — This 
 Piece I never faw. 
 
 TheRovEK Reclaim'p, C. 
 Anonym. 1601.— — This Play I 
 do not find mentioned any where 
 but in the Britijh Theatre, 
 
 Rover Reclaimed. Vid, 
 Lady's Revengk. 
 
 The RoviNo Husband re- 
 claimed. A Comedy, ivriittn 
 by a Club of Ladies, in Vindica- 
 tion ofvertuout Plays, 4to. 1 704. 
 — This Play was never afted, nor 
 de I find it in any of the Cata- 
 logues, yet Coxcur has it with the 
 above full Title, in his MS. 
 Notes. 
 
 The RovnD'Hkads, or }bt 
 Good Old Caufe. Com. by Mrs. 
 Bebn, 4to. 1681. — Great Part 
 both of the Plot and Language 
 of this Play is borrowed from 
 TatebamU Comedy, call'd, The 
 RvMr. -« Yet to do Mrs. Bibn 
 Juftice, (he has vety much im- 
 proved on her Original^ having 
 drawn the Routidbtadtf whofe 
 CharaAers it was the principal 
 Defign of both to eipofe, in much 
 higher Colours than her Prede^ 
 ceflbr wai able to do.— The Scene 
 London. 
 
 The Root. Farce of tjvo 
 Afts, 8vo. 1759. — This very in- 
 fignificant little Piece, made its 
 firft Appearance for the Benefit 
 of the Marine Society, and wai 
 faid to be wptten by a Perfbu tf 
 Skia/ityf and prefented to tiiat 
 Charity, without any the Icaft 
 View to private Enwlumcnt. 
 —In fome little Time after, 
 wards, however, this boaftcd Pcr- 
 fon of Diftinftion, turned out to 
 be no other than the illufiriout 
 Dr. Hill (of whom fee fome fur- 
 ther Mention under Or p 11 r. us 
 ,ilMP XvRiBici) whofe •''/'i- 
 
 Urtjiti 
 
 1^1 ^^ill'^ 
 
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 i-yrtjitd Motives to public BtnC' 
 •^r!e.'!ce, terriiinated at laft in a 
 Demand on the Managers for a 
 tilvafe Benefit to himfelf, by a 
 itiicnd Reprefentation of the 
 I'iece. 
 
 RovAL Captives, yid. 
 Traders. 
 
 TllcRoYAtCONVERTjT. by 
 
 X /?i7tv, 4to. 1707. — This Play, 
 tho' not fo often afted as feme o - 
 thers of this Author's Piecj?, is 
 hr from falling fhort of any one 
 (iftficmin Point of Merit. — The 
 Scene of it is laid in the Kingdom 
 otKtiit, and the Fable fuj?pos'cl to 
 be in the Time vf Hengijt, and a- 
 brut twenty years after the firft 
 liivafion oi Britain by iheSaxom, 
 The Charaftcrs of RoJogutie 'anA 
 hthctitida, ar? very finely con- 
 trafted, as are alfo thofe of Hen- 
 gijf dfii j4riifrt i ihe Intid'^ntb are 
 imcreftingj the Language octafio- 
 nally fpirited and tender, yet e- 
 very where poetical j and the Ca- 
 t iftrophc afjcdling and truly dra- 
 matic.— Nor do 1 know any Ke.i- 
 fcn why it Should not be as great 
 a Favorite as either yane Shore or 
 the Fair Penitcm, unlefs that its 
 being founded on n rtl'glous Plan 
 renders it lefs agreeable to the ge- 
 neral Taflc of an Audience, than 
 tliuft; Stories N\heir I.ove is in 
 Ionic Mcafurc the Bafis of the 
 Diftrefs. 
 
 The Royal Cuckold, or 
 Great Bajhrd, Tragi- Com. 4to. 
 1695. — This is nothing mere 
 than a "iranrtaticn from the Ctr- 
 nan, by Mr. Paul /''egeriiis, and 
 was never aded. — It is taken 
 from a Book call'd the Sara 
 Hijhry c/" Lewis XIV. 0/ f'tafur. 
 
 RoVAL FA^0R1^E. t^ld. 
 
 Ambitious Statesman, 
 
 The Royal Flight, or 
 
 tie Conaucji of hi^hn^, A Farce, 
 
 4to. 1690. — The Title Pajic of 
 
 hii Ficte plainly flaw 5 thcSiil- 
 
 RO 
 
 jert, and Scene of it, it being 
 evidently defign'd to ridicule the 
 Conduft of the unfortunate King 
 Jarnei II, in his Abdication, and 
 tht Author has drawn moft of 
 his Charartcrs without any Dif- 
 guife or Modefty. 
 
 Royal Impostor. Vid. In- 
 nocence betray'd. 
 
 The Royalist. Com. by 
 Tho. Durfey, 410. 1682. —This 
 Play met with good Succefs, but 
 likemoftofth's Author's Pieces 
 is colledled from Novels j Camil- 
 la's Tricks of impofing on her 
 Hufhand Sir Oli'vcr Old-Cut^ for 
 the Love of Sir Charles Kingkve, 
 is borrowed from Boccace''s Decam. 
 Dec. 7. Nov. 9. and the Song of 
 Hfy Boys upgoivf, in the fourth 
 Adt, Ibjlen from an Eclogue 
 printed in ^to. 1644, calFd the 
 Shepherd's Orac.'e. 
 
 '1 he Royal King and th« 
 Loyal Subject. Tragi-Com. 
 by Tlo. Heyivood, 410. 1637.-— 
 This Play was aded with gre.it 
 Applaufc. — The Plot very much 
 rcfemblcs, and is probably bor- 
 rowed from, Fletchers Loyal 
 Subject. — The Scene London, 
 
 The Royal Marriage. 
 Opeta of three Aftb, Anonym, 
 Evo. 1736 — Ti.is PIttte was ne- 
 ver performed, but writlun jn 
 Compliment to the Maniage be- 
 tweto his late Royal Ilighncfs 
 Frederic Princcof If aUs, and Prin- 
 tclij Auguftoy of Saxtgjftti, the 
 prtfcnt Princcfs Dowager of 
 ira'.t. 
 
 The Royal Mahtyr, or 
 fCiftg Charles the Jirft. 'J r.if. by 
 AliX,Fyfe, 410. i7oy — This Play 
 Wis never a^ed, but the .Sabjedt 
 bcfpcaks itfelf. 
 
 Royal Martyr. I'id.TY- 
 R ANNir Love. 
 
 The Defcriftion cf a RovAi. 
 Masq^u r, prefcnt :il at Hafr/'fjn- 
 Court, on the Eighth of Jimf, 
 
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 1604. —This Piece was perfona- 
 ted by the Queen, and eleven of 
 her Ladies o^Honour, Anonym. 
 4to. 1604. 
 
 The Royal MASTE».Tragi- 
 Coml. by Ja. Shirley, 410. 1638. 
 —This Play was afted at the 
 Theatre in Dublin, and before the 
 Lord Lieutenant at the CaAle, 
 and by the feveral Copies of 
 coroplimcntary Verfes prefixed to 
 it, being no lefs than ten in 
 Number, it is probable that it 
 met with Applaufe.— The Scene 
 Naples. 
 
 The Royal Mikchant, or 
 tbe Beggar" I Bvjh. Com. 4to.i7o6. 
 by H. N. (I imagine this to be 
 Utnry Korrix the Comedian.) 
 This Play is only an Alteration 
 from Beaurncnt and Fletcber^t 
 Bkgcar's Bush, and in this 
 altered Formi is now frequently 
 perforincd. — The Scene is laid in 
 Flander:, 
 
 The RovAt MiscHiir. Tr. 
 
 ly Mrs. Bela Riviere Manley^ 410. 
 
 165^. — This Play was afted s*" 
 
 ;lhe Theatre in Liatoln's'hh- 
 
 Fields, with great Applaufe. 
 
 >The Plot, as the Author herfelf 
 informs us in her Preface, is ta- 
 ken from a Jitory in Sir John 
 Chartfift*ti Travels ; but flie has 
 unproved the Catal^rophe, by pu- 
 fiining the criminal Chara£^ers 
 |brthei«- illicit Amours, whereas 
 in tb« original Talc, they arc fuf- 
 fcred to efcapc. The Allegories 
 iait aiejuft, the Metaphors beau- 
 tiful, and ihc j4rij}eteli:in Kn]ct of 
 'the Drama, flrid^ly aJliercd to.— 
 The Scpne, the Caftlc of Phqfia, 
 in Lthmrdian. 
 
 The Royal Oak, by John 
 7atfl>am, 410. 16C0. with other 
 TariotM and delightful Scenes, 
 prcfentcd on the V^ater and the 
 ^and, celebrated in Honour of 
 •he dcfervedly honoured Sir Rieb. 
 -^^Brruin, Bart, Lord Mayor of the 
 
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 City of tendon, Otl. ag, 1660. 
 and performed at the Cofts and 
 Charges of the right Worftiipful 
 the Company of Merchant Taylon. 
 —For the Purpofe of this, and 0. 
 ther Reprefentationsef this Kind. 
 
 nd, LoNDINUM TkiUM> 
 
 rHANa« 
 
 Royal SHtPHKao. FiJ, 
 Aristomenes. 
 
 Royal Shepherdess. Fid, 
 Love's Labyrinth. 
 
 Royal Shepherdess. Fid, 
 Rewards op Virtue. 
 
 The Royal Slave. Tragi- 
 50m. by fFm. Cartwrigbt, 410. 
 1639.— The iirft Reprefentation 
 of this Play, was afted by the 
 Students of Chriji Church in Ox- 
 ford, before King Charles 1. and 
 his Queen, on the 30th of Au^. 
 1636. — And it is very rcmarki- 
 ble that Dr. Bujhy (afterwards the 
 very celebrated Matter of fFeJ}- 
 mnfter School) who a£led a prin- 
 cipal Part in it, (ignalized him- 
 felf fo greatly, as did alfo many 
 r^f his Fellow Students, and the 
 T'hy gave on the whole, fuch ge- 
 iisral Satisfa^ion to their Ma- 
 jeilies and their whole Court, 
 and that not only for the Noble- 
 ncfs of Stile in the Piece \ik\i, 
 and the ready Addrefs and grate- 
 ful Carriage of the Performes, 
 but alfo for the Pomp of the 
 Scenery, the Richnefs of the 
 Habits, and the Excellency of \he 
 Songs, which were fet by that 
 admirable Compofer, Mr. Henry 
 Lawes, that it was univerfally 
 acknowledged to exceed every 
 Thing of that Nature that had 
 been fcen before. — The Queen in 
 particular, was Co exticmely de- 
 lighted with it, that her Curioft- 
 ty was excited to fee her own 
 Serv.ints, whofe ProfelTion it was, 
 reprefcr t the fame Piece, in order 
 to be able, from Comparifon, to 
 foria a juft Idea of the real 
 
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 Merit of the Performance flie had 
 already been Witncfs to. —For 
 which Purpofe (he fent for the 
 Scenes and Habits to Hamfton 
 Court, and commanded her own 
 regular A£lors to prefent the 
 fame, when, by general Confent 
 of every one prefent, the Judg- 
 ment was given in Favour of the 
 literary Performers, tho' nothing 
 was wanting on the Side of the 
 Author, to* inform the A^ors as 
 well as the Scholars, in what be- 
 long'd to the Action and Deli- 
 very of each Part j nor can it be 
 imsgined that there was any De- 
 ficiency in Point of Execution in 
 the former, fiiwe fo much of 
 their Reputation muft have been 
 dependent on their fliewing a Su- 
 periority on that OccaHon. — The 
 Prologues and Epilogues written 
 for both thefe Reprelcntations, 
 arc printed with the Play. 
 Royal Villain. Fid. Per- 
 sian Prikciss. 
 
 Royal Union, yid. Lovx's 
 Tr 1 f M P H . 
 
 The Royal Voyagi, or 
 the Irtfi> Expedition. Tragi-Com. 
 ad^cdin the Years 1689 and 1690, 
 4to. 1690. — The Scene of this 
 Piece is laid in various Places in 
 Ireland, nor can any one be at a 
 Lofs to know the Subject of it, 
 who has the lead Acquaintance 
 with the Affairs of thefe King- 
 doms during that Period.— It was 
 never a£led. 
 
 RuDtNS. Com. tranflated 
 from P/aututf by Lanur. Echard, 
 1694. — This Play, together with 
 two others from the fame Au- 
 thor, are publifhed in a Pocket 
 Volume, and dedicated to Sir 
 Charlci Sed/ey.—Mr. Echard has 
 alfo added critical Remarks to 
 each Play, and a Pnrallel drawn 
 between the Writings of Plautut 
 and Ttremt, the latter of which, 
 u I have obferved in aaotber 
 
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 Place, he has given the World a 
 compleat Tranflation of. 
 
 Ruins or Lovx. Fid, Qu. 
 Catharikz. 
 
 Rule a Wife and have a 
 Wife. Com. hy Beaumont and 
 Fletcber, 410. 1040. — This is 
 a very pleafing Play, and is fre- 
 quently afted at this Time. - ■ ■ 
 The Plot of LfOT's feignM Sim- 
 plicity in order to gain Margarita 
 for a Wife, and his immediate 
 Return to the Exertion of a fpi- 
 rited Behaviour for the Ccntroul 
 of her, create an agreeable Sur- 
 prize, and are truly dramatical. 
 
 The Charaflers of Eftifa- 
 
 JIa and the Copper Captain, are alfo 
 well drawn and livelily fupported. 
 In a Word, this Play, tho' not 
 perfeAly regular, may undoubted- 
 ly ftand in a Rank cf Merit fupe- 
 rior to much the greateft Part of 
 thofe which are daily prefcntcd 
 on our StAge, and that with re- 
 peated Tokens of Approbation. 
 
 The Rump, or ib( Mirrour of 
 the late Timeu Com. by *fobn 
 Tattbam, 4to. 1661.— This Piece 
 was written foon after the Reflo- 
 ration, and the Author, 4>cing a 
 ftrong Royalifl, has endeaToured 
 to paint the Puritans in the 
 itrongcfl and mofl contemptible 
 Coluuts. — rThis Play was revived 
 with Alterations by Mrs. Behn, 
 for which, Fid, Roundneaui^ 
 
 s. 
 
 Sab>nxWar. f^d. KohiV' 
 LVS AND HkrSILIA. 
 
 The Sacrifice Trag, by 
 Sir Frshfis Fantf 4to. 1686. - 
 This Play wai never aAed, the 
 Author having long before devo* 
 ted himfelf to a Country Life, 
 and wanting Patience to attend 
 
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 Tret, however, with the higheft 
 /ipprobaticn from his Cotcmpo- 
 rary Writers ; three of whom, 
 viz. Mr. Tate, Mr. Rolins, and 
 Mrs. lichny h;ive paid it the Tri- 
 bute of complimentary Vcrfes, 
 
 which are publi/hcd with it. 
 
 The f'iot IS founded on the Story 
 of iiajazet and Tarncihne, (and 
 probably might aftord the Hint 
 to Fvfr, Reive, of his admirable 
 Tragedy of I'aMrt'j^eJfor which 
 fee the Life of Ti^mcrlare, by M. 
 D^yijjjgnyi the fame by P. Pi- 
 rcndtn:, KnoHei^it 'Ttirkijh Hiftory 
 of the Life of Bcjazct the firft, 
 and fevcral other Writers — The 
 Scene in a revolted Fort in 
 China, 
 
 The Sad One. Trag. by Sir 
 ychn Suckling. —This Play was 
 never arted, having been left by 
 the Author unfiniflied. — In fhort, 
 it is rather a Sketch or Skeleton 
 of a Play, than an entire Piece j 
 for tho' it confifts of five Afts, 
 and fcems to have fomewhat of a 
 Cataftrophe, yet none of thofe 
 A£l8 are of more than half the 
 uiual Length .; nor is the Subjeft 
 of ?ny one Scene fo much exten- 
 ded on, as it is apparent it was the 
 Author's Intention to have done. 
 
 — The Scene lies in Zicily, 
 The Sad Smiphfrd, or a 
 
 Tale of Robin Hood. A Pafloral. 
 by Btn JorJ'on. This Piece is 
 printed among this Writer's 
 Works, but v as never aftc d, as it 
 was left imperfcA by him at his 
 Death, only two A^ls and part of 
 a third being finiflicd. — The 
 Scene is in SkerHUood, confifting of 
 a Landfcape, o,*' a Foreft, Hills, 
 Valleys, Cottages, a Caftle, a 
 jR'ver, PaOures, Herds, Flocks : 
 —All fullof Countiy Simplicity, 
 •—Rcliri Hood's Bower, his Well } 
 
 — ihc Witch's Dim^Ui the 
 
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 Swine'ard's Oak, the Hermit'3 
 Cel/. 
 
 Sailor's Rkhearsal. l^td. 
 Briton's strike home. 
 
 Saint Cicjly, or tte Con' 
 verted Tivlns. A Chriftian Trag. 
 
 hyE.M 4to. 1666. For the 
 
 Story, confult Eufebius, flaronnn, 
 Epipbanius, and other Writers of 
 Ecclefiaftical Hiftory, anJ the. 
 various Colleftions of the Saints 
 Lives, publift'-d by Authors of the 
 
 Romiyh Church. Scene Rome. 
 
 Saint James's Park. Com. 
 Anonym. 8vo. 1733, — This is 
 a moft paltiy Piece, and was ne- 
 ver aifled. 
 
 Saint James's Park. Fid. 
 Love in a Wood. 
 
 Saint Patrick for Ire- 
 land. Anhiftorical Phv, Anon. 
 1640.— This Play, tho old, is 
 not a very bad one, but is found- 
 ed on fome of the Legends or 
 traditional Stories relating to that 
 Saint in the Iri/h Hiftorians. 
 
 Salamanca Doctor out- 
 w I t t E D. nd. Stolen 
 Heiress. 
 
 SalMACIDA SpoLiA. A 
 
 Mafque, Anonym. 4to. 1639. — 
 This Mafque, tho' printed with- 
 out any Author's Nuinc to it, 
 ought to be arranged among the 
 Works of Sir fVm, Da-ven.tnt, 
 fincc whatever was cither fpokcn 
 or fung in it was written by that 
 Gentleman. — It was prefented by 
 the King and Queen's Majcfties 
 at JVlitehali on 'Iiufdav the r ill 
 of January 1659. — The Scenes 
 and Machines, with their Dc- 
 fcriptions and Ornaments, v.ere 
 invented by higu Jomi, and the 
 Muflck compos'd by Mr. Ltiuii 
 RIcbard. 
 
 Sampson, Ah Oratorio, 
 Anonym. 4to. '743. performed 
 at Covent Gnrdtti Theatre. — The 
 Plot and Story of it is bcfpoken 
 
 is 
 
the Hermit's 
 
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 ill the very Title of the Pie«e. 
 
 Sampson Agonistis. A 
 dramatic Poem, by 'John Milton^ 
 8vo. i6?o. — This Piece, written 
 by our moil fubiime and divine 
 Bard, falls not by any Means 
 (hott of his other Performances, 
 »It is written in Imitation of 
 'he Greek Tragic Poets, more 
 particularly Sofhodes. 
 
 The Author of the Rambler 
 differs greatly from Mr. B. in his 
 C iticifmsonthis Performance of 
 Milton.^— If I remember, he fays, 
 it is an Imitation niher of Efcby 
 lus than Sopho<lei. Vid. RambUr, 
 The Meafure is not regular, be- 
 ing compos'd of every Kind indif- 
 f riminately blended together. The 
 fpeaking Scenes are relieved and 
 explained by Cborufes. and all the 
 flegular Conftraint of Divifion >n> 
 to A£ls and Scenes is totally 
 avoided, the Poem having never 
 been intended by the Author for 
 the Stage, who (Wrongly laboured 
 to render it admirable for the 
 Clofet.— — So noble, fo juft, fo 
 elegant, fo poetical is the Di£lion 
 of it, that the great Mr. Drydtn, 
 whofe Imagination might be fup- 
 po'ed to be equal to that of any 
 Man, has transferred many 
 Thoughts of this Piece into his 
 Tragedy of Aureng-meb. • The 
 Foundation of the Story is in 
 Holy Writ, T/V/. Jintgti, Ch, xiii. 
 and the Scene is hid ut or near 
 the Gates of Gaxa. — I remem- 
 ber to have feen in the PoflTef- 
 fion of a Gentleman in D'*'^ 
 (one Mr. Dixon) an Alteration 
 of this Poem, faid by himfelf to 
 be his own, fo as to render it fit 
 for the Stage; and the fame 
 Gentleman alfo fliewed me a Bill 
 fcr the intended Performance 
 (which was, through forac Dif- 
 putc among the Proprietors of ths 
 Theatre, cnlircly laid afidc) in 
 wliich, from the Number of 
 Chi)ia£lets, and the jppaicnt 
 
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 Strength to fupport fhetn, it ap- 
 peared to have been caft to the 
 greatcft Advantage poffible, every 
 Performer of Importance, whe- 
 ther Aftor, Singer or Dancer, ha- 
 ving fomewhat allotted to them, 
 towards the llluftration of it. — 
 This Reprefentation, if Imiftakc 
 not, was intended for the Year 
 i74i-2> 
 
 Sancho at Court, or the 
 Mock Governor, A Ballad Opew 
 of three A£ls, by Jamet Afres^ 
 8vo. 1741.— This Piece was ne- 
 ver performed at London, nor do 
 I find it mentioned any where 
 but in the Britifi Theatre } from 
 which CircumAance, and its Au- 
 thor's being a Native of Ireland, 
 I conclude it to have been pub- 
 liflied, and not improbably reprc- 
 fented, in Dublin,-— Tht Title it- 
 felf very clearly points out the 
 Subjea of the Plan 
 
 Sapho and Pmao. Com* 
 by John Lylf, ^o» 1584.^— This 
 old IMay was firfl pr^cnted bcfera 
 Queen Efizabetk en « Sbnv 
 TutfJay, and afterwards at the 
 Black Fryars Theatre.— The Plot 
 is taken from OvrVfs Epiftlet* 
 
 Ep. ai. In this firft Edition^ 
 
 and another in 1691, the An* 
 thor's Name is omitted, and the 
 Play was by fome Means or other 
 attributed to Mr. .■CrA. Edwards, 
 ——This Miflak , however, is 
 rectified by the Edition of 1632, 
 in which this and five more Plays 
 by the fame Author were all pub- 
 liihed together in one Volume m 
 Twelves.-' — The Prologues and 
 Epilopues them all are writt.^?. 
 in Profe. 
 
 Sa1 VROMASTIX, or tbtl/H' 
 
 trujfmg the humourous Poet. A 
 Comical Satyr, by tho. Decker^ 
 
 4*0. 1 60a. Tl is Piece is no 
 
 more than a Retail \tion on Ben 
 Jonffr, who, in his Poetaftery had 
 Severely and with a good Deal of 
 lU-Naturc lafli'd our Author un- 
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 der the Charafter of CnfpiintSi 
 which he has in this Play return- 
 ed by introducing Ben under the 
 Title of Ikrace, jun. 
 
 Sawney the Scot, or the 
 Taming of the Shrew. Com. by 
 J'-hn Lacy, 410. 1698. — This is 
 only an Alteration, without muc's 
 Amendment, ot Shaki'jfiax>i^s Co- 
 medy of the Uft-mejitior;ed Ti- 
 
 however, 'fiivh very 
 
 tjc. — It met, 
 good Succef; 
 
 The Savage, or the Force r.f 
 Nature, 8vo. 175;*;. — This P:oce, 
 whiih was never afted, is infcrt- 
 cd by the Author of the Bntijb 
 T'heacra among the Writings of 
 hi-. Jamn Miller y yet I can by 
 n<i ?,!iruii6 help thinking it a 
 ivCiilakc., as I have not the leaft 
 lv(?.meml>!rance of fuch a Piece 
 btiir.g ever mentioned to me, tho' 
 luag intimate in the Family, 
 as being his. — By the Title it is 
 apparently a Trandation> or fome- 
 what like it, of the A'lefuirt 
 Sauv^e of Mr. Dc Vlfit, ano 
 as Mr. Milkr the Year before 
 had aaade Ufe of eynry valuable 
 lociideni' of that Piece in a Co- 
 medy kc had brought on the 
 Stagej, bat which failed of Sue- 
 cefS;, called ^tt and Nature, it is 
 not very probable that he fliould 
 fo immediately afterwards pro- 
 ceed on the fame Plan again, or 
 put himlielf to the Trouble of a 
 Tranfiktioi) for ihe Prefs alone, 
 of a Piece which he had but jull 
 before paraphrafcd ;ind extended 
 upon for the Stag;. — it is there- 
 fore much more probable that it 
 was the Wo-k '♦f fome other 
 Pel Ion, who imagined ihat on the 
 Strength of Mr. MiHers Play it 
 »: ht not be difagrecable to *H« 
 P • ."c to fee M. I):I/I/Je'^ Far • 
 i . :1j original Form. 
 
 Saul. An Orjtcrio. A;ior 
 410. 1738. — This Piece was wr 
 to Miific by Hut del, and pcrtorni- 
 «d at the King'ii Theatre in the 
 
 s c 
 
 Haymariet.'^Mi rai>\fcornW Kc- 
 havicur in Aft I. Score II. ij « 
 Hint bo. ttuvrd ficm Cva:ly^sDa- 
 'vidie%„ but ha- nn Fouru.'ition in 
 the facred K:{l:ory. 
 
 S/'^wL. .«rag. Anonym, 8vo. 
 1730.— Of ih'- I Vno'A ja. -lore 
 than U!ceting wit?) the N:i'*j;c of 
 it amori'. the Publications cf that 
 Vcar. 
 
 bAut. Trag. by Aarw Hr.'l, 
 —Of tJjiG intended '^'ragt'y the 
 Author finiiTied no inc-rc than one 
 Ail, vvhich is to be KrarA in the 
 ]:<i\ Volunric o' is Works pub- 
 liihed in ,1 Volu^nes, Evo. 
 
 ScANDERBEG. Trag. by 
 Wm. Havard, 8vo. 1 71 1.— -This 
 P];^y is built on the fame Plan 
 with Lino's Chrijiian Hero, being 
 built on the Life of the famous 
 George Cajirioty King of Epirus, 
 who, on account of his iUuftri- 
 ous Anions, which in great 
 Meafure refembled thofe of AleX' 
 awder the Great, had the Title cf 
 Siatdit^ (or Lord Alexander) 
 univtrfally aUoiwed to him.— -It 
 was u^ed at tfat Theatre iaGo^d- 
 mettt't fields, but with no very, 
 great Succefs. 
 
 ScANDSRBXG, or Love and 
 Liberty, by Tbo, Whittcop, 8vo. 
 1749. — This Tri^gedy has the 
 fame Foundation for its Plot with 
 the laft-mentioncd one, but has 
 kept much clofer to t'le Hiftory. 
 ——It was never af ed, but was 
 publifticd by Subicription after 
 the Author's Death, for the Be- 
 nefit of the Widow. —Annexed 
 to jf is a Lift of the Etiglijh Dra- 
 ma iC; \uthors, with fome Ac- 
 f' vf their Lives and W. ..- 
 
 j:V , vhich, the' in general ful- 
 lan moft of the Lifts of that 
 •.d, by coming down nearer to 
 f:.'. prefent Time, yet is 1 •; no 
 Means cither compl^at or coiredl. 
 
 •, 1 the P-eface great Fault is 
 i\ n. with Mr. Hiivard's Play 
 *b.,v mentioned, and fome Cen- 
 
 lurt 
 
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 furc thrown on Mr. Lilloy and an fully examine Cir/jjk's Foitum 
 
 Infinuation given of his not hav- Hunters, the Cha^^arter of Dare- 
 
 ing afted with perfeifl Candour dtvil in Otiuay's SolJien Fo'-tum, 
 
 tf> the Author : but with what and thofo of Sir Thomas Rci>ft 
 
 Juftice I ihall not pretend to de- and his Son in Mountford^s Cn\-n- 
 
 L.'rminc. wich Park, 
 
 Scaramouch a Philofophery The School Boy's IVIasque. 
 
 Ha3 r, ECLUiN a 6V/&o3|-/?oy, 5r^- Defign'd for the Diverfion of 
 
 vo 
 
 Merchant and Magician. 
 Com. by Ed'^v. Ravenfcroft, 4to. 
 
 1677. The Author boafts of 
 
 huving written this Piec« after 
 the Italian Manner, and by that 
 Means b'"ought a new Species of 
 Diinrr^ on the Er.glijh Stage, but 
 complains in his Prologue of hav- 
 ing been foreftalled by the Re- 
 prefcntution of Ctivayi'i Cheats of 
 Scapin, at the Duke's Pioufe. — 
 Yet it is certain that this Co- 
 meuy is mac'.e up ot the com- 
 pounded Plots of tliree Plays of 
 MoHere, viz. the Marriage Force, 
 the Burffcois Gentilhovime, aiid the 
 Fouvheries de Scapir.-—li^y, Lang- 
 hatne goes fo far as to challenge 
 tlic Author to prove any Part of 
 a Scene in it that can be called 
 
 the genuine Offspring of his own 
 
 Briin, Ailing him rather the 
 
 Midwife than Parent of the 
 
 Piece, 
 The School Boy, or the 
 
 Comical Rival, A Farce of two 
 
 Acls, ' y C. Cipher, I2mo. 1720. 
 
 —This Farce h little more than 
 
 tlic Plot of Maji r Rakijb and his lude. Anonym. 8vo. 
 
 Son, and the WidovV Manh've in 
 
 Woman'' s ffit, or tbe Lady in 
 
 Ftjbion, a Comedy, written by 
 
 the fame Author, taken f^erba- 
 
 tim im(< thrown by itfelf into 
 
 •t... , T/no*':; Farrt, under which 
 ; pearance it hr*'^. better Succcfs 
 
 t'lan the entire Co»Acdy, and is 
 
 now frequently performed, \vhc> - 
 
 as the other has been long thrown 
 
 entirely fide. — The Cha^aftorsof 
 
 Young Rakijh and the Major arc 
 
 themfelves in great Mcafurc to be 
 
 confidcred as Copiw, as' «ny one 
 
 WAV be convinced who will care- 
 
 Youth and their Excitement to 
 Learning. Anonym. 8vo. 1742. 
 School Bo v's Opera. Fid, 
 Chuck. 
 
 A School for Husbands, 
 Com. by J. Ozell.— This is only 
 a Tranllation of Moliere's Eco'e 
 des Maris, 
 
 School for Women. Com, 
 by Ditto. — This is a Tranflation 
 from the Sale dcs Fcmnies of the 
 fame Author. As is alfo • 
 
 The School for Women 
 CRiTiciz'n, of a little Piece 
 caird the Critique de VEc(ile da 
 Femmes, written likewife by Mo- 
 lierc, and cnglifhed by the faine 
 Gentleman.— —Neither of thefe 
 three laft Pieces were ever in- 
 tended for the Englij}} Stage in 
 their prefent Form, being only 
 Traoflations calculated for the ac- 
 quiring an Acquaintance with 
 that celebrated French Poet in the 
 Clofet. 
 
 School or Compliments. 
 yid. Love Tricks, 
 
 School Play. An Inter- 
 1664.—— 
 This little Piece, which confifts 
 of only five Sctiies, was prepared 
 for and performed in, a private 
 Grammar School in Middlefex in 
 the '1 eat iJSj, and I fuppofe 
 was wri'^'-en by the Mafter of the 
 faid School, — In it is pp.'fented the 
 Anonrlaly of the chiofeft Part of 
 Grammar, and it h accj-nmo- 
 dat^d tc thr.t Book which the 
 Author fays is of the moft UTe 
 and heft Authority in Ef^land, 
 Z'-'m, the Gramtratica Rcgia, 
 
 SciPio, An Itfilian Opera, 
 Anonymt 8vo, i726.-~— This 
 
 Pict? 
 
 Mi 
 
' 1. 11 i- 
 
 I . 
 
 hill 
 
 s c 
 
 Piece was performed at the King's 
 Theatre in the Haymarht. — The 
 Author confefles the firft Hint 
 of this Drania> and fome Lines in 
 it to be borrowed, but declares 
 that what otherv/ife relates cither 
 to the Plot irfeif, or the Di£lion 
 through the whole* is entirely 
 new.— The Scene is laid in Ntiv 
 Carthage, and the Mufic com- 
 pofed by Handel, 
 
 SciPio AfricanxTs. Trag. 
 by Cha. Beekingham, izmo. 1717. 
 ——This Play was a£led at the 
 Theatre in Lincoln' i- Inn- Fields 
 with confiderable Succefs, and 
 dcfervedly. — For tho' the Author 
 was not above ninetccji Years of 
 Age when he wrote it, yet he has 
 been happy in his Diction, pro- 
 per in his Exprc^lTions, and juft 
 in his Sentiments. — His Plot is 
 founded on hiftorical Fa£ls, and 
 thofe fuch as arc well fuitcd to 
 j^orm the Subjedl of r. dramatic 
 Piece. wHis A£lion is uniform 
 and entire, his Epifodes judicious, 
 his Characters well drawn, and 
 his Unities perfeftly preferved. — 
 So that, on the whole, it may 
 certainly be pronounced an excel- 
 lent Tragedy, conformablt to the 
 Rules of the Drama and the Pre- 
 cepts of modern Criticifm. 
 
 TheScouNFUi Lady. Com^ 
 by Btaumont and Fletcberf 4to. 
 J 6» 5.— This Play was efteemed 
 an exceeding good one, and even 
 within very late Years has been 
 frequently performed with great 
 Applaufe.— Yet Mr. Dryden, in 
 his Dramatic EJJ'ay, p. 35, finds 
 Faul with it /or warn of Art in 
 the Conclufion, with Reference 
 to Morecraft the Ufurer, whofe 
 Converfion, as he obferves, leeir.s 
 ft little forc*d. — The Scene lies 
 in Ltndon, 
 
 TheScols FiGARiKS, or ^ 
 Knot of Knavt$. Com. hy John 
 Tah'bam, 4U). 165a.— Tbif Flay 
 
 S E 
 
 is great Part of it written in the 
 Scorcb Dialedt, and the Author, 
 who was a flrong Cavalier, and 
 had the higheft Deteftation for 
 the Scots, has diawn the Charac- 
 ters of them and of the Puritans 
 in this Piece in very contemp- 
 tible as well as hateful Colours. 
 
 The Scottish Politic- 
 Presbyter StAIN BY AN 
 English Independent, or 
 The Independent's Vicic-y o-ver tbt 
 Prejbyterian Party, ats. Tragi- 
 Com. Anonym. 4to, 1647.— 
 This is one among the numerous 
 farcaftical Pieces which the Dil'.. 
 turbances and Heartburnings botli 
 in Church and State of that un- 
 happy Period gave Birth to. 
 
 Scourge for Simony, 
 Vid. Return from Pa«- 
 
 NASSUS, 
 
 The Scowrer ■. Com. by 
 TT}o. Shadivcll, 4tc. 1692.— This 
 Play contains a grea'. deal of low 
 Humour, yet, ?'tko' Langbaint 
 entirely acquits our Author of 
 Plagiary with IWfpeft to it, the 
 Character of Eugenia feems to be 
 pretty clofely copied from Harriit 
 in Sir George Etbertge's Man of 
 Mode. 
 
 Scythian Shepherd. Fid, 
 
 TATiBERLAIN THE GjlEAT. 
 
 The Sea Voyage. Com. 
 by Beaumont and Flettber, Fol. 
 1679. — T^^ Defign of this Play 
 is borrowed from Shakefpeare's 
 Tempeji, and the Scene lies, as it 
 does in that Play, f)r{l at Sta, 
 and afterwards on a Defert Ijland. 
 —It was revived with confider- 
 able Alterations for the worfe by 
 Mt.Durfey^n 1686. 
 
 Secret Lovk, or the Maiden 
 Slueen. Tragi-Com. by J. Dry 
 den, 4tc. 1679.-- The Plot of the 
 '"''•ious Part of this Play is found- 
 (^ cr Novel call'd the Hiltory 
 of tj, . ■ e Queen ' ' .rintb^ 
 Pirt 7 li^k 7. under whofe 
 
 Chara^cr 
 
S E 
 
 Chiira£ler that of the celebrated 
 Chrijiina of Sweden has been con- 
 fidently affirmed to be reprefent- 
 ed. — The Charafters of Celadotiy 
 llorimely Olinda and Sabina arc 
 borrowed from the Hiftory of 
 Pijijlrata and Corintha'm thsGrauJ 
 C^rus, Part 9. Book 3. And that 
 of the French Mi rquis from Ura- 
 Htn, Part z. Book i.— — The 
 Scene laid in Siei'ly. 
 
 Skjanus. Trag. by Francis 
 Gentleman, 8vo. 1751.— — This 
 Tragedy is an Alteration of Bea 
 Jmfons Play, of which anon.— 
 It never made its Appearance on 
 either of the London Theatres, 
 but if I do not miftak* ^ i have 
 heard it wa^'afted ?t Bath with 
 fome Degree of Afjjlaufe. 
 
 SijANus HIS Fall. Trag. 
 \iy Ben Jonfon, 4X0. 1 60 5. — This 
 Play was u/her*d into the World 
 by no lefs than nine Copies of 
 commendatory Verfes, and has 
 indeed a great Share of Merit.— 
 The Plot is founded on Hiftory, 
 the Story being to be feen in 
 Jack. Annali and Suetonius'^ Life 
 of 7H>erius.-——Thc Author has 
 difplayed great Learning, and 
 made an advantageous Ufe of his 
 Acquaintance": with the Ancients, 
 yet fearful, as I* fliould fcem by 
 the Preface, of beiig taxed Sy the 
 Critics with a Plag'arifm which 
 he thought himfelf by no Means 
 entitled to be aftiamedof, he has 
 pointed all his Quotations and 
 Authorities throughout. 
 
 Selimvs Emperor of the 
 Turks. Tr?,g. by Tho. Goffe, 
 4to. 1638. — —The Plot of this 
 Play is taken from the Turkijh 
 Hii jries of the Reikn of th?: Em- 
 peror Selimui I.— Ah the Writers 
 feem ^>' >itful whether it as 
 tvtr ' or not, arvd indee ! it 
 feer;.^ j. iV'tnc Meafure inccun* 
 plet^, tr)<<Aut)ior himfelf calling 
 u a Arft Pan, ^iid in his Conclu- 
 
 S E 
 
 Hon promifing a fecond, whicll 
 however never made its Appear- 
 ance to the World, 
 
 The SiLF Rival. Com. by 
 Mrs, Mary Davys. — This Piece 
 was never afted, but was intend- 
 ed for the Theat, Royal in Drury 
 Lane.— —It is printed with ano- 
 ther Play and the reft of this La- 
 dy's Works, which were publiA- 
 ed, avol. 8vo. 1725.— -The Scene 
 London. 
 
 The Self Tormentor* 
 Com. by Terence. — This is tranf- 
 lated by Ecbard, Patrick, Ber- 
 nard, &c. but by none of them 
 
 intended for the Stage. Yet 
 
 Moliere feems to have made fome 
 Ufe of the Charafter of the Self 
 Tormentor in the Formation of hit 
 Mifanthrofe, which Wycberley has 
 plfo in fome Meauire copied 
 again in the Capt. Mattly of his 
 Plain Dealer, 
 
 Sei-indra. Tragi-Com. by 
 Sir Wm. Killigrew, Fol. 1666. >^ 
 Scene Byzantium, 
 
 Se -iii. An Opera, by 
 PT, Ccngreve, — This fliogrt Piece 
 was never prefentcJ on the The- 
 atre, 1 1 1 is printed with his o- 
 ther Works, 8vo. 1710. 
 
 i5/"ri6e Sepulture and Re- 
 S'JRRECTION. Two Comedies, 
 by Bifliop h.:^!e. — ^^— Thefc two 
 Pieces ftand on the Lift this Right 
 Reverend Father has given us of 
 his own Writings, and which is 
 all the Information we have con- 
 cerning them. -Yet I canjvi- 
 
 here avoid dropping one Obfttvi- 
 tion, which is, that in the Ti- 
 tles of thefe and fome other of 
 the very early Writings of this 
 ^ Kind, wc frequently find the 
 Name of Comedy given to Pieces, 
 whofe Subjedls are apparently of 
 fo very grave and ferious a Nature, 
 as by no Means to admit of the 
 ler.ft Suppofitlon of Humour or 
 Picafantry ^ling thrown into 
 V them 
 
 -1. ■! 
 
 i „ 
 
 I 
 
 : 
 
 ■fi 
 
 i! 
 
 HM 
 
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 ■I ' . ! !•( 
 
 • < s 
 
 lia: 
 
 ; A ) 
 
 I 
 
 I ■ -li 
 
 ' mA 
 
 S £ 
 
 them ; I cannot help . therefore 
 fconjeftiiring that the Word _Co- 
 wafy had not at that Tinie the 
 lirnited Senfe it has at prefent, 
 tat muft in all Probability have 
 h:v\ ';: c ufual Term to exprefs 
 what V fc now mean by a Play in 
 general, and this feems the more 
 prolublc, finceto this Day it con- 
 veys the very fame Senfe in cer- 
 tain Inftanc'fes in another' Lan- 
 jguagpj where the vifiting the 
 Theatre, b'' l^.r !\<. . c cora'" or 
 or tragic, is frequently expreded 
 by the Phrafe Jlller a la Comdie, 
 
 Sertorius. Trag. hy John 
 Sancroft y ^to. 1679. — The Plot 
 of this Tragedy is founded on Plu- 
 tarcys Life of Sertorius, Velleiui 
 Taterculus, F/orus, and other Hi- 
 ftorians. — The Scene lies in Lu- 
 JItaniat and the Epilogue is' writ- 
 ten by l?<ri/^K/iro/>.—- The elder 
 Cornetlle has written a Play on the 
 fame Subjeft. but Mr. Bancroft 
 docs not ittxn to have borrowed 
 Shy Thing from him. 
 
 The Seven Champions of 
 Christendome. a Play, by 
 
 John Kit-he, 4to. 1638. The 
 
 Plot of this Piece is taken from 
 a well known Book in Profe 
 whic':^ bears the fame Title, and 
 from Heylin's Hiftory of St. 
 Ceor^e^—lX. is written in a mixed 
 Stile, for which the Author hi.nj - 
 felf apologizes in hisEpiftlededica- 
 tbry, by obferving that the^ature 
 6i the Work being Hiftory, it con- 
 flftsofmany Parts, not walking in 
 <Jne dirndl Path of Comedy or 
 Trigedy, but having a larger 
 Field to *-.' e, which /hould yield 
 rtbre I'i ire to the Reader j 
 Novelty and V riety being the 
 only Objefts thcle our Times are 
 taken vi^ith. — The Tragedy may 
 be too dull and folid ; the Co- 
 medy too fharp apd bittei^; but 
 « weil-mixed Portion of either, 
 
 S H 
 
 doubtlefs would make the fwoet. 
 eft Harmony. 
 
 Seventeen Hundred and 
 Fifty Seven. Vid. Mali, 
 
 COQJUET. 
 
 Several Wits, Com. liy 
 the Dutchefs of I^'." "^aflUy Fol. 
 i66z. 
 
 Lodvwick Sforza, Duke of 
 Mi LAIN. Trag. by Hcb.Gc,. . 
 mrfaly 8vo. 163 3. — The Story 
 ofthisPlay is to be found in C;/;:. 
 ciardini Pbtlip de Ccmitia, aud 
 J^iemeray in the Reign of Charkt 
 yni. of Fr^»«. — The Scene 
 Milain. 
 
 The Sham Beggar. Com. 
 in two Afts, Anonym. 8vo. 
 1756.^ — ^^'Ws little Piece never I 
 vv^as a£led. 
 
 Sham Doctor. Vid. Ana- 
 tomist. 
 
 Sham Captain. /?</. 
 BoAKDiKG School. 
 
 The Sham Lawyer, or (/■; | 
 Luckx Extravagant, Com. by 
 Tit. Jfl. Drake, 410. 1697. — Thu 
 Play is moftly borroweci f. .n two I 
 Comedies of Beaumont and ''letch. 
 er, viz. the Spanijh Curate, and I 
 IVit without Money, ■ -—Th" n- 
 Title of this Play having :i Re- 1 
 ferencc to the Plot of th- for- 
 mer, and the fecond to that of I 
 the latter of thefe Comedies,— ! 
 The Scene laid in London, 
 
 Sham Mar q.u i s. Vli \ 
 Younger Brother. 
 
 The Sham Prince, oriV«w| 
 from Pajfau, Com. by Cha. Shad- 
 nvell, i2mo. 1720. — This Play 
 wac written in five Days, and I 
 acted ip jDwMn— The DefignofI 
 it being to expofe a public Cheat, | 
 who had at that Time paf 
 himfelf on the Irijh Nation as al 
 Perfon of the firft Importance,! 
 ^nd by that Means impofcd oni 
 many to their great Lofs and Iji* 
 jury ,>*— The Scene is laid in I 
 
 DublitX 
 
N Hundred and 
 N. Vid. Mali, 
 
 Wits. Com. by 
 of K." 'raflle, Fol. 
 
 PORZA, Duke of 
 
 rag, by kcb. Go- 
 1633. — The Story 
 to be found in Guic- 
 de CcmitKiy atsd 
 le Reign of Charki 
 mce» — The Scene 
 
 :tor. yid. Ana- 
 
 S H 
 
 Ouhlin, and tlie Time of Adion 
 five Hours. 
 Sham Wedding, f-'id. Ar- 
 
 fARI TION. 
 
 The Sharper. Com. by 
 Michael C/ar.ry., — This Play was 
 never a<5led, nor I believe intend- 
 ed for the Stage, nor do. I know 
 ■uflly the Date of its Publication. 
 —The Plot of it is founded on 
 fome of the Exploits of the infa- 
 mc'ifly famous Colonel Chartres, 
 
 The Sharpers. A Ballad 
 Opera, by Mattheio Gardiner^ 
 ho, 1740. — This Piece is by an 
 Irijh Author, and therefore might 
 poilibly be both publifh.ed and 
 peiforme4 in Dubhrt, but I do 
 not find it talcen Notice of in any 
 cf the Englifl) Ififls, nor indeed 
 »ny where but by the Author oif 
 the Britifilhtatre^ 
 
 Sheef Shearing. Vid, 
 SoutkwarkJJFair, 
 
 The She GALtANTf* Com* 
 by Lord LanfdmvtUf 4to. 1696, 
 — ThisCorr.edy was written when 
 the Author was extrpmely young, 
 yet contains an infinity deal of 
 Wh, fine Satire, and great 
 Knowledge of Manidnd. — It was 
 aflpil with great Applaufe, not- 
 withftanding that Envy of its 
 Merit raifed a Party againft it, 
 who roifreprefented it, asdcfign- 
 ing, in fome of thi Charaftess, to 
 reileit on particular Perfom, and 
 more efpecially on the Govern- 
 ment J but when it comes to be 
 confidered that it was written a- 
 bovc a Doi^eo Years before it was 
 performed, and at a Time when 
 r.either the fame Government 
 lubiifled, nor the Pcrfons fup- 
 pos'd to be aimed at had b^en any 
 Way noted; and that moreover It 
 was not compos'd with any De- 
 fign to be made public, but only 
 as a private Amuf(?ment, any im- 
 partial Judge niuft furely acquit 
 his LorJfliip of the Charge laid 
 
 S H 
 
 againft him. — Part of the Epifode 
 of the font- Sijien f>;ems borrow- 
 ed fiom the French Marquii in the 
 Romance of Jhrahlm, 
 
 Shepherd's Holiday. Vid, 
 Pans Anniversary. 
 
 The Shepherd's Lottery. 
 A Mufical Entertainment, bjf 
 Mr. Mendez, 8vo. 1752.— This 
 Httlc Piece is in the fame Stile 
 of Writing with the Cbaplet, an- 
 other Piece of the fame Author, 
 but I do not think it quite equal 
 to it.— There are, however, fe^ 
 vcral pretty Songs in it, and tht 
 MuHcal Compofition is very plea- 
 fing.— It met with good Succefs 
 at firft, but has not been often re> 
 peated, fince the Seafon it made 
 its Appearance in. 
 
 TheSHlPHERD'sPARADICK. 
 
 A Paftoral, by fValter Montague^ 
 8vo. 16*9.— This Piece was aft- 
 cd privately before King Charles I. 
 by the Queen and her Ladies of 
 Honour, whofe Names are fet 
 down in the Dramatis Perfona, 
 —It is, however, very defervedly 
 ridicul'd by Sir John Suckling in 
 his Sejieas o/" the PfietSj as being 
 perfeftly unintelligible. 
 
 She VENTURES AND HK 
 
 WINS. Com, 4to. 1696.— This 
 Play, was written by a young La-, 
 dy who figns herfelf Anadne.-^ 
 The Scene lies in London^ and the 
 Plot is taken from a Novel writ- 
 ten by Mr. Oldis, cail.d the Fait 
 Extravagantt or th? H-tmurous 
 Bride, Mr. Mottevx wrote the 
 Epilogue. 
 
 She wou'd \t she cou*d. 
 Com. by Sir Geo. Etberidge^ \Xo, 
 i668i— This Play has been for 
 fome Time laid afide, yet it is 
 undoubtedly a very good one, and 
 at the Time U wa« written was 
 eftecmcd as one of the firft Rank. 
 — Nay, Shadviellf in the Preface 
 to his HumourifiSf decUires it, t9 
 be the beft Dramatic Piece pro- 
 U a duced' 
 
 'I ' 
 
 U I 
 
 ', t 
 
 • 5 
 
[l,^ 
 
 "llii 
 
 > ,- 
 
 V , 
 
 S I 
 
 duccd from the Rcftoratlon of the 
 Stage to that Time. 
 
 She wou'd andshe wou'd 
 NOT, or the Kind Impojior. Com. 
 by C. Cibbery 4to. 1703. — This 
 18 a very bufy, fprightly and en- 
 tertaining Comedy, but the Plot 
 of it is borrowed either from Leo- 
 nardos CourterfeitSf or elfe from 
 the Novel of the trapatitrer tra- 
 fannedy on which that Comedy 
 itfelf was built. — The Scene lies 
 at Madrid, 
 
 A Shoemaker^s a Gen> 
 TLEMAN. Com. hy Wm. Row- 
 iey, 4to. 1638.— -The Plot of this 
 M.iy is founded on a Novel in 
 4to. called i'rifptn and Crifpianus, 
 or tbe lliftory of the Gentle Craft, 
 —It confifts of a good deal of low 
 Humour, and it appears by Lang- 
 haine to have been a great Favo- 
 rite among the Arolling Compa- 
 nies in the Country, and that 
 6>me of the mofl- comical Scenes 
 in it ufed commonly to be fele£t> 
 ed out, and performed by Way 
 of Droll at Bartholomew aiid South- 
 toat.k Fairs. 
 
 The Shoemaker*s Holi« 
 DAY, or the Gentle Craft, loitb 
 the humourous Life o/" Simon Eyre, 
 Shoemaker and Lord Mayor of Lon- 
 don. Com. Anonym. 410. 1610. 
 <i— This Play has been attributed 
 to Dr. Barton Holiday.— -\t is de- 
 dicated to all Good Fellows, Fro- 
 fefj'ors of the Gente Craft, of •ivhat 
 Degree foever, and in the Dedica- 
 tion, the Argument of the Piece 
 is laid down. — It is printed in the 
 Black Letter, and not divided in- 
 to A£ls, and is moft probably the 
 Bafis of the foregoing Play. 
 Shoentaker retvrn'd to 
 
 HIS TCADE. Fid. HewSON 
 
 reImic'd. 
 
 S 1 c E L 1 DES. A Pifcatory 
 D ama or Paftoral, by Phineas 
 lietcher, 4to. 1681. — This Piece 
 was aited in King^i College, Cam- 
 
 S I 
 
 bridge, and is printed without any 
 
 Author's Name. The ferioui 
 
 Parts of it are moftly written in 
 Rhyme, with Chorufes between 
 the A£ls. — Perindus's telling ^». 
 milltis the Story of Glaucus Scylk 
 and Circe in the firft Atft, is taken 
 from Ovid's Metam, Lib. 11 -^ 
 And Jtychus's fighting with and 
 ki.ling the Ork that wae to have 
 devoured Olynda, is an Imitation 
 of the Story of Perfcus and An- 
 dromeda in Ovid's Mttam, Book 4, 
 or the Deliverance of j^ngelica 
 from the Monfter by Ruggiero, in 
 the Orlando furiojo. Cant, ic— . 
 The Scene lies in Sicily, the Time 
 two Hours. 
 
 TheSicJtiAN, orLovemahi 
 a Painter, by J. 0»*//.— This is 
 a Tranflation for the Clofet only 
 of M.oliere's Sicilien ou V Amour 
 Peintrey not intended for the 
 Stage ; but Mr. Crown in his 
 Country Wit, and Sir Rich. Stale 
 in his Tender Hujband, have both 
 borrowed Incidents, and indeed 
 whole Scenes from this Play.— It 
 confifts of twenty Scenes, not 
 divided into A£ls } and tbe Scene 
 is in Sicily, 
 
 The Sicilian Usurper, 
 Trag. by N. Tate, 410. 1691.— 
 This is nothing more than an 
 Alteration of Sbakefpeare' s Rich- 
 ard II.— -It was never adled, hav- 
 ing been forbidden by Authority; 
 on which Account the Author 
 has added to it a prefatory EpiAle 
 in Vindication of himfelf, with 
 Refpeft to the faid Prohibition. 
 —The Scene is laid in England. 
 Sicily and Naples, or ik 
 Fatal Union. Trag. by 5'. //. 
 4to. 1640. — This Play is recom- 
 mended by feven Copies of Verfes 
 
 prefixed to it, • The Scene 
 
 Naples, 
 
 Sick Lady's Cure. Vtd, 
 DovBLE Gallant. 
 The SiEGi. Tra.-Com. by Sir 
 • ■ iVm, 
 
 t\ 
 
; I 
 
 •inted without any 
 
 • The ferioui 
 
 moftly written in 
 Chorufes between 
 'ndus's telling A • 
 of G/aucus Scy/Ia 
 firft Aa, is taken 
 ktam. Lib. 12 -, 
 fighting with and 
 that wae to have 
 r, is an Imitation 
 f Perfeui and An- 
 'fsMetam. Book 4. 
 ance of Angelica 
 er by Ruggiero, in 
 
 r's Cure. 
 
 yid, 
 
 lANT. 
 
 
 Tra..Coin. 
 
 bv Sir 
 
 
 'lf>n. 
 
 S I 
 
 Jf'pt. Davetiatit, Fol. 1679,— •- 
 Scene Pifa. 
 
 The SiKG E, or Lovis Con-vert. 
 Tragi-Com. by TVm. Ctfrtwiightf 
 410. 1 64 1. — This Play is dedi- 
 cated in Veiic to BLing CLar/es I, 
 —The Scene lies at Byxantium, 
 and the Story of Mijandcr and 
 laicatia is founded oh that of 
 raufaniascr.d CUouice in PlutanFs 
 Lile of Cymcn, as is the Injunc- 
 tion which the rich Widow Py/e 
 ir.ys upon her Lovers in the Dc' 
 cumeron cf Bnccace, Dec, 9, Nov. I, 
 
 Siege of Antwerp, Fid, 
 Alarm for London. 
 
 The -lEGE of AQ_unEiA. 
 Trag. '^v y' Hume, 8vo. 1759. 
 —This i'ieie was performed with 
 Siiccels at the Th, Roy. uiDruiy 
 
 lane. It is the third and laft 
 
 critnatic Piece produced by this 
 
 Qctledonian Bard. It ii greatly 
 
 frtfcrable to the Agis , but 
 much inferior to the Doiiglai of 
 the fame Author.— Fronr* the Ti- 
 \h one would reafonably expe£l 
 to find in it the feveral Circum- 
 ilunccs of the Siege whofe Title 
 it beais, when the City of Aqui- 
 kia viis held out by the Legions 
 o\ Cvniiii/.us againlt the Gigantic 
 Tyrant Maxhniu : and futh from 
 the firft fctting out of it, we are 
 permitted to expcft; but every In- 
 cident in this Play deviates from 
 the hiftorical Fa<fts which we 
 hive on Record in Regard to that 
 .Sieg/', yet as they all agree with 
 thole of one much nearer to our 
 own Times, and nearer conneft- 
 fd with the Hiftory of the Au- 
 thor's own Country, visi. the 
 Siege of Ber^'ick, defended by 
 Sctcn againft the Arms of our 
 Edward III. it is not furely an 
 improbable ConjeiVure to fuppofe 
 that Dr. Hi<fpe received his firft 
 I Hint from that Story j but as by 
 purfuing the Story under the real 
 Cliaraflcrs he muft have painted 
 
 SI 
 
 one of our Eng/i/b Monarchj 
 (and him indeed one clafs'd 4- 
 mongfl the Heroes of the Bn'tijb 
 Annals) in the Light in which 
 in more than this one Inft .ncc 
 he appear'd to be, viz. a Tyrant, 
 and an Excrter of brutal Power, 
 without any Confidcrniion of the 
 Feelings of Humanity J he chofc, 
 rather than pay fo ill a Compli- 
 ment to an Englijh Audienct, to 
 prefcrvc the Circumftances only, 
 changing the Sceiics of Aftion to 
 one that had fome little Kind of 
 Analoj;y with it. — The Unities 
 arc wt-11 prefcrved, a.id fome of 
 the fen'imental Parts of the Lan- 
 guage are fine. But on the 
 
 whole, the Incidents are too few, 
 the Diftrcfs too much th:'. faitje 
 from Beginning to End, and the 
 Cataftrophe too early pointed cut 
 to the Audience. — BeHdes which, 
 it rnay be added, that the Cha- 
 racter of JEviliui bears too ftrong 
 a Refemblance to that of the Old 
 Horatiui in Whitehead' i Roman 
 Father, t^p' it would be paying 
 the laft-nam'd Character too ill a 
 Compliment to fet this in Point 
 of Execution in any Degree of 
 Competition with it. 
 
 The SiFGE OF Babylon. 
 Tragi-Com. by Sam. Pordage^ 
 4to. 1678.— This Play is found- 
 ed on the Romance of Cajfandra, 
 — The Siege lies in Babylon^ and 
 the Fields adjacent. 
 
 The Siege of Constanti- 
 nople. Trag. 4to. 1675.-— 
 This Play, tho' publiflied Ano- 
 nymous, is faid by Dcnvnes, in 
 the Rofcii i Ang'icanus, to be writ- 
 ten by Ncvil Paine. — The Plot 
 may be found by perufing Hey' 
 Uni Cosmography, Knollei'i Tut-' 
 
 kijh Hijloiy, &c. The Scene 
 
 Conjiantinople. 
 
 The Siege of Damascus. 
 
 Trag. hy John Hughes, ^KO^ 1721. 
 
 •—This Play was, and ftiU con- 
 
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 it can be faid to 
 
 affefting. If 
 
 have a Fault, it is that the Au- 
 thor has brought his Hero into 
 an Eiftbarras that nothing but 
 Death -can poflibly extricate him 
 from.-^Yet on the whole it may 
 certainly be ranked in the very 
 firft Degree of Merit of our mo- 
 dern Tragedies.— —The Author 
 died during the Run of this Play. 
 
 The Siege OF Derry. Tr.- 
 Com. Anonym. 1692. — This is 
 an exceflivc bad Play, and was 
 never a£ted ; but as it was writ- 
 ten very near the Period the 
 Tranfaftion of which it defcribcs, 
 no bad Idea may be formed from 
 it of the Diftrefles which the 
 Carrifon and Inhabitants of that 
 City underwent during that fa 
 jnous Siege.— See further under 
 pjETV AND Valour. 
 
 The SiETE of Mr m phis, 
 ©r the Ambitioui ^eert. Trag. by 
 7bo. Durfeyy 410. 1676. — This 
 Flay is written in heroic Verfe, 
 and as Mr. Durf'-ys Genius ap- 
 parently lay much more to Co- 
 mic Humour than Tragic Power, 
 
 ■ U is not much to be wondt-r'd 
 that he fliould, in his Attempts 
 
 ,.«f the latter Kind, run into 
 
 ' Ibraewhatof FuOiaii and Bombaft. 
 
 —However, the Judgment of an 
 
 s AiidVite, which on the vk hole is 
 
 ■ ^ercr 'Iv ripht, pointed out to 
 film his MiAake in the indlfVcr- 
 «nt Su.i.i'^s'^this Piere met with. 
 —The "' t' IS in ibme Meafare 
 borrowed froih Hiftory, and the 
 Scene ;. MimfFh bcficgcd. 
 
 T''c Slice a: n Suhrin- 
 pT.n or' McNS. Tragi -Com. 
 A', oaym. 410. 1691.— The Plot 
 
 and tlie 
 
 Ihe 
 
 Scene lies in Mons, and the French 
 Camp before it. 
 
 The Siege or Rhodes. A 
 Play in two Parts, by Sir ff^.J)a. 
 venant, 4to. 1663. — Both thcfe 
 Plays met with great Approba- 
 tion. — They were written durinc 
 the Tin-iC of the Civil Wars" 
 when the Stage lay under a Pro- 
 hibition, and indeed all the Belki 
 Lettrei were at a Stand, and con. 
 fequently made not their Appear- 
 ance till after the Reftoration, at 
 which Time Sir fJ'il/iam himfcif 
 obtained tli;; Management of the 
 Theatre. — The Plot, as far as it 
 has a Connexion with Hiftor,, 
 is to be found in the fcveral Hi- 
 ftorians who have given an Ac- 
 count of this remarkable Siuge in 
 the Reign of Sohtnan the SccoiiJ, 
 who took this City in the Year 
 1 522. — The Scene RhoJcs, and I 
 the Camp near it. 
 
 The Siete of Troy. A] 
 PJay, Anonvm. 410. 1704.— I 
 believe this Piece was never aded. 
 -—The Subjeifl of it is apparent 
 from the Title- 
 
 The Siege or Urbin. Tr.. 
 Com. by Sir ff^m. KiIligr€'w.— \ 
 Scene Pifj. 
 
 Sillnt Woman. yiJ.l-\ 
 
 P ICi«NE. 
 
 The Sji-viR Age. AHiftor),! 
 by Tho. Hey wood, ^to. 1613.- 
 — ■ This is tiie Sccojid of a S'rict 
 of Hiftorical Dramas which thii 
 Author lus purfu-d, ar.d which 
 contain on the whole the gr:atd| 
 Part of the Healhe« Mythology. 
 ■—This Part com u : the Love; I 
 of Jupiter and Alcmetta, the Birth | 
 of titrcuUi, and the Rape of Fr> 
 
 cf it is founded on the Siege of Jrtft'ine, concluding with the Ar. 
 /fiHj by the Frrnch, in the Vear raignment of the Moon.— Inthel 
 
 rurfaance of a Plaa of this Kiwi I 
 
 i^s.^-^And the Author's Inten- 
 
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 it wao impoflible to avoid making Date Teems to warrant, and is very 
 Lfe of the Fafts which Hiftory dil'agreeable in the Reading. 
 
 pointed out to the Author, and 
 thofo Afliftances which the Anci- 
 ent Writers feem'd to hold forth 
 to his Acceptance j nor can h;by 
 any Means be chargeable with 
 Plagiary for fo doing.— —In the 
 Intrigue of yupiter and Alcmena 
 therefore he has borrowed fome 
 PaHages from the Ainphitruo of 
 Plautus J the Rape of Pmferpine 
 is greatly enriched by taking in 
 the Account which OWihas giv- 
 en of that Tranfaftion in his Me- 
 tamorphofesi and other Parts of 
 the Piece are much advantaged 
 
 Sir Courtly Nick, or// 
 catirtot he. Com. by y, Crowntf 
 4to. 1685. — This Play was writ- 
 ten at the Command of King 
 Charlti II.— The Plot and Part of 
 the Play is taken from a Spani/b 
 Comedy, called. No pued'ejj'cr, or 
 it cannot be, and fro:n a Comedy 
 called Tarugct fViles, -~ThQ Song 
 of Slop-TNefh a Tranflation, or 
 rather Paraphrafe of MafcariUe't 
 Au VoUur in Molt'ere's Precietifet 
 ridicules. — The Character of Cratk 
 is admirably kept up, but the 
 chief Merit of the Play is in the 
 
 by Quotations from the Legends very fine Contraft fupportcd bc- 
 of the Poets. 
 
 Of Simon the Lepzr. One 
 Comedy, byBiHiop B<i/(f.— Named 
 only in his Catalogue of his own 
 Works. 
 
 Simpleton, Simkin. 
 HoBBiNOL, Swabber* ^'/V/. 
 Wits. 
 
 Sir Anthony Lovi:, or the 
 Ramhlirg Lady. Com, by Tho, 
 Scutbirtie, 410. 1691.-— This Play 
 met with very great Applaufc. — 
 The Scene MovrpcUer. 
 
 Sir Bark.. by Whio, orA^o 
 
 Wf like a Woman i. Com. by 
 
 77-c Durfey^ 4to. i6Si. — The 
 
 princ pal Plot of this Play is 
 
 ibuiidcd on a Novel i.f Monf, St. 
 
 EviemcKd, called the Double Cuck- 
 old \ and Part of the Humour of 
 
 Capt. Pcrpujt is borrowed from 
 
 Marmon\ Comedy of the Fine 
 
 Companion.— ~Sctne London, 
 
 Sir Clyomon, Knight of the 
 
 Golden Shidd, Son to the King of 
 
 Denmark ; and Clamydcj the 
 
 tween the two Charafters of //cr- 
 head and Tejiimo'jy, Cha'a£lers 
 Y.hich even now give Pleafurc, 
 but at thofc Times, when Fana- 
 ticifm was arifen to a very abfurd 
 Height, muft certainly have done 
 great Credit to the Au hor's Pow- 
 er of Execution. 
 
 Sir FoPLiNrt Fluttir, 
 Vid, Man or Mode. 
 
 Sir Cinov Whim, or the 
 Lucky Amjur. Com. Anonym. 
 4to. 1703. — This Piece was ne* 
 ver af^cd, nor has it ever fallen 
 into my Hands. 
 
 Sir Gylis Goose - Cap, 
 Com. Anonym. 4to. 1606.— 
 Tl is Play wai, fiift prcfentcd by 
 the Children of the Chapel, and 
 afterwards a£leH with gieat Ap- 
 plaufc at the private Houfc in 0*- 
 Ujhuiy Court. 
 
 SiR IIaHRV WlLDAIR, Of 
 
 the Trip to the yulilee, by George 
 Farquhjr, 4to. 1701.— — This 
 Corn'dy n a Sequel to the Ccn- 
 
 Whiti: Knight, Son .to the King of flant Coup/t:, the fame Charafters 
 Swavia (both vaiiant Ktiigh/tJ and the fane Story being 
 
 thiir ttijiory. ;nonym. 4to. 
 1599.— This is a very indifferent 
 Play, written in Vorfc and in 
 Language more obfoUtc than the 
 
 con- 
 tinued in it. — Yet, altho' tht 
 Succcfs and real Merit of the firft 
 Part fo much infured Succefs 
 to this as to atford it a Run of 
 
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 qual in Merit to that firft Part, 
 nor is it now ever performed, 
 altho' the Constant Couple 
 ftiil remains one of the mod fa- 
 vour'd Pieces on the Lift of 
 afling Plays. — From a peculiar 
 Happincfs injiitting the Charac- 
 ter of "yubUce Dicky in this Play j 
 however, the celebrated Mr. 
 Ilemy Norn's, the Comedian, 
 gain d fo much Reputation, as 
 occafioned his own Chriftian 
 Name to be funk 'n that of his 
 Chara£lcr, and his being ever af- 
 ter diltinguifhed by the Name of 
 Dicky Norris 'y under which Name, 
 at the He.id of a Play-B.U, a Be- 
 nefit for that Gentleman was ad- 
 veriifcd. 
 
 Sir Hercules Buffoon, 
 or the poetical Squire. Com. byj^. 
 l.acyy 4to. 1684. — This Flay 
 wa: not publiflied, nor brought on 
 the Stage, till about three years 
 after the Author's Deceafe. — — 
 The Prologue was written by 
 Mr. Durfeyy and contains a great 
 Compliment to thcAuthoi, in 
 his Capaiivy of an A£lor. jTc/. 
 Haynesy the Comedian, wrote the 
 Epilcguef and Ipolce both that and 
 the Prologue. 
 
 Sir John Cockle at 
 Court. Farce, by Rob. Doiijley, 
 8vo. 1737. —-This little Piece is 
 a Sequel to the King and 
 the Mil LER ok Mansfif. i. n, 
 in which the Miller newly made 
 a Knight, co.ncs wp to Lomhii, 
 with his Far.iily, to pay his 
 Compliments to the King.— It is 
 not, however, equal in Merit to 
 the firft Part, for tho' the King's 
 difgui'ing himfclf in order to 
 put Sir John's Integrity to the 
 TcP, and the latter rcfifting every 
 Temptation, not only of Bribery 
 but of Flattery a!fo, is ingenious, 
 and i^ives an Opportunity for ma- 
 
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 ny admirable Strokes both of 
 Sentiment and Satire, yet there 
 is a Simplicity, and Fitnefs for 
 the Drama, in the Storj' of the 
 firft Part, that it is fcarcely pof- 
 fible to come up to, in the Cir- 
 cumdances which arlfe from the 
 Incidents 01 the latter. 
 
 The Hi/hry o/" Sir John Old- 
 castle, (he good Lore, Cobkam, 
 Trag. by TFm. Skakefpeary 4to. 
 1600.— This is one of t'le i^wtn 
 Plays difcarjed from Shake fpcare^ 
 Woi ks, by fome of the Editors, 
 yet it was undoubtedly publilhed 
 in his Life-Time, and therefore 
 I confefs I know not well how 
 to reconcile the Poifibilily of 
 propagating an iilrror of this 
 Kind, which it would hav-; been 
 fo eai'y, an^i ai ih^ fame Time fo 
 much the Intsrcft of that Author 
 to contnidift j and indeed, tlio' 
 the Play on the whole is greatly 
 inferior to moft of his Works, 
 yet there are certain Strokes in it, 
 and fonjewhat of a M.inner that 
 bears lb ftrong a ^1 femMance to 
 fomc of his acknowledged Hifto- 
 rical Dran.as, that I caiinv>c help 
 thinking, if the wl.ok- was not 
 his, that it was at lci!> rcvifed 
 and touched up by his Hand. 
 
 SirMannerl-x Shallow, 
 yid. Country Wits. 
 
 Sir Martin Marall, or 
 th" feigned hirocerce. Com. by 
 
 Dryd.-n, /^to. 1678. Thr Plot 
 
 and great Part of the Language of 
 Sir Martin and his Man i^'/arnery 
 are borrowed from ^tini.uh''i A- 
 maM indifti'.t, and the Etourdi of 
 Moliere, —'fVjrner'r, playing on 
 Xh<i I ute inl^-ad of his Maftt-r, 
 and being furr>riz'd by his Folly, 
 is taken froni M. du Part's 
 Frarc'on, Book 7. and Old Mctdy 
 and Sir Jobrt, being hoiftrd up in 
 tiicir Altitudes, owes its Origin to 
 a like Incident in Maririons 
 /Intiquary-y nor is it in^probable 
 
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 that a Confcioufnefs of all thele Ij^s In London. 
 
 fevenl Plagiaries, might be the Sir Thomas Overbvrv*. 
 
 Reafon that Mr. Dryden did not Trag. by Rich. Savage, 8vo. l^^<^* 
 
 afiix his Name to it. — The Scene This Play was afted at the 
 
 Covent Garden, Theat. Royal in Drury Lane, and 
 
 Sir Martin' Mar - all. the Author perfcrmed the princi- 
 
 Com. by J, 0»f//.— This is only palPart inithimfelf, but with ut 
 
 a literal Tranflation of Moliere'i Succefs, both his Voicr; and Afpcift 
 
 Etourdi, to which I fuppofe Mr. 
 Ozell gave the above Title, from 
 the Hint of Dty den's Comedy'. 
 
 Sir Noisy Parrot, l^id. 
 Wary Widow. 
 
 Sir Patient Fancy. C. 
 by Mrs. Behn, 4to. 1678. — The 
 Hint of Sir Patient Fancy, is bor- 
 rowed from Moliere" s Malade ima - 
 ginaire, and thofe of Sir Credu- 
 
 being very much againft him, 
 neither of them being at all a- 
 grecable. 
 
 Sir Timothy Treat-ali, 
 A7i. City Heikkss. 
 
 Sir Walter Raleigh, 
 Trag. by G>.'o. S;:i>l'//, 8vo. 1719. 
 — This Play, the Title of which 
 points out its Plot, was a£led at 
 Lincoln i'^ in-FieldiThi9Xtc, with 
 
 /out Eafy and his Groom Curry, very great Succcfst 
 
 from the M. Pourceaugnac of the 
 fame Author.--Thofe laft Cha- 
 rafters have alfo been made Ufe 
 of by Brome in his Damoifelle, — 
 Mr. Miller alfo, in liis Comedy 
 
 of the MOTHER-IN-LAW, OF 
 
 the Do&tr the DiffCe, has made 
 Ufe of both theie Plots, and 
 blended them together much af- 
 ter the fame Manner, that Mrs. 
 Behn has done in this. ■ The 
 Scene lies in two different Houfes 
 in London, 
 
 Sir Politic Ribband. 
 V:d. State Juggler. 
 
 Sir Roger pe Coverley, 
 or the merry Chrijlma:, Com. by 
 Mi, Dormar, 8vo. 1739. — This 
 Piece was a£led at the Theatre 
 Royal in Dr, Lane, but without 
 Succcfs. 
 
 Sir Salomon, or the Cautious 
 O.xcomb. Com. 4to. 1671.— This 
 Flay is very llttie more than a 
 Tranllatioii from the Ecole da 
 Femmci of M 'Here, and is attilbu- 
 t(\l to 'Join Caroll, who in the 
 Prologue to it, owns it to be a 
 Tr.intlution. It met with feme 
 Hncmies at firft, but notwith- 
 
 ilaiiiiing, m.ide lis 
 the Rcptcfcatations 
 
 Part good in 
 The Scene 
 
 The Sisters. Com, by y.7. 
 Shirlevt 8vo. 1652. — — Scene 
 Parma, 
 
 Six Days Advcnture, or 
 the New Utopia. Com. by EJw, 
 Howard, ^to. 167 1, — This Play 
 mifcarried in the Rep -ifcntation; 
 and the witty Lortl kocbcjler wrote 
 a (harp Inveftive againft it, 
 notwithftanding which, when it 
 appear'd in Piint, it was ufher'd 
 into the World wiih four reccm« 
 merdato'y Copies of Verfcs, by 
 Mrs. Behn, Rau^nfiroft, ajid 0- 
 thcrs. — The Scene Utopia, 
 
 The '^LIGHTED Maid, Cora, 
 by S'«- I^ob, Stapyhon, 4to. 1663. 
 — The Scene oi this Play is laid 
 in N.ples. — —And the Epiraph 
 made by Decio, upon Iberio and 
 Pyrcmona, is borrowed from 
 MartiaV% celebrated Epigram of 
 ArriataiX Paetut, Lib. i. Ep. 14. 
 The Slu. Farce. Anonym. 
 i?".o. 171 1;.. -This Piece \'^,n 
 aii^ed with Applauu-j it is, ho\V- 
 cvcr, ftolcn from an old Pliy, but 
 the Name of it does not at prc- 
 fent occur to mc. 
 
 The SMUfiCLF.Rs. A Farce, 
 by 7ho. Odell, Svo. 1729. aa^d 
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 The Snake IN THE Grass. 
 A Dramatic Entertainment of t 
 new Species, being neither Tra- 
 gedy, Comedy. Pantomime, 
 farce. Ballad or Opera, hy Aaron 
 
 Hit/, 8vo. 1760. This Piece 
 
 was I -iver afted, but is printed 
 -vith liie Author's oth^'r Works. 
 —The Intention of it is, in a 
 fatyrical and emblematical Man- 
 ner, to poin- out the falfe Tafte 
 prevailing in the prefent Age, 
 hinting, that Opera has affumed 
 the Seat ot Tragedy, and Panto- 
 mime that of Comedy, in the 
 Regions of Britip Genius j and 
 that genuine Wit, Humour and 
 Poetry, have no Chance for be- 
 ing attended to by A,udiences, 
 who, to make Ufe of Ham/eh 
 Phrafe, arc ** a^ab/e of nothing 
 " Sut itiexpHcable dumb Sbov) and 
 ** if'iifer 
 
 TheSociABLK C0MPAN10N9, 
 or the Female Wits, Com. by the 
 Dutchefs of Ueweafile, Fol. 
 3662. 
 
 Socrates. A Dramatic 
 Poem, hy Afnyas BuJh,'E.i({^ A.M. 
 and F. R. S. 8vo. 1758. 
 
 Socrates. Fid. Life and 
 D£ATH or Socrates. 
 
 SocUATEil TbiuMPHANS, 
 
 or the Danger of heing ivile in a 
 CffnMOHwealtb of Fwh. ' Trag. 
 
 Anonym. 8vo. 1716. This 
 
 Piece was nevor ad>ed, but was 
 written by an OlTjcer of the Ar- 
 my, and printed .it the End of a 
 ColIeiHon of Mih'.aiy and other 
 Poems upon ftveial Otcafions, 
 and to I'evcral Pcrfons.— — 'I he 
 Stbne Atkem. 
 
 S D o M. A Play, by Mr. 
 Fijlhourne, — At uhnt J inie this 
 intatnrii*; Pit'oc w;;^ iiubliHii'd I 
 know not J but ;}i.: BookA-ller, 
 With a View of m.^kinp, it fell, 
 hy riiding it on i'>c Public v. T.oi'J 
 "Rdthjhrs, put the Letters E, R. 
 
 i ! 
 
 s o 
 
 in the Title Page j but, licentious 
 as thnt i.'Jobleman was in his 
 Morals, he vvas afliamed of being 
 fuppofcd the Author of fo very 
 obfcene and /hocking a Piece of 
 Work as this j and therefore ho 
 wrote a Copy of Verfes to dif" 
 claim it. — Nor has it indeed any 
 of his Iiordfhip's Wit to make 
 Atonement for its moft abomi- 
 nable Obfcenity. 
 
 Soldier for theLadies, 
 P''id. Beau's Duel. 
 
 Solpier's Fortune. Com, 
 by The. Otway^ 4to. i68i. — The 
 Plot of this Play is by no Mear* 
 new, th^ fever^l Incidents • 
 being almoft all of them bor:u.. 
 ed.— -For Inffance, Lady D '.ci% 
 making her Hulband an .»,. ' 
 for the Conveyance of the Ring 
 and Letter to her Gallant C^pt, 
 Beaugard, \£ evidently taken from 
 Xfoliere''s E(qle des Marist and had 
 bi^iidf s been m^de Ufe of in fome 
 tnglifi Inlays before, particularly 
 in the Fo'wne, and in Flora'' s Va- 
 garies. — The original Story from 
 which Molicre himfelf probably 
 borrowt-a the Flint, may be feen 
 in Boccace, Dec. 3. Nov. 3. — Sir 
 JOflTj/'s. bolting out of his CJo- 
 fet, and furprifing his Lady .nnd 
 i^ffltt^a/-^ kifling, and her. Beha- 
 viour on that Occafion, is bor- 
 rowed from the Story of Milla- 
 v^anty or the Rampant Lady, in 
 Scarron's Comical Rcmmue, — The 
 Charafter oi Bloody Bona is much 
 liite that of Bravo in the Arti- 
 quary, andCowrr/wt's Condurt ur4- 
 dcT Sil'via's Balcony has a great 
 Rrfemblance to Monfieui Tho- 
 mas's Carriage to his Miftrefs in 
 Flitcl.er's Comedy of that Name. 
 
 There is a Scqn«;l to this Play 
 vvl.ich i? called the Athxist, 
 or the fccond Part of the Scldiir^s 
 Icrliine, 4X0. 1684.. — Thf Plot 
 of which, fo far as relates to the 
 Amours of Bijugard and Purtiif, 
 
 it 
 
 •III 
 
; but, licentious 
 in was in his 
 hamed of being 
 hor of (o very 
 ting a Piece of 
 nd therefore ho 
 
 Verfes to dif< 
 as it indeed any 
 
 Wit to make 
 ts moft abomi- 
 
 THE Ladxes, 
 
 RTUNi, Com, 
 o. 1681.— Th<; 
 is by no Mear» 
 
 Incidents ' 
 f them bortv^.. 
 ;, Lady D ice'i 
 >and an /1,. ^ 
 ce of the Ring 
 
 Gallant C^pt. 
 ntly taken from 
 Maritt and hi$ 
 ! VCe of in fome 
 irc, particularly 
 d in Flora's Va- 
 jinal Story from 
 imfelf probably 
 t, may be ktn 
 ;. Nov. 3. — Sir 
 iijt of his CJo- 
 g his Lady and 
 
 and her. Beiia- 
 :cafion, is bor- 
 itory of S'Ulla- 
 npant Lady, in 
 Rcfname. — The 
 y Bona is much 
 ■JO in the Arti- 
 es Condurt uii- 
 ny has a great 
 Monficur 'Tho- 
 his Miftrcfs in 
 
 of that N imc. 
 i«;l to this I'lay 
 he* At'hkist, 
 
 of the Scldi\r"s 
 
 J4.— Thf flot 
 
 >!* relates to the 
 
 aid and Pn-tiir, 
 
 It 
 
 s o 
 
 's founded on Scanon\ Novel of 
 the Ittvifible Mjjireji. — Both thefc 
 I'laya have Wit and a great deal 
 of bufy and intricate Jntrignc, 
 but are fo very loofc in Refped 
 to Sentiment ajid Motal, that 
 they are nov^' entirely lai I afide. 
 
 The Soldier's last .Itake. 
 Com. by dies y^.TiZ-.^— -This 
 Pitre I believe never made its 
 /Appearance to the World, yet I 
 coi'ld not avoid taking Notice of 
 i% r\z the Airhor himfclf in his 
 I'ccticfll Regifier, 8vo. 171 9. p. 
 51S. mentions liis having fuch a 
 PJay by him ready for the Stage. 
 
 Sot I M ON AND Perse DA, 
 The Tragedie of, (Ancnym. 4to. 
 1^99.) ivbern'n r's laidr of^tr. Lcve'i 
 Conflaticy^ Fortune's hicrtiftain y, 
 a.'d DiatFs Triumphs. — This old 
 piece is not divided into Afts, 
 and I..w^^a»nefuppofcs it war ne- 
 ver ac^ed. 
 
 Solon, or Pbi'ojopby no De- 
 ft ner againji J.cve, Tragi - Cotn. 
 by Mortin filanen, 4to, 2705.— 
 This Piece wag never aired, and 
 even printed unknown to the 
 
 Author. The Scene lies in 
 
 A'LcnSf and in the third Ai\ is 
 3 Mafque of Orpheus atjd £«»•/» 
 due. 
 
 The So?HTSTEB, Com. 
 Anonym. 4to. 1638. — This Play 
 WHS adicd at one of the Univer- 
 fitii-E ; .;nd has a Prologue fpokcn 
 by Mercury, as the God of Elo- 
 qjjence, and addrels'd to the Aca- 
 demical Auditory. 
 
 SopnoMPANt AS, or the II if' 
 tory rf Jofeph. Trag. by Frarcis 
 Goldi'n.nb, 4to. J640. — This is 
 only a TranOation from Hugo 
 Grotius, with critical RcmarKB 
 and Annotations. 
 
 SoPHONissA, or UafinibaPs 
 •Dvertbrotv. Trag. by Natb. Lte, 
 4to. 1676.— —This Tfigcdy is 
 written in Rhyme, yet it met 
 with great Applaufe, elpccially 
 
 s o 
 
 from the Fem:<lc and the more 
 tender Part of the Audience.-— 
 The Loves o( Scpboni/ha znd Ma- 
 /m^j are delicately and affeaingly 
 manai -d j but the Autiior has 
 greatly deviated from the Idea 
 Hiftory gives us of the Chambers 
 of Siipio and ILimihal, in the 
 Manner he has here rcprefcntcd 
 them, yet perhaps he might in 
 fome Meafure be drawn into this 
 Error by following too clofely the 
 Example fet him by Lord Orr*tf 
 in his Romance of Parthenffa, 
 wherein he has made Hannibal as 
 much o\ a whining Lover towards 
 his Izadcr.i as Lre has done with 
 Regard to Rofalinda.~The Hi- 
 ftories of Scipio and Hanntbal are 
 to be found by perufing Plutarch 
 and Cornelius Nepos, and the Story 
 of Mafmilfa and Sopbonifba is very 
 nearly related by Petrarcba in his 
 
 Trimfo D'Amore, C. 2. The 
 
 Scene of the Play Zawa. 
 
 Soph ONI SB A. Trag. by 7<7, 
 1'bompfjn, 8vo, i732.--.This Play 
 was acted at Drury Lane Theatre 
 v/ith very great Applaufc, and is 
 founded on the fame Story with 
 the foregoing Play.— Yet it was 
 not without its Enemies, a \'ery 
 fevcie Criticifm being publi/h-d 
 .ngainn it j and, to fay Truth, 
 iho' the Author has in good 
 Meafure avoided the Rants and 
 wild Extravag.lnccs which break 
 forth continually in Lee's Tra- 
 gedy, yet at the fame Time he 
 falls greatly fliort of him in po- 
 ctital Beauties and Luxuriance of 
 Imagination.— And on the whole 
 It will not perhaps be doing Mr. 
 Tbompfon any Injuftice to fay that 
 had he never published his.Seafon8 
 and fome other Poems, but con- 
 fined his Pen to dramatic Writ- 
 ing only, he would never have* 
 ftood in that Rank of poetical 
 Fame which he now holds in the 
 Annals of Pamafjus, 
 
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 The SopHV. Trag. by Sir 
 John Denbam, 4to. 1642.— This: 
 Tragedy is built on the fame 
 Story in Herbiyt^s Travels, on 
 which Baron has oonftrudled his 
 Tragedy of Mirza.—lx. is how- 
 ever very differently handled by 
 the two Authors, — And Baron 
 objefts to this Play that Denhavn 
 has deviated from the Truth of 
 Hiflory in making Aibat die in 
 this Tragedy, whereas he really 
 furvived feveral Years after the 
 Murder of his Son. — ^This, how- 
 ever, is no more than a Lictntia 
 foeticOf which has ever been con- 
 fider'd warrantable, and which 
 on this Occafion is made Ufe of 
 only for the Sake of dramatic 
 Juftice. 
 
 Soul's Warfare. Vid.V>i' 
 
 VINE COMEPIAN. 
 
 South-Sea, ox the Bi:»rs hit, 
 A Farce, by Jftn. Ru/us Chet- 
 ivoody 8vo. 17ZO.— -This Piece 
 was ixot intended for the Stage, 
 but only defign'd as a Satire on 
 the Soutb^Sca Projedl, and the 
 inconceivable Bubbles of that^Era 
 of Folly and Credulity. 
 
 SouTHWARK Fair, or tbe 
 Sbeep-Jhearirig. An Opera, by 
 Cba. Coffey, 8vo. 1729.— —This 
 Piece confifts only of three Scenes, 
 and it faid to have been a£led by 
 Mr. Reynolds' 6 Company from the 
 Haymarket, but at what Place it 
 was prefented, or with wha : Suc- 
 cefs, I know not, altho* I am 
 apt to conje£lure that it might 
 have been a£led as a Kind of 
 Droll at one of the Booths in the 
 Borough Fair, 
 
 SpaNIARd'sNiGHT WAiK. 
 
 Vid. Bldrt Mr. Consta- 
 ble. 
 Spanish Advintori. Vid, 
 
 ClBKALTAH. 
 
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 The Spanish Bawd, repre- 
 fented in Celeftina, or the Tragide 
 Comedy of Califto ard Melibea ; 
 where::? it contained, bijufes the 
 Pleafo'Atntffe and Sweetereffi of the 
 Utile, many philosophical Sentcncct, 
 and prof table InfiruEliom neccffary 
 for the younger l:r.it ; Sbcrving tke 
 Deceits and Suhiil.ies boufed in the 
 Bofoms offalfe Sei vantt and Cunny- 
 catching Daivds. Fol. 163J.— — 
 This Play is the longeft that was 
 ever publiflied, confitting of twen- 
 ty one A£ls. — It was written ori- 
 ginally in Spanijh, by El Bachiler 
 Fernanda de Roxas de la Puebla 
 de Man ihan, whofe Name is 
 difcoverable by the Beginning of 
 every Li.ne in an Acroftic or Copy 
 of Verfes prcfix'd to the Woik. 
 — 11ie Tranfiator alfo, whoever 
 he was, pretends to be a Spaniard, 
 and has taken on himl'elf the 
 difguis'd Name of Don Diego 
 PuedeJ/er,—"— The Scene lies i«i 
 Spain, 
 
 The Spanish Curate. 
 Com. by Beaumont aad Fktiher, 
 Fol. 1679. — This is a good Co- 
 medy, and altho' it is not now 
 on the J.ift of aft ing Plays, it was 
 at many different Times after the 
 Death of its Author revived, and 
 always with Succefs.— The Plot 
 of Don Henrique, Afcanie, Fin- 
 lante and yacintba is borrowed 
 from Gerardo\ Hiftory o^ Don 
 John, p. 202. and that of Lean- 
 dro, Bartolas, Amarantha and 
 Lopex from the Spanijh Cu.-ate of 
 the fame Author, p. 214. 
 
 The Spanish Frvaii, or 
 tbe Double Difcovery. Tr.-Corri. 
 by 'jchn Dry den, 4to, 1681. — 
 Lungbaine charges the Author oi 
 this Play with cafting a ReHcc- 
 Uon on the whole Body of the 
 Clergy in his Chara£ter of Po- 
 miniek the Fryar, and fecm"! to 
 imagine it a Piece of Revenge 
 
 Pradlice 
 
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 {y fome Oppofition he met with. 
 
 in the Attempt to take Orders. 
 
 However that might be with Rc- 
 
 fpc£l to Mr. Dry den In particular, 
 
 1 cannot pretend to fay, but this 
 
 lone Point appears evident to me, 
 
 1(72;. that the Satire thrown out 
 
 jio it is only general againft thofe 
 
 jimangft the Clergy who difgrace 
 
 I their Cloth by wicked and unbe- 
 
 homing A£tions; and is by no 
 
 Means pointed at, or can any way 
 
 aifeft the facred Fundion in it- 
 
 Ifelf, — That there have been fuch 
 
 lcliara£Vcrs as Father Dominick a- 
 
 liDong the Prlefts of all Religions, 
 
 lind more efpecially thofe of the 
 
 Usimijb Church, to whom the 
 
 |Pri£lice of Confeilion affords 
 
 I more frequent Opportunities and 
 
 Itninterrupted Scope for fuch Kind 
 
 lot Conduct, no Man in his Senfes 
 
 Itill, I believe, attempt to deny ; 
 
 lind if To, how or where can they 
 
 |lf more properly expofed than on 
 
 be Stage ? But can that be faid 
 
 IM cart any Rcflcftion on the 
 
 Ir.uch greater Number of value- 
 
 lible, well meaning and tiuly re- 
 
 liigiius amon^ the divine Pro- 
 
 Jidlors •' — No furely.— — Yet the 
 
 j«w :at>it I'L'e focit is a Maxim fo 
 
 Ifafeitly founded in Truth, that 
 
 am ever apt to fufpcdt fomo 
 
 jConlciournefs in themfeivcs of 
 
 jibe Truth oC pai titular Satire 
 
 In ihoiV Perfons who appear 
 
 Icvir angry at Hints tlirown out 
 
 In general only,-— This Play coa- 
 
 jlijcr'd in i;:ft'lf has perhaps as 
 
 pch Merjt as any that this Au- 
 
 liW h^^ given to the World.— 
 
 1 be Cliara£>crs of 'Torrifmond and 
 
 ir.mra in the Tragic Part ,are 
 
 Jtndcx ;ind y' 'ical, ytt there ar< 
 
 lo'ni' wnrni - ■ ai-d Dcfcvipticni 
 
 \\fn by the l,t:er towarjs the 
 
 p'iijnning of tho third Aft, 
 
 »(iich arc rather too "ar.n and 
 
 -'uriati; to bear Repetition on » 
 
 N'ic Singe, utifei are Ui?r<ifoTC 
 
 S P 
 
 now omitted in the A£Ung.-— 
 But the whole Comedy is natu- 
 ral, lively, entertdining and high* 
 ly finiflied both with Refpeft t». 
 Plot, Charatter and Language.— 
 The Scese lies in Arragon, and 
 the P'ot of the Comic Parts is 
 founded on a Novel called the 
 Pilgrim^ written by M. ^St, BrC" 
 ntond. 
 
 The Spanish Gvpsrc. 
 Com. by Tho. MiddUtottt 4to* 
 1653.— ^ofv/^y aflfifted our Au- 
 thor in the writing oi this Play> 
 the Plot of which, with Refpc^ 
 to the Story of Roderigo and CJarat 
 if not borrowed from, has at IciA 
 a very near Refemblance to a 
 Novel of Cervantes, called the 
 Force of Blood. — The Scene lie* 
 at Alicant, 
 
 Spanish Insult repent* 
 ED. Vid. Alzira. 
 
 The Spanish RoouE. Conu 
 by Tho.Duftt, 4to. 1674. — Thi» 
 Pb.y is written after the Mannei; 
 of moft of the French Comedies* 
 in Rhime, but is the only In» 
 Aance I know of that Kind a* 
 mcng the Englijh ones.— — It if 
 the bcft of all this Author's dra- 
 matic Works, yet met with very 
 indifferent Succcfs. —» The Scen« 
 in Spain, 
 
 Spanish Traoed\. l^id^ 
 Jeronymo. 
 
 Spanish Tragedy. P'id, 
 
 JkRONYMo's MAD AGAIN. 
 
 Th« Spanis" Wives. Far, 
 of iiirec A£ls, by Mrs. Mary 
 Pi)c, 4to. i6o6.--The Scene of 
 this littic Piece is laid ^t Batcc' 
 /orj, and die Plot of it borro'A'cd 
 from the fame Novel of the Pf7» 
 gnu, onw'aich thst of the S^anijb 
 Fryiir is alfo built. 
 
 Sparagus Garden. Vid» 
 A^PAn ^^/US Garden, 
 
 The Spartan Dam*. Tiag^ 
 hy Tbo. Snuthernc, Svo. 17x2.— 
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 before the Reftoration, but, on 
 VFhat Account I know not, pro- 
 hibited the Stage, till the above 
 Year, when it made its Appear- 
 jCnce with univerfal and indeed 
 merited Applaufe. — The Subjeft 
 df it is taken from Plutarch^ s 
 Life of j4gis, in which the Ciia- 
 raftcr of Cbehnisf with' Refpeft 
 to the virtuous D«tie8 both of a 
 Wife ana Daughter, are a fuffi- 
 cierK Authority for the Pifture 
 "Mr. Smthfrne has drawn of an 
 excellent Woman in the Heroine 
 of his Tragedy.— It is nov now 
 however on the afting Lift 
 
 The Sfabtan La diss 
 
 Gom. by LodoTvick CarlelL'—Yor 
 
 lome Mention of this Play fee 
 
 dlcatlon, that it never made aa 
 Appearance on the Stage. 
 
 The Spirit or Contra- 
 DICTION. Farce of two AOs, 
 by a Gentleman of Cambridge, 
 Rvo. 1760. — This Farce made 
 its Appearance at the Th. Roval 
 m Cotxtit Garden y but with very 
 little Succefs.— Nor indeed did it 
 deferve a better Fate than it met 
 with, there being neither Plot, I 
 Charafter, Wit, Humour notj 
 Language thro' the whole, ex- 
 cepting fome little of the Virago I 
 Srpirit kept 'up in the Charade: 
 of Mrs. Partletty who, from the 
 making it a fettled Principle to [ 
 contradidl to the utmoft the In. 
 clinations of every other PerfonJ 
 
 Hufffbry Mofeley\ C&talogue at is trick'd into the compelling h« 
 the End of MiMetcn's Comedy Daughter to a Match with the I 
 of More DiJJmbLrs bejidet ff^emen, 
 which is the only Place in which 
 I find it nam'd, 
 
 S P E E C H E S AT PrINCE 
 
 ilKNRY's Barriers. By Ben 
 
 Jonfct!, Fol. 1640 Thefe 
 
 Speeches are not much dramatic, 
 be ng only fome Compliments 
 paid to Prince Henry, the eldei'c 
 Son of King James I. but as 
 they are printed with the reft of 
 yoAf'ons Workf, I could not help 
 thinkinr; them deferving of a 
 Mention here. 
 
 • The SpKNnTHRiFT, Com. 
 Anonym, 16S0. — This I find 
 mentioned only in the Britijb 
 Ibatre. 
 
 The SpifjHTFVL SrsTiTR. 
 Com. by /Ihr. Baiteyj, 4to. 1667. 
 — The Anthor of this Play is al- 
 bwed by both tungbaivc and Ja- 
 rii> to be free from Plagiary, what 
 he- hag written being all his own, 
 •Af d his Chara^f^crs, particularly 
 thofe of Lord Occiis and Wimfrcdt 
 to be traly original, — ^dco^how- 
 
 Lvcr conoludes, and with Rcafon, 
 
 Man fhe loves, but whom hetl 
 Mother is made to believe ihe| 
 has the utmoft Diflike to. 
 
 Sport upon Sport. V\l\ 
 Wits. 
 
 The Sp OUTER, or thetri^\\ 
 "Revenge, Comic Farce, in t\vo| 
 A^h, Anonym. 8vo. 1756. 
 
 The Spouter, or tbe DaM\ 
 
 Revenge. Comic Farce, 8vo,[ 
 
 1756. — Whether thefe twol'icccsl 
 
 are the fame or different froml 
 
 each other 1 know not, havinji 
 
 nc\'er fecn eii.ierof them, — Tbcyl 
 
 appear, however, on the Monthl)i| 
 
 Lifts of Publications, with tkl 
 
 Diftinftions I have mt- ntiond.-j 
 
 They both have apparently thtl 
 
 fame Dcfign, which I imagine tol 
 
 be a Ridicule on Mr. Murptfil 
 
 Farce of thii Apprentui:! 
 
 which came out that Scalinl 
 
 r.nd which could not fail of higlill 
 
 cxafpcrating the wou'dbe Heioc!| 
 
 whofe Follies it was meant 
 
 expofc, and fet in the ridinilo 
 
 Light they merited. 
 
 Spring's GtoRY. A Mafqifl 
 
 torn itR bo ingimnted without el- by Tbo. Niibtes, 4X0. 1638. v:v 
 ^ct Piologuf, Epilogue or Dc- dicatitg Love by Ttmpcraace, * 
 
 
3,P 
 
 : it never made a« 
 1 the Stage. 
 
 IT or CoNTRA- 
 
 'arce of two Ai>s, 
 fian of Cambridge, 
 -This Farce made 
 e at the Th. Royal 
 •den, but with very 
 —Nor Indeed did it 
 :r Fate than it met 
 being neither Plot, 
 Vit, Humour nor 
 o' the whole, ex- 
 little of the Virago 
 p in the Chaiafter 
 htt, who, from the 
 fettled Principle to 
 the utmoft the In- 
 every other Per(bn, 
 > the compelling het 
 a Match with the 
 'cs, but whom her 
 lade to believe flie 
 ft Didike to. 
 PON Sport. Vil 
 
 ;ter, or thTrlph 
 omic Farce, in two 
 ym. 8vo. 1756. 
 TER, or the D.dlt 
 ^omic Farce, 8vo, 
 ithcr thefc twol'icccs 
 le or different from 
 I know not, having 
 lijer of thtm. — They 
 2ver, on the Monthly 
 blications, with tk 
 I have mentiond.- 
 havc apparently the 
 , which I imagines 
 le on Mr. Murphi\ 
 
 ihe ApPRENTUI, 
 
 e out that Seulun, 
 }uld not fail of highlj 
 the wou'dbe Hcioc!, 
 es it was meant ti 
 fet in the ridifuloui 
 ncritcd, 
 
 : Glory. A Mafqut, 
 ba, 4to. 1638. lif 
 c hy Tcmpcraucc, * 
 
 sa 
 
 talvfi the Tenetj " fine CererC Sc 
 " Baccho friget Venus." — The 
 Title of this Piece fo amply ex- 
 plains the Subjeft i*" •& written 
 on, that I need fay iq ;t' Jng more 
 in R'Cgard'to h. 
 
 Soyi&L Brainless-, yid. 
 Trick upon Trick. 
 
 The S<i^uiRE or Ar.sATiA. 
 Com. by Tiw. Sbad^uell, 4to. 
 1688.— This Play is founded on 
 the Aitlpbi of 'Terence, the Cha- 
 faftcrs of the twt> elder Be/fonds 
 keing cxaflly thofe' of the lUic'o 
 «nd Derma, and the two younger 
 Bdfondi he Efchinus and Ctcjlpho 
 of at celebrated Comedy. — Mr. 
 ,S6 •'-vtl! has however certainly, 
 if not improved on thofe Charac- 
 ters in their intrinfie Merit, at 
 ]t:A fo farmodt^nized and mould- 
 ed them to the prefent Tatte, as 
 to render them much more pala- 
 table to an Audience in general 
 than they appear to be in their 
 ancient Hubits. — This Phiy met 
 with good Succefs, and is ftill at 
 Times performed to general Sa- 
 tisfaftion. — The Scene lies in 
 /llfatia, the Cant Name for 
 IP'ttte Fiyars, and the Autlior 
 has introduced fo mrch of the 
 Cant or Gambler's Language, as 
 to have render'd it ncccffary to 
 prefix a Gloflary for the' leading 
 the Reader through a Labyrinth 
 of uncommon and unintelligible 
 Jargon. 
 
 Sq_uire Old Sap, or the 
 Night Ah-enfures. Com. by 7/0. 
 Durfey, 410. 1679. — This Play 
 is greatly obliged to fcvera! No- 
 vels and other Plays for the Com- 
 pofition of its Plot, whic;h is very 
 intricate and bufy, — For Inftance, 
 the Character of Sqnire Old Sap^ 
 and the Incident of Fimpo^s tying 
 him to the Tree in the firft Adl, 
 is borrowed from the Comical Hi- 
 fiory of Franciov. — Trickh'y^ 
 cheating Old Sap with the l,c'. i 
 
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 and l-impo\ ftnnding in Tlenry^i 
 Place is related in Boccacc's No- 
 vels, Dec. J. Nov. 8. and in 
 FontaiFic\ Tale of La Gagcure des 
 trots Commcrei : and Tricklovc''i 
 Contrivance with Wclford for h av-- 
 ing OI:i^"p beaten in her Cloalbs 
 ill the fame Ak% and which is 
 alfo an Incident \n' Fletcher'' i TVt- 
 man plcaid. Ranjenjcrojt^ s London 
 Cuckolds^ jnd fome other Comc- 
 dic4 J ; idently taken from Boc" 
 cacCf hie. 7. Nov. 7. 
 
 Sq^uire Trelooby. Com,- 
 by %\v John J^anbrugh, 4to. 1706. 
 — This Piece is very little more 
 xh. \ a Tranflation of the Mtnf. 
 Pou.xcaugfiec of MoJiere, and w as 
 one of the Pieces with which the 
 Author opened the Opera Hoiiffi 
 in the Uaymarketf in the firft* 
 Year of his joint Management '-f 
 that Theatre with Mr. Congni't:, 
 — Thi^ Scene is laid in Lomhr. 
 
 S q_!; I R E l' R E L OOB Y . /'?'</. 
 Mo .\ J J E U R PoU R C E A VG SA r. 
 
 The Stage Beau tos-d 
 ly a Blanket", or the Hypo- 
 crite a Ir Mode, Com. Anonym, 
 4to J J4. This Piece, tho' 
 with- lit a Name, was written by 
 the } -mourous Ti»« Srmvn. it 
 coi '^fts of ^hrce Afts'only, and i^ 
 a Satire on ycrcmy Cditer, who 
 WTOte a fcverc Book againft the. 
 Stage and dramatic Writ-erf, called 
 A fkort Vie%v of the Imtnorah'y- 
 i. V ! Piophanenrfs of the Englijt* 
 Su.j-:. Mr. Bi-'civn has dedicated-. 
 hi.'- I'iecc to Chrifcpher Rich, Ef^j 
 Patentee of the Theatre Royal, 
 and Fjuhcr of the late Patentee 
 of Cf.iient Garden Theatre. 
 
 'l'\i Stage Coach. Farce> 
 by Geo. Farquhar, 410. 1710.— ■ 
 In this little Piece he was alTiftcd 
 by Mr. Ml teux, yet after all it is 
 nothing mere than a Plagiarifirt, 
 the whole Plot of it, and fome 
 .'itirc Sccnea, particularly one 
 >ict\vcen Captain Bajil and Nico- 
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 4b«M) SomcbcJy, being bnnov.ed 
 from a little fraich Piece, called 
 tci CaroffeidOrleam. — The Scene 
 'w laid in an Inn on the Road, 
 and the Time about three Hours, 
 •visi. from the coming in of the 
 Coach to its Stage till^bout Mid- 
 in^ht. 
 
 The Stagb MuTiNrtRB. 
 A Tragi - Comi - Farci - Ballad- 
 Oper-J, Anonym. Svo. J733.— 
 ^his Piece, which was never in- 
 t(>ndcd for the Stage, is only a 
 BurUfque on a Conteft between 
 Mie Manager of one of the The- 
 :.-.rcs and his Performers, at the 
 fiead of the male-content Part 
 i'i whom Mr. VTjeoph. Gbber at 
 that Time flood in a very con- 
 Jpituous Light, and is in this 
 I'itce charaileria'd by tke Name 
 tf Ancient t'ijlol, all the Speeches 
 l'\\. into l.is Mouth leing thrown 
 iito the Eombaftic or Mock Tra- 
 gedy Stile which Shahfpeare has 
 fiven to that Charafter in his 
 two Parts of Henry IV. and the 
 Merry PVivd of Witidjor. — As in 
 all Diiputes of this Kind both 
 Sides are generally to blame, I 
 ihall not here attempt to enter on 
 the Merits of the Caufe, but 
 content myfelf with obferving 
 that the Farce under our prefe.it 
 Coofidet-ation feeras to be written 
 'an Favour of the Performers. — 
 The Scene lies in the Playhoufe 
 at the Time of Rehcarfal. 
 
 Stage review'd. Vid, 
 Muse's Looking-Glass. 
 
 Stallion. Vid, Wits. 
 .The Staple ok News. 
 Com. by Ben Jonfon, Fol. 1631. 
 —This Play, though not printed 
 till the above Date, was firft aftcd 
 in the Year 1625. — He has in- 
 troduc'd in this Comedy four 
 Goflips, by Way of Interlocu- 
 tors, who remain on the Stage 
 during the whole Reprefentation, 
 and make Comments anfl Crivi- 
 
 6 T 
 
 cifms on all the fcveral Incide; ij 
 
 of the Piece. This, however, 
 
 ■ not the only Inftancc of this 
 K j;d of Condudl, he having 
 Qone the very fame Thing in two 
 other Plays, •vix. Every Man cut 
 cf his humour, and the. Magnetic 
 Lady j and Fletcher in his Knight 
 if the burning Pejlle has followed 
 the very fame Example. — Scene 
 London. 
 
 The State Juggler, 01 
 Sir Politic Ribband, A new Ex- 
 cife Opera, Anonym. Svo. ijjj, 
 — Thia is one of ihofe Pieces in 
 which Sir Robert IValpole, then 
 Prime Minifter, was abus'd,'io 
 Regard to the Jobs which the 
 Public imagined were going for- 
 wards with Refpeft to the Excile 
 and other Branches of the public 
 Revenues. 
 
 The State or Innocencr, 
 ox the Fall of Man. An Op<i,>, 
 by y, Drydcn, 410. 1677. — Thu 
 F^iece was never performed, iht 
 Subjeft being too lolemn, and the 
 Charafters of a Nature th« 
 would render it almoft Blafphcniy 
 for any Perfon to attempt the re- 
 prefenting of them. — Ip is. writ- 
 ten in heroic Verfe or Rhime, 
 and the Plot is founded on .Mtl- 
 ton''s Paradife Lofty from which 
 he has even borrowed many Beau- 
 ties in Regard to his Language 
 and Sentiments.— Some of tlie 
 nicer and more delicate Critics 
 hiwc found Fault with this O- 
 pera, charging the Author w th 
 Anachronifm and Abfurdity in 
 introducing Lucifer converfing a- 
 bout the World, its Form, Mat- 
 ter and Viciflitudcs at a Tim^i 
 previous to its Creation, or at 
 leaft to the Polfibility of his 
 knowing any Thing concernln;; 
 it,— —-And indeed Mr. Dryden 
 feems himfelf to have been avvaru 
 of its lying open to fuch Kind of 
 Objei"t:civ^j by his having prefixijd 
 
 to 
 
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 fo Iran Apology for Hifroic Poetry, 
 
 and for the Licevtia Poetiea, of 
 which he had indeed made a moft 
 
 ample Ufe in this Piece On 
 
 th; whole, however, it has iin- 
 doiibtcdly very great Bearfics, 
 and is very highly commended by 
 Mr. Lee in a Copy of Vcrfes pub- 
 I li/hed with it } nor is it at ail de- 
 tracting from its Merit to own, 
 that we .ire by no iVfcnns blitid to 
 fome'few Faults that it may have. 
 The State or Physic. 
 
 ConTi. Anonym. 1742.- -This 
 
 Piece was never a£Vcd, nor do I 
 know who was the Author, yet 
 I conjecture it muft have been 
 fame Perfon of the Faculty, 
 fince, if I may be allowed a pal- 
 oy Quibble, it it apparent, that 
 tven in tlie viry Title Page, to 
 make Vic of the vulgar Phiale, 
 lie talks like an .'IpQthccary. 
 
 bT A T E E M A h K Op F. R A . V'ld. 
 
 Pat PON. 
 
 Saint St K r i: F .^ 's G r r t n, or 
 \hc Ginerc/us Levers. Com. by 
 JVm. Philips, TH\]; 8vO, 1720. — 
 This Piece was never afteci, nor 
 hiive I ever ken it. — It is men- 
 tioned in none of the Catalogues 
 but the Bririjh Ihcijtic \ from 
 \vhich, and ihi: 'I'itle, I fliould 
 k apt to cv)nrladc the Auvlinr .ui 
 Irifijman, the .Stene of AcHon of 
 his Piece beinK laid in a Place 
 whieh is, vithRclpeCt to Duhlin, 
 nearly the iame a^ tfie MrJl in 
 Sr. jiwui^'i Park is with, Regard 
 
 to Lcrdcv : that is 
 
 to L)', 
 
 the 
 
 Theatre for the playing olf ill 
 the various Turns of Vanity, Ai- 
 feftation and Gallantry, and the 
 Scene of Thonfand-j of AJiigna- 
 tions and Intrigues. 
 
 The Step mother. Trapi- 
 Com. by Sir Jfob. Stiipylton, 410. 
 1664.— Tho' Sir Rohit did not 
 pui his Name to this Play, yet 
 the Prologue, whitli cxprcl\ly 
 
 S T 
 
 declares it to be written by the 
 Author of the Slighted M«id, 
 authorizes my giving the Credit 
 of it to this Gentleman,— -The 
 Scene lies at l^erHlam, or St. j^t- 
 bans ; and the InArutnenta}, 
 Vocal and Recitative Mufic were 
 
 comnofe' by Mr. LocJte, Tvn» 
 
 Mal<!fue •* inferted in the Body 
 of " , WM. One in thi 
 
 ♦1 ^lled yipcllo's MnffU0, 
 
 t) hich is a Grove^ 
 
 wi LauFel Tree and 
 
 thn ,; trees; the other is 
 
 called Diana % Mafque, in which 
 a Hawthorn Tree is made the 
 grand Scene of Action. 
 
 The Stock-jobbers. Far, 
 Anonym. Svo. 1720. — This is 
 one more of the Pieces written on 
 the Follies of the Year 1720, 
 but which, like the reft of theni,. 
 was never ailed. 
 
 Stock -Jobbers, Vid. Vo- 
 
 I IN TIERS. 
 
 Si ocK -JOBBERS, Vid. Fe- 
 male Advocates. 
 
 The SioLEN Heiress, or 
 the .Saltwittfica Dolfor out-plotted. 
 Com. by Sufanna Centlivre, 4to; 
 1704. — Scene Palermo. 
 
 'J'he Strange Discovery, 
 Tr.igi-Com. 4ro. 1640.— Thi« 
 Play has th" Letters J.G. GetV; 
 picfixed to it as the Initlils of' ' 
 the Author's Numc, and iii Umic 
 Copies of this only Edition ti.c. 
 Name y. Gijugh at It-nr^th.- — TK*-. 
 Plot, and groat Pait ot the hin- 
 j;uu!i;e, is taken from thp t^^nth 
 Book ui'lbcii-Tcnes .\n\C.ht)ricle/i, or 
 IIelisd'jiii'''s Ethiopicllifioryy '.vl'ieit 
 i" look'd on to be one oi' ilic mofr 
 ;'.ncient, .ind is ur.jiieftionabiy , 
 one of tire fiiicfl: Romances ex- 
 tant; — It i-; to be had in EngHjhy 
 the fiilt five Books being trarii- 
 h-(ed by a Perfon of Quality, the 
 remaining five by Mr. late, 8vo, 
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 nliig and End of this Play lies 
 in Ethiopia, in tke other Parts of 
 it in England and Greece. 
 
 The STROL&Bas. Farcc.«-» 
 This is only an ExQnft of fome 
 |)articular Scenes frpm a Comedy 
 vritten by Jobn Durant Breval, 
 «alle4 the tlaft the Piety pub- 
 jiflied in 1717.-- ■ It has fome- 
 times been aAcd with the Addi« 
 tion of another little Piece, called 
 the Mock Countess. 
 
 The SuBjKCTs'JoY for the 
 
 KlNG*S Rl(STOaATION. A 
 
 facred Mafqae, by Dr. Anibmy 
 Sadler, 410. 1661. gratefully 
 made Public for his facred Ma- 
 jefty.— The Plot of this Piece is 
 founded on the ih Kings, Ch.xi. 
 12. and a Cbronicles, Ch. xiii. 
 And the Scene, for the Land in 
 Canaan, for the Place in Bethel, 
 and for the Perfttn in Jerolnam. 
 
 SuBOR« Justice, f^id. 
 Town Shifts. 
 
 The Successful Pirate. 
 Com. by Cba^Johnfrm, 4to. 1713. 
 •—This Play is taken from an old 
 •ne written by Lodatvick Carlell, 
 ita\Ui Arviragus and Philida.—^ 
 The Scene the City of Saint 
 la^renee \a the Id and oiyMa' 
 dagaHar. 
 
 The SuccxssruL Stran- 
 « E R-*. 1'ragi Comedy, by ff^'m. 
 A/ownz/'^r.— This Plav is much 
 Superior to the h}ur'*d Levers pf 
 tlir umc Author j yet be is by 
 tio MtaiiS cleaV tiom the Charge 
 ef Flaj^iitry with Regard to his 
 Plot, huueviT .crJgiaal his Lan> 
 Ku.ige and Coi^du£k of the Piece 
 jTiivy he ; the Defign of the. Ca-. 
 («Arophc being tvidently borrow- 
 ed fvcm Sianous Novel, called 
 lite Ri':'al Brctiert. 
 
 The SvLLEN Lovxas, or fi* 
 ImfcvtiHtnti. Com. by Tho.Shad- 
 v<fl/, 4to. 1670. — The Author 
 owns in hi< Pielace that he had 
 iccuved a Iliixt ii9V^ (he Report 
 
 s u 
 
 ^tMeiiere's Let FaebeuM, on wfaick i 
 he had founded the Plot of this 
 Comedy, but at the fame Time ' 
 declares, that he had purfued that 
 Hint in the Formation of great 
 Part of his own Pky, before the 
 French one ever came into his 
 Hands.— Be this however as it 
 may, he has certainly made vet; I 
 gocKl Ufe of whatever Afllftances 
 he borrowed } having rendered 
 his own Piece extremely regular 
 and entertaining. — The Place of 
 the Scene in Lordon, the Time 
 fuppos'd in the Month of March 
 in the Year 1667 8. 
 
 The SuLTANEss. Trag. by 
 Cha. Johnfon, 8vc, 1717. — This 
 is little more than a Tranflation 
 of the Bajaxet of Racirc-^A 
 Piece which of itfelf is eileemed 
 the very worft of that Author's 
 Writings { and as Mr Johnjon\ 
 Talent feem'd to confift much 
 more in Comedy than Tragedy, 
 it is not much to be wondered at 
 if this Play thus ferved up at 
 fecond Hand by fo indiflfercnt a 
 Cook, Aould father form an in> 
 fipid and diftafteful Di(h ; yet it 
 was performed at Drury Lam 
 Theatre with.no very bad Sue- 
 cefs. 
 
 SuMMER^S LASTWjtL ANB 
 
 Testament. Com. by 7h. 
 Najb, 4to. i6oo.—This Pieci 
 is mentioned in. the feveral Ca- 
 talogues, but I do not find any 
 of the Writers who pretend to 
 give any farther Account of it, 
 or even to have Teen it. 
 
 TheSuN IN Aries, by T^i. 
 Middletcn, 4to.. l6ai^r— A noblo 
 Solemnity performed throughout 
 the City, at the fole Cjft anJ 
 Charges of the Honourable and 
 Ancient Fraternity of Drapers, at 
 the Confirmation and Eftablijhmtitt 
 of their moft worthy Brother, 
 the Right Honourable Edward 
 Bbrkbarr, io (he high Office of 
 
 his 
 
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 kit MajeAy's Lientenant, the 
 Lord Mayor of the famous City 
 of London, Off.zg. i6ii. — ^This 
 U one of the Mafques ^r Inter- 
 ludesj which, as I have before 
 obferved (rid. Londinum 
 TtiCMPiLANs} it was cuftoma- 
 ry for certain of the incorporated 
 Companies of the City of Lon- 
 don to put themfelves to the 
 Charge of, on Lord'Mayor's Day, 
 in Honour of any one of their 
 Brethren being chofen into the 
 OiHce of Lord Mayor, 
 
 The Svn's Dariikc. A 
 Mafquc, by Join Ford, 4to. 
 1657. — Decker aflifted our Au- 
 thor in this Mafque, the Plan of 
 which alhides to the four Sealbos 
 of the Year.— >The Explanation 
 of the Deflgn is to be fecn pee- 
 fixed to the Dramatis Perfomt. — 
 It was not publiflied till after 
 the Death of the Author. 
 
 The SCFXRAMNVATI^ 
 
 Gallant. Farce, hy Jofefb 
 Heed, 8vo. 1740. — This Piece I 
 never faw, but imagine it to be 
 by the fame Author as the Regifttr 
 Ojffice and Madr'gal and TruUeUa 
 mentioned before.— It was never 
 aAcd. 
 
 The Supposes. Com. by 
 Geo.GaJcuigne, 410. ic66.— This 
 is one of the earlieft dr^imaiic 
 Pieces which can properly be 
 called Plays in the Englifo Lan- 
 guagei and was prcfiented at 
 Grafs Inn. — It is a Tranflation 
 from an Italian Comefly, written 
 by the celebrated Aritfio. — The 
 Prologue to it is written in Profe, 
 which, tho' not ciiftomary at this 
 Time, has been followed by fome 
 other of our dramatic Writers, 
 particularly Dufet in the Prologue 
 to Traf^lin Juntos' d a Prince, and 
 Tatt. in his Epilogue to Duke and 
 no Duke. — Shakefpeare hat alfo 
 given ui an Example of an £pi< 
 l»gue in Profe, which ii cvca to 
 
 s u 
 
 this Da^ conftaotly fpoken to tht 
 Play, and feems now to be con- 
 fider'd as Part of it, •vlx. the long, 
 Speech of Rojalir.d, at the Con* 
 clufion of his Ccmedy of As you 
 like />» 
 
 Surprize. ViJ. Wits. 
 
 The SuRPRjxAL. Tragi-Co» 
 by Sir Rob. Hvmard, FoL 1665. 
 The Scene Sienna, 
 
 SuRRXMOER or Mcvs. Fid, 
 
 S»P6X OP MoNS. 
 
 Susanna, by 7?*. Carter, 
 4to. 1578. The running Title 
 of this Play is, 7le Commody of 
 the mofie vertueut and god/ye Su> 
 (anna. The Dramatis Verfona is 
 printed in the Title P^ge, wherein 
 it is alfo faid that eight Perfons 
 may eafily play it. It is written 
 in Metre, printed in the old black 
 Letter, and not divided into A£t£, 
 three greai Tokens of its teing 
 a very ancient Piece. 
 
 Susanna's Txars. Both 
 Langtaine and Jacii mention a 
 Piece of this Name, but as they 
 neither of them pretend to have 
 feen it,' I am apt to believe that 
 itmaybe thelaft-mentioned Play, 
 either with an altered Title m 
 fume later Edition, or coming to 
 their Knowledge only by Report, 
 ' and with a wrong Name. 
 
 The Suspicious Husband. 
 Com. by Dr. Benj. Ifeadty, 8vo. 
 1746. This Comedy was firft 
 prefcnted at Content Garden Hcufc, 
 and appears to have one ftanJard 
 Proof of Merit, which is, that 
 altho* on the firft Night it was 
 performed, it feem'd threatened 
 with corificierable Ol^poGtion ; 
 yet, from the Time the Curtain 
 rofe, it gradually overcame all 
 Prejudice againO it, met with 
 univerfal Applaufe, and continues 
 to this Day one of the moft favorite 
 Pieces with the Public, being at 
 frequently prcfented to crowded 
 Tbcatrci as any one Modern Co* 
 
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 'tnody on the Lift.— To fpo»k im- 
 partially of it, however, its Me- 
 rit is rather plcnCng than Arik- 
 ing, and the bufy Aftivityof the 
 riot takes off our Attention to 
 the Want of Dcfign, CharaAcr 
 and Language, which even its 
 bcft Friends muft confcfs to be 
 difcovcrablc on a more rigid Scru- 
 tiny.— Yet the Audience is kept 
 conlUntly alive, and as the prin- 
 cipal Intent of Comedy is to en- 
 tertain and afford the care-tir'd 
 Mind a few Hours of Diflip;Ation, 
 a Piece cojififting of a Number of 
 lively bufy Scenes, .intermingled 
 with eafy fprightly Convcrfation, 
 and Characters, which, if not 
 glaring, ate at leaft not unna- 
 tural, will frequently anfwer that 
 Porpofe more eflfedlually than a 
 Comedy of more compleat and 
 laboured Regularity, and there- 
 fore furely lays a very juft Chiim 
 to our Approbation and Thanks. 
 Yet this Play is nut entirely devoid 
 of Merit vrith Refpe^t to Cha- 
 racter, fince that of R'argtr, tho' 
 not new, is abfolutdy vven drawn, 
 and may, I think, bcplac'd as the 
 moft pcrfeft Portrait of the lively, 
 honeft, and undcfigningvRiikc of 
 the prefent Agcj ncr cjn Mr. 
 GarricK'i inimitable Periormancc 
 of that Charafler, which indeed 
 was in great Mcafure the Support 
 of the Piece during its firft Run, 
 be ever forgotten, while one Pcr- 
 fon furvivcB who has feen him in 
 it. — Clurinda is an amiable, lively 
 and honeft Coquet; and Striiilar.a, 
 tho'evidently copied ixomBenJon- 
 Jotti Kitefy in Eiery Man in bit 
 Ilnmotir, and indeed grently in- 
 ferior to that Character, hat n«- 
 Tcrthelcfs Tome Scenes in which 
 the Agitations of a weak Mind, 
 alTeCled with that moft torment- 
 ing of all Priflions, yealouf^f arc fir 
 from bciug badly cxprdlcd j t^r 
 
 s w 
 
 can T bring a more convincing 
 Argument to prove thisAflertion, 
 than the univerfal ReptUation tb« 
 performing of that Charadtv 
 brought to, an A£lor cf no verj 
 capital Share of Merit in other 
 Parts, vi». Mr. Bridgejvater^ 
 who, during the Run of this Co- 
 medy, obtainM Jb much of th* 
 public Approbation \y his Pei;- 
 formance of Mr, StnWand, as 
 even in an Advertifement of his 
 Benefit to aflign that Approba- 
 tion as a Reafon for hie making 
 Choice of this Play rather than 
 any other. — —The Scene lies in 
 London^ and the Time about 36 
 Hours. 
 
 TheSvsriciovs Husb>\nd 
 CRITIC I zEn, or the Plague cf 
 'Envy* Farce, by Cha, Mackliti, 
 1747.— This Piece was acted at 
 the Th. Roy. in Drury Lant, and 
 is, as it ftiles itfclf, a Criticifm 
 on the foregoing Play.— -—It 
 met with very little Succefs, and 
 I believe never appeared in 
 Print. 
 
 TheSwAGGERiNG Damsel. 
 Com. by Rob. Chamherfaine, J^.to. 
 1640. — It is uncertain )hcr 
 
 this Play was ever aftt-' utlt 
 is u/her'd into the World by 
 three recommendatory Copies of 
 Verfes, one of which is written 
 by Mr. Ratvlim, and is in Re- 
 quital for ( ne prt-fix'd by our Au« 
 thor to that Gentleman's Tra- 
 gedy of the Rthtllion. — This Cuf- 
 tom of Authors complimenting 
 each other was formerly greatly 
 in Vogue, and we fee Dtydetij 
 Lee, JonjfoH, FUtrber, &r. al- 
 ternately paying this Tribute to 
 each other's Merits. — It frcms 
 however to <be now lai^ afiJc, 
 the Writers of the nrefent Agf 
 ieeroing more cealouiiy to make 
 it their Endeavour to poii t out 
 to the Public how «f ty fr all a 
 
 Sh^tf 
 
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 Share of Genius is poflefled by 
 €very Author but himfelf{ and fo 
 fucccl'sfuUy do they purfue this 
 candid Plan, thak generally at 
 the Conclufion of every Conteft 
 of this Kind, the World be- 
 comes pcrfeAly convinced of the . 
 Juliice of their Aflertions, and 
 is ready to believe that every In- 
 dividual among them hu fpoken 
 the Truth in his Turn. 
 
 SWSTMAM TMX WoMAN- 
 HATVa AKRAIGM^D BY WO- 
 MEN. Com. Anonym. 410. 
 i6ao<r-This Play is chiefly in- 
 tended to laih a very fcaadaloas 
 Pamphlet «gainft the Female Sex, 
 written by one Joftpb SivtttuOH, 
 entitled, 7bt jtrraignmeHt of Uwd^ 
 idU, froward tnd incMjiant W9- 
 mn, — The Plot however is built 
 on an old Spamlb Book, call'd 
 liijiorta da jurtU»,y IfthtU* Bija 
 dti Rty dt SjMit, ftc— -The 
 Scene in Sicily, 
 
 SvLiA. A Drunatic Enter- 
 tainment, by Mr. Dtrrick, 8vo. 
 1753.-- This is only a TranHa- 
 tion, not defign*d for the Stage, 
 of a Kind of Opera written ori- 
 ginally in Frtmb by the King of 
 frujia, 
 
 Sylla'sOhost. a Dramatic 
 Satyrical Piece, Anonym. 1689. 
 —This Piece I have never fecn, 
 nor can form any Idea of its De- 
 fign.—- 1 find it mentioned only 
 in the Bn'tijb Tbtatrt. 
 
 Sylvia, or the CMHtrj Su' 
 rial, A Ballad Opera, by Cto. 
 Li7/o, 8vo. 1731.— This was one 
 of the Pieces whirh the general 
 Vogue of thefe Ballud Operas 
 occafioned by the Succefs of the 
 Beggar' t Oper* being btought forth 
 into the World.— It wa« perform- 
 ed ztLineoln'i-lnn'Fit.di Theatre, 
 but with no very grgat Succefs, 
 
 Ta 
 
 
 ^TAti or A Tdb. Coti|, 
 
 by Btn JonfoHf Fol. 1640.-*. 
 The Scene Finjbury Hunirtd.'-^ 
 This is not one of our Author's 
 beft Pieces, being chiefly confined 
 to low Humour. 
 
 Tambkblain thkGbzat, 
 or tht Seythian Shepherd. Trag. 
 in two Parts, by Chrift. Murlt^ 
 8vo. 1590.— 1593.— —The full 
 Titles of thefe two Plays are as 
 follows, vf2. Of the firft Part.— 
 Tamberlain tht Great, wbo frtm 
 a Scythian Shtpherdy by lis rare 
 and vtcnderful Cotiqueftst iecamt.a 
 mofi pkijfant ard mighty Monarquey 
 And (fir hit Tyramiy and Terrour 
 in Irar) nvax termed the Scourge 
 ^ Godf dividid into two tragteai 
 DifeourfeSf 8vo. 1590. — Of the 
 fecond Part.— ^ the Bhodie Con- 
 queftt of mighty Tamberlaine, witb 
 bii impajionate Fury for the Death 
 of hit Lady and Love, the fair 
 Zem :atc j hit Fourme of Exhor- 
 tation to his three Sons, and the 
 Maner of hit own D'atht 1 593**- 
 I'he Scene of both thefe Pieces 
 lies in Perfia, and they are both 
 printed in tlte old bUck Letter.r* 
 The Plot is taken from the Life 
 of Tamerlane, as related by Knellts 
 and other Hiftorians of the litr • 
 kifb Afloat rs. 
 
 Tambeklanc theGreat* 
 Trag. by CLa. Saunders 410. 
 1 68 1. —This wasefteemed a very 
 good Play, and was highly com- 
 mended by Banks and other his 
 Cotemporary Writers.— The Au- 
 thor himfelf confefles his Defign 
 to be taken from a Novel called 
 Tamerlane and Afieria. 
 . TambrlaMi Trag. by A^. 
 
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 JRcwf, 4to. 1704.— —This Play 
 was written in Compliment to 
 King jyilliatn III. whofe Cha- 
 taifter the Author intended to dif- 
 |siay under that of Tamerlane.-^It 
 -wai received with gr«rt Applaufe 
 »t its firft Appearance, and Aill 
 cojitmaes to be mi Admired 
 Phy ^ i ■ »i Jn Purfuance of Mr. 
 Howe's intended <0»Biplknent, it 
 liac iiecn a conftant Cuftom at all 
 tiw Theatres imth in Lmdtn and 
 DtMh, to repftlent ft on tVA 4th. 
 «f N tv v m i er, vfhfch iWas thot 
 Moiiai)ch*s Bivth-fi^'-^n Dni- 
 hm more icrpocialty it is made ^ne 
 of what is callfed zhtGwertment 
 Nigi>4s at the Thtfitre, when the 
 Lord Lieutenant, or in hH Al- 
 ienee the Lords Juftices, p«y the 
 Ladies the Compliment of ren- 
 tlering the Bokcs entirely free to 
 filch of them as chitfe to come to 
 the Houfe.— Nor has it been tin- 
 •uftial in fome Theatres to per- 
 form chit Play on the fucceed- 
 iMg Nifht iA(b, which is the A n- 
 nivcrfery of his iirft Landing on 
 the Stig/ijb Coaft. 
 
 Tamxr LASTS. An hulhti 
 Opem, by N, H^rfmy 8to. 17x4. 
 Mcformcd at the King's Theatre 
 in the /^M<fr/Wr.~~liie Seene is 
 hid at Prttfay now called Bnrja, 
 the Capkal of Bfttiwt, ind the 
 Arft City ihtifTtpurfane poflefs'd 
 hiofYTeif of after the Overthrow 
 of the Turks, 
 
 Tamzk tam'd, yid. Wo- 
 man's Prize. 
 
 The TAMiH6t>r the 
 Chrew. Com. by H^. Shahf- 
 fear%f 4to. 1607.— This is very 
 far from being a regular Play, 
 yet has many very great Bcautio 
 in ic— The Plot of the drunken 
 Tinker's being taken up by the 
 Lord end made to imagine him- 
 felf a Man of Quality, is bor- 
 rowed from Coulart^s Hiftoiret ad- 
 9urai/et,T^Xhc Scene in the latier 
 
 TA 
 
 tni ttf the third and the BegiV 
 ning of the 4th A(ks is at Pttru^ 
 chto't Houfe in the Country ; for 
 the seft^of the Play at Padua,-^ 
 This Comedy has been the 
 Ground -work of feme other 
 Pieces, particularly S0wtiey tbe 
 Snt, The CMer if Prtfiwy aod 
 Csthtvim mid FttrtKhit \ among 
 which the kill is m«Mrh the moft 
 regular and perf«£l I9rania that 
 has^cver been formed from It.— ^ 
 Sec further under its own Tkkr^ 
 The Taming *f the 
 
 S<HK«W. ^iU &A«Wt(TT THE 
 4c^»T. 
 
 TAircKcn amb GrvMtiKB,- 
 Tsag.. \iyR«i,WUmt^ 410. 1593. 
 —This Phiy is founded on flM** 
 taee'n Novels> Dec. 4. Nov. t. 
 which Story is very finely related 
 by Drydm in his Failles, under 
 the Title of Sigifiiim:4a and Gui 
 iftarthi^^Mtu Gr*f//«iv has alfo' 
 taken the very fame ^ory for the 
 Bafis of tier Tragedj^ called tht 
 
 TaNC-RSO AN9 6f<n9MUN- 
 
 DA. Traf. by y», nomffwi, 
 Svo.. 1744.-— 'This ic one of the 
 htA of this. Author's dramatic 
 Pieces, and met with very go«d 
 Sueccfsi-pi- — ^The. Ghar;<dlers are 
 well fupp««rted, yet they ant not 
 fuflicteHtly new and ftriking.— • 
 The Loves of Tanered and Sifif- 
 munda are tender, pstthctic and 
 affcdling, yet there is too little Va- 
 riety of Incident or Surprize to 
 prefervc the Attention of an Audi- 
 ence fuflkiently to it, and the 
 Langiiag^. i& in many Places poe- 
 tical and flowery, yet in the ge* 
 neral too declamatory and fen- 
 timental.— On the whole there- 
 fore, the Piece, tho' far from 
 wanting fomc Share of Merit, 
 appears heavy and dragging in 
 the Rcprcfentation, and fecms 
 therefore better adapted to the 
 Clul'et than the Theatre. 
 
 Tajinx^ 
 
I and the Begiffr 
 ASk* is at Pttruf 
 he Country; for 
 Play at VadM<^ 
 hat twen the 
 <tf feme other 
 arijr SawH^ the 
 f ^ PttJltHy and 
 *ttrtKbi9 \ among 
 is mvic)^ «he moft 
 f(i£| Dfama that 
 vciskA from tt.— ^ 
 >r its owa Tkkr^ 
 
 N G It F T N £ 
 
 F^iUber> 4to. 1592. 
 founded on £«■• 
 Dec. 4. Nov. t. 
 very finely related' 
 lis Fables, under 
 ^ifiim:4a and Gu( 
 Gr»i//<vrir baa alfo' 
 fame ^ory for ttie 
 raged]^ called tht^ 
 
 AK» 6l<rT9MUN* 
 
 y ya, Tbompfm, 
 his it one of tht 
 Lttthor's dramatic 
 ;t with very |oed 
 le. Charters are 
 
 yet they ar« not 
 V and ftriking.— 
 Tauered^nd Sigif- 
 ier, pitthetic and 
 ere is too little Va- 
 it or Surpriw to 
 ention of an Awdi- 
 y to it, and the 
 many Places poe- 
 ry, yet in the ge- 
 imatory and fen- 
 
 the whole there* 
 :e, tho' far from 
 
 Share of Merit, 
 
 and dragging in 
 ation, and fecms 
 ;r adapted to the 
 e Theatre. 
 
 Taj<nu 
 
 TA 
 
 Tanker »r Yo»n. VH, 
 
 LuCXY D18COVEKY. 
 
 •TA«^J^M^> Ov»»TH«owr. 
 
 //</. TUKCAN TrBATY* 
 
 TABTurrE, or the French 
 PuritM. Com. by Mmb. Med- 
 hwrntf 4to. 1670*— This Flay is 
 an improved Ttanflation of M»- 
 liere^t lMrttt0kt aod according to 
 the Author"! own Acconnt met 
 with vei^gKat Applaufe, and in- 
 dsed it ia qu groat Wot^er that 
 any Piece whkh «raa written a- 
 
 TA-, 
 
 toti Place in the ftcmd Ranic of 
 our dramatic Writings, and the 
 ingenioua £arl of Dorfatf when 
 Lasi Backburfty paid a firong Tcf- 
 timonial to its Merit in a< Copy 
 of \^erfes to the Author on its 
 Publication.-xThe Scene is bid* 
 in Madrid, 
 
 Tastk. Com. of two A As, 
 by ^. Fottfi- Svo. 1753.— Thi» 
 Piece and i^ Pnoiits was girvn by 
 ita Author to Mr. Iforfdalt the 
 Painter, who a£led the Part of 
 
 gainft the French Huguitttt who Lady Pentweajk in it m ith great 
 boie a ftrong Refemblance to the Applaufe. — 1'he general Irten- 
 
 Ei^lijb Puritanty fliould give Plea. 
 fure at a Period when evety Mo- 
 tive was made Ufe of to render 
 that CWfi o( People deteftable 
 throughout the Kingdom* -*• It 
 muft, hpwever, be eonfefled, that 
 the original Tartaffe is a Mafter 
 Piece in the driunatie Way, and 
 to it wc ihind indebted for a Co- 
 medy asexcellent in our own Lan* 
 guage, <M«. the Nonjuror of Coilty 
 Cibber. 
 
 TARTvrrs, w tht Hypocrite. 
 Com. by y* OaK"//.— -This is only 
 a literal Tranflation from Mo- 
 litre, 
 
 Taks op OtD Englano. 
 Vid. REraizAr.. 
 
 Taruoa's Wiles, or the 
 Coffeehoufe, Com. by Sir Tbo.St. 
 Sar/e, ^^.to, i668.-~ Great Part 
 of the Plot of this Play is found- 
 ed on a Spanijb Comedy, called 
 Ne Puedtj'cr, or // cannot hei 
 from which, or from the Piece 
 betbre us, Mr. Crovtn has bor- 
 
 tian of it is to point out the nu- 
 merous ImpoHtions that Pcrfons 
 of- Fortune and Fafllion daily 
 fttfier in the Purfuit of what i« 
 called Tafltf or a Love of the 
 FertOt from the Tricks and Con- 
 federacies of Painters, Au^iun- 
 eers. Medal Dealerty &c, and to 
 ihew the Abfordity of placing an 
 ineftimnble Value on, and giving 
 immenfe Prices for, a Parcel of 
 maimed Bufts, erazM Pi^hircs, 
 and inexplicable Coins, only be- 
 caufe they have the mere Name 
 and Appearance of Antiquity } 
 while the more perftA and really 
 valuable Performances of the 
 moft capital Artifts of our own 
 Age and Country, if known te 
 be fuch, arc totally defpifed and 
 negle£led, and the Artifts them- 
 felves fuffer'd to pa6 thro* Life 
 unnotic'd and difcouraged.— — - 
 Thefc Paints Mr. Fcote has in 
 this Farce fet forth in a very juft, 
 and at the fame Time a very hu- 
 rowed his Sir Coartly Nice, at leaft mourous Light j but whether the 
 as far as relates to Lord Bellgnard Generality of the Audience did 
 
 and Crvir/(, which are extremely 
 rsfembling Don Patricio and 7a* 
 rugo in this, Siir Thmiai has in 
 his third Xik introduced a Coflfce- 
 
 not reltfli, or perhaps did not un* 
 derftlind this confined Satire, or 
 that underftandingit, they were 
 fo wedded to the Infatuation of 
 
 houft Scene, which is admirably being impos'd on, that they were 
 
 finished.— -In, a Word, this Piece, unwillitig to fubfcnbe to the 
 
 if not intitlfld to the firft, may, Juftice of it, I will not pretend 
 
 witliottt rrc&imptioQ, layGltifa to determioc} bu» it met with 
 
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 fome Oppoiition for a Night or 
 two, and during the whole Run 
 cf it, whieh was not a long one, 
 found at beft but a cold and dif- 
 tafteful Reception. 
 
 Tastx a lA Mode. /7i. 
 TitTi« Tattle, 
 
 TcHoo Chi Cou Ell, ortht 
 BttkOrpbtm of the Family efTebto. 
 Tng. 8vo. i738.<->"Thi8 is no- 
 thing more than a literal Tranfla- 
 tion from the C6/itf^ Language of 
 the Tragedy in the firft Vo- 
 lume of Du HaldeU Hifioty •/ 
 China, 
 
 Tbagvk O'Divblly. Vii, 
 Amorous Bigot. 
 
 TEXNOFAMIA, or tht Marriagi 
 »f the Arts, Com. by Barton 
 Holiday^ 4to. i6i8.— This Piece 
 was a£ted by the Students of 
 Chrifi Church before the Univer- 
 iity at Shrove Tide*— 'It is entirely 
 figurative, all the liberal Arts be- 
 ing perfonated in it, and the 
 Author has difplayM great Learn- 
 ing in the Contexture of his 
 Play, having introduced many 
 Things from the Ancients, par- 
 ticularly two Odes from Atiacreon^ 
 which he has inferted, one in 
 his fecond, and the other in his 
 third Aa. — The Challenge of 
 Logicut to Poeta is an elegant and 
 ingenious Imitation of that from 
 Damtttat to Cliniat in Sir Philip 
 Sidney t celebrated y^rrdc/u.— The 
 Scene Jn/u/a ftrtunata. 
 
 TsMrit axsTOR*D. A 
 Mafque, 4to, 1631.— This Piece 
 was prefented before K. Charles \, 
 at WhitehaU on Sbr«ve Tnefday, 
 1631. by the Queen and fourteen 
 of her Ladies,— It is founded \>n 
 tht Story of Ciree as related in 
 the r4th Book of Ovid's Meta- 
 morpbDjiu.-^ — The * Words were 
 written by Mr. Atrelian Townfm 
 bf»d, but th« Subjca and Alle- 
 gory of the Mafque, with the 
 Dtfcriptiona and Afpaiatus of 
 
 T E 
 
 the Scenca wete invented by /n/g* 
 yones. 
 
 The TiMrxsT. A Com. by 
 W.Shakefptarey 4to. 1 594. — ^This 
 is a very admirable Play, and is 
 one Inftauce» among many^ of our 
 Author's creative Faculty, who 
 fometimes feems wantonly, as if 
 tir'd with rummaging in Na- 
 turals Storehoufe for his Charac- 
 ters, to prefer the forming of 
 fuch as die never dreamt of, in 
 order to fliew his own Power of 
 making them z€i and fpeak juft 
 as (he would have done had fhe 
 thought proper to have given 
 them Exiftence.— One of thefe 
 CharaAers U Caliban in this Play, 
 than which nothing furely ean 
 be more outr/^ and at the famo 
 Time nothing more perfectly na- ' 
 tural,— His Ariel is another of 
 thefe Inftances, and is the moft 
 amazing Contraft to the heavy 
 Earth-born Clod I have been 
 mentioning J 9II his Defcriptions, 
 and indeed every Word he fpcaka^ 
 appearing to partake of the Pro- 
 perties of that light and invifible 
 Element which he is the Inha- 
 bitant of.— Nor Is his Mirandet 
 lefs deferving of Notice, her Sim- 
 plicity and natural Senfations un- 
 der the Circumftances he has 
 plac'd her in, being fuch as no 
 one fince, though many Wr)fers 
 have attempted an Imitation of 
 the CharaAer, has ever been able 
 to arrive at.— The Scene is at 
 firft on Board a VelTel in a Storm 
 at Sea, thro' all the reft of the 
 Play is a defert Idaftd. 
 
 The TxMPxeT, or the Trti 
 chanted IJland. Com. hy J, Dry- 
 den, 4to. 1676.— ~— The whole 
 Ground-Work of thif Play is 
 built on .the fore-mentioned one 
 of ShcAefpeart, the greateft Part 
 of the Language and fome entire 
 Scenes being copied verbatim from 
 it^i * Mr. Drydin hat however 
 
 XBoh 
 
T E 
 
 hnade a confidcrablc Alteration in 
 the Plot and Conduaof the Play, 
 1 and introduced three entire new 
 Charafters, vix. a Sifter to Mi- 
 tinda, who, like her, has never 
 ititi a Man ; a Youth who has 
 I never beheld a Woman ; and a 
 I Female Monfter, Sifter andCom- 
 I panion to Caliban \ befides which, 
 I be had fomcwhat enlarged on the 
 Charafters of the Sailors> greatly 
 utended the Mufical Partt, and 
 terminated the whole with a Kind 
 of Maique.— In fhort, he has, on 
 I thewhole, rendered it more Aewy, 
 I more intricate, and fitter to keep 
 I up the general Attention of the 
 Audience, and yet, to the im- 
 mortal Evidence of Sbakefpeare's 
 fuperior Abilities over every other 
 Genius, we cannot but obferve 
 that the Work of this very great 
 Poet Mr. Dryder.y interwoven as 
 it is into the very Texture of 
 Sbdefj>eare*s Play, and fine as it 
 I mud be confider'd taken fingly, 
 hppears here but as Patch-work, 
 I as a Fruit entirely unequal to the 
 I noble Stock en which it is en- 
 Igraffed. — Mr. Drydenin his Pre- 
 I face obfervcs, that Fletcher in his 
 Ita Voyagff and Sir yohn Suckling 
 I in his Goblins J have borrowed ve- 
 I ty confiderably from Sbakefpearfs 
 ytmpcjl. — Sir Wm. Daveaant had 
 I fame Share with Drydtn in this 
 {Alteration. 
 
 The Tempest. Opera, Svo. 
 1 1756.— This is only the principal 
 I Scenes of Sbakejpeare't Tetnfejlf 
 Ithrown into the Form of an O- 
 Ipera, by the Addition of many 
 ■new Songs.— It was performed at 
 ■the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane 
 [with Succefs. 
 
 Temple. Vid» MAtfiyx ot 
 ■the two Inns or Covrt, 
 l^f. by y, Cbafman, 
 
 The Temple Beav. Com. 
 I by U. Fielding^ 8vo. 1731.—— 
 I This Comedy b»8 no ve/y great 
 
 T E 
 
 Merit, yet wai a£led at the The- 
 atre in Goodman* s-Fte/dt for fe- 
 veral Nights with confideratle 
 Succefs. 
 
 TheTEMPLE or Dullness. 
 A Comic Opera, 8vo. I74|* 
 Anonym.— This Piece was never 
 performed, but it appears on the 
 Lifts of Publicatiohs of the above 
 Year. 
 
 The Tbmplk or Love. 
 Mafque, by Sir fK Davenant, 
 1673. — I know not exa^ly in 
 what Year this Piece was firfl 
 performed, but only that it wa« 
 prefented at Whitehall in the 
 Reign of King Charles I. by the 
 Queen, and divers of the Nobi- 
 lity of both Sexes, whofe Names 
 are printed at the End of the 
 Mafque. 
 
 Temple ofLove. Paftoral, 
 —A Piece thus entitled, but 
 without either Author's Name or 
 Date, is inferted in the Index 
 to Wbinccfi Lift, but no Notice 
 taken of it in the Body of the 
 Work. 
 
 Of the Temptation or 
 Ch R I s T. A dramatic Piece, by 
 BiOiop Balcy mentioned only ia 
 his own L:ft. 
 
 The TENnER Husband, or 
 the Accomplitoed Fools, Com. by 
 Sir Kicb, Steele, 4to. i7o3.«— 
 Some Part of this Play, particu- 
 larly the Incident of Clerimont*s 
 difguifing himfelf aud painting 
 his Miftrefs's PiAure, is bor- 
 rowed from Mtliere^s Sicilien ou 
 V Amour P«W«,— The Prologue 
 is written by Mr. Addtfin, 
 
 Teraminta. An Englijb 
 Opera, ^ by Mr. H, Carey, 8vo. 
 1731.— This Piece was, I be- 
 lieve, performed at the Theatre 
 in Lincoln" s-Inn-Fields. -^>~-.Thc 
 Mufic by Mr. J. C. Smith. 
 
 Testy Lord. f^id. Wits. 
 
 TxuzzoKB. An Italian O. 
 
 pera, 8vo, 1727. —'The Mufjc 
 
 y compos'd 
 
 .■|i' 
 
 'c 
 
 f 
 
•Ii;l :: * 
 
 e^r 
 
 T H 
 
 ComposM by Sig. Attilio Ariojii, 
 — Tne Scene is laid as Pekin, the 
 Capital of China. 
 
 The Theatrbs. Farce, 
 Anonym. 8vo. 1733.— This is 
 in the Lift of the Britip 7heatre, 
 but witheut any farther Particu- 
 larsi-^lt vras never a£led, and I 
 fuppo<e was only a Party Affair 
 Yeiatin? to the- theatrical Contcfts 
 of that Time. 
 
 Trbbais. Trag, by Tbo. 
 Newton; 4to. 1581.— This is a 
 Tranflation from one of the Trar- 
 gedies publifhed as Seneca\ zl- 
 tho', from fome Inconfiftencies 
 between the Cataftrophe of this 
 and that of Oedrpus, it is fcarcely 
 reafonable to imagine them both 
 the Work of the fame Author. 
 Thebais. a Tranflation of 
 the fame Piece, by Sir Edward 
 Sherbourne (about 1650.)— To 
 this Gentleman has Jacob attri- 
 buted a Tranflation of this Play j 
 vrhich Account is confirmed by 
 the Lifts publifted fihce.— ^-But 
 Coxettr in his MS. N6tes has 
 ftruck out this Tragedy, infert- 
 ing in its Room the Hippoli- 
 TVS of the fame ancient Author. 
 —How fuch a Miftake ihould 
 happen at firft I can fcarcely con- 
 ceive ; but ihould not be at all 
 furprized, if a Miftake, to find 
 it taken for grafited on Jacob* i 
 Authority^ and copied after him 
 by the fubftqoent Writers, as 
 they have done in numberlefs o- 
 ther Inftances from him, Lang- 
 baine, Phillips and others. — As I 
 have not myfelf happened to me Jt 
 with either of Sir Edtvard's 
 Tranflations, I muft ingenuoafly 
 confefs it is not in my Power to 
 determine the Point. 
 
 The longer thou iivest 
 The motce Fool thou art. 
 nd. Longer, &c. 
 
 T H B M I 8TOCLE s. Trag. 
 Anonym. 4to. 1729. — A£led 
 %^ith fome Succefs at the Theatre 
 
 T H 
 
 in Lincoln s - Inn - rie/Js.— It v/as i 
 written by an Irijh Clergyman. 
 
 Theodosius, or the Fsrce c/l 
 Love. Trag. by Nath. Lte, 410. f 
 This Play met with great anu 
 deferved Succefs, and is to this 
 Day a very Favorite Tragedy wth 
 moft of the fenlible Part of the 
 Audience.— The Paflions are very 
 finely touched in it, and the Lar.t 
 guage in many Parts extremely 
 beautiful. —Every Thing that re- 1 
 lates to the Loves of Faranes, A- 
 tbenaii and Theodofius is uniform, I 
 noble and affetHiing ; yet even all 
 thefe Beauties cannot bribe me 
 from remarking how very unequal 
 to thefe is the Epifode of the 1 
 Loves of Martian and Pulcltria^ ' 
 which is in itfelf fo trifling, and I 
 fo unconnedled and unneceflary { 
 to the main Plot of the Play, 
 that wirti a very little Alteration 
 thofe two Charadlcrs, and every 
 Thing that relates to them, might I 
 be entirely omitted, and the 
 Piece render'd the better for the 
 Want of t.\itm,'—Marcian\ Be- 
 haviour to Theodojiui is not only 
 inconfiftent with Probability, but 
 fuch as renders the latter too 
 contemptible for the Sufferance 
 of an Audience after it to admit 
 him again on the Stagey and ?«,'• 
 cherid*s banifliing the Gencn! 
 only to have an Opportunity of 
 recalling him to furptize him 
 with making him het Hufband, 
 has fomething in it fo truly lu- 
 dicrous and puerile, that one 
 fhould imagine it rather theTrcat- 
 ment of a ikittifli Boarding School 
 Mifs to fome pretty Mafter jull 
 come Home to a Holiday Break- 
 ing-up, than thatof a Princcfs, to 
 whom the Efnpir« of the Woili 
 was to devolve, towards a hardy 
 Soldier, whofe Arms that World 
 had trembled at the Sound of. 
 It were therefore to be wifljed 
 that this flight Hint might in' 
 ducc fome Perfon equal to the 
 
 Talk 
 
e, towarxJs a hardy 
 
 T H 
 
 Talk to undertake an Alteration 
 of it, by curtailing thefe fuper- 
 fiuous Excrefcences, and 6lling 
 up the Hiatus they vould leave 
 with feme Incidents that might 
 have more Uniformity and Con- 
 -nedion with the general Defign 
 of the Play. The Ground Work 
 of it is built on the Romance of 
 Pharamond, in which the Hiftory 
 of Faranes is to be feen. Part 3. 
 Book 3. of Martian in Part 7. 
 Book I. and of Theciojius in 
 Part 7. Book 3. — The Scene lies 
 It Coti/fantirople. -"It is alfo aflift- 
 «d in the Reprefentation by fe- 
 veral Entertainments of Singing 
 in the Solemnity of Church Mu- 
 fic, composed by the celebrated 
 Hen, Purcelff being the firft he 
 ever compofed for the Stage. 
 There is a Play on the fame Story 
 by A^j^nger. Fid, Empxkok 
 
 or THE %AST. 
 
 Thersttes, bii HumouTi and 
 cneeitt. An Interlude, Anon. 
 1598. 
 
 Tn'Kstvs, An Opera, per- 
 formed at the King's Theatre in 
 the Haypiarket, but in what Year 
 I know not. 
 
 Thomas and Sally. A 
 Muiical Entertainment, 8vo. 
 1760. This Kttle Piece was 
 performed at Covent Garden The- 
 tre with great Succefs. — Though 
 publiflied Anonymous, it is writ- 
 ten by one Mr. Ifaac Hickerflaff. 
 —The Plot is veryfimple, being 
 no more than a Country Squire's 
 attempting the Virtue of a young 
 Girl in the Neighbourhood, who, 
 after refifting all the Perfwafions 
 of an old Woman who pleads in 
 the Squire's Favour, is at laft 
 rcfcued from intended Violence 
 by the timely Approach of a 
 Youth, for whom flie had long 
 maintain'd a pure and unalter'd 
 Pafljon. — r The Songs aje plea- 
 fing, and the Mufic well adapted 
 to the prcfent Tafte, 
 
 T H 
 
 Thomaso, or tht ffanderer^ 
 Com. in two Parts, by 7bo. Ktl- 
 Itgrruf, Fol. 1663.— The Author 
 of this Play has borrowed feveral 
 o( his Decorations from others, 
 particularfy a Song on Jealouf/ 
 from Mr. Careiv, and another 
 Song from Flet cherts Play of the 
 Caj>tain.—-He has, befides, taken 
 not only the Defign of his Cha- 
 ra^er of Lopus, but even many 
 of the very Words from that of 
 yonfon's Volpone. ——^But a) he 
 feems very ready candidly to con* 
 fefs his Thefts, and that what he 
 has thu& borrowed he applies to 
 very good Purpofe, he may furely 
 be excus'd. — Both thefe Pieces 
 were written at Madrid, which 
 City he has made the Scene of 
 A^ion in them. 
 
 Thomyris Queen of Scy- 
 THiA. An Italian Opera, 8vo. 
 1709. performed at the (^een's 
 Theatre in the Httfrnarket, 
 
 Thomyris Qtjeen of Scy- 
 THiA. An Opera, by T, Mot" 
 teux, 8vo. J 719.— This was per- 
 formed atthe Theat. \i\ Lincoln* i-^ 
 Jnn-Fieldiy and was one of th^ 
 Attempts made at that Time for 
 the Revival of E»glift> Operas 
 after the Manner of the Italian, 
 — The Scene lies in that Part of 
 Scythia inhabited by the MaJJa' 
 getet. 
 
 Thorns Y Abbey, or the 
 London Maid. Trag. by T. ^, 
 lamo. 1662.— Who the Authp; 
 of this Piece was I know not^ 
 but it is printed with the MaK 
 riage Broker and Grim the Collier 
 of Croydon, under the Title <^ 
 Gratia Tkeatrales , or j4 choice 
 Ttrnary of Englijh Plays, compos' A 
 upon efpecial Occajions by Jeveral 
 ingenious Perfons.-— -Tht Scene of 
 the Piece we are now fpeaking tff 
 is laid in London* 
 
 The Thracian Wonde*. 
 
 A comical Hiftory, hy JobnH^eb' 
 
 Y a fter, 
 
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 /er, 4to. z66i. — This Play was 
 ided with great Applaufe, but 
 what is its Plot I know not, 
 having never feen it. 
 
 Tkkk£ Dvxbs op Dun- 
 stable, yid. Fool's Prx- 
 
 riRMENT. 
 
 Three Hours aftsk. Mar- 
 riage. Farce, of three AdSf 
 by MefTrs. Gay, Pope znS Arbutb- 
 
 r<.tf 8vo. 1717. This little 
 
 Piece, the joint Produce of this 
 Triumvirate of firft rate Wits, 
 was afted at the Theatre Rojal 
 in Drury Lane, ard very defcTV- 
 eciiy damn'd.— The Confequence 
 «t" which was the giving Mr. Pofe 
 fo great a Difguft to the Stage, 
 that he never, attempted any 
 Thing in the dramatic Way af- 
 terwards ; and, indeed, he feems, 
 through the Courfe of his Saty- 
 rical i^Vitings, to- have fliewii a 
 mere peculiar Degree of Spleen 
 againft thofe Authors who hap- 
 pened to meet with Succefe in 
 this Walk, in which he had fo 
 confpicuoufly failed.— Yet it is 
 far from improbable, that had he 
 thought it worth his while fingly 
 to have taken the Pains of writ- 
 ing a dramatic Piece, he might 
 bave fucceeded equally, if not fu- 
 yerior to any of his Cotempo- 
 raries. 
 
 The Three Ladies or 
 London. A Comedie, full of 
 Mjrtbe attd loyttie Certceits, 1598. 
 r— In this Manner is the Title of 
 this Piece denoted in the Britifl> 
 Theatre, from which one would 
 conclude the Author of that 
 Work had feen it, which Lang- 
 baine owns he never did, and 
 ^acob does not pretend to have 
 done. — Neither of the laft-men- 
 tioned Writers have afligned any 
 Pate to it, tho' both have affixed 
 Initial Letters, yet differing from 
 each other.— For Langbaine has 
 k% down the Jtetters W, It, 
 
 T H 
 
 whereas Jacob, and fFhlneof after 
 him, have made them to be R, 
 fV. and Coxeter, in his MS. Notes, 
 has filled up the faid Letters, by 
 fignifying them to ftand for /{. 
 fVilfon, by whom, I fuppofe, he 
 muft mean the Robert Wilfon^ 
 who was Author of a Comedy, 
 caird the Cobler^i Prophecy j nor 
 does this Conjecture appear at all 
 impiobable, thit Pl^y having been 
 firft publilhed in 1698. but four 
 Years after the Date of this, at 
 above-mentioned. 
 
 Three Merry Boys* Vid, 
 W1T8. 
 
 Thierry andTheodoret, 
 Trag. by Beaumont and F/etchtr, 
 4to. 1 62 1.-— -The Plot of thii 
 Play may be feen by confuhing 
 De Serret, Mezeray and other of 
 the French Writers on the Reign 
 of CIctair 11. and the Scene lies 
 in France,'-ln the Folio Edition 
 of thefe Authors Works in 1679, 
 the Editor, either defignedly, or 
 from fome CareleiTnefs of the 
 Compofitor, has omitted a great 
 Part of the laft A^, which con* 
 tains the King's Behaviour dur- 
 ing the Operation of the Poifon 
 adminiftred to him by his Mo« 
 ther, and which is as affecting as 
 any Part of the Play. 
 
 Thysstes. Trag. hy Jaf- 
 per Heywood, 8vo. 1560.— This 
 is only, a Tranflation from the 
 Thyeftet of Seneca.— It was not in- 
 tended for the Stage ; yet the 
 Author has taken fome Liberty 
 with his Original, having added 
 a whole Scene at the End of the 
 fifth AA, in which Thyeps be- 
 wails his own Mifery, and im- 
 precates the Vengeance of Heaven 
 on Atreut.-^Tht Scene Argos,— 
 This is a very old, and, I be- 
 lieve, the firft Eng/:)>> Tranflation 
 of this Play) and is printed in 
 the black Letter. 
 
 Thv- 
 
^ndTheodoret, 
 umotit and Fletcher, 
 -The Plot of thii 
 'een by confulting 
 ieray and other of 
 iters on the Reign 
 ind the Scene lies 
 the Folio Edition 
 rs Works in 1679, 
 her defignedly, or 
 areleiTnefs of the 
 19 omitted a great 
 i AQf which con* 
 fs Behaviour dur- 
 ion of the Poifon 
 
 him by his Mo« 
 h is as aiTe^lingas 
 E Play. 
 
 . Trag. by Jaf. 
 Jvo. 1560.— This 
 nflation from the 
 w.— It was not in- 
 ! Stage ; yet the 
 ken fome Liberty 
 nal, having added 
 
 at the End of the 
 irhich Thyeftes be- 
 
 Mifery, and iin- 
 ngeance of Heaven 
 le Scene Argos,-— 
 old, and, I be- 
 
 'Sng/ijh Tranflation 
 
 and is printed in 
 
 T O 
 
 nor hat it ever fallen into my 
 Hands.— All I can coUcA of it, 
 therefore, in that Refpcft, is 
 from Langbsintt who mentions it 
 to have come out about the Time 
 of the Popidi Plot, which was 
 in 1678. 
 
 TXTVI AND BCKSNICS. Tr. 
 
 by 7%«. OhMty, 4to. 1677.— This 
 ii a Tranflation, with fome few 
 Alterations, from a Tragedy of 
 the fame Name, by M. Racine, 
 —The Plot is taken from Sutto- 
 niut'i Life of 7itiit, Jofepbui's 
 
 Wan if the ^twi, &c. The 
 
 Scene Rome,<~^Th6* the Original 
 confifts of the ufuul Number of 
 AAs, this Play U divided into no 
 more than three, and is written 
 in Rhyme. 
 
 Trrui MANLivf. An Ita- 
 lian Opera, 8vo. 1717* perform- 
 ed at the King's Theatre in the 
 Haymarkett — The Scene in and 
 near Remt» 
 
 Titus VxsrAsiANus. Tr. 
 by John Ge/andf 8vo. 1760.—— 
 This Piece is an enlarged Tranf- 
 lation from the Clemenza di Tito, 
 of JWif/<j^^,— It was offered to 
 the Manager of Drury Lane The* 
 atre, who refufedlt,— Yet it is 
 by no Means deftitute of Merit. 
 Tom 10 CHi(i.ut, or the A- 
 merifan Savage. A dramatic En- 
 tertainment. In three AAs, by 
 John Ckland, 8vo. 1758.— This 
 IS no more than a Tranflation 
 of the ArUauin Sauvage of De 
 L'Jfie, 
 
 Tom Essbnci, or tbe Modijh 
 Hyi. Com. 4to. 1677,— One 
 Mr. Raw/ins is faid to be the 
 Author of this Play, which is 
 founded on two Frentb Comedies, 
 viz* the Cocu imaginaire %f Mo- 
 iiere, and the D» Caefar dCAlvaroi 
 of Tho, Cirtieit/e.'^Tht Part of, 
 LtfvtaU\ Intrigue with Luce being 
 borrowed from the latter, and 
 ;the whole Affair of Tm EJfenct 
 
 TO 
 
 and his Wife from the fonner, 
 or from Sir fy. Davenanfi fifth 
 A£t of the Plmbtufe to be Utt, 
 which is ^ Tranflation from it. 
 
 Tom Thumb. Vid, T«a- 
 GKDv or TRAGIOriS. 
 
 Tom Thumb. A'iV/. Ovbra 
 OP Operas. 
 
 Tome Tylxrb and his 
 WvrE. A pajjing merrie Inter- 
 lude, Anonym. 1598. — This Play 
 has been attributed, but I believe 
 without Foundation , to IVm, 
 fTayer.— The Plot of it refembks 
 M. Poifon" t Le Sot vengi, and the 
 Intent of it is to reprefent and 
 humble a Shrew.— —It was le- 
 printed in Black Letter in 4(0. 
 166 1, and in the Title Page of 
 that Edition it is faid to have been 
 written and a£ted an hundred and 
 thirty Years before. 
 
 Tottenham Court. Conr. 
 by Tho. Nabbes, 4to. 1638. 
 Scene Tottenham Court and the 
 Fields about it. 
 
 The Town Fop, or Sir T/- 
 motby Tav>drty% Com. by Mrs. 
 Apbra Behn, 4to. 1677.— Great 
 Part of this Play, not only with 
 Refpedl to Plot but Language 
 alfo, is borrowed from Ceo, Wil" 
 kins'i Comedy, call'd, the Mife- 
 ries 0/ Enforced Marriage,'^Sccne 
 Civent Garden, 
 
 Town Humours. Fid, 
 Morning Rambling. 
 
 The Tow nShipts, or Suburb 
 Jufiice. Com. by Edw. Revet, 
 4to. 1671. Langbaine fpcaks 
 highly in Favour of this Play as 
 an inflru£tive and moral Piece j 
 and particularly commends the 
 Author for the Signature of one 
 of his Chara£lers, vix. Lovewel/, 
 who, tho' reduced to Poverty, 
 not only maintains himfelf the 
 Principles of innate Honefty and 
 Integrity, but even takes great 
 Pains in the perfwading his two 
 Friends and' Comradesj Friendly 
 
 and 
 
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 ana Faithful, to the Praftife of 
 
 the fame.- The whole Piece, 
 
 according to Coxetery was begun 
 and tfini^hcd in a Fortnight. 
 
 Town Sparks. ^;^. Eng- 
 lish Fryar. 
 
 Town unmask'd, Vid, 
 Pretenders. 
 
 The T0Y9H0P. Farce, by 
 Rob. Docl/lep 8vo. 173c.— The 
 Hint of this elegant and fenfible 
 little Piece fcems built on Ran- 
 dolpb^i Mufei Looking Glafs. 
 1 he Author of it , however , 
 has fo perfectly modernized 
 it, and adapted the Satire to the 
 peculiar Mann.ers jnd Follies of 
 the Times he writes to, that he 
 has made it perfcAly his own, 
 and rendered it one of the jaft- 
 eft, and at the fame Time the 
 beil-natured Rebukes that fafliion- 
 able Abfurdity perhaps ever met 
 with.* — The Merit of this 
 Piece recommended its Author to 
 the Nptice of Mr. Popcy who, 
 by ftirring up this little Spark of 
 Genius, then almoft loft in Ob- 
 fturity, was the Means of giving 
 to the World, not only a Man 
 v.hofe own Abilities were fuffi- 
 cient to entitle him to its warin- 
 cft Regards, but alfo a zealous 
 Promoter in the Courfe of his 
 Bufinefs of the Caufe of literary 
 Woith, where ever to be found, 
 as the feveral Colle^ions he has 
 himfelf made for the Prcferv^ 
 tion of the Minutiae, if we may 
 fo call thom, of capital Merit, 
 and his numerous Publications of 
 more cflcntial Works bear ample 
 Evidence of. — The Toy-Jhcp was 
 ;>fted at Covent Garden Theatre 
 with very great Succefs. 
 
 Tragehy expell'd. Vid, 
 Art of Management. 
 
 Tragedy in trueTaste. 
 
 Vid. DlSTIl£&S VPON Dis- 
 Tl^tSS. 
 
 T R 
 
 Tragedy op Fortonat^s. 
 Vid. Banish'o Duke. 
 
 Tragedy of Love. Vij, 
 Cyrus the Great. 
 
 Tragedy of Marx An- 
 thony. Vti. Antonius. 
 
 The Tragedy of Trage- 
 dies, or the Life and Death of 
 Tom Thumb the Great, 8vo. 
 1734. with Annotations by -Scr;^- 
 lerut fecutidus. —Thx9 Piece 6rft 
 made its Appearance in the little 
 Theatre in the Haymarket, in the 
 Year 1731, in but one Aftj but 
 in the above-mentioned Year the 
 Succcfs it had met with before 
 induced the Author to enlarge it 
 to the Extent of three Afts, and 
 bring it on the Stage again, lirft 
 in the Haymarket and afterwards 
 in Drury Lane Theatre. — It is 
 perhaps one of the beft Burlefques 
 that ever appeared in this or any 
 other Language, and may pro- 
 perly be confidered as a Sequel to 
 the Duke of Buikinghami's Re- 
 hearfal, as it has taken in the 
 Abhirdities of almoft all the Wri- 
 ters of Tragedy from the Period 
 where that Piece flops. — —The 
 Scene between Glumdaka and 
 Huncatnunca is a moft admirable 
 Parody on the celebrated Meeting 
 between Ofiavid and Cleopatra in 
 Drydefi's All for Love. — His Love 
 Scenes, his Rage, his Marriage, 
 his Battle, and his bloody Ca- 
 taftrophe, are fuch ftrong Imita- 
 tions o( the tragic Rules purfucd 
 by the Writers of that Time, 
 that the Satire conveyed in them 
 cannot efcape the Obfervation of 
 any one ever fo little converfant 
 with the Writers of about half 
 a Century part. — His Similes are 
 beautiful, yet truly ludicrous, 
 and point out ftrongly the Ab- 
 furdity of a too frequent Vk of 
 
 that Im.ige in Speech. In a 
 
 Word, this Piece pofleffes in the 
 
 highcJl 
 
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 ThyIstis. Trag. by Jobtt 
 ffyigbt, 8vo. 1674. — ^This is an- 
 other Tranflatian of rhe fame 
 play, writ (fays the Tranflator) 
 many Years Hnce, tho' correft- 
 ed, und renderM into fomewhat a 
 more fa/hionable Garb than its 
 firft Drcfs, at the Intervals of a 
 more profitable Study the laft 
 long Vacatipn, .before 'twas pub- 
 liftied. 
 
 Thyestes. Trag. by John 
 Crovjtit 4to. 1681. — ^This is the 
 only Piece on this Story that has 
 made its Appearance on the E^g- 
 lifl) Stage, where it met with ^cod 
 Succefs. — The Foundation of it 
 is laid in Seneca'^ Trrgedy, a(nd 
 he has in fume Meafure inaitated 
 that Author in the Superftruc- 
 lurc. — There are, however, two 
 Plays on the fame Subjedl, the 
 one in Fremhy the other in Spa 
 ttijh'y but how far our Author 
 h.is been obliged to either of 
 them I know not, neither of 
 them having fallen in my Way. 
 
 The Scene lies at Areus'a 
 
 Ccort in Argos, 
 
 Thyrsis. Fid, Novelty, 
 
 Tiberius Claudius Ne- 
 ro, Rome's grcateji Tyrant (lie 
 Irageifie of) truly refrejented cut of 
 the purcfi Records of thoje Times. 
 Anonym. 410. 1607.— For the 
 Plot fee Suttcnius, Ditn dijjius, 
 
 Tide tarrieth for no 
 Man. yf riiu/f pl:iifaunte and mery 
 Cuincdicy ryght Pithy and fulle of 
 D I light e, by Geo, fVapu/, 410. 
 161 1. — This Piece I never faw. 
 
 Timely Discovery. Fid, 
 Cf.nerous Conq^ueror. 
 
 Time turn'd Qcculist. 
 Vtd. Albion restor'd. 
 
 Time vindicajed to 
 
 HINUKI.FAND HIsHoNOURS. 
 
 A Mafquc, by B'n Jcnfon, pre- 
 fcatcd at Court on Tivtlfth-JS'ightf 
 1C33, , - 
 
 I* I 
 
 • . . • 
 
 Tim 01 ION. Trag. hj 6en]. 
 Martin, 8vo. 1729.— ThXjS ^ay 
 was aOitd at Dru/y Lane Theatre 
 with fome Sqccefs.— The PJot 
 of it is taken from Hillory, the 
 Language is not unpoetical, ^nd 
 there are fome Strokes of Liberty 
 in it that do Credit to its Au- 
 thor. ' 
 
 Ti MO I. E N, or the Rgvoiut/on, 
 TraiJiCom. Anouym. 1697.— 
 T|^-Cbinic Parts of fh!s.Phy are 
 TindildM as a Satire on ^txt^Jf^enaiy 
 Courtie;^, who prefer f^oney to 
 Merit. — The Story of the tragic 
 Part is from Ctrnelrui N^oi, Plu' 
 tarch''s Life of Tiwileottf Arc— 
 The "^cene in Syracofe. 
 
 Tri^iok IN Love, or the In- 
 nocent Thrft, Com; by y, Kelly , 
 8vo. 1733; — This Pljy wasaflcd 
 at hriiry Lane \» Ith but indiffer- 
 ent Succefs. — k li a Trandation, 
 with but little Alteration, of i;he 
 Timon Mijmtrob^ of M. /Pe LJRe, 
 A Piece whicii, in itfelf, has 
 very great Merit ; but how much 
 it might lofe of its Eflefl io a 
 Tranflation, I cannot form sfny 
 Judgment of. 
 
 Timon or Athens. Trag. 
 by IV, Shakefpearef Fol. 1685.1-- 
 There are fome Paflages in this 
 Play equal to any Thing this Au- 
 thor ever wiote, particularly Ti- 
 mon\ Grace, and his fcveral 
 Curfcs ; nor was there ever per- 
 haps an higlicr finiflied Charadcr 
 than that of y^pemanttn. — Vc^ it 
 is not without fome Faults in 
 Point of Regulariry.— The Story 
 may be found in Lucian^s Dia- 
 loruci, Plutarch^ Life of M. An- 
 tbony, &c. — The Scene lies in 
 Athens and the Woods adjacent. 
 
 Tim ON OF Athens, or the 
 Manbettcr, Trag. by Tlo. Shad- 
 ive/!, 4'.i). 1678. — This Tragedy 
 is, borrowed from the foregoing 
 (he, but is not near fo good a 
 Play, almoft every Thing that 
 
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 as valuable in it being what the 
 Author has taken Verbatim from 
 Sbuhfpeerf, 
 
 'Tis Pity shk's a Whor». 
 Trag. by John Fordy 4to. 1633. 
 —I cannot help confidering this 
 Play as the Maftcr-Piece of this 
 great Author's Works. --There 
 are fome Particulars in it both 
 with Refpe£t to Conduft, Cha- 
 racter, Spirit and Poftry^ that 
 woul^ l^ave done Honpijr Xa the 
 Pen x^fjtf^e- immortal Shpf-A^are 
 bimu^lfy — Latigbaitu has, how- 
 ever, pointed out a Fault, which 
 I muft, though unwillingly, 
 fubfcribe to, and which relates to 
 a very eflential Point, -vix. the 
 Morals of the Play j which is, 
 his having painted the inccftuous 
 )^vc between Giovanni and his 
 Sifter Amnabella in much too 
 beautiful Colours ; and indee^^, 
 the Author himfelf feems by his 
 Title to have been aware of this 
 Objection, and confcious that he 
 had rendered the laft-mcntioned 
 Character , notwithftanding all 
 her Faults, fo very lovely, that 
 every Auditor would naturally cry 
 out with himfelf, 'T« Pityjbit 
 m ^itcrr.— In Confequence of this 
 inceftuous Padion alfo, on which 
 the whole Plot of the Play turns,, 
 the Cataltrophe of it is too (hock- 
 ing for an Audience to bear, not- 
 withftaoiling every RccollcCtion 
 of its being no more than Fic- 
 tion. 
 
 'Tis wBiL ir it takes, 
 y7J, Amorous Old Wo- 
 man. 
 
 TiTT.i Tattle, or Tajle 
 4 la Mode. Farcp, Anon. 8vo. 
 4749.»— A Piece never a^ed, nor 
 mentioned any where to my 
 Knowledge but in the Britijh 
 lliiitre, 
 
 Titus Andioiiicu?. Trag. 
 by fK Sbakcff/tart, \Xo. 1599. — 
 This Piay has by fome been de- 
 
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 Vi\eiiohcSbakefpeare'i\ andj?«f 
 venfcro/t, in the Epiftle to his Al- 
 teration of it, too poHtively af- 
 ferted that it was not originally 
 Skakeff care's, but brought by a 
 private Author to be aCtcd, and 
 that he only gave fome Maftcr 
 Touches to one or two of the 
 principal Parts or Characters.— 
 However, as Tbeobaldf whofe 
 Authority in this RefpcCt I con- 
 fider as the moft to be relied on, 
 has admitted it into his Edition 
 of this Author's Works, I cannot 
 think myfelf entitled to deny it a 
 Place. — It is true, there is fomc- 
 what more extravagant in the 
 Plot, and more horrid in the 
 CataArophe than in moft of 
 Sbakeffearii Tragedies; but as 
 we know that he fometimes gave 
 an unlimited Scope to his Ima- 
 gination, and as there are feme 
 Things in the Characters of Aa- 
 ron, Tamora and Titus which arc 
 fcarce to be equalled, 1 thbk 
 we can hardly deny our Homage 
 tc thofe Stamps of Sterling Merit 
 which appear upon it, nor otir 
 Acquiefcence to the Opinion ot' 
 a Critic fo well acquainted with 
 the Manner of our Author as 
 Mr. Tttoba/d unqueAionably was, 
 —The Scene lies in Rome, and 
 the Plot borrowed, but very 
 flightly, from the Reman Hiftory 
 of the latter Empire. 
 
 Titus ANoaoNicus, or thi 
 Rape ofLavinia, Trag. hyjAn 
 Crown, 4to. 1696.— This is pto- 
 fefledly an Alteration from Shakef- 
 flare's laft* mentioned Play; as 
 IS alfo, 
 
 Titus ANDgomcuf. Trag. 
 by Edw. Raven/croft. — This A> 
 tcration from Sbakeifcart is men- 
 tioned by all the Writers on thefe 
 Subjects } and Langbaine even 
 quotes PafTages from the Epiftle 
 to it, yet no one that 1 know 
 of has givco the exaCt Date of it, 
 
 nor 
 
IDBONICV). Trig. 
 'erfcroft.~—Thh Ah 
 
 T R 
 
 higheft Degree the principal Me- 
 rit of true Burlefque, w'x, that 
 v'hile it points out the Faults ui 
 every other Writer, it leaves no 
 Room for the Difcovery of any 
 in itfelf. — In a Word, to thoie 
 who can rclifh the Satire con- 
 veyed in it, it is truly de- 
 lightful, and to thofe who do not 
 even underftand every Turn of 
 its Humour, it will ever appear 
 at the leaft agreeable. 
 
 Trappolxn s«ppo8'b a 
 Prince. Tragi -Com. by Sir 
 jiflon Cockaifif 4to. 1658. — The 
 Author of this Piece borrowed 
 his Defign from an Italian. Tragi- 
 comedy, called Trappolin creduto 
 PrincifCf which he law twice a£l- 
 ed during his Refidence at PenicCf 
 the original Plot of which, as 
 far as it relates to Trappolin in his 
 judicial Character, &c, is bor- 
 rowed froni a Story in the Contes 
 Z)'0«w7/f.— — It is, however, a 
 moftabfurd Piece of Work, every 
 Rjile of. Charafter, Probability 
 and. even Poflibility being abfo- 
 lutely broken through^ and very 
 little Wit or Humour to compen- 
 fate /or fuch Irregularity.— > Yet, 
 as its Abfurditiei are of a Kind 
 adapted to excite the Laughter of 
 the Vulgar, it has been revived 
 at divers Times with little Alte- 
 rations and by different Titles, 
 and is even now a ftandard Farce 
 at both Theatres, tho' in a very 
 curtailed and mangled Manner, 
 under the Title of Dukk and 
 NO Duke. 
 
 Trapolin*s Vagaries. 
 yid. Devil or a Duke. 
 
 The Travels or the 
 THREE English Brothers, 
 Sir Thomas, Sir Arthony, ard 
 Sir Robert Shirley. An Hifto- 
 rical VUy, by Jclm Daye, 4to. 
 1607. — Our Author was afljftcd 
 in tliis Play by fV. Rcnulfy and 
 Cec. fVilkinu^'Xlxfi real liiftoiy 
 
 T R 
 
 of Jhefe three famous Brethren, 
 'hich the Plot of this Piece 
 
 %unded, may be feen in Ful- 
 vir '8 Account ot the Worthies of 
 SuJ/'eXf and in many of the Eng- 
 lifi) Chronicles. 
 
 The Traytor. Trag. by* 
 Ja. Shirley J 410. 1635.— icene 
 London.- " This Play -was origi- 
 nally written by one Rivers, a 
 Jefuit, but is greatly alter'd by it« 
 pr^ent Author, and highly re- 
 commended in a Copy of Verfes, 
 by fy. AtkinTy of Gray'S'Inn, 
 
 The Traitor to himself, 
 or Mans Heart bis greateft Ene» 
 py. A moral Interlude, Anon* 
 1.678. — This Piece is written in 
 Rhyn^e, and is intended to repre- 
 fent the carekfs, hardened, re- 
 turning, defpairing and renewed 
 Heart ; with Inter- maftques of 
 Interpretations at the Cloie of 
 each feveral Aft.— —It was per- 
 formed by the Bovs of a public 
 School at a Breaking-up, and 
 publiihed fo at to render it ufeful 
 on the Occafion.— It contains ma- 
 ny moral and inftruQiv« Sen* 
 tencea, well adapted to the Ca- 
 pacities of Youths, but has no- 
 thing in it remarkable, excepting 
 Its being written without ^ny 
 Woman's Parts, after the Manner 
 of Plautui't Capteiwi j a^d for 
 this the Author (who probably 
 was Maftcr of the School) aifigns 
 as a Reafon that he did aot think 
 Female Charafters fit to put on 
 Boys.— The Prologue is in Parts, 
 fpoken by four Boys. 
 
 The Treacherih or thk 
 Papysts. a dramatic Piece, 
 by BiHiop 5<i/f.— — See his own 
 Catalogue copied in the Britijh 
 Theatre, 
 
 The Treacherous Bro- 
 ther. Trag. by Geo, Povteily 
 4to. 1690— The Foundation of 
 this Tragedy is taken from a Ro- 
 mance, cuUcJ tt\e IVall t lower, 
 
 written 
 
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 ■written by Dr. Bailyy as will ap- 
 pear by comparing the fleeping 
 Potion given to JJfocles and Se- 
 mantha in this Play with that ad~ 
 miniftcfed to Konoria, Amariffa 
 
 and Hortenfia in the Novel. — 
 
 The Scene lies in Cyprus. — The 
 Aiithor being an A^or, two of 
 h*s Brother Comedians have on 
 this Occafion fliewn their Regard 
 to him J the one, Mr. John 
 Herlgfony in a commendatory Go.- 
 f y of Latin Verfes prefix'd to the 
 Play, and the other Mr. fr.Afo««/- 
 Jort, by furnilliing it with a Pro- 
 logue and Epilogue. 
 
 Treacherous Friend. Vid, 
 MarciMa. 
 
 The Treacherous Hus- 
 band. Trag. by Sam. Davfy. 
 SSvo. 1737.— The Author of this 
 Tragedy being a Native of Ire 
 landy and our Acquaintance with 
 the Tranfaftions of the Jrijh 
 Theatre being very imperfeft, I 
 know not whether it was ever 
 a<ted.- It has npt, however, 
 made its Appearance even in Print 
 in thejfe Kingdon^s. 
 
 TricIc for Tplcif> or tht 
 jyibaueVd JiypQcrite, Com. by 
 ^ko. Durfey, 4to. 1678.— This 
 is very little more than a Revival 
 of Beaumont and Fletcher s Monf. 
 stomas, though Mr. Durfey has 
 fcarcely had Candour enough to 
 acknowledge the Theft. 
 
 Tricxs or Phormio, l^iJ. 
 Phokmio. 
 
 A Trick to catch the 
 OLD One. Com. by The. Mid- 
 dleton, 4to. 16 i 6. — This is an 
 excellent 'old Play, and appears to 
 have been greatly in Vogue at the 
 Time it was wntten. 
 
 Trick to' cheat the 
 Devil. Fid. Imposture de- 
 feated. 
 
 Trick upon Trick, or 
 Squirt Brainfefs, Com. by Aaron 
 «///.— As this Gentleman's Turn 
 
 T R 
 
 of Writing does not feem at all 
 adapted to Comedy, there being 
 a peculiar pointed Sehtentioufnels 
 in his Stile, which even in Tra- 
 gedy, though powerful, hasfome- 
 what of Stiffhcfs and Obfcurity 
 about it, it is not much to be 
 wonder'd, that this Attempt in 
 the eafy unreftrain'd Walk of 
 Comedy, great as his Merit and 
 Succefs in the oppofite Caft might 
 be, met not with fo favourable a 
 Reception as the Generality of 
 his Pieces, before and fmce, have 
 done.— In fliort, it made its Ap- 
 pearance at the Theat. Royal in 
 Drury Lane^, but was damn'd the 
 very firft Night. 
 
 Triple Revenge. Vid, 
 Spouter. 
 
 Trip to the Jubilee. 
 Vid. CoNSTANf Couple. 
 
 The Triumphant Widow, 
 pr the Medley of Humours, Com. 
 by W, Duke of Newcajile, 4X0, 
 X 6 77.— This is efleem'd an ex- 
 cellent Play, though now never 
 ^ed, and Mr. Shadweil had fo 
 hi^h an Opinion of it, ^t he 
 "has tranfcribed ^reaj: Pitt of it 
 'into his 'Bury Fair, 
 
 The Triumph of Beauty. 
 A Mafque, by Ja. Shirley, 8vo. 
 164.6.— This Piece is printed to- 
 gether with fome Poems of the 
 Author's, and efteem'd of lefs 
 Confequeoce than the Gene- 
 rality of his dramatic Works. 
 — It was written purpofely for the 
 private Recreation of fome young 
 Gentlemen, who themfclves per. 
 fonated it. — Part of it fcems bor- 
 rowed from Lucian^i Dialogues, 
 and part from Shike/jfteare^ s Mid- 
 
 Jummer Night's Dream. The 
 
 Subject of it is the very well 
 known Story of the Judgment cf 
 Paris. 
 
 Triumph of Lovk. Tri- 
 umph or Honour. Tri- 
 umph op Death, Trivmph 
 
 or 
 
t feem at aU 
 , there being 
 jntentioufnel's 
 even in Tra- 
 'ul, hasfome- 
 ind Obfcurity 
 ; much to be 
 is Attempt in 
 n'd Walk of 
 his Merit and 
 fitc Caft might 
 b favourable a 
 Generality of 
 md fince, have 
 : made its Ap- 
 lieat. Royal in 
 ^as dam n'd the 
 
 IZ JuBltEE. 
 
 Coupti. 
 I ANT Widow, 
 lumours. Com. 
 Newcafik, 4to, 
 ifleem'd an cx- 
 >ligh now never 
 Ihaivieil had fo 
 
 of it, that he 
 reat Patt of it 
 
 r. 
 
 « or BlAtTTY. 
 
 a, Shirley, 8vo. 
 ;e is printed to- 
 f. Poems of the 
 ifteem'd of lefs 
 in the Gene- 
 ■amatic Works, 
 lurpofely for the 
 . of fome young 
 themfclvcs per. 
 of it feems bor- 
 •ian'i Dialogues, 
 iktfpeare's Mid- 
 ream, -The 
 
 the very well 
 [the Judgment cj 
 
 Lov«. Tbi- 
 
 IKOUR. TrI- 
 
 H. Trivmph 
 
 OF 
 
 T R 
 
 Time. Vid, Four Plats in 
 One. 
 
 The Triumph of Tim« 
 AND Truth. An Oratorio, 
 4to, 1757. performed ttCovent 
 Garden Theatre. 
 
 Triumphs or Bacchus. 
 Vid. Ariadne. 
 
 The Triumphs or London. 
 by Elkanab Settle, 4to. 169a. 
 performed 0^.9. ao. 1692. for the 
 Entertainment of the Right Hon. 
 Sir John Fleet, Knt. Lord Mayor 
 of the Citv of London, &c.-— Set 
 forth at the proper Cods and 
 Charge of the worihipful Compa- 
 ny of Grocers, »^c. 
 
 The Triumphs or London* 
 by Elk. Settle, 4x0, 1693. per- 
 formed Oif?. 3. 1693. fof the Un- 
 tertainment of Sir /fw. yljhuiji, 
 Bart. Lord Mayor, ^c, at ths 
 Charge of the Company of Mer- 
 chant 'I'pyhrs, 
 
 Tiie Triumphs or London, 
 by Elk. Settle, 4ro. 1694. per- 
 torm'd 0(K zg. 1604. %\tThomat 
 La>:e, Knt. Lord Mayor, 6ff. at 
 the Charjve of the Company of 
 Chth-mrken, 
 
 The Triumphs or London, 
 by Elk. Settle, 4to. 1695, per- 
 form'd Oil. 29. 1695. Sir johrt 
 Ihubhn, Knt. Lord Mayor, ©"f. 
 at thu Charge of the Company of 
 Grocen, to which is added a new 
 Song upon his Mnjefty's Return. 
 The Triumphs or Lovk 
 and Antiq^uity. a Mafquc, 
 hy Tho, Middleton, 410. 1619.— 
 This Piece is cxadlly of the Na- 
 ture of the four preceding ones, 
 being no more than a Set of 
 Speeches addrefs'd to Sir fVifliam 
 Cickaine, Knt, then Lord Mayor 
 of London, in the Courfc of his 
 Cavalcade to and from Wi'Jlmin- 
 fter on Lord Mnyor'si Day, Off, 
 29. 1619.—— This Triumjih or 
 Pa)»eant was .it the Expence of 
 the Company of iikinti$ri. 
 
 T R 
 
 The Triumphs op Lovft 
 and Honour. Trag. in three 
 A£ls, hy I'ho, Cooke, 8vo. 173 t. 
 — This Play was aftcd at the 
 Theatre Royal in Drtiry Lane, 
 but without Succefj. 
 
 The Triumph or PeAcfk 
 A Mafque, by Ja. Shirley, 410. 
 1633. — This Mafque was pre- 
 femcd before the King and Queen 
 at the Banqueting Houfe at iVhite- 
 hall, by the Gentlemen of the 
 Four Innt of Court, on the 3d of 
 Feb. 1633.— The Machinery and 
 Decorations were under the Con- 
 duft of Inigo Jones, and the Mii- 
 fic composed by W. Lowes ami 
 Simon Ives, the two greateft Maf • 
 ters of that Time. — — The 
 Mafquers went in a folemn Ca- 
 valcade from Ely Houfe toK^hite- 
 hall'y and the Author himfelf 
 tells us, that for the Variety of 
 the Shews, and the Richnefs of 
 the Habits, this Mafque was thtf 
 moft magnificent of any that had 
 been brought to Court in hts 
 Time. — The Names of every one 
 of the Mafquers, with the Houfe 
 or Inn of Court to which they 
 belonged, and an Epigram ad- 
 drcfsM to each, may be fecn in a 
 little Book, written by Francis 
 Lenton, called The Inns of Court 
 Anagrammatift, or the Mafquers 
 mafque d in Anagrammas , 4to.- 
 1634. 
 
 The Triumph or Peacit, 
 A Mafque, by Roh, Dodflcy. • «■ 
 Tliis was written on Occafion of 
 the figning the Treaty of Peace 
 at Aix la Chapellc.~^lt was fet to 
 Mufic by Dr. Arne, and perform- 
 ed at Covent Garden. 
 
 The TfliuMPHS or thk 
 Prince D' Amour. A Mafque, 
 by Sir fV. Davenant, 4to. 1635, 
 —This Mafque was written in 
 three D.^ys, at the Rcqudl of 
 the Members of the Inner TVm- 
 
 Ml 
 
 r, 
 
 < 
 
 ft. 
 
 e, by whom it was prefented 
 
 for 
 
'hi 
 
 %M 
 
 'iHH 
 
 T R 
 
 for the Entertainment of the 
 Prince Elector at his Highnefs's 
 Palace in the Middle temple^ on 
 
 the 24th of Feb. 1635 ^Tl^e 
 
 Mulic of the Songs and Sym- 
 phonies was fet by Meflrs. Hen. 
 and JVill. Lowes. — The Mafqoers 
 Names are annexed at the End of 
 the Piece. 
 
 The Triumphs or Truth. 
 by Ti&o. Middletoriy ^to. 1613.— 
 A Solemnity at tlie Confirma- 
 tion, &c. of Sir Tbo. Middleton in 
 the Office of Lord Mayor of 
 London^ OH. 29, 1613. ^^'^^ ^'^ 
 LordHiip's Entertainment on Mi- 
 chaelmas Day, being the Day of 
 his Elcflion, at that moft famous 
 and admired Work of the run- 
 ning Streame from Amwtll Head 
 into the CeAerne at Ifiirgtotiy 
 being the fole Coft, &r. of Mr. 
 Hugh Middleton of Lor.doHy Gold- 
 fmith.—This Sir Tho. Middleton 
 was the Proje£lor of the Uew 
 River, (here called the running 
 Stream) and not improbably was 
 related to our Author. 
 
 The Triumphs or Virtui. 
 Tragi-Cum. Anonym. 4to. 1697. 
 —The Scene of this Play is laid 
 at Naples, and the comic Parts of 
 it feem partly borrowed from 
 Fletcher* s fVit vfithout Money, 
 
 Triumvirate or Posts. 
 Fid. l^EMALE Wits. 
 
 Troadxs. Trag. Svo. 1660. 
 > I - This Piece is publifhcd with 
 Poems upon fcveral Occafions, 
 and has the Letters 5. P. which 
 all the Writers explain to be 
 Sam. Pordage.-^lx. is aTrandation 
 from Seneca, with a Comment an- 
 nexed.— The Scene Troy, 
 
 Troades, or the Royal Cap- 
 tives. Trag. by Sir Edvf. Sber- 
 bourne, 4to, 1679.— This is a 
 critical TranHation, vith Re- 
 marks, of the fame Piece with 
 the foregoing. 
 
 Troai, Trag. by Jafptr 
 
 T R 
 
 Heyvfeodf 4ta. 1581. — This is 
 another Tranflation of the fame 
 Play, in which, however, the 
 Tranflator has taken confiderable 
 Liberties with his Author. — — 
 For Inftance, he has added three- 
 fcore Lines of his own to the 
 Chorus of the firft A£t ; a whole 
 Scene in the Beginning of the 
 fecond, inwhich he introduces the 
 Ghoft of Achilles rifing from Hell 
 to require the Sacrifice of Folyxe- 
 na ; and three Stanzas to the 
 Chorus of the faid Ad\.— Bcfides 
 which, he has lubftituted a Cho- 
 rus of his own, in the Room of 
 that to the third A&, which, 
 confiflirtg wholly of the Names 
 of foreign Countries, he ima- 
 gined would appear, as it really 
 is, extremely tedious. 
 
 T B o A s. Trug. transited 
 
 from Seneca, by 7. T. 4to. 1686. 
 
 None of thelc Tranflations 
 
 were ever intended for the Stage. 
 
 Troilus and Cressida. 
 Trag. by f/^, Shakefpeare, 4to. 
 1609.— —This is, perhaps, the 
 mofl irregular of all Shakefpeare'^ 
 Piays, being not even divided in- 
 to A£Vs ; yet it contains an infi- 
 nite Number of Beauties.' — The 
 Charadlers of the feveral Greeks 
 and Trojans are finely drawn and 
 nicely diflinguifhed ; and the 
 Heroifm of the greatefl Part of 
 them finely contrafled by the 
 Brutifhnefs of therjites, and the 
 contemptible Levity of Fandarus. 
 -^rejjida\ Love in the firft Part 
 of the Play, and her Inconftancy 
 in the Sequel, befpeak the Au- 
 thor pcrfe£lly acquainted with 
 the Female Heart ; Troilus^ % Con* 
 vi£lion of her Falfhood is ad- 
 mirably conduced } and his Be- 
 haviour on the Occafion, fuch as a 
 Lover of the Complexion he at 
 firft appears, would naturally fall 
 into.— The Plot is taken fum 
 Ctaucer'i Poem of Treilus and 
 
 C:eJ;ds, 
 
I 
 
 T R 
 
 CirJiJa, which was itfelf onI|r a 
 TranHation of a Latin Poem, 
 written by one LoHiutt a Lom- 
 tarJ. — The Scene lies, in Ttoy 
 and the Grecian Catnp, alter- 
 nately. 
 
 Troilvs and Cbbssida, 
 or Truth fourd too late. Trag. by 
 •y, Drydm, 410. 1679, — This is 
 only an Alteration from ShakeJ- 
 fare^s above-mentioned Play, in 
 k^nich Mr. Drydea has reduced 
 t!ie Piece into a more regular 
 form, lopped oft* the Redun- 
 daiices^ and added fome Scenes 
 entirely his own. — But how far 
 he has improv'd the Play in 
 ^.neral, I fliall leave to the Cri- 
 tiis, not taking on rayfclf in this 
 Pijcc to determine. 
 
 The TROOPfR's Opera. 
 Anooym. 1736. — Whether this 
 I'icce has the Length of a com- 
 plcat Opera, or only fhat of a 
 Ballad Farce, I know not, but 
 .ni;igine it was never afted^ as I 
 liiid it no where mentioned but in 
 the Sritijh Theatre. 
 
 Troubms of Queen Eli- 
 jABfcTH. Fid. Courtney, 
 Earl or Devonshire. 
 
 Troubles of Queen Eli- 
 zabeth, yid. It you know 
 
 NOT ME, You KNOW No- 
 
 BODV. 
 
 True Love's Mirrour. 
 
 \Vid. ASTRAA. 
 
 The Trve Trojans, or 
 fttinitis Troes , An Hiflorical 
 Play, Anonym. 4to. 1603. ■ ^ 
 This Play contains the Stoiy 6f 
 the Valour of the Britons^ on the 
 firft Invafion of their Country by 
 the Romans y under Juliui Co: far. 
 The Plot is taken from Livy^ 
 Cafar's Commentaries, Gff.— It 
 was publickly prefented by t^e 
 Gentlemen Students of Magdalen 
 Collcdgc, Oxford. 
 
 The True Widow. Com. 
 by Tto, litaiiwcU,^J^c Plot of 
 
 T 11 
 
 this Piece is entirely In^ntioi^ 
 not having been borrowed from 
 any one ; and Langbaine give* it 
 a very high Commendation, fay- 
 ing, that it has as much true 
 Comedy, and the Chars^lers and 
 Humours in it as well drawn, as 
 any dramatic Piece of that Age. 
 — It did not, however, meet with 
 Succefs in the Reprefeotattoa.— * 
 The Scene London. 
 
 Truth foukd too late« 
 Fid. Tkoilv« a«v Ckes- 
 
 SIDA. 
 
 Tkuth, Timb and Fame* 
 
 Fid. London's Gloky. 
 
 A Tryax or CHivALKie^ 
 4to. I $99.—- What this Piece im 
 I know not,'"— 'fFinJianiq: an4 
 Pbillipt have afcribcd it to fVm* 
 Waytr \ but Langbaink unagines 
 it not to be written by that^Au.- 
 thor. 
 
 Tr YAL OP CoNJUGAC LoVC* 
 
 Fid. Nest of Plays. 
 
 Tryal of thf Heart. 
 Fid, Abraham's Sacrifice. 
 
 Tkyal or THE roLiTia 
 Ghosts. Fid, Hell's hiow 
 Court or Justice* 
 
 ATryale of Tbeasuke. 
 An Interlude, 4to. 1598. 
 
 Tryphon, Trag. by Roger 
 I.m\ o( Orrtrv, Fol. 167X.— The 
 Hiftory of this Ufurper is takei^ 
 from the firft Book of Maccahttt^ 
 Jofephtfi, Book 1 3, &c. 
 
 Tumble down DicXy qr 
 Phaeton in the Suds. Farce, by 
 H. Fieldingj 8vo. 1744. — This 
 little Piece was a^ed at the lit- 
 tle Theatre in LincolnU'Iun, and 
 was written in Ridicule of an un- 
 fuccefsful Pantomime, performed 
 at Drury Lane Houfe, called the 
 fall of Phaeton, 
 
 Tunbridge Wells, or yf 
 Day*s Coirtjbip. Com. 4to. 
 1678.— This Play has been attri- 
 buted to Mr. RaivHrts, altho' in 
 the Title Page it is laid to ho 
 Z writ4«Mi 
 
 '» 
 
T U 
 
 T W 
 
 .h«lr: 
 
 ! I,' 1 ! 
 
 ft' ' 
 
 written by a Perfon of Quality,—- the Expulfion of the Tarquim i 
 k feems intended as a Kind of |)ut was never a^cd. 
 Imitation of SbadweWi Epfom 
 
 falls greatly /hort of 
 and Humour of that 
 
 Wells, but 
 the Merit 
 Coiredy. 
 
 TvNBRiDOS Walks, orrA* 
 Yeomen •/ Kent. Com. by Tko. 
 Baker, 4to. 1703. — This is an 
 entettaining and well-condu£led 
 Flay, and contains a great deal 
 of true Character and pointed 
 Satire.— —But one Circumftance 
 which I have heard relating to it 
 fomewhat extraordinary, via. 
 
 18 
 
 that the C^aniAer of Maiden, 
 which is perhaps the Original of 
 almoft all the FribhUs, Beau 
 Mijoent, Sec, that have been 
 drawn fmce, and in which Effe- 
 
 A Tutor for theBeaus. 
 Com. by Mr. Hewit, Svo. 1737. 
 —This Piece was never brougiit 
 on the Stage— The Plot of it as 
 the Author himfelt" confefles, 
 is taken paitly from M. de Boijjyt 
 Francois a Londres, and partly 
 from a Spanijb Comedy. — It is, 
 however, on the whole, a very 
 indifferent Performance. 
 
 TwELrTH-NlCHT, 6xWlat 
 
 you will. Crm. by Pr. Sha/u' 
 ffeare, Fol. 1685. —This Com. 
 with Refpc£l to its general Plot, 
 is, I believe, the Autlior's own 
 Invention j but the Miilakes »• 
 rifing from /'/Jii's Change of Ha- 
 bit, and true Rcfemblance to her 
 
 jninacy^is carried to an Height, Biothcr Sebaftian, feems to owe 
 
 beyond what any one could con- their Origin to the Meradmi^A 
 
 ceive to exift in any Man in real Plautus, which not only Sbaki- 
 
 Life, was abfolutely, and without fpeare, b-.i fcveral others of onr 
 
 Exaggeration, a Portrait of the dramatic Writers have finre lor- 
 
 Author's own former Character, 
 
 whofe Underftanding having at 
 
 length pointed out to him tlie 
 
 Folly he had fo Icng been guilty 
 
 of, he reformed it altogether in 
 
 his fubfcqucnt Behaviour, and 
 
 wrote this Character, in order to 
 
 fet it forth in the tnoft ridiculous 
 
 light, and warn others from 
 
 that Rock of Contempt, which 
 
 he had bimfelf for fome time 
 
 been wrecked upon.— 'The Scene 
 
 lies at TunMdge, and the Time 
 
 S2 Hours. 
 
 The Turkish Court, or 
 ti}e London ^Prentice. A Bur- 
 fefquc Satirical Piece, by Mrs. 
 Latitia Pilkington, 1 748, — This 
 
 lowed from. —There is fomewhat 
 Angularly ridiculous and pkaiar.t 
 in the Charadtcrof the fantiltiinl 
 Steward Mahuolio, and the Triik 
 playM him by Sir tcby lit/ri, and 
 Maria, contains great Huirom, 
 and fomewhat of Originality in 
 the Contrivance, which canno: 
 fail of affording continual £ntcr< 
 tainmcnt to an Audience. — This 
 Play has at different Times evtn 
 lately been revived, particularly 
 on Ttvclftb Night, to which Pe- 
 riod, however, it has no Kind of 
 Reference in any Thing but its 
 Name. — The Scene lies in a City 
 on the Coaft of Illyria. 
 Tw IN Rivals, Com. by Ga, 
 
 waa performed only at the little Farquhar, 4to. 1703.— This Pkiy 
 
 Dublin, met with very great Succefs, anil j 
 is faid by the Critics, to be tht 
 moit regular and compleat of all 
 this Author^s dramatic Works. 
 — Yet I muft confefs I cannot | 
 rcadiJy ac^uicfce with that Judg* 
 
 mcctij 
 
 Theatre in Cafel-ftrcet, 
 but was never printed. 
 
 The Tuscan Trkatv, or 
 Tdrquin'tOvtrtbrov). Trag.Anon. 
 8vo. 1733. "^^'^ ^^^y '* founded 
 on the Roman Hiftory, foon ofter 
 
Rcfemblance to her 
 
 Uati, feems to owe 
 
 to the Mer.aclmi ot 
 
 ch not only Sbahe- 
 
 Veral others of onr 
 
 iters have fince lor- 
 
 — There is forr.cvvhat 
 
 culoiis and plealant 
 
 tcrof the fantilliml 
 
 ;o//o, and the Trivk 
 
 Sir Toby hJchy and 
 
 ins great Huirow, 
 
 It of Originahty in 
 
 ;, which cannot 
 
 ng cofttiniial Enter. 
 
 n Audience. — This 
 
 ffcrcnt Times evtn 
 
 Evived, particularly 
 
 ight, to which Pc- 
 
 , it has no Kind of 
 
 any Thing but its 
 
 Scene lies in a City 
 
 of Jllyria. 
 
 VMS. Com. by (7a 
 ). 1703. — ThisPhy 
 y great Succefs, anil 1 
 ! Critics, to be the 
 and compleat of sit 
 dramatic Works. 
 tft confefs I cannot | 
 ;fce with that Judg- 
 mcflt i 
 
 T vr 
 
 humorous Mirth c/D I c K Co M 1 4 
 <kmY Nicholas Pitovr.RBS,r7(;0 
 Sfrving Mtft. — — Scene lies iff 
 London. 
 
 Two Foots WElt MIT, 
 ^li. FOUTUM HUNTKRS. 
 
 The Two GiNTLEMEN or 
 Verona. Com. by fV. Sbakf 
 fftare, 410. 1602. ——This is a 
 very fine Hay, the Plot Ample 
 1'here are as n^any Improbabili- and natural} the Characters per- 
 ties in the Conduft of the Plot, fetlly marlt'd, and the Language 
 (the greateft Fauh that can be poetical and afFefting.— — The 
 lai'l to FtfryaAar's Charge in ge- FalAood of Fro/f«* to his Friend 
 neral) as in almoft any Comedy fjkntine and Miilrefs y«//d, his 
 he has wrote, and many more Remorfe and Self-Rcproaches on 
 
 T W 
 
 fficnt ; for altho* 4t Juay, per- 
 haps, be allow'd that his younger 
 WouSft Mrs. Midnight and 
 Teas'*'* ^^ more highly drawn 
 Charaftcrs, than any in his other 
 Comedies } it will probably appear 
 on a ftrift Scrutiny, that they are 
 fo only, becauic they aire more 
 out of reiil Life, mdre eutre, or 
 if yoi» pleal'e, more unnatural?— 
 
 than are to be found in one 
 much livelier Play of his Wri- 
 ting, vi2. The Rkckuitinc 
 O r r I c E R . —I am not, however, 
 for taking from the Merit of this, 
 which muft be allow*d to have 
 many very great Beaories in it, 
 but i thipk my Opinion of its not 
 
 that Head, and his Converfien to 
 Truth, to Love, and FriendAip 
 afterwards, are adnurably con- 
 duced. -*The CharaQen of ^a^ 
 lentine and Proteus are truly gen- 
 tie, and rendered amiable through- 
 out all the TranfaCtioAS of the 
 Piece, even in Defpight of the 
 
 bei ng the 1)cft Piece he has w rote, temporary Falfhood of the Iatter>} 
 fcfrtis to ftand con/irmM by one 
 of the ftrongeft Proofs ^ ol!ibIe to 
 be brought, \^hkh is the pecuni- 
 avy Prdfits of Managers, who 
 have n^er found it fo well worth 
 while to direft the frequent Repe- 
 tition of this Play, as they have, 
 and daily do, of the Strata- 
 cEM, Recruiting Officer, 
 Constant Couple, &c. 
 
 The Twins. Tragi -Com. 
 by ff^. Rider, 410. 169 5. — Z.<j«£- 
 baine fufpeAs this Play to be 
 much older than the annexed 
 Date implies it to be : yet nei- 
 ther the Plot nor Language of it 
 
 and the Humour of their two 
 Servants Launce and Stctdf .ire 
 very b&kuti fully fet as Shades to 
 the Senfibiiity and Brilliancy of 
 theirmOre fbntlmental Bebaviouf* 
 —This has been look'd on by 
 fome Authors to have been the 
 firft Piece that Shake^are wrote j 
 if fo, what an amazing Soar of 
 Imagination did his Genius take 
 at its firl> Flight ! The Scene 
 fometimes in Verona, fometimcs 
 in Milan, 
 
 The Two Harlxovins. A 
 Farce of three Afts, iimo. 17*1. 
 —This Piece was written by M. 
 
 are by any Means conteinptitle. le NobUf and afted by the King's 
 
 —The Scene I'aly, 
 
 Two Angry Women or 
 Abington. Com. by Henry 
 Porreri /^.xo. 1599.— This Play iS 
 not divided into Afts.— rThe full 
 Title runs thus ; yf p'eafant Hi- 
 ffcry, ealledf the two angrie JVo- 
 men c/Abincton; with tte 
 
 Italian Comedians at PariSf and 
 afterwards performed at the Th« 
 in Linco/n^s- Inn'Fie'dif by fome 
 French Strollers. — In this Edition 
 of it the French, and a bad £«- 
 glijh Tranflation, (being merely 
 lit.eral) arc printed in oppofite 
 Pages to each other, as in the 
 Z 2 JtaUtn 
 
 \\ 
 
 !:ili 
 
 ji •! 
 
 ■mn 
 
 i\ 
 
 ■b 
 
' : if-^ ■ ■' 
 
 \l ' / I 
 
 - 
 
 TW 
 
 Uta/tan Opera a£led at the King*8 
 Theatre in the Hajmarket, -The 
 Scene Parit. 
 Two Maids of Moor x 
 
 CLACri. f^J, HiSTOKY 
 
 ♦y. Sec, 
 
 The Two Merry Milk- 
 maids, oxtbe beft Wordi wear the 
 iiarland. Com. by J. C. 410. 
 j66i.— Part of the Plot of this 
 l*lay, viz. the Promife of Enjoy- 
 ment given by Dorigena to Deril-' 
 iusy of his enjoying ner, when he 
 ftould bring her in January a 
 ^i'ai-Iand, containing all Sorts of 
 Flowers, and it'sConlequcnce is 
 jVainded on Boccace'i Novels, 
 t)tc, 10. Nov. 5. which is alfo 
 the iFoundation of Fktcher''s 
 Faur Plays in one, and other Co- 
 nicdies. — — The Scene, laid in 
 Saxony, 
 
 TheTwoNo-iiE KiKSMEN. 
 Trsgi-Com. by Fletcher, 4to, 
 1634, — The Story of this Piay is 
 Til ken from Chaucer* i Palamon 
 Ijnd Arcite, or the Knight^t Tale, 
 and our Author w^s aHTifted by 
 Sl'ttktfpeare in the Writing of it, 
 both which Particulars he inge- 
 iiuoufly confeflfes in the Prologue. 
 "T he Scene nut Athens. 
 
 Two Sos I A 8. Fid, Am- 
 
 JHYTRION. 
 
 Two Tragedies in One. 
 "hy Rot. Tarrington, ^to. 1601. — 
 This Piece is written on the Sto • 
 vy of two horrid MUrthers perpe- 
 trated not long before ; the one of 
 "Mr. Beach, a Chandler, in Thames 
 Strcety and his Boy, committed by 
 "Tho, Mern j the other, of a young 
 Child, mnrthercd in a Wood by 
 two Ruffians, by the Confcnt of 
 his Uncle. 
 
 Two Wise Men, and all 
 THE REST FooLs. A comical 
 Moral, cenfuring the Follies of 
 that Age, by Geo. Chapman , 4to. 
 l6ig. — The Prologue and Epi- 
 logue to this Play are written in 
 
 T W 
 
 Profe J which PraAice, as I have 
 elfewhere obferved, fevera] Pocta 
 have gone into : but there is tnt 
 Particular, in which this Piece 
 differs from all other Plays in our 
 own or any other Languagt, 
 which is, itsr extending to feven 
 A£ls, in Oppofition to the pofi. 
 tive Direction of Horace, with 
 Refpe£l to their Namber, who 
 absolutely limits it to fivci— 'It is 
 on Tradition, however, only, that 
 this Piece is ranked amongd 
 Chapman's WHtings, it being 
 publifhed without any Author^s 
 Name, or even fo much * ., a men* 
 tion of the Place where it was 
 printed. 
 
 Tyrannical Govern* 
 MENT anatomized, Ota Dtf. 
 (ourfe concerning evil Counjellort i 
 being the Life and Death of ]o)\n 
 the Baptift, and presented to the 
 King's mofi excellent Majejly, by tht 
 Author, Anonym. 4to. i64i.-~-r- 
 This Piece, by the Title, Date, 
 and Subje£t, may be fufpeAed to 
 convey fome concealed Meaning, 
 not improbably being intended to 
 give a fecret Hint to King 
 Charles I* then in the Hurtling 
 out of his Troubles, of the 
 Danger he incurred from the 
 Counfels of fome about him ; 
 and, indeed, the Story of John 
 Baptift, who loft his Head by the 
 Inftigation of Hercdias, d ems fi- 
 guratively to glance at the Queens 
 Influence, and the Execution cf 
 the Earl of Staford.-^T he Piece 
 is- divided into five ihort Ads, 
 which are called Parts. -■ - -The 
 Scene in Judtta. 
 
 Tyrannic Love, or tht 
 Royal Martyr, Trag. by John 
 Dryden, 4to. 1679. -^ This I'lay 
 is written in Rhyme, yet has 
 many Things in it extremely 
 pleafing. — The Plot of it is foun- 
 ded on Hillory, and the Scene 
 laid in Maxlmirt*6 Camp, under 
 
 thi 
 
PraAice, as I have 
 rved, feveraJPoctj 
 
 : but there is tnt 
 
 which this Piece 
 I other Plays in our 
 
 other Languagf, 
 extending to feven 
 ctfition to the pofi. 
 
 of Horace^ with 
 eir Namber, who 
 its it to fivei— It is 
 lowever, only, that 
 
 ranked amongft 
 titingSi it being 
 lout any Author's 
 
 fo much a . a men< 
 lace where it was 
 
 VA 
 
 the Walls of jlfuihia. 
 
 The Tyrant KtNO or 
 Ck£ti. Trag. by Sir Ctariet 
 SedUy. I know not whether this 
 Play was ever a£led, but am ra- 
 ther inclined to believe it was not, 
 neither thnt northe Grumbler 
 having made their Appearance in 
 Print, till they wer^ publiihed to- 
 gether, with the moft of Sir 
 Ci'j'iWs Works, in z vol, 8vo. 
 1719. 
 
 V. . 
 
 VAi.ENTiNiAN. Trag. by 
 Jirarftncntand FUtcbery Fol. 
 1649. — This Play is founded on 
 Hirtory, and was atled at firft 
 \ijrh tonfiderable Applaufc.— — 
 It w-as .ifterwa.-ds revived by the 
 celebrated Earl of R:cbej%rf with 
 great Alterations and Anend- 
 nient"^, but not printed till after 
 h';s LordOtip's Death, in 4to. 
 1 6S r,— Scene Rome. 
 
 The Valiant Scot. A 
 Play, by J. f^. Gent. 4:0. 1637. 
 — For the Plot of this Piece, fee 
 the S(otch Hiilory of Sir fP'm. 
 ffuUaee. 
 
 The Valiant Welchman, 
 01 fbe cLronicle Hijlory of tbe Life 
 and valiant Deeds of Caradoc tin 
 Great, King of Cambria, n<»o 
 callnd Wales. Tragi - Com, by 
 R. A. Cent. 4to. iCr5.— The 
 Plot of this Piece is taken from 
 'laciiuii Annals, 'Rook 12. Mil- 
 ton^ Hlftory of England, &c. 
 
 Vanq.ujsh'd Love, or the 
 Jealous Slueen, by MelT. Dan. Bel- 
 lamy, fen. and jun. — Wliether 
 this Piece is Tragedy or Comedy, 
 it is not very cafy to determine by 
 the Title j tho' it feems to carry 
 with it moft of the Air of the 
 fi)rmcr.— It was never a^ed, but 
 i:< publiOied with th« other dra> 
 
 VE 
 
 matic and poetical Works of this 
 united Father and Son, in z vol. 
 8vo. 1746. 
 
 Vane l LA. Trag. Anonym. 
 8vo. 1736. This Piece was ne- 
 ver intended for the Stage } but 
 has a Reference to the Story of 
 ■iix unfortunate young Lady, who 
 was faid to have had an amorous 
 Connection with a certain very 
 great Perfdnage, whole Marriage 
 at the Time of vrritingthis Pieee, 
 as it was the public Concern, fo 
 likcwife was It the public Topic 
 ofConverfation; and gave too boM 
 a Scope for the Tongues and Pens 
 of the cenforicus and malevolent, 
 to make free with every Circuna^ 
 ftanCc, that had any the moft di- 
 flani Reference to the important 
 Event, 
 
 The Variety. Com. hy PK 
 Duke of Nnvcaftle, 8vo. 1649, 
 •—This PJay was a£led with very 
 great Applaufe, and is print^ft 
 with the Country Captain. 
 
 Venice preserved, or a 
 Plot dij'covered. Trag. by llo. Ot- 
 wtfy, 4to. 1685. — This Tragedy, 
 which is at this Time a very fa- 
 vorite one with the Publie, is 
 borrowed, with Refpc£t to the 
 Plan of it at leaft, from a little 
 Book that relates the Circum- 
 ftances of the Spani/b Confpiracy 
 at ^ij;«.— It has been remarked 
 of it, however, tho' on the whole 
 the Incidents are interefting, and 
 the Caraftrophe affeftlng, that 
 there is not one truly valuable 
 Cha rafter in the whole Piece, 
 except that of Belvidera. The 
 Scene lies in Vtnic:, 
 
 Venus and Adonis. A 
 Mafuue, byC. Cihber, 8vo. 1715. 
 —This Piece was prefented ac 
 the Theatre Royal In Drvry Lant, 
 with no very great Succefs.— Tht 
 
 Mufic by Dr. Pepufch. The 
 
 Scene in the Idalian Woods. 
 
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 by Gic, Powell, 410. 1 695. Cox- 
 
 'eter fays, that whole Pages of 
 this Play arc borrowed from Rich. 
 Brome ; but which of that Au- 
 
 ' thor's Pieces have undergone this 
 
 . Plagiary, I know not, having ne • 
 f er feen this. — The Prologue is 
 written by Congreve, and the 
 
 , Scene lies in the Park, 
 
 A viRV Woman, or the 
 Wrinee of Tarent. Tragi-Com. 
 by Phil, Majfmgtr, 8yo. 1655.— 
 The Author in his Prologue coo* 
 fefles this Play to be founded on 
 a Subje£l, which had long before 
 appeared upon the Stage, but does 
 sot tell us what Piece it was bor- 
 YQwedfrom ; yet on a Comparifon 
 
 ■ of this Tragi Com. with Sir AJ- 
 
 ,t9n Cockain't Obstinate La> 
 s>T, their Plots will be found fo 
 nearly refembling, that it n^uft 
 appear probable they both derived 
 
 .' their Hints from the fame Ori- 
 ginal.— The Scene Sicily. 
 
 Vespasian. An Italian O- 
 pera, by SIg. Nicoiao Francejco 
 Haym, Svo. 1724. performed at 
 the King's Thcat. in the IJay 
 jwdrirt.— This Piece, as well as 
 the other Italian Operas I have 
 talcen Notice of, are infertcd in 
 this Work fromtheir having been 
 prefented before J?»g//^Audientes, 
 
 . yet the Arguments of the Scenes 
 cnly are incur ovvn Language. 
 Vice ntch aim''d, or tbePaf- 
 
 Jiopate Mijinft, Com. by Richard 
 WilkinJoTiy 4to. i703.-^Tho' this 
 Play made itg Appearance at a 
 very diladvantageous Seafonof the 
 Year, it met with very good Suc- 
 •efs. — It is not, howeyer, now 
 ;■> ~Xti. The Scene lies in Lmdin,. 
 The Time twelve Hours. 
 
 The Victim. Tr. by Charles 
 Jcf'nfof!^ 4to. 171 5- — Mr. Eeyer, 
 in the cond Edition of his ./f- 
 
 '.thilkf, \.i. gia our Author with 
 Pbgiv»ry h. ■» ths«t Tragedy, but 
 I confer? > Ci iyafl*; fee Bxuch Juf- 
 
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 tice in his Accufation, both Phy) 
 being equally borrowed from the 
 Iphigenie of Racine. — The Epi- 
 logue by Mr, Cither , 
 
 Virtuous Love. Trag. by 
 Wm. SFalkery 4to. 1698. — - This 
 Play is a Kind of Imitation of 
 Southerne''s Oroonoko. — The 
 Author wrote it at nineteen Years 
 of Age, and afted a Part in it 
 himfelf. — The Scene is the Ban- 
 za or Palace of Tomhult. — The 
 Time, the fame with thtit of the 
 Reprefentation. 
 
 The Village Opera, by 
 Cba. Jobnjon, 8vo. 1728. — This 
 is one of many Imitations of 
 the Beggar's Opera, and 
 made its Appearance the Seafon 
 after that Piece. It is far from 
 being devoid of Merit, yet met 
 with very indifferent Succefs. 
 
 The Villain. Trag. by 
 Tbo. Porter, 4to. 1663. — Tliis 
 Play was a£led at the Duke of 
 nr/4's Theat. for ten Nighte 
 fucreflively, to crowded Audi- 
 ences, which at that Period was 
 meeting with very great Succefs, 
 — It is in itfelf a very good Piece, 
 yet owed great Part of its good 
 Fortune, to the excellent Perfor- 
 mance of Mr. Sandford, in the 
 Part of Maligni, the Villain, and 
 of Meflieurs Bctterton and Prsct, 
 in thofe of Monf. Brifac and Co- 
 ligni the Scrivener's Son. — The 
 Sceng Touts, — The Epilogue by 
 Sir JV, Davenant. 
 
 Vintner outwitted. 
 
 Vld. Lov E AN D R E V V K O 9. . 
 
 Vl N T N E R 'S Tr I tl M ••■• H . .' 7 'i 
 
 Impostors dete- / > v. 
 
 The VlNTNEK 'iJliCKii. 
 
 Farce, by H. Ward, 8vo. This is 
 nothing more than the fmgle Plot 
 of die Vintner and Sharper, ex* 
 trawd from the Match in Nev 
 gate, and made into a Farce. 
 This Plot is itfelf borrowed from 
 Mfilligriik and CockUdtmoy in 
 
'ation, both PLyj 
 jrrowcd from tl»c 
 «■«*.— The Epi- 
 hber. 
 
 Love. Trag. by 
 o. 1698. — This 
 I of Imitation of 
 DONOKo. — The 
 at nineteen Years 
 Ud a Part in it 
 Scene is the Ban- 
 ' Tombult. — The 
 :withthtit of the 
 
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 MarnotCt Dutch Ceurtexaa, 
 
 Viol EN ct or Lov£. r*/V. 
 Rival Sisters. 
 
 Virgin her own Rival. 
 ^iV/. MoDiHN Wiri. 
 
 Virginia. Trag, by Mr. 
 Cri/fff 8vo, I7C4.— This Trage- 
 dy IS built on tnc celebrated Story 
 of Virgmut'i killing his Daughter 
 to preferve her from the Luft of 
 Jippiui the Deceiver. — — The 
 Scene lies in Rmtf and the Time 
 is nearly that of rhe Reprefen- 
 tation.— .It H ;; iHil at the Th. 
 Royal in j^. i-.^ t:„ ,, ^vith Tome 
 Succef ,, md indeed not undeferv- 
 cdly.— ^7c^ ' is by no Means to 
 !.t- lankcd as » firft Rate Tragedy. 
 Nor has it been without feme 
 iK-grec of Surprize that I have 
 frequently obfcrvcd, that, altbo' 
 this Story is, perhaps, in itfelf, 
 and with no other Circumftances 
 than thofe which the Hiftorians 
 hove plainly related in Regard to 
 jr, moft truly Dramatic, and form- 
 ed as it were to be the Subjc^l 
 of a Tragedy, the beft of any we 
 meet with throughout the Crtek 
 or Roman HiftQry; yet no one 
 of the many Writers who have 
 hitherto fixed on it with that 
 View, have fo far fuccecded in 
 the Execution of the Defign, as 
 to furniih us with a capital or 
 ftandard Play on the Subjeft. — 
 Perhaps, indeed, this Failure may 
 in feme Meafure have arifen from 
 their having all deviated from, 
 or added Circumftances to, a Sto- 
 ry, which was in itfelf too fim- 
 plCj and y; , at the fame Time, 
 
 ' compleat to be advantaged 
 by any Alteration.~*How much 
 is it to be lamented, that the im- 
 mortal Sbakefpearef who had in 
 fo many Inftances made «Hiftory 
 his owni or that the pathetic 
 *owf, whofe Merit in Scenes of 
 domeftic Diftrefs, and the Con- 
 i^€t of hifiorical Incitknts, and 
 
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 who has even hinted at tRrs ve- 
 ry Story ii. his Fair Ptnittntf had 
 not undertaken the Talk ; and 
 given ut, by that Means-, as fre- 
 quent Occ fion of fympafhifing 
 with the Diftrcfs of a Virginiay 
 ai we have at prefcnt ' f weeping 
 f >r a Julut or a Dcjtlemena, a 
 Jane Shore or a Caiifia.—Thc 
 Scene lies in Rome. 
 
 Virginia. Trag. by M-s. 
 Brooke, 8vo. 1756. — This Pl.iy, 
 considering it as written by a La- 
 dy, is far from being devoid of 
 Merit.- It was not, however, 
 brought on the Stage. 
 
 The Virgin Martyr. 
 Trag. by Phi/. MaJJlnger, 4to, 
 1612. — Our Author was afliftcd 
 by Decker in the "Wrfting of this 
 Play. — The Scene lies in Ca:faria, 
 and the Plot is from the Marty- 
 rologies of the tenth Perfecution 
 in the Time of Dieclefian and 
 Maximin, particularly Eufebiui'i 
 Htft, Lib. 8. Cap. 17. Rcfive' 
 diusy Valejiuty See, 
 
 Virgin Martyr , yid. 
 Injur'd Virtue. 
 
 The Virgin Prophetess, 
 or the Fate 0/ Trey, An Opera, 
 by Eik. Settley 4to. 1701. — This 
 Piece was performed at the The- 
 atre Royal. — The Plot is on the 
 Story of Cajfandra^ and the Scene 
 in Troy and the Grecian Camp be- 
 fore it. 
 
 The Virgin Queen. Trag. 
 by Rich. Barford, 8vo. 1729.— 
 A^ed at the Theatre Royal in 
 Lincoln^ s-Inn-Fields. ——Scene a 
 Room in the Royal Palace of 
 Sufa. 
 
 Virgin unmask'o, Vid» 
 Old Man taught Wis- 
 dom. 
 
 The Virgin Widow. Com. 
 by Francis S^arles, 4to. 1649,— • 
 This Piece, which is the only dra- 
 matic Attempt of our Author, is 
 rather an Interlude than a regular 
 
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 Stage at any of the Theatres j 
 from the Information, iiowevcr, 
 of the Stationer, we learn, *' that 
 it had been fomctimes, at 
 Cleljea, privately aded (by a 
 Company of young Gentlemen) 
 with good Approvement. 
 Virtue bktbav'd, or 
 jtma Bullen* Trag. by 'John 
 Jiai.h, 4to. 1682. — This Way 
 met with great Succefs at its firft 
 Reptcfentation, more particularly 
 becoming a Favorite with the 
 Fair Sex.— In (hort, it has that 
 Kind of Merit which the moll 
 of this Author's Pieces poflefs, 
 fix. A Happinefs in the Cl.o'ce 
 of its Story, and a pathetical 
 Manner of conducing the Plot, 
 which feldoia fails of engaging 
 the Hearts, and drawing Tears 
 from the Eyes of the Audience, 
 even in Defpite of the gre^teft 
 Deficiency both of Poetry and 
 Nature in the Language.— It has 
 not, however, made its Appear- 
 ance on the Stage for many Years 
 part. 
 
 ViRTUK IN 7>ANCXR. rid. 
 
 Kkt.apsi. 
 
 Virtue rewarpxd. Fid. 
 Irish Hospitality. 
 
 Virtue rewarded. Fid, 
 Pamela. 
 
 The Virtuoso. Com. by 
 Qho. Stadwell, 4to. 1676.— This 
 Play contains an infinite Deal of 
 true Humour, and a great Vari- 
 ety of Charafters, highly drawn, 
 iiiid perfeftly original, particu- 
 larly thofc of Sir Nicolas Gimcrack 
 itiid Sir Formal Trijicf which had 
 bctn hitherto untouched upon, 
 though of a Kind that were very 
 fre(]ucnt at that Period, when 
 the Studies of Natural Hiftory 
 and Experimental Pbilofophy, 
 beinf; then but in their Ir fancy 
 in thefe Kingdoms, fcurricd the 
 J'rofcllbrs of theni) who wer« 
 
 V r 
 
 frequently Men <if fallow Abi- 
 lities, and capable of Minutcnefs 
 only, into a thoufand Abfurdi- 
 ties, which, in this more en- 
 lightened Age, where every one 
 aflfumes the Liberty which Na- 
 ture has beftowed on him, of en- 
 quiring and thinking for himfelf, 
 thofe ufeful Invcfligations of the 
 Proceedings of Nature have le- 
 comc entirely clca'red from.— It 
 met with great Approbation, 
 more efpccially from the Univcr- 
 fity of Cxfurd\ and Langbaine^ 
 in l.is Account of this Play, giv.s 
 its Author this Commendation, 
 *• that none fince JonJon\ Time 
 '* had ever drawn fo many dif- 
 *• ferent Charaftcrs of Humours, 
 " and with fuch Succefs."— -Scene 
 London. 
 
 The Virtuous Octavta. 
 Tragi-Com. by Sam. Brarc'on, 
 l»mo. X 598.— The Plot of this 
 Play is taken from Sudoniui^i 
 Life of Augiiftut and Vlutarcb\ 
 Life of Marc Antony.'— \\. is writ- 
 ten in alternate Verfi:, with a 
 Chorus i.t the End of each A ft } 
 ^^v>^y at the End of the whole, 
 ..e printed two Epiftlcs bctwiea 
 Oiiav'a and hei Hufband A/. Av- 
 tonyy written in Imitation of 0- 
 vid'% Manner, but in Icng AUx' 
 andrine Vcrfe. — This Play was 
 never afted, yet it fvems to hav« 
 been held in fome EiHmation 
 from two commendatory Copies 
 of Vcrfes which are prefixed to 
 it J and fo high an Opinion dots 
 its Author appcnr to h;'vu had at 
 its Merit, that, befides his Pr.- 
 Jofopeia al Ltliro^ at the Bcj^iii- 
 ning of the Bock^ he h;is imi- 
 cludcd the whole with this prt • 
 fumptuous Italian Sentence, I.\-lc- 
 fua ron temo de rtterno Obuo,"^ 
 An Inftance amoiig many of the 
 Vanity of Authors, who flatter 
 themfelves into an imnginaiy Im- 
 jnorUlity» which fretiuenily tn- 
 
L'S OcIAVIj*, 
 
 Sam. Branc'evy 
 he Plot of this 
 rom Suctoftius'i 
 
 and Plutarch's 
 iny. — It is writ- 
 
 Verfc, with a 
 d of each AfS. ; 
 
 of the whole, 
 ipiftlcs betwiCA 
 lufbanti M. An- 
 mitation of C- 
 It in long AUx' 
 This Play was 
 it fteins to have 
 Hiie ElHmation 
 endatory Copies 
 
 are pri-fixci to 
 11) Opinion dots 
 • to h;'vc had at 
 
 befides his Pr.- 
 
 at the Bc^^iii- 
 
 k:, he has loji- 
 
 ; with this prf 
 
 Sentence, VAe- 
 
 Fttfrno Ohiio,'" 
 »g many of the 
 ors, who flatter 
 
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 mi nates even before the Clofe of 
 their mortal Exigence, much 
 Icfs extends beyonds it ; as is the 
 Cafe with this Writer, who, 
 now, in a Century and half, has 
 found "that Oblivion which h^ 
 thus fets at Defiance for Eternity, 
 fo entirely overwhelming his 
 WorlcSy that) excepting in the 
 Records of a few Writers, who 
 have taken on thcmfelves the 
 pcrpetualii)g thofe Particulars, his 
 very Name lives not within Re- 
 njembrance.— — — The Scene in 
 Rome, 
 
 The Virtuous Wife, or 
 Good Luek at laji. Com. by Tho. 
 ■Pw^/o'* 4to« 1680. — This is as 
 entertaining a Comedy as any 
 which this Author has written ; 
 yet is he not entirely free from 
 Plagiary in it, having borrowed 
 feveral Hints from Mar fiord 
 TavfH, and the Charadler of Beau- 
 fort from that of Palamtda in Drj- 
 dtk'i Marriagt a la iAode.-^Tat 
 Scene lies at CMfy, 
 
 The Vision or Dxlxont. 
 Mafque, by Btn Jcnfotit Fol. 
 i64i < ■ p refented at Court in 
 CbrifimaSf 1 61 7. 
 
 The Vision of the 
 -TWEi.V£ CoDDissis. Mafque, 
 by S/im, Daniel, 410. 16x3.— 
 Prefented by the Queen and her 
 Ladies at Hampton Court on the 
 8th of yanuary,—— -This Piece 
 was at fitft unwarrantably puh- 
 lifhcd without the Author's Leave, 
 from a fpurious and incorrc-^l 
 Copy, which had been by fomc 
 Means or other procured by an 
 tndifccect and prcfumptuous Prin- 
 ter ; which obliged the Author, 
 in order to wipe off tlie Preju- 
 dice whiih both the MaTquc and 
 tie Inv ntion had fnffe cd from 
 tli.it Edition, to rcpublifli it from 
 his own Copy.-*-'l'hc Defign of 
 the Piece is to rcprLil-nt, under 
 llu: Shapes, and in ihc Pcrfons of 
 
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 the twelve Goddefles, the FtgHre 
 of thofe Bleffings which the Na- 
 tion enjoy'd in Pe..ce under th% 
 Reign of King Jamci I.— Power 
 being reprefcnted by ^««o, Wif- 
 dom and Defence by Pallas, and 
 fo of the reft.— This and the ma- 
 ny other Compliments paid to 
 that weak and pedantic Monarch 
 by tlw Poets and other Writer? 
 of that Ti:T»c, are a Proof how 
 conftant an Attendant Flattery is 
 on Greatnefs, and how little 
 Judgment is to be formed of the 
 real Cha rafters of Princes frofti 
 the Praifcs io lavi/hly beftowed 
 on them by their Cotemporarles } 
 Adulations being as duly paid to 
 the worf^ as to the beft, and a 
 Nero and a Caligula being as high- 
 ly exalted by the Flatterers of 
 their own Times as a Titti$ or an 
 Antonine, 
 
 U1.YSSES. Trag. by Nich, 
 Rowe, 4to. 1706.— The Scene 
 of this Play is laid in Ithaca, and 
 the Plot borrowed from t'ne 0- 
 ^>.— It was aftcd at the Q/s 
 Theatre in the Haymarktt, with 
 Succefs, but is not the beft of 
 this Author's Pieces. — —It i« 
 fometitnes prefented at the The- 
 atres in Dublin^ but has not been 
 a^ted in London for fome Years. 
 
 UNtQUAL Match, yid^ 
 In jub'd Ph incess. 
 
 Untortunatk Coupr.i, 
 Vid. Novelty. 
 
 Ukfoktunati Dutch- 
 ess. Vid. Dutchess or 
 Malfy. 
 
 The Unfortunate Lo- 
 Trag. by Sir fFm. Da- 
 4to. 1643.— Scene Fe- 
 
 VERS. 
 
 •t>e/:ant, 
 ronj. 
 
 The 
 ther. 
 
 Unfortunate Mo- 
 Trag. by Tho. NabieSf 
 4fo. 1640.' — This Play was never 
 afted, but fct down according to 
 the Intention of the Author } yet 
 it has three fcvcral commendatory 
 
 Copies 
 
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 Copies of Vcrfes prefixed to it, 
 ar.d » Ptocme in Verfc by the 
 iA«lhor, julHfying it to l>e Writ- 
 ten according to the Rules of 
 ^rt." - -The Scene Jics at the 
 Court of Ferrara.—-Langbaittty by 
 Ipme M iftakc or other, has called 
 it th< Vnfcrtur.ate l-tmcr. 
 
 The tJNroji-] VNATB SHt>- 
 MKRD. Trag. by John Tutchin, 
 |vo. 1685, 
 
 The UNroitTUNATX Usv«- 
 »ts. Trag. ATiOn. 410. 1663, 
 —The Scene lies at Confianti-ople, 
 ana the Plot of it is' hiftorical, 
 being founded on the Story of 
 Anohonicus Comnknvs. — It 
 is not, hoNvever, fo good a Play 
 •8 mijtk'i on the fame Subjeft 
 H which fee in it« Place) yet has 
 foire Merit Jo a Parallel drawn 
 in Aa 5. Scene 8. between thofe 
 Tin)es and the Period of the Re- 
 bellion ind Civil Wart of Cl«ir/« 
 the xft*t Reign. 
 
 UNrORTVNATVI. ^^, BA- 
 K18h*D DvtK. 
 
 Tbe VrtoftATSrVL Favo- 
 fk\r%% Trag, Anonym. 4to. 
 i664.'-Thit Plav it fa"d to be 
 V ritt«;n by a Perion of Honout- j 
 but I do not find it watever aAed. 
 . The Scene is hid in NafUt^ and 
 the Plot may be traced in Guic- 
 (iardinif and other of the Jtaiian 
 Hiftoriar.s. 
 
 VnHArryCoKtijtrtKon.yiJ. 
 Neglected Virtue. 
 
 The UNHArry r.AiK faENC, 
 the Tragtdy of, by Gilbert Sivirt- 
 
 toe, 4to. 16^8. The Plot of 
 
 this Play is founded on the Tur- 
 kifb Hiilory, in the RcigT of 
 JMuhmef I. yet is probably rcr- 
 rowcd from one of Bana'e.'io's 
 Novell, where the Story is told 
 at large, as it is alfo by fi'm. 
 Painter, in hii Pa/aee 0/ Pleafurc, 
 Nov. 40. — The Play is but an 
 indiftercnt one, yet may in fomc 
 Mc«fure ilait^ czcuy'd, av three 
 
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 feveral Copies of Verfts which 
 are prefixed to it in Compliment 
 to the Author, all take Notic; 
 of his bdng very young. — The 
 Scene Hadrianepk, 
 
 The Unhappy Favorite, 
 or the Earl of Ejfex. Trag. by 
 John Banks, 410. l68».— — This 
 Tragedy is pofleiTed of the fame 
 Kind of Merit, with the Virtue 
 betrafd of the fame Author 
 (wnich fee above) and it met 
 with tlie fame Succefs, having 
 (onflantly a very ftrong Influence 
 on the tenderer Paffions of the 
 Audience. — The Prologue and 
 Epilcigue were both written by 
 Drytiea.'^Tht Scene lies in Loh' 
 4^«.—- How far other Emglifi An. 
 thors have iucccedcd in the Pro> 
 fecution of the fame Defign, may 
 be feen under Eaiil or Ssixx^ 
 —Yet thus mucji muft be con* 
 fsfs'd in Honour to Mr. Btnh, 
 that both Jona and BrvAe htte 
 been greatly obliged to his Play, 
 both of them having not only 
 very HAirly followed him in his 
 P!ot and Cotidu<V, tot having 
 even adopted his very Thoughts, 
 and in many Places copied whole 
 Periods from him.— Two French 
 Writers, fix. Monf. Cafprena:ic 
 and T. C«rneille, and one Italian 
 Author, have written dramatic 
 Pieces on the fame Storj', which 
 is perhaps as well adapted to the 
 Theatre as any Incident in the 
 Envtijh Hiftory. 
 
 The Unhappy Kindness, 
 or A Fruitlefs Revi'rgc. Trag. by 
 Tte. Scott, 4to. 1697.— -This is 
 only an Alteration of Fletcher : 
 fVife for a Month ; in which, 
 however, the Charaftcr of th^- 
 Wife i.i provoking the Hufb^nd 
 to eafe her of her Maidcnlictd, 
 is confiderably heightened and 
 improved. ~- I'he Scene lies in 
 
 UwHAPpr 
 
 f^^ 
 
M 
 
 Vcrfcs which 
 in Compliment 
 all take Notic? 
 y young.— The 
 t. 
 
 'Y Favoriti, 
 /«. Trag. by 
 
 i68a. This 
 
 [Ted of the lame 
 with the yirtue 
 : fame Author 
 trc) and it met 
 Succefs, having 
 ftrong Influence 
 Paflions of the 
 le Prologue and 
 both written by 
 cenc lies in Lon- 
 >ther Engli/b An- 
 icdcd in the Pro- 
 fame Defign, may 
 lAftL or ESIEX^ 
 
 ich muft be con- 
 ur to Mr. fim^i, 
 I »nd Brooke htire 
 iged to his PUYi 
 having wH only 
 owed him in hit 
 u£V, but having 
 s very Tho<i|htiB, 
 acet copied whole 
 m.^-Two French 
 
 Monf. Calpre»a:fc 
 and one Ittilian 
 
 written dramatic 
 ime Storj', which 
 
 11 adapted to the 
 Incident in the 
 
 FY ICiNnNtss, 
 ev.'fgc. Trap, by 
 . 1697. — This is 
 tion of Fletcher ' 
 onth\ in which, 
 Charaftcr of thv 
 ing the Hufb^tul 
 her Maiilcnlicid, 
 heightened and 
 ic Scene lies in 
 
 UwHAPpr 
 
 1701. 
 
 UN 
 
 Unka?»t Mareiacz. Vid, 
 Ohphan. 
 The Unhafpy Penitent. 
 
 Trag. by %\t%.Cath.Trether, ^X.0, 
 The Scene France. 
 
 Union ok the Clans. 
 P'id. Highland Fair. 
 
 Universal Gallant. 
 Vid. Different Husbands. 
 
 The Universal Passion. 
 Com. by James Miller^ 8vo. 
 1734 — Tliis Play met with good 
 Succcfs ; being brought on the 
 St;ige before the Author had in- 
 curred that Indignation from the 
 Town, which tome of his later 
 Pieces fo feelingly experienced the 
 Weight of.— The Approbation it 
 met with, however, was nomo>e 
 than a jurt 'liibute to the im- 
 mortal ShakefpfarCf from whom 
 all its chit f Merit is derived, it 
 bt;ing no mere than an Altera- 
 tion ot that Author 'j Muck ado 
 
 UN 
 
 bout a League diftunt from Lyont 
 in Frame, 
 
 The Unn a t u r a l Com bat, 
 Trag. by Phil. MaJJinger, 410. 
 1639.— This Tragedy is a very 
 admirable one, and may be ef- 
 teemed as one of the very beft of 
 this great Author's Pieces. — The 
 Accufations of the Father againft- 
 his own Son, thro' an apparent 
 Zeal for the public Service, are 
 artfully and glorioufly handled, 
 and at the fame Time, the Rc- 
 f:ntments of the Son againfl th^t 
 Father for fomc horrid Crime, 
 which the Author has delicately^ 
 avoided any perfect £xpbn.itioa 
 cf, yet left it within the Reach 
 of Conjofture, are raiftd to a 
 Height of Hcroifm, which makes 
 us almoft forget the criminal Ap- 
 pearance of a Son's pointing his 
 Sword a^inil a Parent's Bofom. 
 TheConfequcnces of the Com< 
 
 aeour Not'.ing ; w hich, having bat are affecting and finely fup. 
 
 been ilfelf revived and frcqtiontly ported.— The Language, through 
 
 fi-rformcd with n thcfe tew Years, the whole, is nervous and poe- 
 
 this Comedy h;«s confequ.-ntly tical, and the CharnCters iMking 
 
 b?cn quite f?t aridc.— W'/rcAp has and flrongly marlc'd ; yet, if tho 
 
 bv Miftulce, called it an Altera- Piece can be faid to have a Fault, 
 
 lif n oi Jill's IV Jl that ends lucll. 
 
 The Unjust j v d r. t, or 
 /Ippiui and Vtrpma. Trag. by 
 Ih. JietUrttn, 4to. 1694.— This 
 1' only If'ebftcrs Apfiui and P'ir- 
 ^yria, altct'd and more fitly a- 
 luptcd to the Sir\^c by the above- 
 named Gentlcmaii. 
 
 UmuckyAmoub. t'jfd.Siu 
 Giddy Whtm. 
 
 fheUNKAM'RAL BrOTHER. 
 
 1 raji. by Dr. E./w. Filmer, 410. 
 1697.— —This Play is on the 
 v^hole heavy, cnld and enervate, 
 yi't it not without fame Padagci 
 that do gnat Honour to the Un- 
 dLrl>anding and SenltbiliiLy of its 
 Author.— The Plot is from the 
 irlebratcd Romance of Cajimdraf 
 aiid the Siciic lies ;;t a CuUle a- 
 
 it is fome Kir.j of Incompleat- 
 net's in the winding up of the 
 Cataftrophe.-— This, however, is 
 greatly recompenfed by the Beau- 
 ties I have before<mcnt:nncd ; 
 and I cannot help thinking that, 
 with vety little Alteration, it' 
 might be rendered a valu- 
 able Acquifition to the prefent 
 Stage.««it has neither Proiugut 
 iior Epilogue, *' having becncom- 
 «« pofcd" (to ufe the Author's 
 own Words) " at a Time when 
 '• fuch By'Ornamtntt were not ad« 
 '• vAHced above the Fabrick of 
 
 " the whole Work." From 
 
 which Faflage we may, by In. 
 fereiKf, difcover nearly at what 
 Period thcfc By-OPMomntt, as he 
 calls them, came into that ge- 
 
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 nerai Ufe in which they have «le- 
 Itended down to our own Times. 
 —The Scene lies at MarfeiUa, 
 
 The Unnatural Mother. 
 Trag. Anonym. 4to. 1698.— 
 This Play was w rittcn by a young 
 Lady.— The Scene is laid in Levo^ 
 a Province in the Kingdom of 
 Sior, !»nd fome Part of the Plot 
 is borrow«ed from Settle" i Princefs 
 efPerJia, particularly BabbarncaFs 
 being put on a Couch with a 
 black Slave, and there found 
 aflecp, which is the very fame 
 with the Incident of CUomira 
 and Firantei in that Play. — Gil- 
 don finds great Fault with this 
 Tragedy, and exclaims loudly a- 
 gainft the public Tafte for the 
 Succefs it met with, and againft 
 the Author, for having drawn, 
 Ir the Charadlor of Callapeia t|^e 
 Unnatural Mot her f fuch a Pi£lure 
 of Vice as never was paralleled in 
 Nature, or if it wjis, ought rather 
 to have been expofed on a public 
 Gallows than exhibited on a pri- 
 vatc Stage.— The Author of the 
 Britijb Theatre, IVhincop and Ja- 
 cob nave ail, by Miftake, called 
 this Play the Unfortunate Mother y 
 though the laft-mentioned Au- 
 thor has it in his Index by the 
 proper Title.— —In his Work, 
 therefore, it was probably no 
 more than an Error of the Prefs, 
 overlooked and uncorrected by the 
 Author { an Error, however, 
 which the other two Writers li- 
 terally copied without giving 
 themfelves the Trouble to make 
 taither Enquiry about it.— —A 
 Hint by the bye how little De- 
 pcndancc is to be had on their 
 Authorities. 
 
 TheUKNATOR At. Tr ACIDY. 
 
 by Margaret Duchcfs of Ncivcaf- 
 
 tle, Fol. i66z. There is no- 
 
 thing very particular in this I'lay, 
 farther than fomc Ccofures which 
 her Grace has taken QccaGoo to 
 
 V o 
 
 to caft on Camiden*s Bri'tanrJj m 
 her fecond Ad.— The Prologue 
 and Epilogue arc written by the 
 Duke her Hufband. 
 
 Untrussing a humorous 
 Poet. Fid, Satyromas- 
 
 TIX. 
 
 Vol PONE, or the Fox. Com. 
 by Ben Jonfon^ 4to. 1605. — This 
 Comedy is joined by the Critics 
 with the Alchymifl and Silent Wo- 
 man, as the Chef (T Oeuvrei of this 
 celebrated Poet ; and indeed, it 
 is fcarcely poiiible to conceive a 
 Piece more highly fini^ed, both 
 in Point of Language and Cliu. 
 rafter, than this Comedy.—— 
 The Plot is perfeftly oiiginal, 
 and the Circumftance of yolf>one*9 
 taking Advantage of the Vici- 
 oufncfs and Depravity of the Hu- 
 man Mind in others, yet being 
 himfelf made a Dupe to the Sub- 
 tilty of his Creature Mofca, is ad • 
 mirably conceived, and as ini- 
 mitably executed.— Yet, with all 
 thefe Perfections, this Piece does 
 and ever will (hare the fame Fate 
 with the, other Dramatic Works 
 of its Author, w'x. that whatc- 
 everlAiIight and Rapture they may 
 give to the true Critic in his Clo- 
 fct, from the Correftncfs exerted 
 and the Erudition difplaycd in 
 them ; yet, there ftill runs thro' 
 them all an unempaflioned 
 Coldnefs in the Language, a la- 
 boured Stiifnefs in the Conduft, 
 and a Deficiency of Incident and 
 Intt-reil in the Cataftrophe, that 
 robs the Auditor in the Repre- 
 fentation of thofe pleaHnf, thofc* 
 unaccountable Senfations he con- 
 ftantly receives from the FlaHies 
 of Nature, Paflion and Imagina* 
 tion with which he is frequently 
 fliuck, not only in the Writings 
 ot the unequall'd Sbaktffeare, but 
 even in thofe of Authors, whofc 
 Fame, either for Genius or Ac- 
 curacy, ii ao Meant to be ranked 
 
 wiih 
 
U P 
 
 vriih that of the Bard under our 
 prcfcnt Confideration,— To write 
 to liie Judgment is* one Thing, 
 to tlie Feehngs of the Heart an- 
 other ; and it will conl'cquently 
 be found, that the Comedies of 
 Cibbcr^ fttnbrugh and Ccngrnm, 
 will, oil the Decict rtpetita, af- 
 ford an Increafe of Pleafurc to 
 tlie very fame Audiences, who 
 would pafs over even a fecond Re- 
 prcfcntation of any one of yo«« 
 Jin's molt celebrated Pieces, with 
 C!)ldnd's and Indifterence. 
 
 The VoLUNTiKRS, or the 
 Sfjck - jfobbers. Com. by Tho, 
 Shadivell, ^\jd. 1693. —Til is Co- 
 jnedy was not aftcd till after the 
 Author's Death, and is dedicated 
 by his Widow to Queen M,ny, 
 -I'lhe Hint of Sir Timothy Caf- 
 nil in it feetnii to have been bor- 
 iDWcd from Fletcher i LittU French 
 ijwyi'r.— i'he Prologue by Mr, 
 Ihr/ey. 
 
 The Vow BRtAKER, or the 
 Fair Maid of Clifton in Netting' 
 ki^npire, Trag. by /^«. itamf- 
 j'or, 4to. 1633. — This Play met 
 mih very good Succefs.— — — The 
 I'iot of it feems to be founded on 
 Fu(5l ; and Latigbaint tell us, that 
 lie rcmember'd to have fecn, in 
 his younger Days, a Ballad com- 
 |)o:iM on the fame Subjedt. 
 
 The Ufholsterkr, otWlat 
 Nnvs ? Farce, of two A<ils, by 
 /f. Murply, Svo. 1 758. — This 
 Piece met with very good Suc- 
 cefs, and indeed defcrvedly, as 
 it, with very great Humour, ex- 
 pofcs the Abfurdity of that infa- 
 tiublc Appetite for News, fo pre- 
 valent among Mankind in gene- 
 ral, and that Folly, which (ccms 
 in fome Meafure peculiar to our 
 own Nation, of giving Way to 
 r.ti abfurd Anxiety for the Con- 
 cerns of the Public, and the 
 Tranfaftions of the various Po- 
 trntalcs of the World, even to 
 the Ncgle^l and Ruin of domeilic 
 
 U P 
 
 Affairs and Family Interefts ; 
 and that, in Perfons totally iji;no- 
 rant, not only of the Proceedings 
 of a Miniftry, but even of any' 
 of thofe Springs, by which ths 
 Wheels of Government ought to 
 be actuated. — The Chara£lcr» 
 employed to point out the Ridi- 
 culoufnefs of this PaHlon, are 
 an old Uphoifterer, who, at the 
 very Time when a Statute of 
 Bankruptcy is iifued againft him, 
 fliews no Concern for himfelf or 
 his- Family, but condoles himfelf 
 with the Confideration that his 
 Name will be read in the News- 
 papers, together with thofe of the 
 ieveral Princes o( Europe, yet it 
 breaking his Refl Night and Day 
 with Anxiety for our Cerm^r 
 Allies, and laying Schemes for 
 the Payment of "-he National 
 Debt ; — a bedlamite Barber, who 
 leaves his Shop, and a Cuftomer 
 in it half fliav'd to communicater 
 to his Neighbour the ominous 
 Gravity of a great Man's Butlcr^^ 
 whom ho had fliav'd that Morn- 
 ing;— and an hireling political 
 Scribbler, who, tho' i-etained on- 
 both Sides, betrays his Ignorance 
 of the Meaning of the very 
 Terms of that Jargon he fo ia- 
 viHily pours forth to confound the 
 Underftandingf, and corrupt th9 
 Principles of Readers as ignoranti 
 as himfelf. — Thefe Charafters, it 
 is true, are fome what Outre, and 
 touch'd up in the moft glaring; 
 Colours ; yet, as the Scenes in 
 which they are introduced have 
 great Effect, being truly comic 
 and entertaining, this can fcarcelf 
 be confidered as a Fault, fihce 
 Follies of this Nature call fuch a 
 Dimnefs before the Eyes of tlieijr 
 PofleflTors, as is not to be clear'd 
 away, nor themfelvcs brouirht to 
 fee them at all, but by the Affifl* 
 ance of magnifying GlaUl-s.— In 
 fliort, till wc can make Fool« 
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 laugh at thdr own Folly, there 
 can be no Hopes of their being 
 cur'd of it J and tho* their Hides 
 nay happen to be fo tough that a 
 Feather cannot tickle them, yet 
 a Curry Comb may chance to 
 make them feel ' the fame Sen- 
 fation, and produce the Eftedt 
 defir'd. 
 
 The UsvRPER. Trag. by 
 Edw. Howard, 4to. 1668. — The 
 Scene of this Play lies in Sicify, 
 and the Plot is founded on the 
 Story of Damoelet the Syraeufan, 
 under whofe Character, it is fup • 
 pofed, the Author intended to 
 point that of Oliver Crcttnvell, 
 
 The USURFIR DKTECTXD, 
 
 or Right will prevail, — ^There is 
 fome Confufion in Regard to this 
 Piece, which I know not well 
 how to unravel, having never met 
 with it myfelf. — The Author of 
 the Britifi Theatre has mentioned 
 a **I-y with both thefe I'iiles, 
 which he calls a Tragi -Comedy, 
 and gives it the Date of 1660.— 
 FroAi which Date, and the Pur- 
 port of its Titles, I ihould con- 
 clude it to have been written a- 
 gainft Oliver Cromwell^ and in 
 Compliment to K.Charlet II. juft 
 at the Period of that Monarches 
 Reftoration •— Vet have neither 
 Langhaine, Gildon or yaeob men- 
 tioned it at zW.'—IVbincof, indeed, 
 has named it, and called it a 
 Tragi-Comcdy, but afligned no 
 
 Date to it. But Coxetir^s MS. 
 
 tho* it takes Notice of a Piece 
 with the fame firft and fecond 
 Titles, yet ftiles it a Comic Tra- 
 gical Farce, of two A&s, in 8vo. 
 dates it 17 18, and places the 
 Scene of it at Ifrlitio. 
 
 The Usurp I as, or the Coffee-' 
 houfie Politieiam. Anon. 1749.-^ 
 Whether this is a Play or Farce 
 I know not, finding no mention 
 of it any where bat in the Bri- 
 tifh Theatre \ whichever it be. 
 
 W A 
 
 however, it was never afleij^ 
 nor, I imagine, even intended 
 for the Stages 
 
 w. 
 
 TTHE Walking Statui, 
 or the Devil in the fVine Cet- 
 lar. Farce, by ^. Hill, 410, 
 1709.— This little Farce is print- 
 ed at the End of, and was, I be« 
 lieve, annexed in the Reprefenta- 
 tion to the Elf rid, or Fair Incof 
 jiant, of the fame Author. — The 
 Plot of it is totally farcical, and 
 the Incidents beyond the Limits 
 of Probability, nay, even of I*of. 
 Ability ; yet there is fomewhat 
 laughable in the Incident of paf< 
 fmg a living Man on the Father 
 as a Statue or Automaton, and 
 the Confequence of it, though 
 fomewhat too low for a dramatic 
 Piece of any Kind of Regularity, 
 may, neVerthelefs, be endured, 
 by confidering this as a Kind of 
 fpeaking Pantomime, which may 
 furely be as readily admitted of, 
 and allowed as inftru£Hve, at 
 leaft, as thofe where the particu- 
 lar Gentleman has no other Me- 
 thod of exprefling his Senfations 
 and Sentiments, than the very 
 ingenious one of Geftures and 
 Grimaces. 
 
 The Walks or Islington 
 AND Hog 8 DON, Hvitb the Hummi 
 of JVood'firett Compter. Com. by 
 Tho. JordaHf 4to. 1657.— The 
 Title of this Play feems to pro- 
 mife nothing more than the very 
 loweft Kind of Humour, yet its 
 Succefs was furprifingly great, 
 having taken a Run of nineteen 
 Days together with extraordinary 
 Applaufe. 
 Th« Wandirkr. Fid.Tva- 
 
 MASO, 
 
 The 
 
 11 .j^ 
 
as never a&ei) 
 s, even intended 
 
 nav, even of l*of. 
 
 DSRXR, yid.THO- 
 
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 many amajsing Beauties glittering 
 thro' the different Parts of it, as 
 amply make amends for thefe 
 trivial Dcf.Tmities, and flamp on 
 it the moft indelible Marks of its 
 Authenticity. — Niy, fo redun- 
 dant are thofe Beauties, that they 
 have afforded Scope for the form- 
 ing of tw regular dramatic Pieces 
 from this fingle one. — Mr. Gar- 
 r/c/l having reduced the principal 
 Part of the Plot, vix. that of 
 J.eontes^s Jealoufy, and the Di- 
 vorce and Juftification of Hermi- 
 tnr, into a tragic Piece of three 
 A^s, which he brought on the 
 Stage, referving to it its original 
 Title, in the Year 1756, and 
 which met with very good Suc- 
 cefs. — And fome other Author 
 having, from the comic Parts of 
 it, formed a very compleat and 
 entertaining Farce, called. The 
 Sheefshearing, or Florixel 
 and Perdita. ( For which, viJ, 
 
 Appendix.) The Plot of the 
 
 whole, is borrowed from Robert 
 Cnvw's Novel of Dorajlus and 
 Fatinia, 
 
 The Wisdom of Dr. Dodi- 
 roLE. Com. Anon, 410. 1600. 
 ~That Part of the Plot of this 
 Piece, in which Earl Cajfimterez 
 Gcncrofity induces him to marry 
 the deformed Cornelia, and fliare 
 his Eftate with her Father Flores, 
 when under Affliftion by being 
 arretted by the Duke's Com- 
 mands, is borrowed from the 
 Siory of Zenothemis and Mena- 
 iratfs, told us by Luciart, 
 
 The Wise Woman of 
 HoGsDON. Com. by Tho, Hay- 
 wood, 4to. 1638. This Play met 
 with gocd Succefs, and is com- 
 mended in a Copy of Verfes to 
 the Author. Scene Ho^fdm. 
 
 The Wishes, or Hailejuin\ 
 Mt\th opcnid. Com. by Mr. 
 BcntUy, 1761. — 'Ihii Play has 
 oot yet made its Aj p ;arance in 
 
 \V I 
 
 Print, but was brought on the 
 Stage at Drury Lane Theatre laft 
 Summer, by the Company under 
 the Management of Meff. Facte 
 and Murphy. — It is' tvritten in I- 
 mitation of the Italian Comedy j 
 Harlequin f Panlaloony Pierrot^ 
 Mexxxtin, Columbine, &c. being 
 introduced into it as fpeaking 
 Chara£lers.— It contains, in many 
 Parts of it, very juft Satire and 
 folid Senfej and gives evident 
 Teftimonyot the Author's Learn- 
 ing, Knowledge, UnderftaniJinf» 
 and critical Judgment ; yet the 
 Deficiency of Incident which ap- 
 pears in it, as well as of that live- 
 ly Kind of Wit, which is one of 
 the Eflentials of perfeft Comedy j 
 added to the Extravagance and 
 Oddity of a Set of Chara£leis, 
 which the Englijh Audience had 
 been accuftomed to fee only in 
 the Light of mute Mimics, and 
 confequently could not eafily con-* 
 neft the Idea of Senfe or Un- 
 derftanding to, feem, in great 
 Meafure, tojuttify thatColdnefs, 
 with which the Piece was re- 
 ceived by the Town, — — In a 
 Word, tho' far from being defti- 
 tute of Merit, it is cert j inly bet« 
 ter adapted to the Clofet than the 
 Stage, and is one Proof among 
 many, that dramatic Writings re- 
 quire a peculiar Species of Genius 
 which neither Learning nor Cri- 
 ticifm can create, and an Idea of 
 public Tafte, which only a pecu- 
 liar Atten' ion to, and Obfervation 
 of that Tafte, can ever beftow.— 
 It was reported that a Man of 
 Quality, nay, it was even hinted 
 that a {'i\\\ vr eater Ptrfonage, had 
 fome Hind ui theCgnipofition of 
 this Comedy. — Be that as it will, 
 however, i'-js certain that the for- 
 mer.intcrefted himfelf very great- 
 ly in the bringing it in a proper 
 Manner on the Stage, and that 
 the Royal Favour extended itfelf 
 
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 to the Author in a very handfome 
 Prefent, inConfequence of which 
 he refign'd the Profits of his 
 third Night (which) however, did 
 not prove very confiderable) to 
 Ihe Advantage of the Performers. 
 The Prologue and Epilogue were 
 written by Mr. Cumberland, the 
 Author of the Banijbment o/Ci- 
 terOy of which in its Place. 
 
 The WiSKES OF A TRIE 
 
 Fbople. a dramatic Piece, 
 8vo. 1761. — This Piece, tho* 
 publiflied Anonymous, is faid ta 
 be the Work of Dr. Hepbatton, a 
 Gentleman whom I have had oc« 
 cafion to mention once before in 
 this Work, under the New 
 Hivroc RATES. — It is intended 
 as a Compliment to the Princefs 
 Cbarlotteoi MeakUtihurgbf now our 
 sioft gracious Queen, on her 
 Landing and Marriage.— The De- 
 Agn is certainly laudable ; but I 
 am rorry- to fay, that the execu- 
 tion of it is fo very undramatic, 
 and contains fo little either of 
 Foetry or Imagination, that it 
 ftands itfelf as a fuiScient An- 
 Avcr to the Charge the Author 
 has in a Pofticript to it, thrown 
 on the Managers of both the 
 Theatres, for refufing to bring it 
 on the Stage. — Prefix'd to it is a 
 Dedication to the Queen in 
 French^ for which the Author has 
 quieted, as a Precedent, M. de 
 Yo t aire's Engli/h Dedication of 
 his Henriadcy to Queen Caro- 
 iine* 
 
 The Witch or Edmon- 
 •TON. Tragi-Com. by ^ w. /Jow- 
 Uy, 4to. 1658. — This Piece is 
 faid in the Title - Page, to be 
 founded on a known true Story. 
 —IX. iret with fingular Applaufe, 
 being often afted at the C( ckpit 
 in Drury Lane, and once at Court. 
 —The Scene lies in the town of 
 Edmonton. ——Alt ho' the above- 
 named Author hud the chief 
 
 W 1 
 
 Hand in this Play, yet he rt- 
 ceived confiderable Afliftance in 
 it from Ford and Drcier, both 
 whofe Names are equally men- 
 tioned with his, in the Title 
 Page. 
 
 Wit a a Pinch. Ftd 
 
 Lt;CKT P ODIGAL. 
 
 Wit AT SEVERAL Wea- 
 pons. Com. by Beaumont and 
 Fletcher, Fol. 1647.— This Play 
 was efteemed an entertaining one, 
 and from it has Sir Wm. Dave- 
 nant borrowed the Characters of 
 the Elder Paliatine, and Sir 
 Merg/ay Thivmckf in his Comedy 
 called the Wits. 
 
 Wit for Money, or Poet 
 Stutter, Anonym. i69i.>— Ido 
 not find this Piece mentioned any 
 where but "in the Brittjb Theatre, 
 where it is fpoken 01 as a very 
 po<M' Performance, and is (aid to 
 have been written in Ridicule of 
 a Play of Durfey\ wliich is, in* 
 deed, deferving enough of Con- 
 tempt, vix. Love for Monet, 
 or the Bearding School, 
 
 Wit in aConitablx. C, 
 by Hen.Glaptborne, 4to. 1640.— 
 The Scene London. 
 
 Wit in Necessity. Vid, 
 Fashionable Lady. 
 
 The Wit of a Woman. 
 Com. Anonym. 4V0. 1604. — Tiiis 
 is ftiled by the Author a pleafant 
 merry Comedy, but Langbaint 
 gives it us as iiis Opinion, that it 
 by no Means deferves that Cha- 
 tadler. 
 
 The Wit of a Woman, 
 Com. Anonym. 1705. —■ This 
 Play is formed from the preceding 
 one, by reducing the principal 
 Merits of it, within the Limits 
 of three Afts It was performed 
 at the Theatre in Ltttle LincoltCt 
 Inn Fieldiy and met with a very 
 favourable Reception from the 
 Town. 
 
 Wit without Money. 
 
 Com. 
 
*lay, yet he rt- 
 ble Affiftance in 
 ind Dfckety both 
 ire equally men- 
 s, in the Title> 
 
 ice, and is (aid to 
 
 f, but Langbaint 
 is Opinion, that it 
 eferves that Cha- 
 
 HOUT MONIY. 
 
 Com. 
 
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 cxifiing.— From both thefe Ac- 
 cufations, however, he will furely 
 itand acquitted, when I have 
 made one Remark, which is, 
 that however Mr. Murphy may 
 have touched up and heightened 
 it, either Arom his own Imagi- 
 nation, or from real Life, the 
 Ground- work of the Character 
 itfelf, and of feveral of the In> 
 cidents, is to be found in M. de 
 la Ckauffee'i Charaftcr of Z>'CV- 
 •val, in his Comedy called Le 
 Prejuge a ^aincdr, 
 
 WaV to win him. ViJt. 
 Inconstant. 
 
 The Weaksst gokth to 
 t:.£ Wall. Tragi-Com. A- 
 nonym. 4to. 1618.— The Scene 
 of this Piece lies in Burgundy \ 
 but what the Plot or Defign of 
 it is I know not, having never 
 feen it. 
 
 WtALTH AND HzALTHt 
 
 Vid. Interlude, &c. 
 
 ThcWiDDiNG. Tr9^i-Com. 
 hy Ja. SbirUyt 4to. 1629.— This 
 is a very good Play. — The Scene 
 lies in London» 
 
 The Wedding Day. Com. 
 by Henry Fielding, 8vo. 174».— 
 This was the laA dramatic Piece 
 of this Author) and, as if he 
 had exhaufted the whole of his 
 comic Humour in his former 
 Works, this is by much the dui- 
 left of them all. — Its Succefs was 
 equal to its Merit, being damn'd 
 the firft Night.— Prefixed to it, 
 however, is a Prologue of fome 
 Humour in Doggrel Vcrfe, which 
 was fpokcn by Mr. Macklin. 
 
 Weeding of Covent Gar- 
 den. Vid. Covent Garden 
 
 WEEDED. 
 
 Weekly Journalist. 
 
 Vid, Craftsman. 
 
 The Welch, or Grub- 
 street Opera. — This Piece 
 I have before fpoken of, under 
 the Title of the Gruk-fireet Optra, 
 
 WH 
 
 the firft Name being only prefixed 
 to the other in the Title Page.— 
 It was written by H, Fielding^ 
 but is one of the moft indifferent 
 of his Writings. 
 
 Wencxslavs King of 
 Poland. An Italian Opera, 
 Anonym. 8vo. I7i7.>-This was 
 performed at the King's Theatre 
 in the Haymarket. — Scene Poland* 
 
 Western Lass. Vid. Bath. 
 
 Westward Hot. Com. fcy 
 *n>o. Decker, 4X0. 1607.—- Our 
 Author was aflifted by Wehfter in 
 the CompoHtion of this Comedy, 
 which was many Times afled 
 with good Succefs by the Children 
 of PWs. 
 
 Wexford Wells. Com. 
 yyj IMatth. CoMcartettf 8vo. 1721. 
 —This Play was never reprefent* 
 ed in Lmdoti } but, the Author 
 being an /ri^waw, it probably 
 made its Appearance on the Dui- 
 //■« Theatre. It is written in 
 Inritation of Tunbridge and Effom 
 Welh, but is not equal in Merit 
 to either of them. 
 
 The What d'ye CALL it. 
 A Tragi-Comi-Paftoral Farce, by 
 
 JuhnGayy 8vo. 17 15. This 
 
 ingenious and entertaining liirle 
 Piece, which is to this Day fre- 
 quently performed, is an inof- 
 fenAveand good-natur*dBur';fque 
 on the Abfurdities in fome of the 
 Tragedies then the moft in Fa- 
 vour, particularly Venice preferv'd, 
 the principal Characters in which 
 are ridiculed with a great deal of 
 Humour and fome Juftice, in the 
 Parts of FHherty Peafcod, and 
 Kitty Ctfrra/.— -There is great O- 
 riginality in the Manner of it, 
 great Poetry in the Langusge, 
 and much true Satire in the Con- 
 du£l of it, on which Accounts, 
 tho' it may be " Canjiare to the 
 " Multitude^'' it will eve be 
 " Jure to plutfe the hetttr Few." 
 
 What you will. Com. by 
 A .1 3 Join 
 
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 yobn Marflon, 8vo. 1633. " 
 Langbaire mentions this Couiedy 
 as one of the befl of the Author's 
 Writing. — Some Part of the Plot, 
 jhowever, •vix. that of Frarcifco^s 
 aiTumlng the Perfon and Humour 
 «f y^/i-jwo, is borrowed from 
 riautuis Amphittuoi and has been 
 alfo fince made Ufe of in other 
 Plays. 
 
 What You will. Vid, 
 Twelfth Night. 
 
 What News ? Vid. U»- 
 
 HOLSTERXR. 
 
 When Women GO to Law, 
 THE Devil is full of Bu- 
 «iNEss. Vid, Devil's Law 
 Case. 
 
 When You see me. You 
 ^Kow ME, or the fameui chroni- 
 cle Fiprie of King Henry VIII. 
 with the Birth and virtuous Life 
 of Edward Prince of Wales, by 
 &am. Roioleyy 4to. 1632. — The 
 Plot of this Play is taken from 
 Lord Herberts Life of Henry VIII. 
 ^nd other Englifi) Hiftorians. — 
 The Scene lies in England. 
 
 Whig AND Tory. Com. 
 by Bet.j. Griffin. 8vo. 1721 — 
 Afled at the Theatre in Lincoln'!.' 
 J fin -Fields, with no very extraor- 
 dinary Succefs. 
 
 The Whim, or tie Mifcr^s 
 Rttreat. A Farce, Anonym. — 
 H'bincop and ihe Biiiijh 2a- ire 
 bx. th give the Name of this Piece, 
 but neither ailign any Date ro 
 ir J I believe, however, it made 
 not its Ai pearance on the Stage. 
 
 The VVhite Devil, ov the 
 Trag'dy o/'Paulo Giordano Urfini, 
 J);,f:e of J'rachiano j with the 
 1 fe ar.d Death of Vittoria Co- 
 lonibona, the famous Venetian 
 Court cxan. Trag. by 'john Web- 
 (hi. 4to. 16 1 2* —— The Scene 
 
 it(ih> 
 
 Tiie Whore of Babylon. 
 A Hirtory, by 1'ho. Decker, 4to. 
 1607.-1 know not whether this 
 
 W I 
 
 Play was ever afted, but the ge- 
 neral Tenor of it is to illu Orate 
 the Virtues of Queen Eiixabetb, 
 and, under feigned Names, to 
 expofe the Machinations of the 
 Roman Catholics of that Time, 
 more efpecially the Jefuits, and 
 fet forth the Dangers which that 
 great and good Queen efcaped 
 from their evil Defigns againft 
 her Perfon.— The Queen is re- 
 prefented under the Character of 
 Titania, a Title which feems to 
 have been fixed on her by the 
 Poets of that Time: — Spencer 
 having firft fet the Example, and 
 Shakefpeare and Decker followed 
 it ; the one in his Midfummtr 
 Night''s Dreaniy and the other m 
 the Pier*e befor: us. — — Rome h 
 ftyled Babykny Campiano the fc- 
 fuit Campeius, Dr. Parry Paridal 
 &c. 
 
 Who would have 
 
 THOUGHT IT? Vid, Law 
 
 Tricks. 
 
 The Widow. Coin, hy Ben 
 Jonfony Ato. 165a, — Tho' I ha\'C 
 named Jonfon as the Author cf 
 this Play, it wis tl.e ^^efult of 
 the joint Labours of him, Fletchtr 
 and Middleton, brt was not pub- 
 lifted till after all their Deaths, 
 when Alexander Gough, a greai 
 Admirer of dramatic Writings, 
 procured this, and fome other 
 MSS. of the like Kind, for 
 Mofelcy the Bookfeller, wlio 
 caufed them to be printed anJ 
 publifted. 
 
 The Winow bewitch'b. 
 Com. hy John Mottley,%\o. 1730, 
 
 This Play was afted at the 
 
 Theatre in Goodman's -Fields, anJ 
 met with very good Succefs. 
 
 The Widow bewitch'd, 
 Vid. Fortune Hunters. 
 
 Widow of Watlinc- 
 Street. Vid. Puritan. 
 
 The Widow Ranter, or 
 tbt UijUrj of Bacon in Virginia. 
 
 Tn|i- 
 
}£led, but the ge- 
 
 it is to illuftrate 
 
 Queen Eiixabetb, 
 
 igned Names, to 
 
 chinations of the 
 
 cs of that Time, 
 
 ^ the Jefuits, and 
 
 angers which that 
 
 od Qi^een efcaped 
 
 il Defigns againft 
 
 ■The Queen is re- 
 
 r the character of 
 
 le which feems to 
 
 ed on her by the 
 
 : Time : — Sper.ur 
 
 the Example, and 
 
 ,d Decker followed 
 
 in his Midfummtr 
 
 and the other iji 
 
 )r: us. ■ Rome ■'; 
 
 Camplano the Tc- 
 
 Dr. Parry PariJ^. 
 
 OULD HAVC 
 
 T ? yiJ. Law 
 
 w. Com. by Ben 
 [65a. — Tho'I ha;-* 
 F as 'he Author of 
 WIS tliC "^efult of 
 )ursof him, Fletchir 
 p, brt was not pub- 
 er r11 their Death 1;, 
 der Gougb, a greal 
 dramatic Writings, 
 ;, and fome other 
 le like Kind, fur 
 Bookfeller , who 
 to be printed and 
 
 »ow bewitch'd. 
 1 Mott/ey,Svo. 1730, 
 lay was a£led at the 
 'oodmari's -Fields f anJ 
 ■y good Succcfs. 
 30W bewitch'Di 
 NE Hunters. 
 
 OF Watlinc- 
 
 '^id. Puritan. 
 
 low Ranter, or 
 
 Bacon in Virginia. 
 
 Tri|i' 
 
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 Tragi Com. by Mrs. Bebn, 4to. 
 1690. — This Piece was not pub- 
 liihcd till after the Author's De- 
 ceafe, who died in 1689. — The 
 Tragedy Part of it, particularly 
 the Cataftrophe of JBacottf is bor- 
 rowed from the well- known Story 
 of CaJiuSf who, on the Suppo- 
 lition of his Friend Bruttai being 
 defeated, caufed himfelf to be 
 put to Death by the Hand of his 
 Freedman Dandorus. — The Scene 
 IS laid in Bacon s Camp in F/r- 
 
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 Nap/u. 
 
 The Wife of Bath. Com, 
 hy John Gay, 4to. 1713. — 1 hs 
 Piece was afted at the Th. Roy. 
 in Drury Lane, but met with very 
 indifferent Succefs. — It was th« 
 Author's firft dramatic Attempt, 
 yet its Failure did not difcouragc 
 him from purfuing that Way of 
 Writing, in which he was af- 
 terwards fo fortunate.— However, 
 on an Attempt to revive it fome 
 Years afterwards at Lincoln' t-hn- 
 
 ginia. — The Comic Part entirely Fieldi Houfc, it met with the very 
 
 Invention. The Prologue is 
 
 written by Dryden, 
 
 Thi Widow's Tears. Com. 
 by Geo, Chapman, 4to. 1612. — 
 Some Parts of this Play are very 
 fine, and the Incidents affefting 
 and interefting. — Yet the Cataf- 
 trophe, with Rcfpe£l to Cynthia 
 and her Hufband, is rather flub- 
 Ver'd ever and inconclufive j the 
 Plot of Lyfander and Cynthia is 
 taken from the Story of the E- 
 fbtfun Matron, related in Pttrom 
 nius Arbiter. 
 
 The Widow's Wish, ory^;> 
 Equipage of Lovers, Com. by 
 Henry Ward, 8vo. 1747. — ^ ^^" 
 Have this Play was never per- 
 formed any where, but it was 
 publiflicd, together with two other 
 Comedies by their Author, in 
 the Year above mentioned. 
 
 A Wife and no Wife. 
 Farce, by Cha, Coffey, 8vo. 1732. 
 —This Piece was never a£led. 
 
 A Wife for a Month, 
 Tragi-Comedy, by Beaumont and 
 
 fame, or rather worfc Treatment 
 from the Audience, than it had 
 done before, notwithftanding the 
 Merit of the Beggar''s Opera had 
 rais'd Mr. Gay's Reputation at 
 that Time to the moft exalted 
 Height.— Part of the Plot feems 
 borrowed from the Character of 
 Kite in the Recruiting Officer. '— 
 The Scene is laid at an Inn on 
 the Road between London and 
 Canterbury, and the Time twelve 
 Hours, being from nine o'Clock 
 at Night to nine the next Morn- 
 ing. 
 
 The Wife's Relief, or the 
 Hujband'i Cure, Com. by Cha. 
 Johnfon, 4to. 1 7 12. — This is a 
 very entertaining Play, and is 
 ftili frequently reprefented. — The 
 Scene lies in Coi/ent Garden, and 
 the Plot, Charad^ers and moft 
 Part of the Language borrowed 
 from Shirley'i Gamefier. 
 
 Wife'sResentment. l^id. 
 Lady's last Stake. 
 
 A Wife to be let. Com. 
 
 Fletcher, Fol. j6;9.— This Pky by Mrs. if^ywW, 8vo. 1725.— 
 is a very good one. — The Plot of This Comedy was a£^ed at Drury 
 
 it, as far as relates to the Story of 
 Alpbonfo, his Character, and the 
 Treatment he meets with from 
 his Brother Frederic, is borrowed 
 from the Hiftoiy 6f Sancho VIII. 
 King oiLeon, which may be feen 
 
 Lane Theatre in the Summer, 
 with but middling Succefs ; 
 which might, however, in fome 
 Meafure be owing to the Seafon, 
 and the fmall Merit of the Per- 
 formers. — The Author herfelf 
 
 in Mariana, and Le^vis de May^ performed a f (incipal Part in it, 
 trne T»r;«^r,««'The Scene lies in bwc 
 
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 but met viith little Approba- 
 tion. 
 
 AWirXWELL MANAGKD. 
 
 Farce, by H. Carey. No Date. 
 ■Whether etcr a€ted I know not. 
 
 AWirSMTELL MANAGED. 
 
 Farce, by Mrs. Certtlivre, This 
 was never a£ted, but printed in 
 4to. I 716. 
 
 The Wild Gam,ant. C. 
 by y, Drydeny 410. 1 669. This 
 was Mr. DrydetCi firft Attempt in 
 dramatic Writing, and indeed To 
 indifferent a one, as not to afford 
 the leaft Dawn of Expectation 
 of that vaft Merit he afterwards 
 jhcw*d himfelf pjflefs'd of. It 
 confequently met with a very 
 confiderable Repulfe from the 
 
 Audience. The Scene lies in 
 
 London, and the Plot, as the Au- 
 thor confeflTes, is borrowed. 
 
 The Wild Goosz Chace. 
 Com. by Beaumont and F/etcher, 
 Fol. 1679, — This is one of the 
 beft of the Writings of thefe u- 
 nited Poets.—— It was very fre- 
 quently performed, with univer- 
 fal Approbation, and about a do- 
 zen Years ago was revived by 
 Mrs. Chvej for her Benent. ■ 
 
 From it Faraubar has borrowed 
 the Plan of the four firft Afts of 
 his Inconstant.— The Scene 
 lies in Paris* 
 
 A Will OR NO Witt, or a 
 new Cafe /or the Lawyers, Farce, 
 by Charles Macklin. This Piece, 
 has I believe, been frequently 
 a£led at the Authot*s Benefits, 
 but never with nniuch Approba- 
 tiOi , nor has it yet made its Ap • 
 pearance in Print. 
 
 WitTSHiRE ToM. Com. 
 Anonym, without Date. — I find 
 no Mention of this Piece any 
 where but in the Britifi Theatre, 
 where it is ranked amongft the 
 IHays by anonymous Authors, be- 
 tweentheRellorationandthe Year 
 1700 J is faid to be fuppos*d ths 
 
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 ProduAIon of one Mr. Edwards, 
 and by its peculiar Station, may 
 be conje£lur*d of about 1673, °^ 
 1674. 
 
 WrtY BZGUit*D. A^lvittic 
 Comedie. Anonym. 4to. 16 13, 
 Wherein, fays the Title-Page, 
 the chief Chara£lers be thefe, a 
 pool Scholar, a rich Fool, and a 
 Knave at a Shift. It is not divi- 
 ded into A^s. 
 
 Windmill -H 1 1 1, y^d, 
 Mkrry Pranks. 
 
 Wine, Beer, Ale, and 
 Tobacco contending for 
 Superiority. An Interlude, 
 or more properly a Dialogue, A- 
 nonym. 4to. 1658. 
 
 WrN HER and take her, 
 or Old Fools nvill be meddling, C, 
 Anonym. 4to. 1691.— This Play 
 is dedicated to Lord Danby, by 
 Underbill, the Player } and Coxeter, 
 in his MS. Notes, attributes it to 
 Mr. John Smith, the Author of 
 Cytberea. — — The Epilogue was 
 written by Mr. Durfey, and the 
 Plot of it feems partly borrowed 
 from Sbadwell's Firtuofo ; at leaft 
 the Charafter of JVafpiJh, which 
 throughout all his Humours and 
 Misfortunes, bears a flrong Re- 
 femblance to Snarl, in that Co- 
 medy. 
 
 The Winter's Tale. Tra- 
 gi-Com. by fV. Shakefpeare, 4to. 
 1636.— This is one of the moil 
 irregular of this Author's Pieces, 
 the Unities of Time and Place 
 being fo greatly infringed, that 
 the former extends from before 
 the Birth of Perdita 'till the Pe- 
 riod of her Marriage, and the 
 Choice of the latter, for the 
 Scenes of the Play, is fixed at 
 fome times in Sicily, and at others 
 in Bythinia. — From thefe Confi- 
 derations, I fuppofe it is, that 
 fome of the Critics have been 
 induced to fufpe£l its being Shake- 
 j^Mr^'s.—Tbere are, however, fo 
 
 many 
 
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 The Wanrbiiing Lovir* 
 'rragt'Com. by Tho. Meriton, 410* 
 1658^— This Pl«y I have never 
 fcen|— it it fnid* however, to 
 have been a£ted at funJry Places 
 ffrivattty, by the Atbor and his 
 FrientU, with great Applaufe j — 
 probably becaufe no other Perlbns 
 would have either afftd or af- 
 plaudtd it ) for, from the Account 
 LangMn* hai given of it, and 
 the Specimen he hasalfo favoured 
 us with of the Author's Stile, 
 we may furely acquiefce with that 
 Gentleman's Opinion of him, 
 viz. " That he is the meaneft 
 " dramatic Writer England ever 
 <' produc'd ; and, if he is tu be 
 " allowed a Poet, of <Ul Men that 
 *' art, toertf or evtr Jball be, the 
 
 The Wakton Countsss, 
 or T«f Tbotifand Pounds Jbr a Preg- 
 tUM^. A Ballad Opera, 8vo. 
 1733.— This Piece was never in- 
 tended for the Stage, but written 
 for the Propagation of fome Tale 
 of private Scandal in the Court 
 Annals of that Time { but what 
 that was* is neither my Bufi- 
 nefs to enquire, nor my Incli- 
 nation to perpetuate. 
 
 Wanton Win, yid. A- 
 MORovs Widow* 
 
 Wanton Wir«. Vid. 
 GxoRGS Danoin. 
 
 A Warnxnq roR fair 
 Women. Tr^g. Anon. 1599. 
 •~This is a very old Play, which 
 was conHderably in Vogue in 
 Q^cen Eiizabitb's Time.— It is 
 fuH of dumb Shews, which was 
 the Fafliion of thofe earlier 
 Times, and is not divided into 
 A£ls.— The Plot of it is founded 
 a real Fa£), which, I fup- 
 was then familiar in the 
 Memories of many, containing, 
 as it tells us in the Tit!e Page, 
 7he tKoft lamentable and tragical 
 Mkrdtr of Mr, George Sanders, 
 
 on 
 Fo'"e, 
 
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 •^ London, Merchant, near Slioo" 
 
 ter's Hill j confented unto by hi* *' l| 
 
 cwH Wtfe, and a&td by Captain ^ 
 
 George Brown, Mr». Drury and 
 
 Trufty Roger, Agents therein \ 
 
 ivitb their fiveral Endt> It is 
 
 printed in the old black Letter. 
 
 •— — The Prologue and Epilogue . 
 
 fpoken by Tragedy. 
 
 The Warres or Cvrvs, 
 King or Persia, against 
 Antiochvs, King or Asv- 
 RiAf toitb the tragical Ende of 
 Panthca. Trag. Anonym. 410. 
 I594.~-Thi8 Play was afted by 
 the Children of her Majefty's 
 Chapel, but is mentioned no 
 where but in Coxeter''s MSS» 
 Notes. 
 
 The Wary Widow, or Sir 
 Noify Parrot. Com. by Henry 
 Higden, 4to. 1693.— This is ve- 
 ry far from being the word of 
 our Englijh Comedies, being ufli- 
 er'd into the World by feveral 
 complimentary Copies of Verfes, 
 and a Prologue written by Sir 
 Charles Sed/ey. -"—Ytt it was 
 damn'd the firft Night, owing to 
 a very extraordinary Circumftance, 
 which viras, that the Author had 
 introduc'd (o much drinking of 
 Punch into his Play, that the 
 Performers got drunk during the I ' 
 
 afling it, and were unable to go j' ' 
 
 through with their Parts ; on 
 wh'ch Account, and the Treat- h 
 
 ment the Audience gave them by 
 Hiffes and Catcalls in Confe- 
 quence of it, the Houfe was ob- J| 
 
 lig'd to be diimifs'd at the End 
 of the third A&. [ 
 
 The Way of the World, I 
 
 Com. by fy.Congreve, /^to, i6qZ. j 
 
 — This is the kit Play this Au^ \ 
 
 thor wrotc,^ and perhaps the beft^ I 
 
 the Language is pure, the Wit | 
 
 genuine, the Characters natural, 
 and the Painting highly finifh* 
 ed ; yet, fuch is the ftrange Ca- 
 pricioufnefs of public Tafte, that, 
 A » £ notwith- 
 
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 j'fn 
 
 il 
 
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 m 
 
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 xotwithftanding the great and de- 
 served Reputation this Author 
 had acquired by his three former 
 Comedies, this before us met 
 vith but indifterent Succefs ; 
 while his RTournittg Bride, a 
 Piece of not the twentieth Part 
 of its Merit, was in the full 
 Meridian of Applaufe. — It is not 
 Tfcry improbable that this Tefti- 
 moniiil of Want of Judgment in 
 the Audience, might be the Mo 
 tive for the Author's quitting the 
 Stage fo early ; for, tho' he was 
 at that Time in the prime of Life, 
 rot above twenty- fevcn Years of 
 >{;e, i'.nd lived i',bout twenty- nine 
 Years a;te\ wards, he never obliged 
 the Public with any other dra- 
 njatic Piece. ■ — Time, however, 
 has fince opened the Eyes of the 
 Town to its l'crfe<flions ; and it 
 IS now as fiequently performed 
 as any of his other Plays. 
 
 The Wav to keep him. 
 Com. in three A£>s, by A. Mur- 
 
 phyy 8vo. 1760. This Piece 
 
 rti3dc its firft Appearance in this 
 F< rm, as a Aibfcqv.snt Enter- 
 tainment to the Defert IJland of 
 the fame Author.— The Inten- 
 tion of it is to point out to tbe 
 married Part of the Female Sex, 
 how much Unhappinefs theyfre- 
 qccntiy create to themfelves, by 
 nejilecling, after Marriage, to 
 fnake ufe of the fame Arts, the 
 fame Afliduity to pleafe, the fame 
 Elegance in the Decoration of 
 their Perfons, and the fame Com- 
 placency and Blandishments in 
 their Temper and Behaviour, to 
 ftejh-ve the AffeEiioni of the lluf- 
 hardf as they h.id before it put in 
 Pra<flicc to arv.thm the Paffions of 
 the Lover. ■ This Dodtrine is 
 Jierc enforced by the Example of 
 a Gentleman of amiable Quali- 
 ties, and a natural Livclincls of 
 Turn { yet, according to his own 
 Decl.irations, ftton^ly inclinable 
 
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 to domefVic Hapninefs, driven, by 
 this miftaken Conduft in hn 
 Wife, from his Home, and a 
 valuable Woman, the Miftrels of 
 that Home, into Gallantries with 
 other Women, and a total In. 
 difference to his Wife.— The De- 
 fign has great Merit, and the 
 Execution of it is pleafingly con- 
 du(^ted. — The principal Charac- 
 ters are well drawn; fome of the 
 Incidents fufliciently furprizing 
 and interefting, and the Dcnoiie- 
 ment attended with Circumftances 
 which render it truly comic. — 
 And, altho' the Language may 
 not abound with the fcudied Wit 
 of Coti^reve or PfycbrrUy, yet it is 
 a natural and eafy Dialogue, and 
 properly adapted to that domcftic 
 Life which it is intended to re- 
 prefent. — In the Year 1761, tho 
 Author enlarged it into a regular 
 Comedy of five Afts, by the Ad- 
 dition of two principal Charac- 
 ters, viz. Sit Bajbful CoHfattt and 
 his Lady. — The former of which 
 is a Gentleman, who, tho* paf- 
 fjonately fond of his Wife, yet, 
 from a Fear of being laugh'd at 
 by the gay World for Uxoriouf- 
 nc-fs, is perpetually afTuming the 
 Tyrant, and treating her, at leaft 
 before Company, with great Un- 
 kindnefs.— The Manner in which 
 the Author has interwoven this 
 Charafter with the reft of the 
 Plot, is produfljve of Scenes 
 which certainly add greatly to 
 the yis ccmica of the Piece j but 
 how far it is, on the whole, im- 
 proved by that Addition, is a 
 Point of Controverfy among the 
 Critic*, which I (hall not hcrr 
 take upomnyfelf to determine. 
 — Some of them hive charged 
 the Author with having drawn .1 
 Charadler entirely out of Nature, 
 at the fame Time that ho ha^ 
 been taxed by others with in- 
 tending it for a Ptrfon rcjlly 
 
 t'xiilinp. 
 
ninefs, driven, by 
 
 Condiift in his 
 is Home, and a 
 1, the Miftrels of 
 ) Gallantries with 
 
 and a total In* 
 Wife.— The Ue- 
 
 Merit, and the 
 is pleafingly con- 
 srincipal Charac- 
 ivvn} fome of the 
 ;iently furprizing 
 
 and the Dcnoiie- 
 ith Circumftances 
 it truly comic. — 
 le Language tnny 
 \\ the Icudied Wit 
 Vychri-lry, yet it is 
 ify Dialogue, and 
 1 to that domcftic 
 is intended to rc< 
 c Year 1761, the 
 1 it into a regular 
 A£ls, by the Ad- 
 principal Charac- 
 ^ajhful Conjiant and 
 p former of which 
 who, tho' paf- 
 f his Wife, yet, 
 
 being laugh'd at 
 rid for Uxoriouf' 
 ally aiTuming the 
 ating her, at leaft 
 with great Un- 
 [Manner in which 
 interwoven this 
 the reft of the 
 iftive of Scenes 
 add greatly to 
 f the Piece 5 but 
 n the '.vholc, ini- 
 Addition, is a 
 ovcrfy among the 
 
 1 (hall not herp 
 :lf to determine. 
 
 m hive charged 
 ii having drawn .1 
 
 ly out of Nature, 
 ime tiiat lij ba^ 
 
 others wiih in- 
 
 a Pcrfon reully 
 cxiAing. 
 
 WI 
 
 Com. by Beauniont and Fletcher ^ 
 4to. 1639, — This Comedy is a 
 very entertaining one, and is a- 
 inong the Number of thofe few 
 Pieces written by thefe Authors, 
 which are even now frequently 
 reprefented on the Lordon Stages. 
 The Scene of it lies in London. 
 The Character of Valentine, who 
 renounces all Patrimony, and re- 
 folvcs to live by his Wit, is 
 whimfical, yet fpirited and plea- 
 fing, as is alfo that of the Wi- 
 dow, who is won by the Blunt- 
 nefs and open Sincerity of his Be- 
 haviour. — There is alfo true Hu- 
 mour in fevcral of the inferior 
 Chara£lers. 
 
 The Wits. Com. by Sir ^. 
 Davcnanf, 4to. 1635.—- This was 
 oftccmed a good Play, and met 
 with good Succefs,— The Scene 
 is laid in Londorty but fome Part 
 of the Pint, as I have h-ntcd be- 
 fore was borrowed from Beau- 
 mint and I'Hcher^s Wit at 
 :;kverai. Weafons.— — It is, 
 however, highly commended in a 
 Copy o( Vcrfes written by Mr. 
 Iho. Carcnv, 
 
 The Wi T 8, ot Sport upon Sport, 
 8vo. 1673. This is only a Col- 
 leftion of various Drolls and 
 Farces, frequently prefented by 
 Strollers at Fairs. — ^They confift 
 chiefly of Scenes ( all of them 
 comic) borrowed from the cele- 
 brated Plays of Sbakifpeare, Flet- 
 cher, Marfhn, ShtrUy, Stc. »nd 
 prefented by themfelves under 
 new Titles. •>— The Edition here 
 mentioned, is the bcft, but not 
 the firft ; and in one of the for- 
 mer Editions, there is a Table 
 prefixed, which fliews from what 
 Play each Droll is borrowed. — 
 The Editor of this Colle£lien was 
 one Francis Ki/ltman, a Book/eller, 
 and a very great Admirer of dra- 
 malk "Writings. The Nkmes of 
 tht various Pieces, with their 
 
 W I 
 
 refpedlive Origins, I fhall here fet .„ . 
 
 down, as taken from the above- l' 
 
 mentioned 'I'ables, vix. \ 
 
 1. The Bouncing Knight, — 
 from — Sbakefpeare'i Henry JV, 
 Parti. 
 
 2. The Bubble—lxom^^ooke't 
 Green's tuquoqtie, 
 
 3. The C/u6men~—from-^Beau- 
 mont and Fletcher's Philafter. 
 
 4. The Empirick—irom—Ben 
 yonfon''s Akbymiji. 
 
 5. An Equal Match — from — 
 Beaumont and Fletcber't Rule a 
 Wife and have a Wtfe. 
 
 is. The Falje Heir — from — 
 Fletcher's Scornful Lady. 
 
 7. Forced Valour— Mim-^The 
 Hamorous Lieutenant, of Btaumojit 
 and Fletcher, 
 
 8. The French Dancing Mafler ' 
 —from — the Duke of Newcaftle't 
 Varitty, 
 
 9. T)^tGrave^makert^tom^» 
 Shakefpeare's Hamlet, 
 
 10. Jenkins's Love Courfe — « 
 from — The School ofComplimentt, 
 by Ja, Shirley. 
 
 11. Invijibte Smirk— from ^^ 
 The two merry Milkmaids, 
 
 12. The Lame Gmmonwealtb 
 — from— ^eawMon/ and F/etebtr't \ 
 Beggar I Bu/b, 'j 
 
 1 3. The Ltfffi^^u^— from— The j 
 
 Cbaneen of the fame Authon. 
 
 14. The Mock Tefiator—(wm 
 — The Spamtjb Carati of the ^ ''\ 
 
 fame. 
 
 5 . A Printt in Conttit — • from 
 ^^birlefs Opportunity, 
 
 16. Simpleton, Simpkin, Hohhi- 
 nol and Swabber •— from — Gw'f ! 
 Diana and Aii^eon, Sec. 
 
 17. The ^fffl/Z/ou— from'— The 
 ^•4^fiom of the Country, by Biau^ 
 mont and FUtcher. 
 
 18. The SurpriKe-—Cteim— Fa- 
 ther's oww Son, a Play which we 
 cannot find any where mention* I 
 ed but in this lift, 
 
 19. 
 
I. 
 
 '/'■ 
 
 i\ i 
 
 h4 
 
 
 
 'V'\ 
 
 W I 
 
 19. The T^ Lover— froro — 
 Beaumont and Fletcher s Maid's 
 Tragedy. And 
 
 20. Tii/'W wwry fioyj — from— 
 The BUody Brother of the fame. 
 
 There is zVo a fcoond Part of 
 Sport tpon Sporty publiflied in 
 1672, which contains fix Pieces, 
 fuppofed to be written by /JoZ>. 
 Cox, the Comedian.— The Titles 
 of which, are as follow : 
 
 I. Ahafticrus and S^een EJiber, 
 • a. The Black Matt, 
 
 3. Dipbilo andGranida, 
 
 4. Philitus ardConftantia, 
 
 5. King Solomon s fyifdomf and 
 
 6. Venui ahdjIJottis. 
 
 Of what Species of Drama 
 theffc iix lait Pieces are, I cannot 
 undertake to declare, they having 
 never fallen into my H.inds. 
 But I am apt to believe the moft. 
 of them to be a Kind of Inter- 
 ludes. 
 
 Wits Cabal. Com. in two 
 Parts, by the Duchefs of New- 
 cafilcy Fol. 1662. 
 
 Wits led by the Nose. 
 Vid. Love's Victory. 
 
 A Witty Combat, ox the 
 TemaU ViStor. Tragi-Com. by 
 T, P, 4*0. 1663. — This Play was 
 a«Sled by Perfons of Quality, in 
 the lyiitfun IVeek, with great 
 Applaufe. — The Plot of it is 
 founded on the Story of Mary 
 Carleton, the German Princefs, 
 whofeLife is formed into a No- 
 vell and printed in 8vo. 1673. 
 
 The Witty Fair One, 
 Com. by yamet Shirley, 4to. 
 1633. 
 
 witty False One. Fid, 
 Madam Fickle. 
 
 Tbc Wives Excuse, or 
 Cuckolds make tlrmjdvts. Com. by 
 Th». -Southcrne, 4I0. 1691. There 
 is a great deal of gay lively Con* 
 verfation in this Play, much true 
 Wit, and lefs Liccntloufnefs in- 
 termingled with that Wit, than 
 
 W I 
 
 is to be found in the greateft 
 Part of this Author's comic 
 Writings. — The Scene lies in 
 London, 
 
 Wives metamorphos'd, 
 T^id.DrvM. to pay. 
 
 Woman Captain. Com. 
 by Tho. Shadivell, 4to. 16S0. — ^ 
 This Play met with very pood 
 Succefs in the Reprefcntation, 
 and, indeed, altho' it may fall 
 fhort of the Merit of hi? Firtucfoy 
 Squire ofAlfatia, and foire few o 
 thers of his dramatic Pieces, yet 
 it has confiderable v/orth in the 
 Variety of its Charadlcrs, and 
 the M'.iltjplicity of its Incidents. 
 The Scene in London, 
 
 The Woman Hater. Com. 
 by John Fletcher, 4to. 1649. — in 
 the Compofition of this PiccL-, 
 Mr. Fletcher, had no Afliftanccs. 
 It is a very good Comedy, and 
 met with Succefs. — After the Re- 
 ftoration it was revived by Sir 
 H'm. Daxcnant, with the Addi- 
 tion of a new Prologue, inftead 
 of the original one, which had 
 been in Profe.— The Scene lies in 
 Mihin, 
 
 The Woman in the Moon. 
 Com. by John Lyly, 4to. 1597. 
 
 Woman keeps a Sicret. 
 rid. Wonder. 
 
 A Woman kill'd with 
 Kindness. Tti%, hy Tho, Hey' 
 •wood, 4to, 1617. — I cannot help 
 looking on this Play as one of 
 thebeftof this Author's Writing. 
 For altho' there is, perhaps, too 
 much perplexity in it, nrifmg 
 from the great Variety of Inci- 
 dents which are blended together, 
 yet there arc fome Scenes, and 
 numberlefs Speeches in it, which 
 would have done no Diflionour to 
 the Pen of Sbakefpeeire himfelf. 
 Mr. FrancforeTi Seduction by 
 Wendoll, might, pcthaps, with 
 more Propriety, have been exten- 
 ded on, and have given Scope 
 
 fer 
 
I 
 
 in the greateft 
 lUthor's comic 
 ; Scene lies in 
 
 I'AMORPHOS'd, 
 PAV. 
 
 PTAiN. Com. 
 , 4,to. 1&80. — 
 ^ith very pood 
 Reprefcntation, 
 ho' it may fall 
 it of hi? Firtiiefi, 
 and foiTie few o 
 latic Pieces, yet 
 )le v/orth in the 
 Charadcrs, and 
 of its Incidents. 
 ttiion. 
 
 Hatir. Com. 
 , 4to. 1649. — in 
 I of this Piece, 
 d no Afliftanccs. 
 od Comeuy, and 
 . — After the Re- 
 revived by Sir 
 with the Addi- 
 "rologtie, inftead 
 one, which had 
 The Scene lies in 
 
 t IN THK Moon. 
 Lyly, 4to. 1597. 
 PS A SlCRXT. 
 
 kill'd with 
 ag. by The, Hey' 
 ,— I cannot help 
 Play as one of 
 Uithor*s "Writing, 
 is, perhaps, too 
 in it, orifing 
 Variety of Inci- 
 blcnded tv,gether, 
 me Scenes, and 
 ;hes in it, which 
 no Difhonour to 
 kefjfietre himfelf. 
 s Seduction by 
 pcihapi, with 
 ave been exten- 
 ,ve givca Scope 
 w 
 
 W I 
 
 for ir.oie Aiaumcnt on the Side 
 of her Lover and a more gradual 
 jiclding on hers , as her Con- 
 quclt at prefciit appears fome- 
 what too eafy for a Woman who 
 ever before appears fo amiable. 
 But Nothing an be finer than her 
 Confcioofiiefs of Guilt, her Re- 
 morfe, and £eli'-Accufations after 
 it ; and the Manner of her 
 Death, in Confequence of her 
 Hufband's Lenity and Aftedion, 
 is beautifully conceived, and finely 
 executed, and leaves "s ftill pre- 
 iudiced in Favour of a Charader, 
 which in the former Parts of the 
 Play, every one muft have been 
 attached to by the mdft ratio- 
 nal Partiality. In a Word, 
 
 was this Part of the Plot to be 
 rrodernized by fome able Hand« 
 it might undoubtedly furnifti Ma- 
 terials for a very fine Tragedy. 
 As to the other Plot of the Quar- 
 rel between Sir Charks Mountfcrd 
 and Sir Francis /Iflon, it might 
 well be difpenfed with, as having 
 too little Connexion with the 
 more important Defign of the 
 Piece, and, indeed, the Pleadings 
 of Sir Chai-iei with his Sifter, to 
 give up her Pcrfon to /iFion for 
 the Difcharge of his Debt, and 
 Ranfom of hir Liberty, and her 
 Ri'tleftions dntlkc Propofal, A-em 
 borrowed in fome Degree from 
 the Stents between Claudia and 
 Ijibella, in Shukefpeais^ Mea- 
 su'Rf FOR Measure, 
 
 The Woman made a Jus- 
 T'lF. Com. \iy Tko'. Bctterton. 
 This Comedy was brought on the 
 Stage by its Author, but never 
 printed, on which Account it is 
 (Hit of my Power to give anypar- 
 tsralar Detail of its Plan or Mc- 
 iit'^ ; /but as ;ill the othtfr Pieces 
 which this Gentleman produced, 
 ■\cre no more than Tranflations 
 or Alterations of the Works of 
 uthcrs; I cannot help conjcitu< 
 
 w o 
 
 ring this to have been of the 
 fame Kind, and that it moft pro- 
 bably might owe its Origin to 
 fome or other of the older dra- 
 matic Poets. 
 
 Woman never vex'p. PUd, 
 New Wonder. 
 
 Woman once in the 
 RIGHT. nd. Richmond 
 Heiress. 
 
 Woman turn'd Bully. 
 Com. Anonym. 1675. A£led at 
 the Duke of Term's Theatre. 
 
 Woman wears ti!E Bree* 
 ches. nd.Cirv Wit. 
 
 Woman vveaks the Bree- 
 ches, f^id. Ghost, 
 
 Woman will have her 
 Will. Fid. Englishmen 
 FOR MY Money. 
 
 Woman's Advocate. P''id» 
 Contented Cuckold. 
 
 Woman's a Riddle. Com. 
 
 iimo. 1716. -This Play was 
 
 afted at Lincoln's Inn fields The, 
 and met with confiderabJe Ap- 
 plaufe*. — It was, however, the 
 Occafion of fome Difputes be- 
 tween Mr. ChriJ*opker Bulhckf the 
 nominal Author, and who 
 brought it ontiieStagf, and Mr. 
 Savegi', who laid an equal Claim 
 to the Property of the Piece.—— 
 The real Fa£i was as follows j 
 the Play itfclf was not the Work 
 of either of thefe Gentlemen, but 
 a Tranflation from a SpaniJhCo- 
 medy, called, La Dama Durnde, 
 or if^omans the Drvfl, This 
 Tranflation had bren executed by 
 Mrs. rria, Lady of Baron Price, 
 one of the Judges of the Court of 
 Kxcheqtier, who, being a pcrfcdl 
 Miilrefs of that Language, had 
 performed it by Wa) of Pajfe 
 '/fwj to herfclf.— This Lady, ei- 
 ther thro' Forgctfulnefs or Inad- 
 vertency, htd beftowed three feve- 
 ml Copies of her TranOation oh 
 three different Pcrfoni, in which 
 Number, both the above men- 
 B b tioncd 
 
 '\ 
 
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 h , 
 
 ) 
 
 ■\\ 
 
 ii 
 
 " 
 
 
 l» :' 
 
 \ 
 

 ti: 'r;C ^ M. 
 
 ?,• \.i 
 
 i 'I 
 
 
 l\x* '•/:'■' 
 
 w o 
 
 tioned Gentlemen were included, 
 — But Mr. Bullock getting the 
 Start, partly perhaps by Induftry, 
 and partly thro* his Influence in 
 a Theatre in which he was at 
 that Time a Performer, made 
 fome confiderable Alterations in 
 the MS. and brought it out in 
 the Form ia which it then ap- 
 peared, and in which it to this 
 Day frequently makes its Appear- 
 ance with Succefs on the Stage. 
 
 A Woman is a WEATHBRf^ 
 COCK. Com. by Natb. Field, 4to, 
 i6i».— This Play is dedicated to 
 any Woman that has not been a 
 Weathercock, and it highly com- 
 xnended in a complimentary Copy 
 of Verfes to the Author, by Oeo* 
 Chapman, 
 
 The Woman's Prize, or the 
 Tamer tani'd. Con. by John 
 F/etcba, Fol. 1640. — This Piece 
 is a Kind of Sequel to Shake- 
 Jptare''i Ta ming of the 
 Shrew, in which Gj/Atr/r^ be- 
 ing fuppos'd dead, and Petmchio 
 again married to a young Wo- 
 noiin of a mild and gentle Difpo- 
 fuion, ihe, in Combination with 
 two or three more of her female 
 Companions, forms a Plot to 
 break the violent and tyrannical 
 Temper of her Hufband, and 
 bring him to the fame Degree of 
 SubmiHion to her Will, as he had 
 before done with his former 
 Wife in her Compliance to hit : 
 And this defign Is at length, thro* 
 a Variety of Incidents, brought 
 perfeftly to bear. — The Play, in 
 itfelf, is more regular and com- 
 paA than the Taming or the 
 Shrew, yet has not, on the 
 whole, fo many Beauties as are to 
 be met with in that Comedy. •— 
 The Scene lies in London, and the 
 Vjhole is the Work of Mr. Fltt- 
 (her, unaflifted by, and I believe 
 vritten after the Death of hi* 
 Partner Mr. Btaumtnt, 
 
 w o 
 
 A Woman's Revenok, 01, 
 A Matrh in Newgate. Com. in 
 three Ads, by Ciri^. Bullock, 
 i2mo. 1715. — I'his is only an 
 Alteration from an Alteration 
 made by Mr. Bitterton, of Mar^ 
 Jion's Dutch Courtezan, 
 which I have mentioned under 
 the Title of the Revenge. 
 
 WoMAN-'s Spleen and 
 Love's Conq.uest. Fid, 
 
 AORASTA. 
 
 Woman's Wit, or the Lady 
 in Fajhion. Com. by ColUf Cihber, 
 4to. 1697. — This is very far from 
 being the beft of this Author's 
 comic Pieces, nor is he entire- 
 ly clear from the Charge of 
 borrowing in it } the Characlers 
 of Mn]or Raki/b and his Son, and 
 their Courtfliip of the Widow 
 Maiihve, bring pretty evident) • 
 copied from Sir Tho. Re^iel and 
 his Son, in Mountford's Green- 
 wich Park, and from Car/ijlc's 
 Comedy of the Fortunehun- 
 T E R s. — This Part of the Plot 
 Mr. Ctiher has dct.iched from the 
 reft of ihe Play and lormed it into 
 a Farce by itfelf, under the Title 
 of the School-Boy, which fee 
 
 in its Place. The Scene St 
 
 yames'%, and the Time of Aftion 
 five Hours. 
 
 Women beware Wo- 
 men. Trag. byT/fco. Middletr^n, 
 8vo. 1657. —The Plot of this 
 Play is founded on a Romance 
 calPd Uyppolito and Jfabella, and 
 the Scene laid in Florerce.—'Hnv 
 high a Rank of Eftimation this 
 Piece flood in with the Public at 
 its firft coming out, may be ga- 
 ther'd from the Words of Mr. 
 Richards, a Cotemporary Poet, 
 who clofus a Copy of Verfes in 
 Praife of it, with thefe Words, 
 " N//r JrMgtdy came off with mm 
 Apflau^t,*'' 
 
 Womin viias'd. Tragi- 
 Com. by Btavrntnt and Flttcbfr. 
 
 The 
 
'S RevF.NC.R, 01, 
 
 Ni'ivgate. Com. in 
 by Chriji. Bullock^ 
 — This is only an 
 rom an Alteration 
 Bittertony of Mar^ 
 H Courtezan, 
 E mentioned under 
 he Revenge. 
 
 Spleen and 
 3N<^.UEST. Vid, 
 
 I Wit, or the Lady 
 om. by Colley Cihher^ 
 rhis is very far from 
 ft of this Author's 
 , nor is he entire- 
 m the Charge of 
 it J the Characlers 
 ifh and his Son, and 
 lip of the "Widow 
 ng pretty evidentl • 
 Sir Th«. Rmd and 
 {ountford'& Green- 
 , and from Car!ijlc% 
 
 he FORTUNEHUN- 
 
 lis Part of the Plot 
 ss detached from the 
 ay and .ormed it into 
 felf, under the Title 
 OL-Bov, which fee 
 
 The Scene St 
 
 the Time of Aftion 
 
 TiiAS*D. Tragi- 
 
 aumnt and Flttchrr. 
 
 Tht 
 
 w o 
 
 The Plan of the Comedy Psrts 
 of this Play, between Barulio, 
 J.'.prxi, Ifj/h'/a and C/audio, is com- 
 piled from three or four different 
 Novels ofBociaie } and that of the 
 icrious Parts, relating to SUmo 
 and belvidt'ta, more efpccially as 
 to the Incidents of the laft Aft, 
 miy be trac'd in Chauccr\ Wife 
 oi FiitFi Tale.— — According to 
 the btft of my Judgment, this 
 Play may very juftly be ranked 
 with feveral of the Pieces of 
 thcfe Authors M-hich are better 
 known, and even frequently re- 
 prefented j nor can I help think- 
 ing that, without any farther Al- 
 teration than a judicious curtail- 
 ing of fome particular PaflTages, 
 or what is underftood in the The- 
 atrical Language, by properly cut- 
 ting this Play, it might be ren- 
 der d, on a Revival, a very agree- 
 able Entertainment even to the 
 aice-ftomach*d Audiences of the 
 prefent Age. — ^Thii Play was re- 
 vived about 17 or 18 Years fincc 
 at Dr.Lane, but with no Succefs. 
 
 The Woman's CoNauxsr. 
 Tragi Com. by Edw, Hvwatti, 
 4to. 1 67 1. —This Piece I have 
 never feen, but from the Cha- 
 racter given of it by Langbaint 
 and yaeot, it appears to have been 
 the beft of this Gentleman's dra- 
 matic Works.— —The Scene in 
 Scytbia, 
 
 The Wonder, a Woman 
 KFEps A StcRXT. Com. by 
 
 Mrs. Certtlivre, 4to. 1 7 14. 
 
 This Comedy had very good Suc- 
 cefs at firft, is ftill frequently a£l- 
 ed, and is indeed one of the beft 
 of Mis. Centlit're\ Plays. — The 
 IMot is intricate and ingenious, 
 yet clear and diftirkt both in it's 
 C( nduft and Cataftrophe j the 
 Language is \. «?cncral more cor- 
 rc^ than flie ulually renders it, 
 and the f haraAcrs, particularly 
 thofe of the jealous Don Felix 
 and Colonel liiifti^, Hijjhland 
 
 w o 
 
 Servant GiUy, are juftlv drawn, 
 and very well fini/hed. — I know 
 not hovnev.r whtther the whole 
 Merit of this Contrivance is to 
 be attributed to Mrs, Centlivre^ as 
 there are f(jm Circumftances in 
 the Coneealmeii '>f Ifabelh, Vi- 
 olante\ Fidtlilj to hn Truft, and 
 the Perplexities which arife there- 
 from, that fccm to bear a Re- 
 femblance to fome Part of the 
 Plot of a Play of Loid Digifs, 
 call'd Ehira, or the iVorft not a!- 
 
 ivtiys true. The Scene lies at 
 
 Lijbon. — Mr. Carrick has thrown 
 a new Luftre on this Com. by re- 
 viving it, with fome judicious Al- 
 terations, and by his inimitable 
 Performance of Don Felix. 
 
 The Wonder, an honest 
 YoiKSMiREMAN. Ballad Ope. 
 8vo. 1735. ~~ ' never faw this 
 Pi.'ce, but imagine it to have been 
 fome catch-penny Affair, written 
 either in Ridicule of, or with an 
 Intention to pafs for, Carefi Ho^ 
 ttc/i ToAJhircmaTtf which came out 
 the fame Year. 
 
 The WoNDia of a King- 
 dom. Tragi -Com. by I'bomat 
 Decker f 4to. 1636. —Langbaltui 
 gives this Play a good Charafter. 
 
 Wonder or Women, or 
 Sopbronijbaf her Tragedy, by John 
 Marjion, 8vo. 1633.— The Plot 
 of this Play is taken from Liyyt 
 Polybiut and other Hiftorians, and 
 the Scene laid in Lybia \ but that 
 the Author had not 'igidly ad- 
 hered to hiftorical FaAs, may be 
 gathered from his own Words, 
 in his Epiftle to the Reader, in 
 which he tells us, that he " has 
 ** not laboured in it to tyc hira- 
 '* felf to relate every Thing as an 
 *• Hiftorian, but to enlarge every 
 " Thi»g as a Poet." 
 
 Wonders in the Scn, or 
 tbt Kingdom of Birdi. A Comic 
 Opera, by Ibo. Durfcy, 4to. 
 
 1706. This whimhcal Piece 
 
 was performed at the Queen's 
 B b z Theaue 
 
 HI 
 
 f i 
 
 I 
 
 1 
 
 t 
 
 It 
 

 1. 
 
 rij; ■■m IM.'. 
 
 K!'] 
 
 Bfli'^:.^. 
 
 'i i 
 
 ■II 
 
 w o 
 
 Theatre in the Haymarht. — It is 
 dedicated to the celebrated So- 
 ciety of the Kit Cat Cluby and 
 illuftrated with great Variety of 
 Songs in all Kinds (fct to Mufic) 
 by I'everal of the moft eminent 
 Wits of the Age, who lent the 
 >\uthor their AlTiftance. 
 
 Word to the Wise. yid. 
 £uRiDiC£ hiss'd. 
 
 Words made visible, or 
 Crcmmar and Rhetoric accommo' 
 dated to the Lives and Manners of 
 Menf in two Parts, 8vo. 1679. 
 —This Piece has fcarcely a Right 
 to be enumerated among the Pro- 
 (iudlions of the Drama j for, 
 aliho' we are told iri the Title 
 Pi'.ge that it was reprefented in a 
 Country School for the Enter- 
 tainment and Edification of the 
 Speftators, yet the Author him- 
 iclf terms it no more than a mere 
 Colloquium Scbolafticum puerile ; 
 written, I fuppofe, by the Maf- 
 ter, for the Improvement of his 
 Pupils in the Knowledge of 
 Grammar and the Practice of 
 Or,itory.— An Example not un- 
 worthy of Imitation by fome of 
 the prefent Inftruflors of Youth. 
 
 Work for the Uphold- 
 ers. Vid. Bickerstaff's 
 
 ^VRIAL. 
 
 The World in the Moon. 
 A Dramatic Comic Opera, by 
 Elk. Settle, 4to. 1697. — Whe- 
 ther or not any Part of this Piece 
 is borrowed from Mrs. Behn^t 
 £trferor of the Moon, I know not, 
 having never fcen this Piece. 
 
 The World toss'd at 
 Tenms. Mafdjue, by Thomas 
 Middhtoti, 4to. 1620. — Ly this 
 Title I have ventur'd to fet down 
 the Piece before us (altho' 1 have 
 never myfelf fccn it) on the Au- 
 thority of almoft all the Writers, 
 more efpecia'ly Mr. Coxrter, who, 
 in his MS. has. given the Title 
 more at large, I'iz, *• A Cturtiy 
 " Majfue-f the Device call'd, 7ie 
 
 W R 
 
 '* ff'or/d tofi'd at Tennis, invent- 
 " ed and fet down by Tho. Mid- 
 " dUton and fVill. Roivhy, Gent." 
 — Yet I cannot avoid mentioning 
 that Langbaine, whofe Authority 
 I have ontlie whole found greatly 
 to be relied on, has it by the 
 Title ciThe fP'orld lost atTenr.i-i, 
 
 World well lost. /V. 
 All for Love. 
 
 The World's Idol, or P/a- 
 tus the God of IVealth, Com,, 
 from the Greek of Arijlophanes^ 
 
 by //. B. 1650. 1 find thi% 
 
 Tranflation no where mentioned 
 but in the Britiflj Theatre, the 
 Author of which mufl, I fuppofe, 
 have feen it. 
 
 World's Idol. Vid. Plu- 
 
 TUS. 
 
 Worse Plague than the 
 Dragon. Fid. Margery. 
 
 Worst not always true* 
 Fid. Elvira. 
 
 The Wounds of civil 
 War, lively fet forth in the true 
 Tragedies of Marius and Sylla, by 
 
 Tho. Lodge, 4to. 1594. Tha 
 
 Plot of this Piece is taken fronj 
 Plutarch, Salluft, Sec. 
 
 The Wrangling Lovers, 
 or the Jnvijiblt Mijlrtfs. Cora, by 
 Ediu. Kavcnfcroft, 4to. 1677. — 
 The Scene of this Comedy is laid 
 At Toledo, and the Original of its 
 Plot may be trac'd in a Spamjh 
 Romance, call'd Deceptio Fijuf, 
 or feeing arid believing are tivo 
 
 Things. But, as Corneilte has 
 
 taken the fume Romance for the 
 Groundwork of his les Engage- 
 mens du Hazard, and Molicre for 
 that of his Depit amoreux, it is 
 probable that Mr. Ravcnfcroft 
 might rather fet thefc great dra- 
 matic Writers before him in 
 forming tlie Model of this Piece, 
 than the Author of the Novel. 
 — The Writer of lVcma>:'s a Rid- 
 dle feems alfo in her Turn to 
 have boriowed fuir.e Hints from 
 Mr. Ravtrtfcrcft. 
 
 Wyat's 
 
at Tennis, invent- 
 own by Tbo, Mid- 
 'II. Roivlcy, Gent." 
 t avoid mentioning 
 , vihofe Authority 
 •hole found greatly 
 in, has it by the 
 m-Wlost atTem:is, 
 ELL LOST. Fid. 
 'Z. 
 
 [OOL. Fid. Plu- 
 
 vgue than thk 
 ■«/. Margery. 
 
 r ALWAYS TRUE. 
 
 odel of this Piece, 
 
 X I 
 
 Wvat's History. Play, 
 hy Tbo. Decker, 4to. 1607. — The 
 whole Title of this Piece (in 
 which the Author was affifted 
 by ff^ebfier) is as follows. — Tie 
 famous Htftory of Sir Thomas 
 'Wyat, with the Coronation of Sheen 
 Mary, and the coming in of fiing 
 Pliilip, plaied by the Queen Ma- 
 jefties Servants. 
 
 X. 
 
 VERXES. Trag. by C. Cib- 
 ber, 4to. 1699. — Th's Tra- 
 gedy made 'its firft Appearance at 
 Lincoln s - Ir.n-Ftelds Houfe, but 
 with no Succcfs, making a Stand 
 of only one Night, as may be 
 gathcr'd fiom an Inventory of 
 'J'heatrical" Goods t<^e fold, hu- 
 moroufly related by the Tatlavy 
 in which, among other Things, 
 
 of 
 
 are, " Tie Imperial Robes 
 " Xerxes, never 'wore but once.- — 
 The Scene lies in Perfia, and the 
 Plot is borrowed from the Perjian 
 Hiftorj', but fo little did this Au- 
 tlior's Genius lie towards Tra- 
 gedy, that 1 can by no Mea is 
 pretend to vindicate it from the 
 bidike ihcwn to it by the Au- 
 dience. 
 
 X I M E N A, or the Heroic Daugh- 
 ter. Trag. by C Cibbcr, ^to, 
 1713 —This Play was the Pro- 
 diiftion of the fame Author with 
 the foregoing ; nOif did it meet 
 with much better Fortune. — For 
 which Reafon I fuppofe it was, 
 that it made not its Appearance 
 in Print till about two Years after 
 it had been afted on the Stage. 
 ►-To the firft Edition of it the 
 Author has prefixed a Dcdicatioa 
 to Sir Richard Steele, in which he 
 pays that Gentleman a very ex- 
 alted Compliment at the Expcnce 
 of a xcoch fiipcrior Writer, vi»» 
 
 Y O 
 
 Mr. jiddifon, whom he figures 
 under the Allegory of a H'ten, 
 whom the former had mounted 
 aloft on his Eagle Back, — But, 
 whether he afterwards became re- 
 conciled to Mr. /Iddifon, or, that 
 the general Allowance given to 
 his Merit, rendered Mr. Cibbcr 
 afhamed of this extravagant In- 
 vedfiv^, he thcuj^t proper, in 
 the Quarto Edition of a felecl 
 Number of his Pl*ys, to omit 
 this Dedication. — — The Tra- 
 gedy itfcif, as. to the Plot and 
 great Part of the Language, is 
 borrowed from the Cid, of M. 
 Corneille, 
 
 V. 
 
 YE0MJ\N OF K»NT. 7'id, 
 
 Tun BRIDGE Walks, 
 Ynkle and Yarico, Tr, 
 Anonym. — This Piece is men- 
 tioned both by IVbincop and tht 
 Author of the Britifif Tteatre^ 
 yet neither of them aflign any 
 Date to it.— The Name, how- 
 ever, evinces that it muft have 
 been written fince the SpcSiators, 
 the Plot being built on a cele- 
 brated Story in one of thofe Pa- 
 pers, and mod prolfably not far 
 cff front the Time wl>en thofe 
 Papers weW In Voguc, whicl^ was 
 about I'fji. 
 
 A York SHIRK Trag tor. 
 by fF. Sbakffp.are, Fol. 1685.-- 
 This is one of the feven Pieces 
 denied by fomc of the Commen- 
 tators to have been Shakeffeare^s, 
 and yet are publiihed with his 
 Works. — It is not divided into 
 A£ts, and Langbaine calls it ra- 
 ther an Interlude than a Trage- 
 dy j but I own I am mylbrf ra- 
 ther apt to believe, f^oifx the 
 Shortrtefs, iTeguiarity and Ab- 
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 that it might have been the 
 Slcetch or Outlines of a n^ore 
 iompJeat Defign left unfiniflied 
 by it's Author. — On it, how- 
 ever, Mr. MitcbtH feems to have 
 formed the Ground Work of 
 his fatal Extravagance. " ^ 
 
 The Young Admirai. 
 Tragi-Com. by Ja, Shirley, 410. 
 1637. — Scene Naples. 
 
 The Young King, or the 
 Miftake. Tragi-Com. by Mrs. 
 JSehn, 4to. 1683.— The Plot of 
 this Play, which is very far from 
 being a bad one, is borrowed 
 from the Hiftory of Alcatnenei 
 and Mcnalippa in M. Calprenade's 
 celebrated Romance of Cleopatra, 
 p. S. and the Charafter of the 
 Young King bears fome Refem- 
 blance to Hippolito In Dryderi't 
 Tempeji. — The Scene is laid in 
 the Court of Dacier betwe^a the 
 two Armies juft before theTown^ 
 and the Author has dedicated the 
 Play, under the fi(^itious Name. 
 of Philajier, to feme Gentlemaa 
 Yrho appears to have been her 
 very particular Friend, not im- 
 probably a Lover. 
 
 Young Man's Love, yid, 
 Olp Man's Lesson. 
 
 The Younger Brother, 
 ©r tbe Atnoroui 'Jilt. Com. by 
 Mrs.. Eehuy 410. 1690. — This 
 Play, iho' written tciji Years be- 
 fore her Death, w»s not publifii- 
 <d tilla^ter that Event.— It feems 
 to have been a Favorite of it's 
 Author, and is indeed not de- 
 void of Merit, the two firft 
 Afls particularly abounding with 
 very lively- and pleafing Wit. — It 
 did not, however, meet with, ve- 
 ry great Succcfs, probably owin^ 
 to Iodic henvy Scenes in blanK 
 Verfe between MirtiUa and 
 Prince Fredeiric. — —The Plot is 
 founded on fome Fa£ts within her 
 •«[ix K^wledge in the Story of a 
 
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 Brother of Col. Henry Martin 
 and a particular Lady, and which 
 may be alfu found related after the 
 Manner of the Atalantit in a 
 Novel called Hattige, or the A- 
 
 mours of the King ofTameran. 
 
 Prefix'd to this Play is a Life of 
 it's Author. 
 
 The Younger Brother, 
 or the Sham Marqtiis. Com. 
 Anon. 8vo» 1729^ — This Piece 
 was afted at Lincoln i-Inn-Fields 
 Theatre, but I fancy without 
 Succefs, Mr. FiSior having not 
 even fo much as mentioned it in 
 his^Lift. 
 
 Younger the wiser. Fid. 
 Amorous Miser.. 
 
 Your five Gallants. 
 Com. by Tho. Aiiddletcn, 410. — 
 This Play is publifhed without a 
 Date, and all the Writers agree 
 in fuppofing it the firrt of the 
 Author's Writings J but the Au- 
 thor of the Britijh Theatre has, 
 on what Ground however I know 
 not, more than this general Sup- 
 pofition, poiitively declared it to 
 have been a<^ed in 1601, which 
 is the Year before the Publica- 
 tion of his i?Z«y/ M". Conjlahl, 
 making Ufs of it alfo as an Evi- 
 dence of the Length of Mr. 
 MidJletons Life. 
 
 Youth's Comedy. Anon. 
 
 YOVTHS GldBY AND 
 DeA,TH's CAN(i.UET. Traf. 
 
 in two Parts, by the Dulchefs of 
 Ne-zvcapCy F61. 1662. — All the 
 Songs and Vetfes in the fccoiid^ 
 and two Scenes, together with 
 the Speeches in Favour of Made- 
 moifelk fans Pareille in the firrt 
 of thcfe two Pieces, wert vviiiten 
 by the Duke., 
 
 YoCth's TnAGEDY. Anon. 
 167*. — ^This Piece, and the be- 
 fote-mentioned one of Youth's 
 Comedy,^ I find no where taken 
 Notice of but k the Jiritijh The- 
 
 airtx 
 
)i. JIcKry Martin 
 r Lady, and which 
 nd related after the 
 )c JJtalaKtii in a 
 Uattige, or the A- 
 
 }g of Tameran. 
 
 i Play is a Life of 
 
 JGER Brother, 
 
 Marq:i!i. Con. 
 [729; — This Piece 
 Lincoln s-Inn ■ Fieldi 
 
 I fancy without 
 Vi£lor having not 
 as mentioned it in 
 
 THE WISER. Vid, 
 S£R.. 
 
 VE Gallants. 
 
 Middlacriy 4to.— 
 jubliflicd without a 
 
 the Writers agree 
 it the firft of the 
 tings ; but the Au- 
 iritijh Theatre has, 
 nd however I know 
 n this general Sup- 
 ively declared it to 
 :d in 1601, which 
 >efore the Publica- 
 lurt M'-. CoKjiabl:, 
 f it alfo as an Evi- 
 : Length of Mr. 
 
 e. 
 
 'oMEDY, Anon. 
 
 Glory an d 
 kNn.uET. Traft 
 by the Dutchefs of 
 1. 1662. — Mi the 
 tfes in the fccojid, 
 les, together with 
 n Favour of Made- 
 *areilU in the firrt 
 ieces, wert wiiiten 
 
 Z A 
 
 atrfy where they are faid to have 
 been both written by the fame 
 Author, but neither of them in- 
 tended for the Stage. I imagine 
 them to be moral t*ieces, this 
 before us being faid to be written 
 for the Caution and Direftion of 
 the younger Sort ; afad the other, 
 which is- dated one Year later, 
 I imagine to be no more than a 
 Sequel to it. 
 
 ZARA. Trag. hy A Hi//, 
 8vo. I73S» — This Piece is 
 » very good one, altho' founded 
 en the Principles of religious 
 Party, which are generally apt 
 to throw an Air of Enthufiafm 
 and Bigotry into ithofe dramatic 
 "Works which are built upon 
 them. — It is borrowed originally 
 from the Zaiyc of M. de Vol- 
 taire, an Author who, while he 
 reiidcd in Eng/ar.d, inabibed fo 
 much of the Spiilt of Britip Li- 
 berty, that his Writings feem al- 
 moft always calculated for the 
 Meridian of London^ — Mr. Hill, 
 however, has made this, as well 
 as his other Trantlations, fomuch 
 his own, that it is hard to deter- 
 mine which of the two may moft 
 properly be call'd the Author of 
 
 this Play. At it's firft Repre- 
 
 fentation, a young Gentleman, a 
 Relation of the Author's, at- 
 tempted the Charafter of Ofman, 
 but without Succefs, tho' great 
 Pains had been taken with him 
 in it by Mr. ///// himfelf j who 
 was perhaps, tho' not an Aftor, 
 one of the beft Judges of theatri- 
 cal Abilities and the P..equifites 
 for an After of any Man thefe 
 
 Kingdoms ever produced. iV 
 
 was befides remarkable for ano- 
 tixer extraordinary £Tent, vik. 
 
 Z I 
 
 the Appearance of Mrs. Cibher, 
 whofe wondeiful Abilities in the- 
 atrical Life have fi nee- render 'd 
 then\felyes fo confpicuous, in the 
 Part of Zara, being her firft At- 
 tempt in Tragedy. 
 
 Zelm .i»/:, or the Corintkian 
 Sixteen. Trag. ^to. 1705. — This 
 Play was a£ted at the Th. in Lin- 
 coln i-Inn-Helds \ — and Coxcter in 
 his MS. tells us it was left unfi- 
 
 nifh'd by Mr. M 1 (probably 
 
 Mr. Mountfort) but docs not inr 
 form us by whom it was finifliede 
 —'Scene Corinth. 
 
 ZiMRi. An Oratorio, 410, 
 1760. — This Piece, tho' anony* ■ 
 was written by Dr. Hawkefivortit, 
 — Yet, like moft of the lieccs 
 written for the Sake of Mufic, 
 Sound has been too much confi- 
 dcred in it to give Scope for any 
 very ftrong Teftimonials of that 
 Genius which the Author ha& 
 /hewn in many of his other Wri- 
 tings. — Nor can I indeed greatly 
 approve of the Choice of the 
 Subject. — For altho* it is bor- 
 rowed from the facred Writings,, 
 and that hiftorical Fa£l is fuffi- 
 cient to authorize the Gataftro- 
 phe, yet the Circumftances of a 
 Father ( Zuratt J and h'.m a 
 Prince, a Chief of a powerful 
 People, urging his Daughter to 
 Proftitution, the Daughter glo- 
 rying in that Proftitution, not 
 from Affection to her Lover, but 
 for the Deftrudion of a Natioa 
 at Variance with her own, toge- 
 ther with the Conclufion of the 
 whole infamous Bargain in the 
 Transfixion of them both in the 
 very AO. of Tranfport, fecms to 
 me to have fomcwhat too grofs 
 in them to fuit a Drama intended 
 to ferve the Purpofes of Religion, 
 and deftined to be rcpre(ented in 
 a Time of Mortification, Penance 
 and Abftinence from every hu- 
 roan, or at leaft corporeal Dcfire. 
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 ADVENTURES OF VeNICE. 
 Fid. P E R J u r'b Hus- 
 band. 
 
 yEsOP IN THE SHADES. 
 
 Vid. Lethe. 
 
 The Ai.EXANftR^AN Tra- 
 gedy, by William Alexander ^ 
 
 V.iirl of Sterling. Fol. 1637. 
 
 The Ground Work of this Play 
 is laid on the Differences which 
 arofe among Alexander's Captains 
 after his Deceafe about the Suc- 
 ceffion. — Jacob contradicts Latig- 
 baine for laying that it is written 
 after the Model of the Ancients, 
 yet condemns the Play for thofe 
 very Faults which could only arife 
 from the Author's having follow- 
 ed that Model, and confequently 
 muft be miftaken either on one 
 Side of the Queftion or the other, 
 —The noble Author has un- 
 doubtedly kept the ancient Tra- 
 gic Writers perpetually in his Eye, 
 and even borrowed freely from 
 their Thoughts, feveral whole 
 Speeches, being apparently little 
 more than Tranflations from 
 Virgilf Seneca and others.— —He 
 has kept dofe to Hiftorical 7aft, 
 even in his Epifodes, yet has neg- 
 lefled the. very ElTcnce of the 
 Drama, f/». Aftion. — The firft 
 Aft being wholly employ'd by 
 the Ghoft of Alexander (probably 
 irt Imitation of Seneca'i Thycftet) 
 the fccond having but little to do 
 \7ith the main Buflnefs of the 
 Play« begiajilflg with the Coua* 
 
 eel held by Perdiccas, Mekager^ 
 and the reft- of the Commanders, 
 and thro' the whole Remainder 
 of the Piece fcarce one A6lion is 
 performed in the View of the 
 Audience, the whole being little 
 more than a Narration thrown 
 into the Mouths of the I'everal 
 Charafters , of Adventures at- 
 chieved by themfelves and others. 
 —The Scene lies in Babylim, an4 
 the Plot is to be found in ^in- 
 tui Curtiasf J^'fiin ^ and other 
 Hiflorians. 
 
 Ail in the Wrong. Com. 
 \>^ Arthur Murphy y 8vo. 1761.— 
 This Comedy made its firft Ap- 
 pearance in the Summer Seafdn 
 at the Theatre Royal in Drury 
 1 .-'. under the Conduft of Mr. 
 Foote and the Author.— —It met 
 with yuccefs, and defervedly. — 
 The intention of it is to bring 
 together into one Piece, and re- 
 prefcnt at one View, the various 
 Effeas of the Paflion of Jealoufy 
 in domeftic Life, afting on dif- 
 ferent Difpofitions and different 
 Tempers, and under the different 
 Circumftances of Hufband and 
 Wife, Lover and Miftreft.— The 
 Author confcfTes in his Adver- 
 ttfemcnt prefixed to the Piece, 
 that fome of his Hints have been 
 borrowed from the Cocu imagittaire 
 of Moliere.— The Plot and Con- 
 dudt in general however muft be 
 allowed his own, and to have 
 great Merit. — The Charafters are 
 not ill drawn, tho* perhaps not 
 perfe£tly fini(hed, the Mifunder- 
 ftandings and Perplexities pro- 
 duced among them by the Wrong- 
 
 beadednefs 
 
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 headednefs of this abfurd PafTion 
 are natural and unforced^ and the 
 Incidents are fo happily contrived 
 that, altho' the Audience fecm 
 from Time to 1 ime to have lome 
 Infight into what ftiould follow, 
 yet fomething new and unex- 
 pcfted is perpetual y ftarting up to 
 iurprize and entertain them. — In 
 a Word, it is one of the bufieft 
 Plays I am acquainted with, and 
 if I may be allowed to hint at a 
 Fault in it, it appears to me to 
 be that in Confequence of the 
 Variety of Incidents and Number 
 of Charaders the Denouement 
 feems rather too much hurried on, 
 and to want fomewhat of that 
 Diftinftnefs, which the Author 
 with a little more Pains might 
 have render'd it capable of.-^On 
 the whole, however, it is a very 
 entertaining Comedy, and I can • 
 not help thinking the Lady Befi- 
 Ufi in this Play more truly a Jea- 
 tout Wife^ and for the Ii<\portance 
 of the Scenes flie is introduc'd in- 
 to, more highly finiihed than the 
 Mrs. OaUy of Mr. Colman\ Co- 
 piedy J for my Sentiments in Re- 
 gard to which Vid. Jealous 
 Wife. — :- It has been fince 
 brought again on this fame Stage 
 by Mr. Garrick for the Winter 
 Seafon, and has met with the 
 fame Approbation as in the Sum- 
 mer. 
 
 Andria. Com. by Maurice 
 f^vff'n, 4to. 1588. — I am apt to 
 believe this the firft Tranflation 
 in our Language of any of Te- 
 rence's Works. — It is printed in 
 the old Black Letter, and has the 
 following full Title, viz. yfndria, 
 'jthe firji Ccwcedie of Terence, in 
 EngUI}). — A Furtherarce for the 
 /ittainment unto the right Know- 
 ledge and true Proprictie of the La- 
 tin To)!g, &c. — It has two Dedi- 
 cations, the firft, I fuppofe, to the 
 Eldcft, the feconJ to two other 
 
 A P 
 
 Sons of Lord Buckburji, to all of 
 whom I imagine Mr. Kyjffin had 
 
 been Tutor. In the latter of, 
 
 thcfe Dedications he tells us that, 
 fevcn Years before he had tranf- 
 lated the moft of this Comedy 
 into Verfe, but that now he had 
 altered his Courfe and turned it 
 into Profe, as a Thing of lefs La- 
 bor in Shew, and more Liberty 
 in Subftance, Teeming withal moft 
 accorJent to this comical Kind 
 of Writing. — It is recommended 
 by five Copies of Vjrfes in Latin^- 
 and one in EngUJh. — Among the 
 former Number is one by the fa- 
 mous H-'il/iani Camden, — For the. 
 Ace )untot this Tranilation I Wia. 
 obliged to Mr. Cox'-ter. 
 
 Andria. Com. by Thotnas 
 Ne^vman, 8vo. 1627. — This ia % 
 Tranflarionof thefame Play fitted 
 for Scholars private A£Hon ia; 
 their Schools. 
 
 The Antigallican. Far,, 
 by Mr. Mozeen, 1757.— — This 
 Piece was performed one Night 
 only, for , the joint Benefit of, 
 that Gentleman and Mr. /4ckman^> 
 but was never yet printed. — The- 
 Author however has fince pub* 
 liflied it, together with a Col- 
 le£tion of Poems, by Subfcrip* 
 tion. — It was received with fome 
 Approbation, 
 
 Apollo and Daphne, or 
 the Burgo- Majltr tricked, by Lewis 
 
 Theoha/d, 8vo. J726. This is 
 
 nothing more than the vocal Part* 
 of a Pantomime Entertainment^ 
 performed two Years before at, 
 Lincoln' t-Inn- Fields Theatre, and 
 which is to this Day frequently 
 fcrved up as an After Dilh at the 
 Theat. Roy. in Ccvent Garden. 
 
 Appius. Trag. by Mr. Mon- 
 cricf 8vo. 1755. — On the Au- 
 thority .of Mr. Vitlor,, (See /////. 
 bfthe Theatreiy Vol. II. p. 168.) 
 I attribute to this Gentleman the 
 abovc-mention'd Tragedy, waich, 
 
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 tho' far from wanting Merit, met 
 with no very extraordinary Suc- 
 cefs in it$ Reprefcntation at Co- 
 vent Garden Theatre. 
 
 Appius and Virginia. 
 Trag, by y. Dennis, 4to. 1709.— 
 This Play I have mentioned in 
 the Body of the Work, but with- 
 out knowing its Date at the Time 
 1 wrote that Article.— And as I 
 have been therefore obliged to 
 fpeak of it again, I cannot well 
 avoid relating a humorous Anec- 
 dote of its Author, whofe opi- 
 nionated and tefty Difpofition is 
 well known, as it is ftrongly 
 charaaeriftic of that Difpofition. 
 ■*-It is as fjllows. — Mr. Dennis 
 liad for the Advantage, as he ex- 
 pefted, of this Play, invented a 
 «€w Kind of Thunder, which 
 the A£iors indeed approved of, 
 afnd is the very Sort made Ufe of 
 to this Day in the Theatre.—— 
 Notwithftanding this Affiftance, 
 however, the Tragedy fail'd j 
 but fome Nights after the Author 
 being in the Pit, at the Repre- 
 fcntation of MacbetBy and hear- 
 ing the Thunder made Ufe of, 
 he arofe, in a violent PafTion, and 
 exclaiming with an Oath that that 
 was his Thunder, See, faid he, 
 bvw tbeje Rafcals ufe me j tbey 'will 
 not let my Play run, and yet tbey 
 Jka/my Thunder. 
 
 Arcadia, or the Shepherd^ i 
 Wedding, A Dramatic Paftoial, 
 
 8vo. 1761. ^This little Piece 
 
 was brought on the Stage at Dru- 
 ry Lane Theatre this Seafon, and 
 has been performed fevcral Nigh ts, 
 tko' with no very extraordinary 
 Approbation or Succcfs.— — It is 
 extremely fliortand fimple, being 
 only a Compliment to their pre- 
 frnt Majefties on their Nuptials. 
 —-The Words arc by Mr. Lloyd, 
 and the Mufic compofcd by Mr. 
 Stanley, 
 
 A T 
 
 Ar I ADfTE, or the Triumphs ef 
 Bacekus. A Paftoral Opeia, by 
 Tho. Durfey, 8vo. 1721. — This 
 Piece 1 believe was never per- 
 formed, but is printed with a 
 Colle£lion of Poems in the Year 
 above-mentioned. 
 
 Arsinoe Queen or Cy- 
 prus. Opera, by P. A, Mot- 
 /ftfx.— This Piece was fct to Mu- 
 fic after the Italian Manner, and 
 performed at the Theatre Royal 
 in Drury Lam with Succefs. — In 
 what Year I have not been able 
 exaftly to trace, but imagine, 
 from the Date of Mr. Motreux'i 
 other Pieces, that it moft have 
 been after 1700. 
 
 Artaxzrxcs. Opera, 8vo. 
 1762.— This Piece is let to Mu- 
 fic in the Manner of the Italian 
 Operas, and was performed at 
 Qyvent Cardett Theatre partly by 
 Englijb and partly by halian Sin • 
 gers.—- It met with good Sqccef^ 
 during the Run ; which however 
 was not a very long one, it hav- 
 ing been brought on too )ate !i} 
 the Seafon.*— *— Both the Words 
 and Mufic are by that great Com* 
 pofer Dr. Thomas Augnjline Arne, 
 —The former, however, wais no 
 more than a moft wretched man- 
 gled Tranflation of that excellent 
 Piece the ArtaMe of the Abbe 
 Metajiajio, in which Dr» Arne has 
 at leaft ihewn, that however clofe 
 an Alliance Poetry and Mufic 
 may have with each other, they 
 arc far from being conftant Com- 
 panions, fince in this Perform- 
 ance the former is entirely as 
 contemptible as the latter is ini- 
 mitable. 
 
 Attorney's CtERKS, Fid. 
 Rival Milliners. 
 
 Bacon 
 
tkf Triumphs tf 
 oral Opeia, hy 
 . 1721. — This 
 was never per- 
 printcd with a 
 rms in the Year 
 
 niN or Cy- 
 by P. A, Mot- 
 e was fct toMu- 
 7n Manner, and 
 • Theatre Royal 
 ith Succefs. — In 
 irc not been able 
 , but imagine, 
 )f Mr. Motreux'i 
 tat it muft have 
 
 8. Opera, 8vo. 
 ece is let to Mu-. 
 ter of the Italian 
 rzz performed at 
 [Ticatrc partly by 
 iy by Italian Sin - 
 with good Sticceft 
 • which however 
 ong one, it haT- 
 ht on too late iij 
 Both the Words 
 y that great Com* 
 as Augnjiitie jitnt, 
 however, vraino 
 ft wretched man- 
 , of that excellent 
 'erte of the Abbe 
 hich Dr. Arrtt has 
 [hat however clofe 
 ;ctry and Mufic 
 each other, they 
 ng conftant Com- 
 in this Perform- 
 ;r is entirely as 
 the latter \% ini- 
 
 I's CtlRKS. Vii, 
 
 Iners. 
 
 Bacon 
 
 B A 
 
 B. 
 
 BAcoN IN Virginia. Vid. 
 Widow Ranter. 
 The Banishment or Ci- 
 CIRO, Trag. by ^ich, Cum- 
 hcrliwd, Efqj 4to. 1760. — This 
 Play was never aftcd, nor pro- 
 bably intended for the Stage. — r— 
 The Plot of it is founded on Hi- 
 ftory, and on the Enmity and 
 Machinations of Calphurnius Pifo, 
 
 B R 
 
 of Pcmpfy even in the very Tem- 
 ple of jfuno. — This is one Fault 
 in the Conduft of the Defign, yet 
 I think not the only one, Ciccra 
 himfelf, who ought aflurcdly to 
 bs the Hero of the Piece, being 
 of much lefs Confcquencc, and 
 his Charafter more carelcfsly 
 touchvd, than thofe of fevcrai 
 others in the Play, and the Cj- 
 taftrophe itfelf being too haflily 
 brought on, nor fufficiently pre- 
 pared for by a Train of previous 
 Incidents ; and, if I miftakc not;, 
 
 I? 
 
 and the Family of Clodius againft far from being autiiorized by the 
 the famous Father of his Country Teftimony of flif^ory. — On the 
 
 whole, however, tho* the Piece 
 might perhaps have given fome 
 little Scope to the 111 Nature of 
 the Critics had it appeared on the 
 Stage, yet for the Clofet it is far 
 from wanting Merit, but on the 
 contrary gives Hopes that the 
 Theatre may yet receive fome 
 future Ornaments from the fame 
 Pen, fliould the Author thinic fit 
 to purfue with Ardor his Paflion 
 for the Tragic Mufe. 
 
 Best Words vviar tkk 
 Garland. /^</, Twomerrt 
 
 MitKMATDS. 
 
 Boi voM THE WeAVBE. 
 
 v.. Midsummer Night's 
 Dream. 
 
 Britannia. A Mafque, by 
 D^rvid Mallet y 8vo. 1755. — This 
 Piece was fet to Mufic by Dr. 
 Arney and performed v/ith Suc- 
 cefs at the Theatre Royal in Drw 
 ry Lo«^.— -Prefixed to it is a Pro- 
 logue , in the Chara^er of a 
 drunken Sailor reading a Play- 
 Bill, written in Conjun^ion by 
 MeHTrs. Malltt and Garrick, and 
 fpoken by the latter with uni- 
 
 7i///>>,— — The Language of the 
 
 Piece in general is nervous, fen- 
 
 timental and poetical, and the 
 
 Characters well drawn. — Yet I 
 
 cannot help thinking thofe of 
 
 Clodius and his Sifter too vicious 
 
 and (hocking to come within the 
 
 decent Cloathing of the Tragic 
 
 Mufe { or if they did, the Pu- 
 nishment of their Crimes is not 
 
 fufficiently ftriking, cfpecially that 
 
 oiCttdius himfelf, who has not only 
 
 apparently had an Inceftuous Cor- 
 
 refpondence with his Sifter, but 
 is moreover an Atheift of that 
 Time, a CharaAer, which, by 
 the Way, I do not remember 
 meeting with in ancient Hiftory, 
 but rather Teems a Refinement 
 in Wickedncfs referved for the 
 Politensfaof our more enlighten d 
 Age.*— The Expeilations of the 
 Reader^ moreover, arc railed in 
 one Place for the Confequences of 
 fi)mc Fa£t, for which Clodius 
 makes the moft horrid Prepara- 
 tions before they are informed of 
 what it is, but which, when they 
 come to be acquainted with, does . 
 
 net appear to nave the leaft Con- verfal Applaufe } and which, the 
 ncfUon with the prefent BufineCs Subject being extremely popular, 
 of the Drama, and confequently as a French War had not been 
 to be only an A£b of Vice perpe- long declared , was called for 
 trated for its own Sake merely, and infiftcd on by the Audience 
 viaf , the d«bauching of the Wife many Nights i» the S«afon when 
 
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 f^ 'pi*.. 
 
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 tie Piece itfelf was not per- 
 formed. 
 
 Burgo-Master trick'd. 
 ^7«/, Apollo and Taphne. 
 
 c. 
 
 CAlisto anc Melissa. 
 nd, Spanish Bawd. 
 
 Ce N I A, or the Supposed Daugh- 
 ter, Trag. 8vo. 1752. — This is 
 no more than u literal Profe 
 Tranflation of the Tragedy of 
 Cetiief from which Mr. Francis 
 borrowed the Defign, and indeed 
 great Part of the Language of his 
 Eugenia, which made its Appear- 
 ance this fame Year. 
 
 Charles I. yid. King 
 Charles. 
 
 The Chinese Festival. 
 A Ballet or grand Entertain- 
 ment of Dancing, composed by 
 JMr. No'verre, 1755. — This En- 
 tertainment being not in itielf 
 in any Refpeft dramatic, could 
 |iot properly claim a Place in this 
 Work, or indeed be thought de- 
 serving of any Mention, was it 
 .not for its having been the Caufe 
 of an extraordinary Incident in 
 Theatrical Hiftory, which is one 
 Proof among many, how far an 
 .unreafonable Pjcjudite, excited 
 by the moft trivial apparent 
 Caufe, may mifguide public Judg- 
 ment, and occafion it to crurti 
 and overthrow in one point the 
 very Fabric which in fome other 
 it has been itfelf attempting to 
 rear. — The Town had for fome 
 JSt-afons been murmuring at the 
 WVMriciout Difpofition, as it was 
 ftiled, of the Managers in prcfu- 
 ming on Succefs with the Public, 
 on the bare Merit of fome trivial 
 Authors, fuch as Sbakeffeare, 
 JonfuHf Rtwe, Otwaj, ttc, aad 
 
 C H 
 
 grudging the Expcnce attending 
 on the more necclFary Decora- 
 tions of the Stage, confifting of 
 Dancer., gay Scenery, &c. a Com- 
 plaint which from Englijhmcn 
 could fcarce indeed have been ex • 
 pefted. — Yet the Managers wil- 
 ling to oblige them at any Rate, 
 and fo fond of the Favour and 
 good Will of their Supporters, 
 that like Lord Townly, they were 
 willing " to feed even their very 
 Follies to deferve it," determined 
 to fpare no Expencc in procuring 
 thefe tinfel Trappings to the 
 Mule, this coftly Garnifli to the 
 Diih of public Tuile, and on the 
 Recommendation of Mr. Dtnoyir, 
 Sen. engaged Mr. Nwcrre him- 
 felf, a 6w//i by Birth, in their 
 Service, and as they were well 
 convinced of his Abilities, gave 
 him a plenipotentiary Commif- 
 fion to employ whom he plcafcd 
 under him. —1 his Engagement 
 with Mr. NoverrCy however, was 
 entered into long before the Dc- 
 claiation of War witli France, — 
 But the Time neceflarily employ- 
 ed in procuring a fufficient Troop 
 to execute a Plan fo extcnfive and 
 magnificent as was propofed , 
 which was to confift of upwards 
 of an hundred Pcrfons, and thofc 
 to be colleftv!d from the different 
 Parts of the World, fome being 
 Jialiam, fome Germans, fome 
 Sivifs, and fome few (but th«fe by 
 much the fmallell Number ) 
 Frenchmen, together with their re- 
 fpetflive Voyages to London, the 
 Time taken up in contriving and 
 making up fuch a numerous) Va- 
 rieiy of fuitable Habits, and that 
 required for repeated Praftices of 
 the Ballet itfelf before it could be 
 fufficirnily regular to make its 
 Appearance, t^Mjk up 1 Space of 
 about eighteen Month';, during 
 which Time £«^/<i«</ had come to 
 attopcftRupluie v/ith Fratue, and 
 
 W.u 
 
 •»■ 
 
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 C H 
 
 C H 
 
 ;pcnce attending 
 icclfary Decoia- 
 e, confiding of 
 ery-f &c. a Com- 
 from Englijkmcn 
 ed have been ex • 
 le Managers wil- 
 cm at any Rate, 
 the Favour and 
 heir Supportcis, 
 cnufilyy they were 
 d even their very 
 e it," determined 
 snce in procuring 
 rappings to the 
 ly Garnifli to the 
 r-afte, and on the 
 >nof Mr, Difioyir, 
 Ir. Nwerrt him- 
 y Birth, in their 
 s they were well 
 lis Abilities, gave 
 tcntiary Commif- 
 whotn he pkafcd 
 Ihis Engagement 
 rre, however, was 
 ng before the De- 
 ar with France, — 
 leceffarily employ- 
 a fufficient Troop 
 111 fo extcnfive and 
 s was propofed , 
 ronfift of upwards 
 crfons, and thofe 
 from the different 
 Vorld, fome being 
 Girmans, fome 
 efcw (butth«feby 
 iiallert Number) 
 ther with their re- 
 ;es to London, the 
 in contriving anil 
 h a numerous Va- 
 c Habits, and th.it 
 )cated Pra£lices ot 
 f before it could be 
 ular to make its 
 ook up a Space of 
 Months, during 
 Inland had come to 
 xmihf ranee, and 
 V/.(r 
 
 War had been declared againll it, rofe to fo great a Height, that 
 
 that Nation.— Here then arofean even fome Blows were interchan- 
 
 Opportunity for the private Ene- gcd. — This however lafted only 
 
 mies of the Manager ( and fuch five Nights, for on the fixth be- 
 
 cvery Manager muft neceflarily 
 have, amon^ thofe Authors whofe 
 Vanity has foar'd to dramatic 
 Writing, and yet whofe Merit 
 being unequal to the Tafk, has 
 fobje£led their Pieces to a Rejec- 
 tion) to exert their Spleen and 
 (hew their Malevolence. — Para- 
 graphs were repeatedly -inferted 
 in the public Papers, ** that the 
 *' Maifagers oi Drury-Lane were 
 « engaging and bringing over a 
 " Troop of Princkmen to ihe 
 " King'" Theatie in London, at 
 •' the very Time that England 
 ** had jiift declared war with 
 " France.'^ — Nay, they did not 
 firiiple to add, tha»: the Managers 
 had fcnt over not only for Frcrrh 
 Dancers, but frercb Drcflls alfo, 
 and even that the vcrj- Carpenters 
 iind other MaMufr.fturcrs were to 
 
 be from that Nation. No 
 
 Wonder then if thus ptepoflbfs'd 
 by Calumny and Falfliood, the 
 Populiue, whofe Conclufions are 
 generally tight, however they 
 nay be mifguided as to their fiift 
 Motives, became extremely cx- 
 rlperated againft the Managers 
 fo! a Step, which, had it been 
 I (ally Fafl, would have been 
 fo very illtimed and unpopular. 
 In Confequence therefore of this 
 ill-gtounded Ref-ntment, the 
 Piece even on the very firft Night 
 of ite Appfa*anoe, tho' honoured 
 w ith the Sanrtlon of his Majtfty's 
 t'ommand and Prefencc, could 
 liOt cfcape ill Treatment ; but on 
 the rnfuina on*", where it had 
 net that Protcftion to fecure it. 
 
 ing determined abfolutely to put a 
 Stop to it, theRtoterswenttofuch 
 Lengths as to do very confjdtr- 
 able Damjge to theTheatrej and 
 not contented with venting their 
 Fury on the Spot where the fup- 
 pofed Offence had been given, 
 they inflamed the Mob without 
 Doors to join with them in th* 
 Caufe, and proceed to an Attack 
 on Mr. Garrkk's Houfe in South- 
 ampton -Jlrect, which, but for the 
 timely Inierpofition of the civil 
 MagHlrate, it is moft probable 
 they would have entirely demo* 
 lifhed. — The Piece however was 
 never afterwards attempted to be 
 performed, and the Managers 
 were obliged U fit down content- 
 ed with tlie Lofs of upwards of 
 four Thoufaiid Pounds, wh'ch 
 they h;td cxpem'eJ on this Af- 
 fair, in Hrutification, as tncy in- 
 tended It, of the public Taft^ — 
 Mr. Footc in his AI/;/or, has with 
 great Humour referred to this 
 F;i£t, and r dicul'd the Folly of 
 this abfurd Oppofition, where he 
 makes Shift fay, when relating 
 his Adventures while a Candle 
 Snufier at the Theatres, that 
 •< it was in that Office he acquired 
 ** Intrepidity," but adds he, "an 
 "unlucky Crab- Apple applied 
 •' to my right i-ye by a Patriot 
 '* Gingerbread Baker in the Bo- 
 *• rough, who would not fuffer 
 ** three Dancers from Switxe*-» 
 *' /and becaufc he hated the 
 *• French, obliged mc to a preci- 
 «• pitate Retreat." 
 The Choicf.. Farce, by 
 
 the TumuUi were ve;7 violent, Dt.Paul Uiffernan This Piece I 
 
 and the Conttfts between the never cither faw or heird men- 
 
 Opponenti of the Ballit and fome lion'd. But the Author of a 
 
 young Perfons of Faftiion who Pamphlet, cxWAj^n li/hricaland 
 were dcfirous of having fup| orted critical Aeceunt of tie Liiirt and 
 
 C c h iit.ngi 
 
 
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 Writingi of the Jiving ffriters of 
 Great Britain, fays there was fuch 
 ^ Piece reprefented one Night at 
 Covent Garden Theatre.— He docs 
 Ot't mention the Date, but I 
 imagine it muft have been about 
 1757 or 1758. — —For this Au- 
 thor's other dranjatic Works Fid. 
 New Hippocrates and 
 Wishes Ov a free People, 
 in both which Places I have 
 been miftaken as to the Manner 
 o£ fpelling the Author's Name. 
 
 Tne Citizen, Com. of three 
 Afts, by Arthur Murphy ^ 176 1. 
 » I This was one of. the new 
 Pieces which were brought on the 
 Stage in the Summer of 1 76 1, at 
 t)rury Lane^ under the Mancige- 
 toenl of Mr. fttott and its Author. 
 ■->It is rather a long Farce than 
 a Comedy, the Incidents being 
 all farcical, and the Characters 
 •»/«.— The CharaAcr oi Maria, 
 a Girl cf Wit and Sprightlincfs 
 who in order to efcape a Match 
 wh^ch (he has an Averfior to, 
 and at the fame Time make 
 the Refufal come from her in- 
 tended Hufband himfclf, by 
 pafling on him for a Fool, is 
 evidently borrowed from the 
 Character of Angtlique in the 
 Faulft Agnes of Dejiouches j nor 
 has the Author been quite clear 
 from Plagiary as to fome- other 
 of the CharaiHers and Incidents. 
 —-It did not meet with fo much 
 Succefs as either the A/l in the 
 Wrong or the Old Maid of the 
 fame Author, which appeared at 
 the fame Time } and indeed Mr. 
 JAurfhy has fecmed himfclf to 
 acquiesce with the public Judg- 
 ment, by not having fuffercd this 
 Piece to appear in Print. — It was 
 howcfer remarkable for having 
 given an Opportunity of (hewing 
 the extraordmary Talents of a 
 young A(\tth who had "never 
 trode the Stage before^ vin* Mifs 
 
 c o 
 
 Elliot, who was extremely p lea- 
 fing in every various Tranfuion 
 of the Character of Marta. 
 
 The Cobler's Opera, or 
 the Humours of Billingfgate, Far.. 
 by Lacy Ryan, 8vo. 1730. — This 
 little Piece I find mentioned no 
 where but in the Britifb Theatre, 
 nor s it there faid whether or 
 not it was ever brought on the 
 Stage. 
 
 CoLVMBiNE Cameron. 
 Vid, Harle<i.uin Incendi- 
 ary. 
 
 CoNq_uEST OP Jerusalem. 
 Vid. Four 'Prentices of 
 London. 
 
 Contented Cuckold. Vtd, 
 Inconsoleablcs. 
 
 The Contretems, or Rival 
 Siutens. Afma'l Farce, as it ncai 
 lately aHed teith great Applavji o' 
 H— d r'l private Th — re mar 
 
 the H — y M 1, Anonym, 
 
 4to. 1 7*7. —-This Piece was ne- 
 ver intended for public Reprefcn- 
 tation, but was written only in 
 Ridicule of the Confufion which 
 at that Time reign'd in the K.'s 
 Theatre in the llaymariet, in 
 Confequencc of the Contcfts for 
 Superiority between the two cele- 
 brated Italian Singers Signora 
 Faufiina, and Signira Cuxxori, 
 the divided Opinions of the Pub- 
 lic with Regard to their refpcc- 
 tive Merits, and the infolent Airs 
 of Importance aOumed by them 
 in Confcquence of the public Fa- 
 vor fhewn to them. — In the Dra- 
 matis Ptrjontt, which confiils en- 
 tirely of^ the Perfons belonging 
 to thnt Theatre, Heidegger 
 the Manager, is charaCterifcd as 
 High Prieft of Difcord, and that 
 great Compofer, Mr. llandtl, 
 ftiled Profeflbr cf Harmony. 
 
 CoQ^UET's SuRRtNOtft. ViL 
 
 Court Lady. 
 
 Cor loL ANUS, or the Remtn 
 Matron, Tra|. Aaonym. 8vo. 
 
 >755' 
 
vas extremely flea- 
 i various Tranfition 
 der of Maria. 
 L£r's Opera, or 
 f Eillingjgate, Far. 
 ', 8vo. 1730.— This 
 find mentioned no 
 the Biitip Tbeafre, 
 ere faid whether or 
 :ver brought on the 
 
 tNC Cameron, 
 £<l.uiN Incemdi. 
 
 T OF jERUSAtEM, 
 
 'Prentices of 
 ED Cuckold. ^/^. 
 
 ^BLES. 
 
 PR ETEMs, or Rival 
 
 ma!/ Farce, as it nvas 
 
 <ith gnat j4f>plavjc a' 
 
 private Th — re near 
 
 4— — t. Anonym, 
 
 ■This Piece was ne- 
 
 for public Reprcfen- 
 
 va« written only in 
 
 he Confufion which 
 
 rejgn'd in the K.'s 
 
 the llaymarkety in 
 
 of the Contefts for 
 
 ttween the two celc- 
 
 m Singers Signora 
 
 Signcra Cu»xotii, 
 )pinions of the Pub- 
 gard to their refpcc- 
 and theinfolent Airs 
 :e adumed by them 
 ice of the public Fa- 
 them. — In the Dra- 
 , which confifts en- 
 
 Perfons belonging 
 atre, Heidegger 
 
 c o 
 
 1755.— —This Piece, tho' pnb- 
 liflied without a Name, is the 
 Performance of Mr. 7bo. Sberi- 
 datif but is no more than an Al- 
 ♦eration of ."bakejpeare's Coriola- 
 nusy made by that Gentleman 
 when Manager of the Theatre in 
 Dublin, in order to adapt it better 
 to the Tafte of the Audience of 
 that City. 
 
 Cornelia. Fid. Pomfet 
 THE Great, ris fair Cor- 
 nelia. 
 
 Corpus Christi. An In- 
 terlude, Anonym. — I know not 
 what the Date of this Piece is, 
 or whether it is any where in 
 Print by Jtfelf.— Yet I imagine 
 it muft have been fo ; and is pro- 
 bably one of the t Ideft dramatic 
 Pieces extant in our Language.— 
 A Copy of it is hovever preferv- 
 <d, printed in thio ' ' lack Let- 
 ter in Stevent''s t - lation of 
 DugtUM's MtnOfti , V ol. I. p. 
 139.— The Subjea of it is the 
 Fall of Man, and the Interlocu- 
 tors are God the Father, Sin, 
 Death, Lacifery Adam and Eve, 
 tec. and it is not unlikely that 
 it might be one of thofc Piecck, 
 which Heywood, in his A6lor*t 
 Vindication tells us ufed to be pre- 
 fcntcd by the Society of Pariffi 
 Clerks at Skinner's well, Clerken- 
 ^e!l. Sec. 
 
 Country Captain. Com. 
 —By this Title, and thus diftin- 
 guifhed, I meet with a Piece in 
 the Alphabetical Lift of Plays an- 
 nexed to feme of the former Ca- 
 talogues of Mr. Pathoe\ Circu 
 lating Library. — But the Book it- 
 felf being by (omt Means or other 
 loft, I can give no farther Ac- 
 count of it J yet could not avoid 
 admitting it to a Place here, as 
 1 fljrtll do to a few othcM under 
 the lame Prudicamcnt, as it may 
 
 c u 
 
 be a Means of diredling my 
 Search previous to a future £di« 
 tion of this Work. 
 
 The Court Lady, or Co- 
 quet't Surrender. Com. Anoaym. 
 8vo. 1730.— This Play I find by 
 the Drama was aftcd, tho' I ima- 
 gine without Succcfs.— By thfc 
 Dedication, however, which is a 
 fatyrical one. To a great Lady at 
 Court, it feems to have aimed per- 
 fonal Reflexion on fomc particu- 
 lar Intrigue at that Time pretty 
 well known at Court.— Be this 
 as it will, the Piece in itfelf has 
 very little Merit, either in Plot, 
 Language or Chara£ler, The 
 running Title of it is TbeCopiet^s 
 Surrender, or tbt Humourtui Pun- 
 Jter, which laft Title is derived 
 fiom it principal CharaAer in the 
 Piece, who is perpetually run- 
 ning into the Abfunttty of Punt 
 and Quibble, but whom we may 
 fafely acquit of the Charge either 
 of Humour or teven Conunon 
 Senfe. 
 
 CoVRT MioLCT. Ball«4 
 Opera.— This Piece thus diftin- 
 guiflied was originally in Batbee*» 
 Catalogue, but being loft, I can 
 neither give an Account of it*a 
 Subject, it's Merit, or even it's 
 Date. 
 
 Cruel Separation. ftJ, 
 Heroic Lovk. 
 
 Custom of thiCoontiy. 
 — Under this Title Mrs, Centli-' 
 vre*s Farce, called Bickerfl^i 
 Burying, was revived and acted 
 fome Time after its firft Run at 
 the Theatre Royal. — A Circum- 
 ftanre which (hould have been 
 tr.^ntioned in our Account of that 
 Piece in the Body of the Work, 
 but having been omitted thete^ 
 we have thought proprr to infert 
 it in this Place. 
 
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 D. 
 
 DAmon and Pythia. C. 
 This Play we have ipoken 
 i>t in the former P:»rt of this 
 Woric, where it Hands Anony- 
 mous, but it is nccefiUry to ob- 
 lerve here, iiat the Author of 
 the Britijk jfoeJtre has attributed 
 it to Rich. Edwards. 
 
 Daraxes. Paftoral Opera, 
 by j4arcn Hi'l — This Uttle Piece, 
 which was to have confided of 
 two A^s only, is to be found in 
 ,Mr. jaWs pofthumous Works, 
 ;I>ubliftied in four Vol. 8vo.,i76o, 
 — Qne Aft of it is entirely finiffi- 
 ed, and a regular Plan laid down 
 for the Conduft of the other, but 
 whether the Author wanted 
 Time or Inclination to execute 
 that Plan I know not ; the Piece 
 however remains incompleat, yet 
 ip fucb . a State that fome able 
 .Hiui^ nnigKc p&Oly fui the con- 
 cluding Stroke to it, fo as to 
 jrtlid^r it perfeftly what the Au- 
 thor hitnfelf intended it ihoi>ld 
 
 DiAD Man's W":ddino. 
 I'id. Hanging and Mar 
 
 KIAGE. 
 
 The Death of JtIannibal. 
 Trag. by l^wis Thecbald.^-— A 
 Play of ihis Title Jacoo, in his 
 Lives of the dramatic Poets, p. 
 . 159, informs us the above-men- 
 tioned Author had prepared fur 
 the Stage. — But it jievcr made 
 it's Appe irance there, nor, 1 be- 
 lieve, was ever publiflied- 
 
 D r GENKRAIE BROTHER. 
 
 , yid. Fatal Lovt. 
 
 Delivrrer of his Coun- 
 try, Fid. GUSTAVUS Vasa. 
 ThebEPOSfKO ANdDc ATH 
 
 or Qii*'N Gin. An Hcroic- 
 CoirJ- i'ragiral Farce. Anonym. 
 Xvo. 17 36" — This little burkfqiic 
 Ptcrr, which it not devoid of 
 
 DE 
 
 Ilomour, was afted at the New 
 Theatre in the Haymariee, — The 
 Dffign of it is founded on an Aft 
 of Parliament, whereby an ad- 
 ditional Duty was laid on Malt 
 Spirits, a d the retailing of fpiri- 
 tu'.)u8 Liquors of any Kinds pro- 
 hibited to rhe Difti'ilers, by which 
 Means the pernicious Praftlcc 
 that the Commonalty of Eng- 
 lard, and more efpecially of this 
 great Metropolis, had been for 
 fome Time infatuated with, of 
 drinking great Quantities of the 
 word and moft pernicious Kind of 
 Spirit diftilied from Malt, under 
 the Name of Gin, was at once 
 greatly check'd, and at length, 
 by Means of diflferent Afts, en- 
 tirely put an End to.— The prin- 
 cipal Charafters in the Piece are, 
 Sheen Gin, the Duke of Rum, the 
 Marquis of Hantx, and Lord 
 Sugar Cane* 
 
 The DxsEKT Island. A 
 Dramatic Piece in three Afts, 
 by A, Murphy, 8vo. 1760.—— 
 This little Piece, which is allied 
 to Tragedy altho' the Cattftro- 
 phe of it is a happy one, was firll 
 performed at the Theatre Royal 
 in Drury Lane on the fame Night 
 with the fyiay to keep him, a Co- 
 medy of the fame Numb:r of 
 Afts by the fame Author. — The 
 Plan of this Piece has its Ori- 
 ginal, according to the Author's 
 own Confeflion, in a little Drama 
 of a finple Aft, called Vlf'ila 
 difabitati., or the tminbabittd 
 Jjiand, written by the Abbe' Mi- 
 t ftatio.-^Mi l/irp^y has greatly 
 extended on ti.e Oii|i,in.Tl, fo that 
 iYc Language, in which there is 
 7. confjilerable Share bcth of Po- 
 ery and Patho%, may properly be 
 
 c illcd his own, But the Plan 
 
 bting extremely fimplc even fcr 
 one Aft, and that ftretchcd into 
 three without the In:roduftion nf 
 any one Incident or Epifodc, r?r\- 
 
 dtri 
 
 h ' 
 
titz. and Lord 
 
 o* the Cataftro- 
 >py one, vas firfl: 
 E Theatre Royai 
 I the fame Night 
 
 keep him, a Co« 
 ime Number of 
 e Author. — The 
 ece has its Ori- 
 
 to tlie Author's 
 
 in a little Drama 
 :, called rifola 
 the tininhahittd 
 )y the Abbe M<.- 
 iirpiy has greatly 
 Orijiinal, fo that 
 n which ihcre is 
 larc b(th of Po- 
 
 may properly be 
 i3ut the Plan 
 
 fimplc even fcr 
 lat ftretchcd into 
 c In:rodu6Uon of 
 t or Epifodc, ren- 
 ders 
 
 D I 
 
 der? it fomewhat too heavy and 
 declamatory to "Jvp much Pica- 
 lure* in ii public iieprefentation, 
 tho* it will btar a ciofe Exami- 
 nation and Critique in the Clofet. 
 —The Succefs of it evinced the 
 Truth of this Obfervatioa, for 
 notwithft^nding the great Appro- 
 bation flicwn to tlic other Piece 
 trought on at the fame Time, 
 yet even the Spriuhtlinefs of that 
 «ould not fecure to this a Rvm of 
 many Nights, after whicli the 
 l^ay to ktrfi lim continu<.d an 
 adhng Piece for tha Rcmainilcr 
 of that Scaf(Mi, and by the Ad- 
 dition of two new A(Sls after- 
 wards. ftiU ftands on the Stock- 
 Lift of the 'I'heatre, while the 
 Diicrt JJhnd became truly defeit- 
 td, and htfs never fince been re- 
 prcfenttjd, 
 
 ThcDfivit OK A Wife, or 
 A i6nj\ai IrtintforttiaticK. i* arcc, 
 by Iho, Jevon, ^Xo, i6S6. — This 
 little Piece Langbaint gives great 
 Common Jatioiif to, and it met 
 vl h Succefs in t he Rcprcfcntatior, 
 —The I'lol however is a very un- 
 n itural one, but is borrowed from 
 the Srory of Mopfa in Sir PliUp 
 iiidntyi yh\-iidia,^'lt was imagin- 
 ed that Mt,Jc'v0it\uA fomeAflift- 
 ancc in it Iro.-n hi» Broihei-in- 
 Law, Tbo. Sladwc/i, — Howevtr 
 this be, Cofty ha« made Vft if 
 the Plan and'Part of the Ccnduil 
 of it in his Dtvi/ tofay^ or W^rrri 
 mttamorphi'd, — The Reaion ol' 
 this Piece being mentioned here, 
 is, that thro' Miftake, in the 
 Body of the Work, we have only 
 rtfer'd from each of the Titles 
 refpe£Uvely to the other, without 
 having eivcn any Account of the 
 Farce iticlf under either of tliem. 
 
 Dions. Faftorsl Trag. by 
 John Ctfy.— This Piece, which 
 by fome Miftak« I bad omitted 
 in the Bodv of this MVork, at all 
 |h« oUier Writers have done in 
 
 D D 
 
 theirs, ttio' not intended for tJi,e' 
 Stage, is truly dramatic, and ve- 
 ry far from unworthy of it's Au- 
 thor —-This, and the fVb«t ttje 
 call it, ire to be met with, print- 
 ed with hia Poems, in two vol. 
 i2mo. 
 
 Directors noCokjurors* 
 Pld. Modern Poetasters. 
 
 Disappointed Virgin v^ 
 yid. Intriguing Cour- 
 tikrs. 
 
 The Disappointment, or 
 the Maid's the Miftrefi. Com. 
 by P^^ii'/iam Tavcrner, ^to. 1708. 
 — Such h the Running Title to 
 this Play, altho' in the Title Page 
 the Jall Title alone is inferted.— 
 It was adlcd with Succefs at the 
 Theatre Royal i?i Driiry Lane,—^ 
 The Scene is laid in Lstidor, and- 
 the FJint of the Plot probably 
 bo.-:o\vcd from Sir fFilliam Da- 
 tenant's Comedy, entitled Man's 
 the Maflir, 
 
 Discovjery. Vid . Mar- 
 
 CI ANO. 
 
 , Do N S A N c H o, or lie Student'' s 
 IVlim. Ballad Opera, of three 
 A£i8, with MiNEiiVA's Tri- 
 u M V H , A Mafcjue, by Elizabeth 
 Boyd, 8vo. 17;9. — 'Ihis Piece 
 has only the ExcuCc of it's being, 
 probably the fiift and only At» 
 tcrnpt of a Female Mufc, to ft;- 
 f-ure it from our fevcreil Ccnfue.. 
 — The whole Plot of it is the 
 Whim of a StuJent at one cf the 
 Univerfitiet, to have the Gholls 
 of Shiikefj>eare and Ben JorSun 
 raifed to their View, but to what 
 Purpufe it fecms impoflibJe tO' 
 divine. — Nor docs the Author's 
 Meaning feem more explicable 
 as to the Triumph of Mi/ierva in 
 her Mafque.— It docs not appear 
 to have been ever a£led, but the 
 Author, in an Advertifcmcnt, 
 returns her Thanks to Mr Chet,- 
 it/ood, at that Time Prompter of 
 Dr. y Lare 'TLqUic, for having 
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 obtain'd it a Reading in. the 
 Creen Room of thnt Play Huufe. 
 
 Don Quixote, or the Knight 
 of the ilt-favourcd Cotintenance, C. 
 lVinjlar.ffy and PI ii'lips have af- 
 cribed a Play of this Title to Ro- 
 tert Barcft.-^-Larghait^e however, 
 whom I efteem a much better 
 i\uthority, declares he never ei- 
 ther faw or heard of fuch a Play, 
 nor does even believe that any 
 fuch is extant. 
 
 The Dn AGONES*.— By this 
 Title in a Quarto Edition of Mr. 
 Carry's Works, is ftiled his fecond 
 Pa?t of the Dragon of JViintlcy,-— 
 In the firft Edition of it, liow- 
 ex'er, arid during it's Reprefenta- 
 tlon, it vas called Mdrgiry, or 
 u1 viorjc Plague than tke Dragon, 
 under which Title an Account 
 of it is given in the Body of this 
 Work. 
 
 Drunken Couple, rid. 
 MxTSi OF New Market. 
 
 DuKi or MitAN. Vid* 
 SroRZA. 
 
 E. 
 
 •THE EARt or Warwick. 
 Trap, by Mr. n^'olf>n, »vo. 
 I -21.— Neither of this Pby ncr 
 its Autbcar do I find any Mention 
 made but in th; Britijh Thtatrc. 
 —As to the former, it is there- 
 fore rcafonable to conclude that 
 it was never a fled. 
 
 Entertainment. Fid. 
 Muse's Look iNCi-Gt ass. 
 
 Er M I N 1 A, or tf-e Chafe Lady. 
 Tragi -Cotn. by "Rich. Fitch oe, 
 8v'o. 1667.— -This Play was nc- 
 fcr a£led, yet the Author has in- 
 fertfd the Names of the A^lors, 
 vhom be dcfigned for the Per- 
 formance, oppufite to the Dra- 
 matis Ptrfontr, in Qticr, as i^e 
 
 F A 
 
 f.iys, " that the Reader might 
 *' have half the Pleafure of fee- 
 *• ing them adted, by a lively 
 *' Imagination, which would fup- 
 * ply the Place of Aftion."— • 
 But indeed, as Jacob obferves, 
 tliis is by no Means improbable, 
 fince, as he could not get the 
 Play a£l:ed, it became his next 
 Bufincfs to endeavour to get it 
 read. 
 
 Every Body mistaken. 
 Vid. Presumptuous Love. 
 
 Eunuch. Com. by Thcmat 
 Niioman, 8vo. 1627. — This is 
 only a Tranflation ofihcEunuciut 
 of Terence, fitted for Scholars pri- 
 vate A£lion in their Schools. 
 
 Eunuch, nd. Fatal Con- 
 tract. 
 
 TpHE Faiii Parricide. Tr. 
 
 Anor.yrr, 8vo. 175?- — This 
 Pice w.is n ver afled, nor ia- 
 tended for the Stage. — I: is writ- 
 ten in Profe, and vciy inJ'ffe 
 ifcntly executed : — but the PL;n 
 of it is entirely founded on the 
 un 'ortunate Affair of Mifsf)/a>dy, 
 who was executed f(>r the Murder 
 of her Father, inftigated thereto, 
 as it appear' .1 on the Trlai, by 
 her Lover Captaia Ciar.Jlon,. 
 
 Faithful Couple. Vid, 
 Manhora Kino of the 
 
 TiMBt'SIANS. 
 
 The Fall of Bob, Farce, 
 by John Kelly, 8vo. 1735.— This 
 Piece was adlcd at the little Th. 
 in the Haymarket } but with what 
 Succefs I know not j nor am I 
 better informed as to the Subjcft 
 of it, it having never happened 
 to fall in my Way. 
 
 Fall or Desmond, yidm 
 RlBXi.f.XOK PSFBATID. 
 
ARRICIDX. Tr. 
 
 90. 1751 — This 
 r afled, nor in.- 
 rage. — It is writ- 
 nd vciy inJ'ffe 
 : — but the PL n 
 ' founded on the 
 WcfMifsB/arify, 
 ■d f()r the Murder 
 nfti gated thereto, 
 m the Trial, by 
 
 Couple. Kid; 
 
 ING OF THX 
 
 but with what 
 
 FA 
 
 The False Frisnd, w the 
 Fate of Difcbsditnce. Trag.— By 
 this Title a Play ftands in Mr. 
 Bathoe's Catalogue, but not hav- 
 ing been able to get a Sight of 
 it, I can give no farther Account 
 of it. 
 
 The Farmer's Return 
 FROM London. Interlude, 410. 
 1761. — This little Piece is fup- 
 pos'd to have been written by 
 Mr. Carrick, and is published 
 with a Frontifpiece defigned by 
 Mr. Hpgartb. — The Plan of it is 
 a humorous Defcription in Rhyme 
 give., by a Farmer to his Wife 
 and Children on his Return from 
 London, of what he had feen ex- 
 traordinary in that great Metro- 
 polis, in which, with great Hu- 
 mour and Satire, he touches on 
 the Generality of the moft tem- 
 porary and interefting Toj-ics of 
 CoPverfation, n/iz. the illuftrious 
 Royal Pair, the late Coronation, 
 the Entertainments of the The- 
 ktre, and the noted Impofition of 
 the Cock-Lane Ghoft.— — It was 
 originally wr tten to do Mrsi 
 Fritchard a Piece of Service at 
 her Benefit, but meeting with 
 univerfal Applaufe, has been fincc 
 repeated between Piay and Farce 
 many Times during the Courfe 
 of the Seafon. 
 
 The Farewell and Re- 
 turn, or the Fortune of War, 
 Ballad Fjrce, Anonym. i2mo. 
 — What tht! Date of this little 
 Piece is, when or where, or if 
 even at all prefented on the Stage, 
 I know not.— -But from the ge- 
 neral Tenour of the Piece, which 
 is no rnorc than a few Songs put 
 toge;her into the Form of a Kind 
 of Interlude, reprefenting a Sai- 
 lor's Farewell to his Lafs, and 
 Return axter :; fuccefsful Cruize, 
 ihe Plan f,y;ms borrowed from a 
 Conijie of Prints, entitled, the 
 Smlv'ik FttrniotU and the Smkr'i 
 
 F A 
 
 Return, and I ihould imagine it 
 had been written about the Be- 
 ginning of the laft Spanip) War^ 
 and probitbly performed by W.»y 
 of an Interlude or Entertainment 
 between the Ads —In the only 
 Edition I have f .n of it, which 
 appears however to be a fpurious 
 one, theie is printed along with 
 it another little Pic-e of fome- 
 what the (ame Nature, entitled 
 the "Prtji Gang, which fee under 
 its own proper Title. 
 
 The Fatal Inconstancy, 
 or tie Uttbafpy Rcfcue. Trag. by 
 
 Mr. R. Phillip!!, 4to. 1701. 
 
 This Piece and its Author I find 
 only mentioned by Coxeter in his 
 MS. Notes, who tells us more- 
 over that the Scene of it is laid 
 near London, and that the Pro- 
 logue w^ written by Mr, yohn- 
 Jon, 
 
 Fatal Love, or the Devent- 
 rate Brother. Trag. by Opirne 
 Si drey Wandeiford, Efq; 8vo. 
 1730. — This Play was afted, as 
 the Author himfelf informs us, 
 without Succefs, which Failure 
 however he in his Preface attri- 
 butes to the Performers, by whom, 
 it feems to have been curtail'd, 
 'jnd negligently aded.— Yet per- 
 haps the Reader may find a bet- 
 ter Reafon for it's Want of Ap- 
 probation occur to him on the 
 Perufal of it. 
 
 Fatal Necessity, or Li- 
 berty Rigaind. Trag. at it loas 
 onctaf.ed in Rome for tie Sake of 
 Freedom and Firtue. Anonym. 
 8vo. J 74a, —1 his Piece was puh- 
 liflied foon after the general Elec- 
 tion i!^ Reprefentatives in Parlia- 
 ment for the ftveral Shires, Cities 
 and Poroughs in this Kingdora 
 in 1742, and is deiicated by the 
 Author, under the Charader of an 
 fndeptrdent EhEior, to Char es Ed^ 
 win, Efqj one f the Geulemeo 
 chofea Keprefentatives for the 
 
 City 
 
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 city otTVeJlminfter, after a confi- 
 derable Conteft, in which he had 
 been fuppoited by tho'e of the 
 Electors who took on themfelves 
 that Title. — The Plot is built on 
 the famous and well-known Sto- 
 ly of Apfiui and Virginia, bot it 
 is net very apparent what Deduc- 
 tion the Author aims at in that 
 Event, with a Reference to the 
 above-mentioned Eleftion.— — It 
 was never reprefented on the 
 Stage. 
 
 Fatal Secret, l^td. Ri- 
 val Brothers. 
 
 The Fate or Corsica. Tr. 
 •—This Piece I have never feen,' 
 and therefore can give no farther 
 Account of it, than that it was 
 iiever a£ked, nor was, I believe, 
 intended for the Stage ; and that 
 the Subjeft of it is the unfortu- 
 nate Affairs of that Ijfland, at the 
 Time of it's making a Struggle 
 to free itfclf from the Yoke of 
 the Ger.oefc, under the Guidance 
 of the remarkable Kir g IheoJore. 
 
 Fate or Disoesdienck. 
 yid. Falsr P'riend. 
 
 The Father or a Fami- 
 IV. Com. in three Afts, by 
 Carlo Coldoni, 8vo. 1757. — This 
 is no more than the Tranflation 
 of a Piece, Mititled, 11 Padre di 
 famigUar, reprcfented forthefiift 
 Time at Venice, during the Car- 
 nival of 1750.— But tho' it is en- 
 titled a Comedy, it has nothing 
 of Humour, or even an Attempt 
 towards Wit ihewn throughout 
 the whole of it, and muft have 
 been extremely unentertaining in 
 the Repre^fentation, beinir no 
 more than a Series of the com- 
 mon Occurr<mccs of a large Family 
 thrown into yialogue, in order to 
 point out the "different Requifitea 
 for forming the Charafler of an 
 amiable Father, and Mafter of a 
 Family, and the Errors frequently 
 (im into by fome o£ the various 
 
 F I 
 
 Relatives in Domeilic Life. .■ ■ 
 This Piece is printed in Englijb 
 and Italian, the origmal Page for 
 Page oppofite to the Tranflation, 
 together with another Comedy 
 on the Story of Pamela, of which 
 farther Mention will be made 
 hereafter. 
 
 Feign'd Shipwreck. Fid, 
 Stroller's Packet broke 
 
 OFBN. 
 
 The Female Fortune- 
 teller, Com. by Mr, Johri' 
 /ow, 8vo. 1726. — What Mr.yoi>«- 
 fon it was by whom this Piece 
 was written I cannot come to any 
 Certainty about, as no Chriftian 
 Name is prefixed to the Title 
 Page, but am apt to believe it 
 muft have been Mr. Charles John- 
 Jon, a Tragedy by whom, called 
 Medea , has been alfo omitted 
 by all the Writers.— This is far 
 from a bad Play, and by the 
 Names of particular Performeis 
 written to the Dramatis Perjona 
 of the Copy I have feen, appears 
 to have been intended for Repre- 
 fcntation it the Theatre Royal n 
 Drury Lane, within thefe five or 
 fix Years, 
 
 The Five Gallants, C, 
 by The. Middletoti, 410. — This 
 Play is faid in the Title Page to 
 have been often in AdVion at the 
 Black Fryan. — ■ — It has no Date, 
 but is fuppofcd by all \\\t Writers 
 to have been the firft this Author 
 
 wrote . Largbaine, and Gildon 
 
 after him, has the Title of it 
 Your Five Gallants, but all the 
 other Catalogues as I have given 
 it at the Head oi this Article. 
 
 Flora. Fid, Countrt 
 Wake. 
 
 Florizel and Perdita, 
 or the Sheepjhearing. Far. Anon, 
 
 8vo. 17^4, -This Piece is no 
 
 more than an Extract of fcnote 
 Parts of Shak-^f pi are's fTtnter^t 
 Taltj fo far as relates to the Loves 
 
nela, of which 
 vill be made 
 
 F R 
 
 of Uorixel and PcrJ'ta, formed 
 into two Afts, and enlivened 
 with P'art of the liumoroiis Cha- 
 
 ratltr of yiutoluut. —Who this 
 
 was executed by I know not, but 
 it was lirft performed at Covent 
 Gaiden i heatre for the Benefit of 
 Mil's Nojfiter, that young Lady 
 ailing the Part of Verdita, and 
 Mr. Barry the Counterpart oi" her 
 Lover.— —It has fince, h-owever, 
 been frequently reprefented with 
 Succefs. 
 
 The Fqotm/'>'. An Opera. 
 —This is the Name of a Piece 
 which I have mentioned in the 
 foregoing Part of this Work, un- 
 itt the Title of the Fcotman's 
 0/>era, but which at the Time of 
 writing that Article I had not 
 yet feen. 
 
 FortunkHunters right- 
 X.V SERVED. ftd. Match- 
 makers FITTEJJ. 
 
 Fortune of War. f^d, 
 Farbweli. and Return. 
 
 The Four Seasons, or Love 
 in every Age, A MuHcal Inter- 
 lude, by P. A. Motteuxt 4to. 
 1699.— This little. Piece was fet 
 to Mufic by Mr. Jeremy Clarke, 
 and is printed with the Mufical 
 .Entertainments in the Opera of 
 the Ijland Prinafs, or Genetoui 
 Portugu:je\ but whether or not 
 this lid itfr If belong to that Ope- 
 ra, does not at prefent occur to 
 my Remembrance. 
 
 The Frf.eman's Honour. 
 
 Play, by H'llliam Smith. This 
 
 Play is only mentioned in the 
 Epiftle Dedicatory of a fubfequent 
 one written by the fame Author, 
 and entitled tne Htflor of Ger- 
 many. — This Play however is faid 
 to have been *' afted by the Ser- 
 " vants of the king's Majefty, 
 ** to dignify the worthy Company 
 «« of Merchant Taylors," 
 
 French Valet, Ptd.MocK 
 
 DUEttlST. 
 
 G O 
 
 G. 
 
 A Game at Chesse. by 
 
 Tto. Middletiti, 4to.— This 
 Play wa3 fundry Times a£led »t 
 the Globe on the Bank Side, and 
 altho* it has no Date, was pab*> 
 lilhed in 1625.—— I have men- 
 tioned its Name in the former 
 Part of this Wcik, but have not 
 taken Notice of the Subje£t, 
 which is .T fo;t of religious Con- 
 trovtrfy, the Gnme being playid 
 between one of the Church of 
 England And another of the Church 
 of Rome, wherein the former in 
 the End gets the Viflory, Jgno' 
 ttui Loyola Atting by as a Spe6t»- 
 tor. — The Scene lies in London, 
 The G Lo u c E s ters hi re 
 S<^uiRE. Com. Anonym. 8vo. 
 1734. f^id. Hanging and 
 Marriage. 
 
 The Golden Rump. — ^Tbis 
 Piece v^as never aded, never ap- 
 peared in P int, nor was it ever 
 known who was the Author of 
 it. Yet, I cannot avoid men- 
 tioning it here, as it was the real 
 Occafion of a very remarkable 
 Event in dramatic Hiftory. viz, 
 the A^ whereby all dramatic 
 Pieces are obliged to undergo the 
 Infpeclioii and Ccnfure of the 
 Lord Chamberlain, before they can 
 be admitted to a Reprefentation. 
 —The Fact was as follows.— 
 During the Adminif^ration of a 
 ccrti'in Premiere Minijirc, the late 
 Mr. Fielding, wbofe genuine Wit 
 and Turn for Satire were too 
 conHderable to need our expatia- 
 ting on in this Place, had in two 
 or three of his Comedies, parti- 
 cularly thofe of Pafjiiin and the 
 Hi/Jorica! Rfgijfer, thrown in Ibme 
 Strokes which were too poig- 
 nantly levelled at certain Mea- 
 fures then putfuing by thofe at 
 
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 the Head of Affairs, not to be 
 fevercly felt, and their Confe- 
 quences, if not fpeedily put a 
 Check to, greatly dreaded, by the 
 Minifter.— Open Violence, how- 
 
 H A 
 
 Stage, unlefs feme Authority 
 of another Kind could be found 
 for ftopping her Mouth, he made 
 fuch I7fe of it, as immediately 
 occaiioned the bringing into, and 
 
 mentioned Bill. 
 
 Guardians over-riach'd 
 IN THEIR OWN Humour. 
 fid. Stroi.lxr'8 PAC<iueT 
 broke oven. 
 
 «ver, was not the moft eligible paffmg in Parliament, the above- 
 Method to proceed in for this 
 Purpofe. — Not a Reflraint of Li- 
 btrty already made life o/j but a 
 Prevention of Liutttiwfnefi to 
 ecme^ was the proper Weapon to 
 employ in this Cafe. — A Piece, 
 therefore, ivritten by fomehody or 
 »ther, was offered to Mr. Henry 
 Ciffardf the Manager of Good' 
 man^S'Fieldt Theatre, for Repre- 
 sentation. — This Piece was en- 
 f titled the Golden Rump, In 
 
 H. 
 
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 AnGING AMD MaRRT' 
 
 _ _ AGE, or the Dead Man's 
 which, with a moft unbounded Jf^tdding, Farce, by Henry Carey f 
 Freedom, Abufe was vented not 1715. — Neither thi« Piece, nor 
 only againft the Pariiiament, the the Gloucefterjhire Sauare, do I find 
 Council, and Miniftry, but even taken Notice of in any of the 
 •gainft the Perfoo of Majefty it- Catalogues or Authors, yet hap- 
 islf. — The honeft Manager, free pened to msec with the Names 
 from Defign himfelf, fufpedtid «f both in a Catalogue of the Li- 
 none in others, but imagining brary of Sir Btrkel^ Lucy, fold 
 that a Licence of this Kind, if fay Mr. Pattmfm at EJix Houfe, 
 permitted to run to fuch enor> in the Year 1 760. — This Piece 
 mous Lengths, mufi be of the of Mr. CiirM*s is of a Date earlier 
 moft pernicious Confequences, than aiiy of his other Farces, and 
 quickly fell into the Snare, and therefore probably might be a firft 
 carried the Piece to the Minifter, and unfuccefsful Attempt in the 
 with a View of confuking him dramatic Way.— I imagine it ne» 
 •s to bis Manner of proceeding, ver was a^ed. 
 —The latter commending highly TheHAPPV Captivi. An 
 his Integrity iu this Step, requeft- Engli/h Opera, by Lewh TieO' 
 ed only the Pcffeffjon of the MS. ia/d, 8vo. 1741.— The Plot of 
 
 but at the fame Time that the 
 Manager might be no Lofer by 
 his Zeal for the Interefts of his 
 King and Country, ordered a Gra- 
 tuity equal to what he might rea- 
 fonably have expected from the 
 Profits of it's Reprefentation, to between Sign. Capoccio, a Direc- 
 be paid to him, and now being tor from the Canary IJJes, and 
 
 this Piece is taken from a Novel, 
 entitled. The Hiflory of a Slave, 
 which is to be met with in Den 
 Sluixote, Parti. BooklV.—The 
 Author has introduced into it an 
 Interlude in two comic Scenes 
 
 become Mafter of the Piece it- 
 felf, together with the corrobo- 
 rating Circumftance of the Ne- 
 ccffity of employing the public 
 Money to prevent even Treafon 
 itfelf frofn appearing on the 0^ eu 
 
 Sign. Dorinnat a Virtuofo, in- 
 tended as a Ridicule on the Italian 
 Operas. 
 
 Happy Resentment. Vid, 
 Mistakes. 
 
 Harle* 
 
ging into, and 
 at, the above- 
 
 NTMSNT. Vid, 
 
 H E 
 
 Harleq_uin Incendiary, 
 or Columbine Cameron, A Mufical 
 Pantomime. Anon. 8vo, 1746. 
 —This Piece was performed at 
 the Theatre Royal in Drury LanCy 
 the Seafon after the Quelling of 
 the Rebellion in Scot'and. — The 
 Mufic was compofed by Dr. Arnef 
 but it does not appear who was 
 the Contriver of the Pantomime, 
 in which, as ufual, Harlequin is 
 the favoured Lover of Columbine^ 
 who fcems by no Means to be 
 diftinguiftjcd as jfetiny CameroM, 
 but by fome. Part of the Scene 
 being laid in the Highlands of 
 Scotland, and the Defeat of the 
 Rebe^ Army, which has reaUy no 
 Connexion with the reft of the 
 Piece, forming the Cataftrophe 
 of the whole. 
 
 H A R L I Q_u I N 's Mouth 
 open'd, fid. Wishes. 
 
 Harliq^uin Multiplied. 
 A Piece of this Title I find in 
 Mr. Batboe's Catalogue, but know 
 not either it's Date or Defign, not 
 having been abl;; to come at the 
 Sight of it.— I imagine it how- 
 ever to have been a Pantomime, 
 and confequently of the Produce 
 of thefe laft thirty or forty Years, 
 
 Hearts or Oak, An In- 
 terlude, 1762. — This is indeed 
 nothing more than a Song and a 
 Dance of Sailors, the former of 
 which was written by Mr. G. A, 
 Stevens, and being a mere tem- 
 porary Affair on the Declaration 
 of War with Sfaiiij met with good 
 Succefs. 
 
 The HtcTORS. Trag. by 
 
 Edmund Preftvjick, 1650. A 
 
 Tragedy of this Title is attributed 
 to this Author by Pbitlips and 
 ff^infianley, and their Authority 
 followed by Jacoh and the Au- 
 thor of the Britijb ^Theatre, yet 
 contradidled both by Lorraine 
 and Ctxaer, the latter of whom 
 r«fers the Play to the anonymous 
 
 • H E 
 
 one called the Hedors, or the 
 Falfe Challenge. — But as the Au- 
 thor of the Britijh Theatre h3« 
 given it the above Date, which is 
 five Years earlier than the Pub- 
 lication of that Play, I cannot 
 think myfelf entitled to omit the 
 Mention of it here. 
 
 Hecuba. Trag. in three 
 Afls, Anonym. 176Z.— — This 
 Play was adted at the Th. Royal 
 in Drury Lane, but met with ve- 
 ry indifferent Succefs, its Run 
 continuing, I thintc, only long 
 enough t^ afford the Author one 
 
 fingle Benefit. It was written 
 
 by one Mr. Delap , who, I 
 think, is a Scotch Clergyman.— 
 It is not wholly devoid of Merit, 
 — The Language is poetical and 
 affe£ling, the Chara^crs not 
 drawn greatly amifs, and the 
 Diftreltes of Hecuba in fome Parts 
 properly heightened, and pathe- 
 tically fupported. — Yet in Abate- 
 ment of thefe Meiits there is a 
 Deficiency of Incident, and \% 
 Indulgence of Declamation^ which 
 wearies the Spirits of an Audi- 
 tor at the fame Time that his 
 Heart remains almoft totally un- 
 interefted.— Thefe Faults are be- 
 fides render'd perhaps ftill more 
 open to th« Difcernment of the 
 Audience by the Author's having 
 divided his Play differently from 
 the ufual and eftablifted Method. 
 —For tho' the Piece is in Rea- 
 lity as. \(m% as our modem Tra- 
 gedies at leaft are accuftomed to 
 be, it confifts of no more than 
 three AAs, which being in Con«> 
 fequence fo much longer rc^ec- 
 tively than ufual, fets the Ted^- 
 oufnefs of the Dechtnation and 
 the Want of Invention in the 
 Plot in a more glaring Light than 
 they would otherwife perhaps 
 have been view'd in j and there- 
 fore, altho* I am ready to allow 
 the Author all the Meri« he «an 
 
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 be imagined to pofrefs, and wifli 
 hiin better Succef*? in feme future 
 Attempt, wherein he may avoid 
 the Rocks he ftnitk upon before, 
 yet I cannot blame the Public for 
 their Judgment, or avoid joining 
 in the Opinion that the Piece met 
 with as much Approbation as it 
 had any Right to claim. 
 
 Henry VI. An Hiftorical 
 Plav from Skakejpeare, by Tkeopb. 
 Cu try 8vo. 1721. — The Title of 
 this Piece is a fuificient Infor- 
 mation of what it muft be with 
 Refpeft to Plot and general Con- 
 dud,— -By the Date it appears to 
 be the Author's firft Attempt.— 
 I fancy it was never a£ted, as it 
 is not mentioned by Mr. ViEiovy 
 in his annual Regifter of Plays, 
 (tho* it muft be confefs'd indeed 
 that that Gentleman's Lift is 
 not extremely perfeft or correft) 
 nor does Whincop even take the 
 leaft Notice of the Play itfelf j 
 <b that the liriujh Theatre is the 
 only Authority I have concern- 
 ing it. 
 
 Hercvles. Trag. by Sir 
 Edw, SberburnSy 8vo. 170a, 
 This is only a Tranflation, with 
 very ample critical Notes, of Se- 
 neca" ^ Tragedy of that Name. 
 
 History or Dioclksian. 
 Vid, Prophetess, 
 
 His Worship THE Cully, 
 Vid, Stroller's Packet 
 
 BROKE OFEK. 
 
 Hob in the Well, Via. 
 Country Wake, 
 
 Humorous Punster. Vid, 
 Court Lady. 
 
 The Humours or an Irish 
 ICouRT or Justice.— By this 
 Title I find a Piece in Mr. .'7a- 
 tboe''s Catalogue, which 1 hitv? 
 not feen. but imagine it to be 
 only a Party Affair intended to 
 ridicule or traduce the Proceed- 
 ings on fome particular Tri»i in 
 that Kingdom. 
 
 Humours or Billinos- 
 gate, Vid. Cobler's Opera* 
 
 The Humours or Whist, 
 Dramatic Satire, a: it is aEled 
 every Day at White's, and other 
 Coffee- hou fa and AJfemblies, 8vo. 
 1743, Anonym. — This Piece was" 
 never intended lor the Stage, but 
 only defigncd as a Reprcfentation 
 of the various CharadVers which 
 prefent themfelves to Obfervation 
 among the Frequenters of the 
 Gaming Tables in the higheft 
 Scenes of Life, — It is, however, 
 veiy far from being well exe- 
 cuted. 
 
 1. 
 
 - ■! 
 
 'P'HE Jerusalem iNriRMA- 
 R Y , or <i Journey to the Valley 
 of yebofafhat , Farce, as it v, iH be 
 afted next iSoK//^ war ^ Fair, Ano- 
 nym. Venicty 8vo. 1 749. — This 
 Piece never was, nor ever in- 
 tended to be afled,— It is a Piece 
 of the moft unintelligible, and at 
 the fame Time abufive, Jargon I 
 ever faw, and is written with a 
 View to expofe and calumniate a 
 Number of private Perfonal Cha- 
 radlers among the fttusy and 
 fome Defign, as it /hould feem, 
 at that Time on Foot by fome 
 of that Sort of People, towards 
 the Eftablifliment of an Infirma- 
 ry, which Place is made the 
 Scene of Action, and the Prefi- 
 dent, (who is a JWen^ry) the 
 principal Perfon in the Drama.-^ 
 It refers to fome public Print at 
 that time alfo put forth with the 
 like Defign ; but as I do not im- 
 me«1iate)y call to Mind the partii- 
 cular Evrnt on which it turns, I 
 fhall conclude with cnly obfervr 
 ing, that it is io execrably bad, 
 as neither to be worthy of $> Mo' 
 
 ment's 
 
 Xr: 
 
I s ^'^ 
 
 mcnt's Lofs of Time fpcnt IntUe 
 IVriilal of it, or the Warttf- of 
 any farther Notice of in in this 
 I'Jacc. 
 
 Imaginary Hkir. Fid. 
 Stholler's Packet broke 
 
 OPEN. 
 
 Tlic Inconsoleables, or 
 the Contented Cuckold, Dramatic 
 Farce, Anonym. 8/0. 1738. — 
 Tliis Piucc was never a:tcd, and 
 is indued by no Means deferving 
 of a Reprcfentation.— I imagine 
 it to have u Reference to, and to 
 ]i.ivc buen intended as an Expofure 
 of fomc particular Event in pri-' 
 vatc Life, which might have for 
 I'omu Tirnc fupplied the favorite 
 Kind of Scandal to the Card and 
 'ViZ, faUlcs of this Metropolis at 
 1:; t i'criod. 
 
 i.^AOCAiioN TO Sleep. ^/</. 
 
 LiAl,'UV::9Hl?!'J L0"ER. 
 
 Of John Kino o? Eng- 
 T.ANn. A dritmalic Piece, by 
 JiiOiop ^a/e.>— This is one among 
 lUo numcious Pieces of this Pic- 
 Uto's Works, which he has given 
 us a Lift of in his Account of the 
 Writers of Bvitoin. 
 
 Joseph and his Bre- 
 thren. Oratorio, 410. X742. 
 —This Piece, tho' printed A- 
 nonymous, was written by the 
 Rev. Mr. yAtnet Miller^ and is 
 one of the bcft among the facred 
 Drumns, which are for the moft 
 Part corapofcd folely for the Sake 
 of tho Mufic, and without any 
 View to the Beauties of Poetry. 
 
 Joyous Miller. Fid. Sa- 
 lopian SQ.UIRE. 
 
 The IsiAND Princess, or 
 the Generoui Portuguefe. Opera, 
 by P. A, Motteux, 410. 1701.— 
 This is only the principal Parts 
 of Fletcbcr'i JJland Piirtcefs formed 
 into an Opera, and performed at 
 the Theatre Royal. — The Scene 
 lies in the Spice lilands, and the 
 
 • K N 
 
 Mufic compofed by Mr. Dante! 
 Purcell, Mr. Clarke, and Mr. Le- 
 veridge, 
 
 Julia Acrippina. Trag, 
 — A Play of this Title flands in 
 Mr. Bathoe'i Catalogue, but not 
 having feen it, I cannot be on 
 any abfolute Certainty about it, 
 but imagine it to be Tho, May s 
 Tragedy of /Igrippina Emprefs of 
 Rome, mentioned in the foregoing 
 Part of this Work. 
 
 Junius Brutus. Trag. by 
 JPtlliam Duncombe, 8vo. 1735. — 
 In our Mention of this Play in 
 the Body oi the Work, a double 
 Error has been committed, tljc 
 firl- an elTential one as to it's 
 Titk', which, from fomc Confii- 
 fion of this Piny with ^!^• , A^a'h. 
 Let's on the fame Utory, is en- 
 tcr'd as Lucius y urn us Brutus, and 
 the iecond as to it's havii-,g nevi^r 
 been afted, whereas, on a iVcond 
 View, I find it to have hcux pcr- 
 formei (and with Succvfj } at tl/c 
 Theatre Royal in Drury Lam, 
 
 K. 
 
 of 
 
 'TPHE Knights. Com. 
 
 tv.'o Acls, by Sanuel Focti;, 
 8vo, 1753. — This Piece made 
 its firft Appearance at the I*"^!c 
 Theatre in the Haymarket, th ■ i*' 
 t':e Year 1747, and at that Time 
 terminated with a droll Concert 
 of vocal Mufic between two Cats, 
 in Burlefque of the //j//<j/; Comic 
 Operas.-— As this, hcvvever, was 
 only temporary, the Author, to 
 adapt it more properly to true 
 dramatic Taft?. and render it a 
 more perfect Farce, has wound 
 up a Conclufion for it, which 
 however, even as it now fl-ands. 
 is fcarcely fo ccnclufivc or fo tu 
 D d turd'i 
 
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 tural as it could be wiflied.— This 
 Fault, however, is amply made 
 amends for by its polTefling in the 
 Jiighcft Degree a mich more ef- 
 /eiitial Excellence of Comedy, 
 Vim. Great Strength of Charafter, 
 iind the moft accurate and lively 
 Colouring of Nature,— His two 
 Knights, Sir Penurious Trijle and 
 Sir Gregory GazettCy the firft of 
 which has the ftrongeft Paflion 
 for perpetually entertaining his 
 Friends with a Paieel of ftale trite 
 infignificant Stories, and the lat- 
 ter, who is poflefs'd with a moft 
 infatiable Third for News, with- 
 out even Capacity fufficient to 
 comprehend the full Meaning of 
 the moft familiar Paragraph in a 
 l)ublic Journal, arc moft ftrongly 
 painted.— The firft of them re- 
 ceived additional Life from the 
 admirable Execution of the Au- 
 thor in his Reprefentation of the 
 Charafter, in which indeed it has 
 been reported, that he mimicked 
 the Manner of a certain Gentle- 
 man in the Weft of Enghmd} 
 and the other fecms to have af- 
 forded a Hint to another Writer 
 fmce, viz. Mr. Murphy in his 
 Upholfttrery to expatiate ftill more 
 largely on this extravagant and zh- 
 furd Kind of FoUy. — His other 
 Charafters of Tim and Mifs Suck, 
 with the Scene of Courtihip in- 
 troduced between them> tho' not 
 abfolutely new in the firft Con- 
 ception, yet are managed after a 
 new Manner, and always give 
 great Entertainment in the Re- 
 prefentation. 
 
 L. 
 
 LEvcoTHoK. Dram, Poem, 
 Anonym, '^ly^e.'—This 
 
 L O 
 
 litth Piece, which wai nn- ( , 
 aflcd, nor fcems intended by the 
 Author for Reprefentation, is a 
 Kind of Tragic Opeia, founded 
 on the Story of Apo!lo\ Love lor 
 Leucothoe, the Daughter of Or- 
 chamus, King of Pcrjia, and her 
 Transformation into a Tree of 
 Frankirccnfc, in Confcqucnce of 
 the Difcoveiy made to her Father 
 of their Amour bv Clytic, a for- 
 mer Miftrefs of Plcebu;. —The 
 Story is related in Oiid'i Mtta- 
 morphofes ; but the Author of this 
 Piece has deviated from thcX-- 
 tin Poet in one Particular, via. 
 that infterd ©f transforming the 
 jealous Clytic into a Sun Flower, 
 which always keeps it's Face to- 
 wards the Sun, the former Ob- 
 jeft of her Palfion, he has only 
 made her by the Power of Pka- 
 huSy and at her own Rcqucft, con- 
 verted into a Statue. 
 
 The Poetry of this litt'- Piece 
 is pleafing, aud the Conduft of 
 it ingenious. 
 
 Like or Sejanus. Fid, 
 Power Fu I. Favorite. 
 
 Litigious Suitor de- 
 feated. Fid. Stroller's 
 Packet otkn'o. 
 
 The London Merchant, 
 or the Uijiory of George 
 Barnwell. Trag. by George 
 Lilloy 8vo. 1730. — This Play was 
 afted at the Theatre Royal in Dr. 
 Lane with great Succefs. — It i<i 
 written in Profe, and altho' the 
 Language is confequently not fo 
 dignified as that of the Buflcin is 
 ufually expelled to be, yet it is 
 well adapted to the Subjeft it i-. 
 written on, and exalted enough 
 to exprefg the Sentiments of the 
 Chara£tcr8, which are ail thrown 
 into domeftic Life.— The Plot !:> 
 ingenious, the C-^taftrophe jufl, 
 and the ConduA of it aft'efting. 
 •»Aad no LcfTon furcJ/ can bt 
 
 more 
 
. o 
 
 which waj nr.\(. . 
 ms intended by the 
 k'prefcntation, is a 
 ic Opeia, founded 
 )f j^fol/o's Love for 
 Daughter of Or- 
 of Pcrjia, and her 
 m into a Tree of 
 in Confcqucncc of 
 made to her Father 
 ur bv C/ytic, a for- 
 of P^vhur. —The 
 •cd in Oti'H's i^f»•M- 
 the Author of this 
 a ted from the £ •- 
 ne Particular, viz. 
 >f transforming the 
 nto a Sun Flo>ver, 
 keeps it's Face to- 
 n, the former Oh- 
 alHon, he has only 
 he Power of Pita- 
 •own Rcqucft, con- 
 Statue. 
 
 of this Htt'u Piece 
 iid the Condu^ of 
 
 Sejanus. f^id. 
 Favorite. 
 [S Suitor te- 
 r7</. Stroller's 
 bn'd. 
 
 )0N Merchant, 
 y of George 
 Trag, by George 
 30. — This Play was 
 'heatre Royal in Dr. 
 :at Succefs. — It is 
 rofe, and altho' the 
 confequently not fo 
 3at of the Bufkin is 
 led to be, yet it is 
 to the Subjeft it i. 
 tnd exalted enough 
 Sentiments of the 
 ,'hich are all thrown 
 Life.— The Plot is 
 le Cntaftrophe juft, 
 luft of it affefting. 
 cffcn fureljr can ht 
 move 
 
 L O 
 
 more proper or indeed more ne- 
 ccflavy to inculcate among that 
 valuable Body of Youths, who 
 are trained up to the Brandies 
 of mercantile Bulinefs, fo emi- 
 nently eftimable in a Land of 
 Commerce fuch as Engiartd, and 
 who muft nccefTarily nave large 
 Trufts confided to their Care, and 
 confecjucntly large Temptation 
 thrown in the Way of their In- 
 tegrity, than the warning them 
 how much greater Strength will 
 be added to thefe Temptations, 
 how almoft impoflible it will be 
 for them to avoid the Snares of 
 Ruin, if they fufFcr themfolves 
 but once to be drawn afide into 
 the Paths of the Harlot, or per- 
 mh their Eyes once to glance on 
 the Allurements of the Wanton, 
 where they will be fure to meet 
 with the moft infatiable Avarice 
 to cope with on one Hand, and an 
 unguarded Senfibility proceeding 
 at firfl- from the Goodnefs of 
 ihelr own Hearts, on the other, 
 which will excite the Praftice of 
 the mnft abandon'd Artifices in 
 the firft, and render the laft moft 
 liable to be impofed on by them, 
 and plunge headlong into Vice, 
 Infamy and Ruin. — This Warn- 
 ing is ftrongly, loudly given in 
 this Play, and indeed I cannot 
 help wiihing that the Performance 
 of it was more frequent, or at Icaft 
 that the Managers would make 
 it a Rule conftantly to have it 
 a£Vcd once at Icaft in each Houfc 
 durinji the Courfc of every Period 
 of thi/fc Holidays, in wliich the 
 very Voutli to whom this In- 
 ftrudion is addrclVed, almoft al- 
 ways form a confiderable Part of 
 the Audience. — By Miftake ihis 
 Phy is omitted in' the Body of 
 our Work. 
 
 London's Glory, or tbe 
 Lord Mayor's Sbriv, for the En- 
 
 L O 
 
 tertainment of the Right Hon. 
 Sir Patience fFartle, Knt. Lord 
 Mayor of the City of London , at 
 the proper Cofts of the worfliip- 
 ful Company of Merchant Tayhrii 
 by Tbo. Jordan, 410. 1680. 
 
 LoN ton's Joy, or the Lord 
 Mayor's Shew, triumphantly ex- 
 hibited in various Reprefenta- 
 tions, Scene?, (^r. performed on 
 Saturday, Oil. 29, 1 63 1, at the 
 Inauguration of tbe Right Hon. 
 Sir John Mirf, Knt. Lord Mayor, 
 fife, at the Charge of the wor- 
 Aipful Company of Grocers, by 
 Tbo. Jordan, 410. 1 68 1. 
 
 London's Rksuhrection 
 to Joy and Triumph, ex- 
 prefs'd in fundry Shews, &c. Sir 
 George lyaterman, Knight, Lord 
 Mayor, &c. at the Expcnce of 
 the worlhipfol Company of Skin- 
 ners, by Tho. Jordan, 4to, 1671. 
 
 London Triumphant, &c. 
 invented and performed for Con- 
 gratulation and Delight of the 
 well - dcferving Governor, Sir 
 Robert Hanfon, Knt. Lord Mayor 
 of the City of London, at the 
 Coft and Charges of the worftip- 
 ful Company of Grocers, his M.i- 
 jefty gracing the Triumph widi 
 his Royal Prefence, by Tbo.Jor- 
 dan, 4to. 1680. 
 
 Thefe four laft - mentioned 
 Pisces are of the fame Kind with 
 thofe mentioned as written by 
 Tatebam and other City Poets to 
 grace the Ceremomals of the 
 Lord Mayor's Day, as fee under 
 
 LoNOINUM TRIUMPHAN8,— 
 
 Thefe und-^r our prcfcnt Conft- 
 dcration ar" no vshr-pj taken No- 
 tice of, but by Ccx:ter in his MS. 
 Notes. 
 
 Love and Friendship. 
 Vid, Ormasdes. 
 
 LovK AM) Honour. Dra- 
 matic Poem, by Tho, de la May^c^ 
 izmo. 174a,— Tho' this Piece 
 
 D d a wa^ 
 
 i\ 
 
1 iff,--; 
 
 WIS not intended for public Re- 
 prefentaiion, nor is even ren- 
 der'd in many Particulars conform- 
 able to the Rules of the Theatre, 
 yet, as in other Refpefts if is 
 truly dramatic, I cannot deny it 
 a Place in this Cclkftion. — The 
 Dcfign of the Author is to re- 
 duce all the Circirmftanccs of the 
 .¥.neid, which have a Refeience 
 xo the Loves of Dido and ^^iteas, 
 into the Limits of a Drama fome- 
 rvhat more cxtenfive than that of 
 a common Tragedy. To this 
 r.nd he has made it to con fift of 
 'even Cantos f or mcrfi properly 
 Ails, in which he has introduced 
 the principal I'crfonages of the 
 JEnefd as Interlocutors, and al- 
 iho' he has added fome Charac- 
 ters, and omitted others, enlarged 
 upon certain PaiTages, borrowed 
 Mints fron. fome, and entirely 
 fuppreflfed others, yet he has no 
 where deviated from the general 
 Tenor of the Poem.— His Piece 
 f'P''ns with the landing of AZneat^ 
 itnl the CAtaftrophe clofes with 
 J is Departure and the Death of 
 Dido, — In a Word, he has form'd 
 ^t into a Tragedy, tho' fomcwhat 
 ii regular, under the modeft Title 
 
 of a dramatic Poem only. He 
 
 has, throughout the whole, quo- 
 ted the Paffages made Ufc of from 
 the Original with great Candour, 
 and altho' his Verfification may 
 not have all that nervous l*ower 
 and Dignity which fliL-ies thro' 
 the Works of fome of our Wri- 
 ters, yet it is far from contemp- 
 tible, or the Piece I'elf from be- 
 ing undef«»rving of Notice and Ap- 
 probation. 
 
 Love at first Sioht. 
 Com, by David Craufurd, 4 to. 
 i-'o4. — This Play was a^lod at 
 the Theatre in little Lincoln s- 
 Inn-Fii'idi, Lut was lot publiflttd 
 
 LO 
 
 till the above Year, tUo' written 
 four Years before. 
 
 Love at first Sight, or 
 ttc IFit of a Ifoman. Bullad 
 Opora, of two A£ls, by jcfcpb 
 Tan-dio, 8vo. 1742. — This lit- 
 tle Piece was jiever a<Sled any 
 where but in the Tork Company 
 of Comedians, a Performer in 
 which the Author was at the 
 Time of it's Publication. — The 
 Hint on which the whole Plot of 
 the Piece turns, of the young 
 Lady's difcovering her Inclina- 
 tion to her Lover, and making 
 an Aflignation with him for her 
 Elopement, under the Pretence 
 of informing her Father that he 
 had formed fuch a Defign, is ap- 
 parently borrowed from Miran» 
 da'& Appointment with Sir Georgt 
 Airy for the Garden Gate at the 
 Hour of Eight in Mrs, Centlivris 
 Bufy Body, 
 
 Lovs IN A VziL. Com. by 
 Rich, Savage, 8vo. 1718.— This 
 Play was adled at the Th. Royal 
 in Drury Lam, but with no great 
 Succcfs, 
 
 Love IN EVERY AgE. Vid. 
 
 Four Seasons. 
 
 The Love ^iliX'^cn. Farce, 
 
 Anonym. 1761. This little 
 
 Piece made its Appearante at 
 Covent Garden Theatre, but with- 
 out Succefs. — It was indeed great- 
 ly deficient in fome of the <';i- 
 matic Rcquifites, the Plot being 
 rather a Compage of unconnect- 
 ed Epifodes, and fome of the In- 
 cidents r.ither forc'd and unna- 
 tural.— —Yet the Language was 
 far from being bad, and there 
 were fome of tho Charaders not 
 ill drawn, more particularly that 
 of Lady BilAiir, which in al 
 Probabililjy mi^ht of itfelf ha^c 
 proteded the Piece, and even 
 procured it a Run, had it not 
 
 unluckily 
 
 i' 
 
L O 
 
 .L O 
 
 sar, tUo'' written 
 
 ERY Ac I. yid. 
 
 imluckily made its Appearance math Perfina the Names offFilh; 
 immediately after that of a much Millst Griffiriy Pitikithvuin, Join' 
 finilhed Charafter of the fon, Eullock, Norris, Sec. as Per- 
 
 more 
 
 fame Kind, vix, that of Sophioy formers in it. — It appears by the 
 in the Mujical Lady. — The Lwe Epilogue, or at leaft feems im- 
 
 Matcb theretoK expired after the 
 fecond Night, nor has the Au- 
 thor, who is entirely unknown, 
 as yet thought proper to let it ap- 
 pear in Print. 
 
 LoVfR METAMORPHOSED. 
 
 Vid. St R oiler's Packet 
 
 BROKE OPEN. 
 
 The Lover's Of era, Farce, 
 by IV. R. Cbefwood, 8vo. 1730. 
 — This Piece %vas pcrfovmeJ at 
 the Theatre in Dnny Lane, and 
 met with fome Succels. 
 
 The Loves of Mars and 
 Venus. Dramatk Pantomime, 
 by John Weaver, 1716. 
 
 Love's Revenge. Dramatic 
 Patloral, Anonym. 8vo. >7I4 — 
 I imagine this Piece was afted 
 fomewhere, it having been fet to 
 Mufic by Dr. Grtcr.t, tho' the 
 'i'itle Page does not fpecify fo 
 much.— The Scene lies in ^Irca- 
 dia, And it is divided into two In- 
 teludes or Afts.— The Subkft 
 Is a Revenge vowed by Cu}<id ior 
 fome Slight received from Pfyche^ 
 which he puts in Execution by 
 
 pty'd in Oppofition to the Au- 
 thor's Aflertion in the Epiftle to 
 the Reader, that it met with but 
 inJifFcrer.t Succefs.— And indeed 
 it fecms afloniihrng, that it Hiould 
 ever have been performed at all» 
 th?t the Managers fhould receive, 
 the Afters (ludy, or the Audience 
 permit a thorough Hearing to fo 
 execrable a Piece.— It is neither 
 Tragedy nor Comedy, the Plot if 
 it deferves that Title, is full of 
 the mofl unnatural Incidents, the 
 Charafters ilu: moft unmeaning, 
 and the Language the moft tri- 
 fling, bald and infipid that I al- 
 Tv.oiX ever met with. — And it's 
 being at all enuur'd, might pro- 
 bably have been owing to what 
 the Author prir o ifly complains 
 of in his Epilllc.. i'i». Some cor- 
 reeling Friend's having with an 
 unfparing Hand If ppcd away, as 
 he rails it, whole Limb;, ani 
 mangjed it into a barbai oi's Dc • 
 formity, that is to fay, I ima- 
 gine, curtailed fo much of it, aa 
 to Irave fcarc»*ly any Thing for 
 
 exciting a Fit of Jealoufy between t'le public Severity to excrcife it- 
 
 two Lovers, whom he afterwards, 
 however, on a Return of Pfyrbt^fi. 
 Kindnefs, reconciles to each o- 
 ther. 
 
 Love the LrvELLXR, or 
 the Pretty Purclafe. by C. B, 
 Gent. 4to. — The exait Date of 
 this Piece I do not know, as I 
 do not find it taken the lealt No- 
 tice of in any of the Writers, and 
 the Title Page of that Copy 
 which I " 
 fcd>. — 
 
 fjlf upon.— —The Scene lies m 
 Creta, and it is faid in the Title 
 Page to have been aftcJ at the 
 New Thcairf in Bridgets Strccfy 
 Ccvenf Garditt, viz. the Theatre 
 Ruyal in Drury Lane. 
 
 The LoYAt SiiBjEcT. Tr.- 
 Com. by Beaumont and Flitcbn, 
 Fol. 1679.— This Plav is men- 
 tioned h( re only becaule 1 had by 
 fome Miftake omitted it in thfi 
 have htn being impcr- Body of this Work. — The Scene 
 However; I imagine it lies at Afe/co, and fome Parts of 
 
 niu{^ have been nearly about the the Plot and Characters are inge< 
 Year J70O1 as I fiod ia thcX>r«> nious and well fupportcd, yet ofi 
 
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 the v/holc I cannot efteem it as 
 one of the beft Pieces of thefe 
 Authors. — Mr. Sheridan however 
 thought it worth wh^le to revive 
 it on his Theatre at Dub'in about 
 five Years ago, and reprint it 
 ■ "th feme few Alterations of his 
 own. 
 
 Ihe Lyar. Com. of three 
 
 Afts, by Sam. Facte, ijCiz. 
 
 This Piece was originally intend- 
 ed by its Author to have been re- 
 prelented during the Summer 
 I'artnerftiip between Mr. Murphy 
 and the Author, but the Run of 
 thofe Pieces they had before 
 brought on, and the unexpcdted 
 Kocefliiy of their performing the 
 lViP:esy having cxhauftcd the 
 Time limited for their Reprefen- 
 tation, this was obliged to be de- 
 fared till the enfuing Winter, 
 wh(rn it was reprefentcd for the 
 rirll Time at the Theatre in Co- 
 nifnt Garden, — Its Suctefs was but 
 veiy indifteicnt ; and indeed it 
 inuft be confeHl-d that it was in 
 itlclf far from equal to the Ge- 
 nerality of tliis Gentleman's 
 Works.— —As lo the I'lor, it is 
 almoft entirely borrowed frt-m Sir 
 Pic(.id Steele^ s I-'iii'g Lover \ 
 wiuch was itfelf fcunJcd on the 
 Menteur of Cornei/ie, whieh was 
 moreover little more than a 
 'Ji jnflation from a iramatic Ticctt 
 written by Lcf>e» de /V?J. — It is 
 iiot much to be wona^r'a, there- 
 i\'ie. jf the Difl), thus Icrv'd up 
 •<it a fourth Han(', did not retain 
 tin* whole of it original Reli/h. 
 — .Anu tho' theie v.erc here and 
 there fome Stroiies of Humour 
 ■whiih were not unwortliy of their 
 Author, and fume few Touches 
 of temporary Satire, yet the 
 Chara»f>er of the Lyar had cer- 
 tainly neitlier native Originality 
 enough in it to pleafe as a No- 
 
 M A 
 
 vclty, nor additional Ecautlcs a- 
 nough cither in his Dsefs or De- 
 meanour to excite a freih Atten- 
 tion to him as ^ new Acquain- 
 tance. And what feem'd llill 
 
 more extraordinary, the Author, 
 who himfelf performed the Parr, 
 and therefore one would imagine 
 might have had an Ejc to his 
 own peculiar Excellencies in the 
 writing it, had not even aim'd, 
 as he has moft ufually done, at 
 afFording himfelf any Opportunity 
 in it for exerting thofe amazing 
 Talents of Mimickry which he 
 has ever been fo remaikable for, 
 and fo inimitable in. — In fliort, 
 on the whole, it v.as rather te- 
 dious and unente'.tainine, havir.g 
 neither enough of the ^is conuca 
 to keep up the Attention of an 
 Audience thro' lo many A£ls as 
 a Farce, nor a Sufficiency of In- 
 cident and Sentinaent to eng.i{.o 
 their Hearts, if tonfider'd under 
 the Denon ination of a Comeiiy* 
 — In (hort, after a Run of, I 
 think, no more than three Nights, 
 it funk into an Oblivion from 
 which the Author has not aii yet 
 thought proper to lefcuc it, by 
 Pubhcatiun of it in Print. 
 
 M. 
 
 M Aid's the Mistress. 
 rid. DlSAPPOINT- 
 M t NT. 
 
 Marplot in i.isbon. Com. 
 iimo, 1760. — This is nothing 
 more than Mis, Cent/ivre's Co- 
 medy of Marpiu, or the fecond 
 Part of the Bujy Body, which, 
 with this Title, and fome few 
 AlteratioAS in the Budy of the- 
 
 Piece 
 
MA MA 
 
 Piece by Mr. UeKry If^odwardt been fixei on. ■■•■-■It muft there- 
 joint Manager witn Mr. Sarryy fore mceflarily happen that they 
 of the Theatre Royal in Crcnv- muft fometimes neatly coincide 
 frcctf Dublin^ was rcprefented at in Point of Time, both by dif- 
 
 that Thcatte.— I^ has been alfo 
 Hill farther pruned, and being re- 
 duced into three A^h, performed 
 two or three Nights iaft Seafon 
 by Way of a Fcrce at the The- 
 atre Royal in Covent Cardiu. 
 
 A MAsq.uE or Gray's-Inn 
 G K N T t. n M E N , ptrfornied before 
 the Kins *" *^* Bavquetting-lioufs 
 ef Whitehall (in the Year 1613) 
 at the Man-; age 0/ tie Princefs 
 Elizabeth, and the Prince Pala- 
 tine of tbt Rhine. By Francis 
 Beaumvtitf 8vo. 1653. T his 
 Piece is undoubtedly B(aumont''$, 
 as it is publiHied among his 
 Poems at the Time above quoted : 
 
 ferent Societies on the fame, and 
 by the fame Society on different 
 Occafions. 
 
 The Match-maker fit- 
 ted, or the Fortune Hunters 
 tightly fervid. Com. 8vo. I742» 
 -:-This Play was intended for the 
 Stage, but not accepted by the 
 Performers. — Nor if it bad, could 
 it have ftood a Chance of Favour 
 with the Public. The Lan- 
 guage, tho' far from being low 
 or devoid of Undcrflanding, yet 
 is heavy, declamatory, and una- 
 dopted to Comedy, and the Cha- 
 radlers /hew the Author to have 
 made no very ftrift Obfervations 
 
 great Rcfcmbhnce to a Piece of 
 the fame Kind, and on the lame 
 Occafiion, by Geo, Chapman. (ViJ, 
 MASii.1 K of the tiuo honourable 
 Houfes, Sic.) and ftill more fo to 
 an anonymous one, which feems 
 to have been performed very 
 nearly at the fame Time, and 
 ccr*a\i«I;' at the fame Pl.ice and 
 by tlie f^me Gentleman, on Oc- 
 cafion of the Nuptials of the Earl 
 of ^cmrtfet, with the Daughter of 
 Lord Sujfulk. ff^id. MAsq.UK of 
 F1.0WKRS.) ^his Rcfemblance 
 however, which I muft confefs 
 at firft puzzled and confounded 
 me not a litttle, ought not to 
 miflead us into the Error of ima- 
 gining them to be the fame, as 
 
 of the Mind which mark out the 
 Varieties of Nature's Oddities.— 
 Yet there is fomewhat in the 
 Plot which is original, and ca- 
 pable of being extended on to 
 Advartage, tsx. The Circum- 
 ftance of the dtfigning Guardian 
 of a Woman of no Fortune, who, 
 having by the Afliftance of her 
 own Artifices, and the fj-reading a 
 Belief of her being pofTLfled of a 
 large Eftate, procured confiderable 
 Sums by felling his Confent by 
 Turns to fevcral different For- 
 tune-Hunters, and trick'd them 
 all into the juft Punishment of 
 ridiculous and improper Matrhc » 
 Is himfcU" at laft entrapped intv/ 
 M.iiria^c with the Girl herfclf. 
 it appears to have been cuftomary -^Such a Di fign, executed by an 
 
 at that Time on any grand Occa- 
 fioni of this Kind, for the Mem- 
 beri of the feveral Inns of Court, 
 to I'hew their Refpeit to the 
 Court by Prefentations of this 
 Sort, for the Performance of 
 which fome of the ftated and 
 pubUc Holi<iay9 ff cio cvcf to have 
 
 able I>anci, enlivened with juftly 
 drawn C t^raiters, and adorn'd 
 with plculing aud drama'-ic Dia- 
 logue, might produce a F cs not 
 undeTerving the Approbation of 
 
 the Public. It is dedicated to 
 
 Mother fTilfon, of fFildStttett 
 Couatcfs of Drury, under the 
 
 Cbarader 
 
 yet in the general Title it bears on thofe diftinguifliing Features 
 
 li 
 
hi^ft*^ 
 
 k\ 
 
 I;" I . 
 
 f,:- I 
 
 i< > ■ ."■ » 
 
 m 
 
 
 1 1 
 
 iill 
 
 li .1 
 
 1 f 
 
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 Charafter of SurJy her Chaphia : 
 this Motlicr IVilfon appears to 
 have been a Bawd of Repute at 
 that Time, and probably might 
 have mif-ufed the Author.—— 
 Yet there feems to be but very 
 little Conneftior between thole 
 private Occurrences, and the .ge- 
 neral Defign of the Piece, 
 
 Measure for MeasurEj 
 or Lwe the beji Advoic-ie, Tr.- 
 Com. 4to. 1698. — This is no- 
 thing mo.e than an Alteration 
 confiderably for the worfe, from 
 Shiikej'feare's Meajure for Meafur*. 
 — i have fomc Sufpicion that it 
 was altered by Mr, Betterttn, 
 " MsDXA. Trag. hy C^a.Jobn- 
 Jf>iii Svo. 1(7 "50. — It is fcniewhat 
 extraordii.ar; ir.;i' a Play fo mo- 
 dern as ihiS;, . iic written by a*; 
 Author fo well ki.own > \ thr ds a- 
 matic V.'ay a*". Mr, /?' '/or, ft^iould 
 have ef-.m-'td the Noo ; of all the 
 Writeri- an'i be even omitted in 
 ■iut Catalogues.. — So however it 
 has happened.— Yet it was afted 
 at Drvty Lrfflf Theatre with fomc, 
 tho' not very extraordtnaiy Suc- 
 cefs ; wh) li the Author takes 
 particular Notice of in his Pre- 
 face to his Piece. — It was moro- 
 '. ver ftrongly fnpported in the 
 -v'ling, especially in the Female 
 JParts, Medea being performed, 
 if I miftake nox^ by P.Irs. Porter, 
 and Creuj'a by the gieat Mrs. Oid- 
 JkM. 
 
 Medea. Trag, by Richard 
 Clovtry 4to. 1761. — This Play 
 was not written with an Inten- 
 tion for Stage Reprefentat'on, be- 
 i.ig prof'^fTedly formed after the 
 Model of :!.- Ancients, each A£l 
 terminatiiig wiih a Choru. .•— — 
 The Author has indeed (hewn a 
 great Deal of Erudition and a per- 
 ici\ Acquaintance with the An- 
 cient Claflics \ ibme Ps-'s of hit 
 Language are poetical hef^a- 
 
 M E 
 
 timental PaiTages forcible, ani 
 the Ordo Verhorum, tho' fome» 
 what ftift", yet not pedantic or 
 turgid. — Yet withal, there is a. 
 languid Coldnefs th?t runs thro* 
 The Piece, and robs itcf theg c:t 
 Edence of Tragedy, patncdc 
 Power. — The whole is licclamii. 
 tory, and the Author icems :o 
 have kept the Mdea of Setccs- 
 very conftaritly I iFore b '^ Eyes ^ 
 and it :auft be ajpatent to pvnvy 
 one of buf ordinu;/ Judgnient, 
 xhat long I^ xlamationj, pompous 
 I.ivocation^ of Ghofts and Pow- 
 ers of Witchcraft , and Chorufles 
 coirspofed in ths uncouth M-afure 
 of iambic, Dythiiamf-x, &c. are 
 by no Means adapted ^o the Fj- 
 fliion of the F.nglip Stage. ~-If i: 
 fhould be urged, that thcfe Kind 
 of Pieces are not written for the 
 Theatre, but for the Clofet, I 
 cannot think even that Excufe 
 obviates the Objc£Hon, or clears 
 an Author who writ's in this 
 Manner, from the Charge of Af- 
 fedlatton or Singularity, any more 
 tnan it would avail a Man who 
 fhould drefs himfelf in the Short 
 Cloke, Trunk Hole, eff. of King 
 Juuti Ts Times, and tho"* he 
 paid and received Vifits in this 
 Habit, Hiould plead by Way of 
 Apology that he did not chuie to 
 dance in it at an AfTembly, or go 
 tr Court on a Birth- Day.—- And 
 indeed, I can perceive no jufttr 
 Reafon for our cloathing our 
 Language, than for the decora- 
 ting our Perfons after the Fafliions 
 made Ufe of two thoufand Years 
 ago.— -Tafte is periodical and 
 changealle, and tho' it may not 
 always be abfolutely right, it is 
 very feldom totally wro .; ; and 
 contequently a Compl' < vvith 
 
 will 
 
 ..u an 
 
 Jias n9t 
 
 it, in a moderate Pe 
 ever be lefs blameab'' 
 Cppolitioo to it, v; >;• 
 
 fojno 
 
M E 
 
 Tome very peculiar Advantages of 
 Convenience or Pleafurc to urge 
 in ils Excefs. 
 
 The Methodist. Com. of 
 two Afts, Anonym. 8vo. 1761. 
 —This Piece was never aded, 
 'lor intended lb to be, and is no 
 niotf.. than a moft imp'dcnt 
 C .' t-ch-pcnny Job of fome liock- 
 n"' i. r's Hireling, whom the great 
 ' :. -^efs of Mr. Footers Minor had 
 intiucej to write this Sequel to 
 it, which is contrived in fuch a 
 Manner from the Arrangement 
 of 'he Title Page, as to appear to 
 the unwary Purcljafer the Pro- 
 duft of the fame Author. — But 
 there is fomewhat worfe in this 
 Piece than even the Impofition 
 on the Public, which is the grofs 
 R«f}e£lion thrown on the private 
 Chara6>er of the Chief 0/ the 
 Methodifts, contrary to the In- 
 tention of the Author of the 
 Minor. — For altho* that Gentle- 
 man has made a very juft and in- 
 genious Attack on Enthuiiafm 
 itfelf, and expofed the Sanftion 
 which the Promoters of Vice 
 and Venders of Lcwdnefs lay 
 claim to under the M<i(k of Re- 
 ligion, and the Protciflion of fomc 
 mi^aken and pernicious Tenets, 
 yet he has not endeavoured to cait 
 lb fevcre a Cenfjre on Men of 
 any holj Profeffion, however mif- 
 Icad by blind Zeal or enf!)ufiii?}ir 
 Madnafn to ii, 'aictc and propa 
 g ito tUufe Tenets, as to hint at 
 th,j!r being thcmfelves cither the 
 Abettors or Encouragtrs of ihofc 
 Pcils of Society, who icrrcn them- 
 felvcs under tlicir DoiSirinCj or 
 nny pretend to enlil> thcmfclvts 
 under their BH.;.icr. Vn'o i^\r 
 prelont Writers H Jone, vvhi-, 
 by a Coalinu; .. », of the Cha- 
 ra£>err. and '' t of the i' /.;,/•, 
 h:is made Dr. iiqui turn und Mis. 
 Cbli', tluv is to i.iy, an old Bawd 
 jnd Mciliodilt Preiehcr, Co- 
 
 M I 
 
 adiutors and joint Inftruments in 
 carrying on the Purpofes of De» 
 bauchery, and bringing to Per- 
 feition all the infamous "tranfac* 
 tions of a common Brothel. — A 
 Charge, which if juft, would not 
 only caft an Approbium on a whole 
 Se«5l of Teachers, which it is to 
 be hoped not one among them 
 could pollibly defeive, butalfo be 
 a fevere Reficftion on the Legif- 
 laturc ilfclf, for not having en» 
 tered into a ilriiter Inquifition on 
 a Neft of Vipers, which lying 
 clofely conceal'd under the Sha- 
 dow of Religion, are empoifoning 
 and deftroying the very Fountairx 
 of Piety and Virtue. 
 
 Minerva's Triumph. Vid, 
 Don Sancho. 
 
 The Misanthrope. Cora, 
 — This is only a Tranflation from 
 MoUere.'—Vi^, Man hater. 
 
 The Mistakes, or thehappy 
 Refentment. Com. by the late 
 Lord * * *, 8vo. 1758. —The 
 Author of this Piece was the 
 learned, ingeniovis and witty Lord 
 Cornbury, — It was however never 
 a£led, it being a very juvenile 
 Performance, and unequal to that 
 very deferved Reputation his Lord- 
 fliip's Abilities afterwards ac- 
 quir'd. — He mat'e a Prefent of it 
 to that great Ailrefs lAx^.Porter^' to 
 make what Emolument flic could 
 of it, and that Lady, after his 
 Death, publiflied it by Subfcrip- 
 ■'un, at five Shillings each Book, 
 on which Occafion the Remem- 
 brance of Mrs. Porter % former 
 Merits with the Public in her 
 Piofefliop, and the Refpcft due 
 .0 the Worth of the ;* achor, !:■- 
 • luctd ilic Nobility to exert them ■ 
 < -Ivcs ib largely, fomc fubfcribing 
 io, twenty, others for forty, and 
 fome even ft rfccr" or an hun- 
 dred Bcok?, that the whole Nun- 
 ber of Copies fulfcribed for a- 
 rnounted to three Thourand.— 
 
 The 
 
 1;! i! 
 
 ^1 
 
 J 
 
:i I 
 
 4 
 
 M U 
 
 The general Tenor of the Piece 
 is to form a Kind of Vindication 
 of the Fair Sex, by drawing in 
 his Lord and Lady Tboughtlefs a 
 Contra ft and Counterpart to the 
 Charafter of Cihbers Lady Tow«- 
 iyt in the Comedy of the Pro- 
 voked HuJBand. — I cannot pay 
 any great Compliment to his 
 Lordfhip's Genius from the Exe- 
 cution of this Defign, yet there 
 breathcsthro' the whole fuch Sen- 
 timents of Honour and Virtue, 
 as reileft the brighteft Luftrc on 
 a much valuable Quality, viz. 
 bii Intrinfie Goodntfi of Heart, 
 
 The Musis in Mourning. 
 Opera, hy A. Hill, 8vo. 1760.— 
 This'little Piece was never afted, 
 but is printed in Mr. H/Z/'s poft- 
 humous Works.— It is like the 
 Snake in the Graft of the fame 
 i^uthor, a Burlefque on the pre- 
 vailing Tafte for Operas and Pa.n- 
 tomimes, under the Idea of a La- 
 mentation made by the Tragic 
 and Comic Mufe, for the appa- 
 rent Negleft fliewn tc them by 
 the Public. 
 
 The Musical Lady. Farce, 
 
 Anonym, gvo. 1762. This 
 
 Piece, tho' printed without any 
 Author's Name, was well known 
 to be written by Geo. Coleman, 
 Efqj the Author of the Jealous 
 Wljfe and Polly Honeycombe, both 
 which we have taken Notice of 
 
 in their proper Places, In the 
 
 laft of the two Pieces we have 
 Juft mentioned, Mr. Cchnan had 
 endeavour'd to expofe one Foible, 
 to which the Britljh Fair Ones of 
 this Age have been too apt to 
 give Way, miz. a Paflion for the 
 Rcadingof Novels and Romances. 
 "—In the Piece before us, he had 
 again attacked the fame lovely 
 Triflcrs in another Fo)ly not lefs 
 ridiculous, and full as pernicious 
 as the former, and tf^ l is the 
 Affectation of a Pallit.. for Mu- 
 
 M U 
 
 fic, and a Tafte in Compo/ition, 
 without either feeling the one or 
 poflefling the other, and thereby 
 becoming Dupes to Faftiionablc 
 Abfurdity, and an eafy Prey to 
 the intcrefted Views of a Set of 
 Foreign Fidlers and Italian Im- 
 poftors, to the Ncgleft of real 
 and fuperior Merit, becaufe Bri- 
 tijh, or at the beft imagining 
 thofe Qualifications the only Ti- 
 tle to Encouragement, which ne- 
 ver thrive perfeftly but in a Laod 
 of Luxury and Effeminacy, and 
 ought by no Means to be fet in 
 Compofition with thofe manly 
 Virtues and generous Qualities, 
 which are thediftinguiAiisgCha- 
 rafterift?*"'. of our rnore hardy 
 Countryman.— -In thi» Attempt 
 the Author has fucceeded better 
 than in his former, his Sophia is 
 a more finiflied Character than 
 his Polly Honeycombe, and the Ufe 
 made of her darling Folly by Mr. 
 Majk, much more judicious and 
 conducive to her Reformation 
 than the baffled Defign of Mr. 
 Scribble. — The Charafters are all 
 finely drawn ; nor are thofe of 
 Old Mafi. and even the Laundrefz 
 lefs delicately finifhed, than the 
 more important ones of Young 
 Mafli and Sophy. — The Language 
 is lively and fcnfible, ai»l the 
 Plot, tho' fimple, fufficientiy dra- 
 matic. In a Word, I cannot 
 
 avoid giving it as my Opinion 
 that, notwithftandingthe Succefs 
 of the Jealous fVife, the Mufcal 
 Lady ftill ftards foremoft in Point 
 of Merit anaong all Mr. Caiman's 
 Writings, — Yet, tho' that Me- 
 rit mj^;lit fully entitle it to the 
 Approbation if met with, it would 
 fcarccly be juft to omit taking 
 Notice , thai its Succefs was 
 greatly contributed to by the ad- 
 mirable Performanre of perhaps 
 the moft promifing yoimg A''>refs 
 thai has appeared on tl 1' rze, 
 
O E 
 
 for upwards of twenty Years paft, 
 viz. Mifs Pobt:, who fupportcd 
 the Charafter of Sophia, with a 
 bjjrlghtlinefs temper'd with Judg- 
 ment, and an Elegance heighten- 
 ed by Eafe, that might have done 
 Honour to a Performer of three 
 Times the Experience in Life, 
 that her Years can have afforded 
 her an Opportunity of acquiring. 
 —The Prologue was written by 
 Mr. Gat-rick, and fpoken by Mr. 
 Kingy and tlie Scene lies partly 
 at Ma/h\ Chamber in the ^em- 
 pl&t and aftetwards at Sophias 
 Houfe. 
 
 N. . . 
 
 NECROMANCER. Vt''. 
 Harle^^uin Dr. Fau- 
 
 STUS. 
 
 New Way to cbt a Hus- 
 band. Vtd. Stroller's 
 Packet broke open. 
 
 New Way to get a Wife. 
 Vid. Stroller's Packet 
 
 BROKE OFEN. 
 
 o. 
 
 OEdipusColonevs. Tra^'. 
 \iy Geo, Adattti, 8vo. 1729. 
 This is only a very flat Tranfla- 
 tion from Sophocles, with Notes, 
 but not intended for the Stage. 
 OEdipus Tyrannus. Trag, 
 by Geo. yidams, 8vo. 1729.—— 
 This ^ another of the Tranfla- 
 tions ffom Sophocles, by the Au- 
 thor of the lil-Tu ntioncd Piece. 
 vv-They are publiihed with others 
 of the faOJe Kind, '• two v«li 
 3vo, 
 
 O N 
 
 Old Fortunatus. Com, 
 by Tho, Decker, 4to. 1600. 
 This Play is printed in the old 
 black Letter, and is the fame 
 with that mentioned in the Body 
 of this Work, under the Title of 
 Fortunatus. — The Plan of it 
 is founded on the old Story of 
 Fortunatus, and hij inexhauilible 
 Purfe and wifhing Hat. — But the 
 Author has made Aich admirable 
 Ufe of the various Circumftances 
 of the Story, and taken the Ad- 
 vantage of throwing in fuch Sen- 
 timents and Strokes of Morality, 
 that notwithftanding the Wild- 
 nefs and Improbability of every 
 Part of the Plot, I know not on 
 the whole among the Plays of 
 that Time many that have a jufter 
 CL*m to Approbation than this 
 Piece. — The Scene lies partly at 
 Fama Gojia, in the Ifland of Cy- 
 prus, and partly in the Court of 
 England, during the Reign of 
 Athelihn, 
 
 Once a Lover and al« 
 ways a Ik>v£R. Com. by Lord 
 Lanfdoivne.'—— 'This is no more 
 than an Alteration of the She 
 Gallants, which h J been written 
 when his Lordfhip was very young, 
 but which at a niaturer Time of 
 Life he revifed, anJ improves by 
 the Addition and Amendment of 
 feveral Scenes, which he parti- 
 cularly fpecifies in an Advertife- 
 mem. prefixed to it. — It ;j> to be 
 found in the third Volume of an 
 Edition of Lord I jnfdev;ne*s 
 Works, in i2mo. 1736. — But 
 what is fomewhat extraordinary, 
 none of the Writers take any 
 Notice of it under this Title, 
 nOi: does it appear, altho' the She 
 Gal/arts, with all it's Imperfec- 
 tions on it's Head, was a£led with 
 grcai Approbation, that this im« 
 provec* Comedy was ever brought 
 on tu( itage ; oay, it is reafon- 
 
 able 
 
 \h 
 
 I 
 
r: . 'i:-! 
 
 
 
 ,r i:' 
 
 O R 
 
 able to conjcfturc the contrary., 
 as there are no Performer's Names 
 annexed to the Dramatis Per- 
 fono'. 
 
 The Orators, Cdtn. of 
 three Afts, by S, Foote, ivo, 
 176Z.— ^This is the laft Piece this 
 Author lias produced, anc! tret 
 with very good Succef^ -ii ,v 
 performed at the liulc. Tneatij in 
 the Haymarket in the Middle of 
 the Day, during fonie Part of the 
 
 Summer of 1762. The Bills 
 
 published for it were under the 
 Idea of LtEiuret on Evglijh Ora- 
 tory, and indeed Part of the firft 
 Aft is taken up in sn Ironical 
 Kind of Lefture on that Subject. 
 —The tv'o laft, however, arc an 
 Illuftratio 1 of fome of the Prin- 
 ciples laiii down ih the faid Lec- 
 ture, by Examples with Regard 
 to ihc ievcral Methods of arguing 
 and declaiming, peculiar to the 
 Oratory of the Bar, and that of 
 fame public AfT' nblies, the for- 
 iner is an imaginary Trial of that 
 ideal Being, the Ghoft o( Cock- 
 Lane, and the ether in a fuppofed 
 Meeting of Mechanics andT La- 
 bouring Men at the noted Robin- 
 hood 6'ociety.— -In the Purfuance of 
 ♦his Plan, in Order to point out 
 the Abfurditics which are fre- 
 quently run ihto both in the 
 Matter and Manner of Argu- 
 mentation, Mr. Foste has throwii 
 into his Defign a great Tariery cf 
 Gharafters, fome of which hav6 
 been fuppofed to be drawn from 
 real Life, particfularly one of an 
 eminent Bookfeller of a neigh- 
 bouring Kingdom, who, with all 
 the Diladvantages of Age, Per- 
 fon, and Addrefs, and even the 
 Deficiency of a Leg, is perpetu- 
 ally giving himfelf the Airs of the 
 greateft Importance, contiiiually 
 r^neating Stories of his own Wit, 
 ■ .A not contented with being a 
 tqoft tirefomc E^otift in other Re- 
 
 o s 
 
 fpefts, is even continually talking 
 of his Amours, and boalling of 
 being a Favorite with the Fair 
 Sex. — Such a Charafter is furcly 
 a genuine Objeft of Ridicule ; 
 the Stage fccms to demand it as 
 a Sacrifice at the Shrine of Com- 
 mm Senfe ; nor can I think the 
 Dramatic Writer juftly chargea- 
 ble with Perfonality, who, feeing 
 fo extraordinary a Flower growing 
 in Nature's Garden, does not ex^ 
 elude it from the Nofegay he ;s 
 gathering, becaufe it grew in a 
 partic».?lp»- ^"i% and that its gla- 
 rli g C.jiOUis had happened to 
 have been ohfcrvcd by hundreds 
 befides himfelf. 
 
 Orestes. Opera, hy Lewis 
 
 Theobald, 8vo. 1 7 3 1 .• Th is 
 
 Piece, tho' in the Title ftiled an 
 Opera, Is in Reality a regular 
 Tragedyof five A£ls,with nothing 
 to give it a Right to the former 
 Tiile but fome few Pieces of Mu- 
 fic introduced in various Parts of 
 it. — — The Scene lies in Scythia 
 Taurua, and the Story ot the 
 Plot is that of the Expedition-ci" 
 Orcftei and Pylades to that Coun- 
 try, in order to bear away the 
 Statue of Diana, which had been 
 fent down thither from Heaven j 
 which Exploit they at length at- 
 thieved by the Afliftance cf Ipki- 
 gtria^ the Sifter of Orejles, at 
 that Time, tho' unknown to 
 them, aPrieftefs of that Goddcfs 
 in her Temple at Tauris, where 
 the fought-for Statue was depo- 
 fited. 
 
 OsrwAN. T-ag. by Francis 
 Qentleman.—-T.h.i.^ Piece hfts never 
 yet app'^ared in Print, altho' 3- 
 bou the Year 1751. Propofals 
 v.'i publiflied both for the pfint- 
 . \i and £ling it by Subfcription, 
 efch Suofcriber for a TItket at 
 the Performance of it at the little 
 Theatre in the Haytfiarkct being, 
 by the Propofal, entitled to a Co- 
 
P E 
 
 fy of the Play in large or fmall 
 Papcf; according to the Part of 
 the Houfe for which he chofc to 
 take the Ticket. — This Deflgn, 
 however, was laid afide^ tnoft 
 probably for Want of fufficient 
 Encouragement to the Subfcrip- 
 tion.— Yet the Play did not want 
 .\/crit, and being afterwards 
 brought on the Stage at Both, met 
 with Approbation. 
 
 P. 
 
 PiAMZLA. Com. by Carlo 
 GolJoni, 8vo. 175 . — ^This 
 Piece is founded entirely on the 
 celebrated Novel of that Title, 
 written by Mr. 5. Ricbardfort.—- 
 The Original is in Italian ^ and a 
 Tranflation in Etiglijh is printed 
 with it Page for Page. The 
 Language of the former however 
 Is mere Dialogue, entirely undra- 
 matical, and little more than a 
 Recapitulation of Scenes infinite- 
 ly bette i;latcd in the Novel it- 
 felf i anu is for the Tranflation, 
 it is flill more flat and infipid 
 than the original. They are 
 printed with the Father of a Fa- 
 mily above mentioned 
 
 Persevs and Andkome- 
 DA. Anonym, ^to. 1730. ■ ■ ■■ 
 This is nothing more than the 
 Vocal Part of the celebrated Pan- 
 tomime of that Title, reprcfeftted 
 firft at the Theatre Royal in lUn- 
 coin's- Jnn-Fieldst and fmce fre- 
 fluently repeated at Covent Gar- 
 rfw.— By whom the Words were 
 compofed, I know not, t>ut it is 
 printed in a pompous Manner, 
 and is faid in the Title Page to 
 be adorned with Copper Plates, 
 which however means no more 
 thanacoarfeFfontifpxece, repre- 
 
 R E 
 
 renting the D ;th of Medvfa, and 
 as rude a Pri fronting the Be- 
 ginning of the Piece, intended to 
 ferve by Way of reminding the 
 Reader of the Deliverance of ^. 
 dromeda, not unlike certain Freueb 
 Books, in the Titles of which 
 we frequently find pompoufly cx- 
 preffed the Orne'e dts Figures en 
 Tallies doueeSf the Reader's Ex- 
 pectations from which perhaps 
 are gratified with three or four 
 Pewter Cuts, fo vilely executed, 
 as not to fumifli the Idea of any 
 one Thing really exifting either 
 in Heaven or Earth. 
 
 PHir,ocTETES. Trag. by 
 Geo, Adamtf 8vo, 1729. — ^Thig 
 is only a Tranflation from Sopho- 
 cles, with Notes, publiflied with 
 his other Tianflations above- 
 mentioned. 
 
 PtANETOMACHIA, Or the 
 
 jirfl Fart tf the General Oppofition 
 of the fevcn Planets. Com . by 2? . 
 Greeny 1585.— -This Piece is no 
 where mentioned but in Weed's 
 Fa ft Oxofif Vol. I. 762. 
 
 The Powder PtoT, Anon. 
 8vo. 1732,— The whole Title of 
 this little theatric Performance is 
 ^Dramatic Piece, by the Charter- 
 Houfe ScbotarSf in Memory of tbi 
 Vovrder-Ploty— .performed at 'the 
 Charter-Houfc, Nov. 6, 173a.— 
 It is nothing more than a little 
 Interlude written in Rhime, in 
 which the Interlocutors are, the 
 Pope^ the Devil, and two Jefuitt, 
 —The Scene Rome, 
 
 The Powerful Favorite, 
 or the Life of Sejanus. Hift. 
 l628.-^.lThis Play I find no 
 where mentioned but in Tf^ood's 
 Atben, Oxon, Vol. I. 536. who 
 attributes it, but with a Quaere 
 indeed annexed, to Philip Maf. 
 
 PaETTY PuitCMASE. Vid. 
 
 Love thx iriviinn. 
 Ee QvixoTi 
 
 Mi 
 
 1 1 
 
 \ ^1 
 
rvif 
 
 R I 
 
 QUiXOTK IN PlTTICOATS. 
 f^it^. Akgklica, Sec Ad- 
 denda. 
 
 R. 
 
 REBELLION DEFEATED, 
 or the F^j/Ze/" Desmond. 
 Trag. }ay John Cuttfy 4to, 1745. 
 —This Tragedy was never adled, 
 yet is not abfolutely devoid of 
 Merit.— The Scene of it lies in 
 Irelandy and ihe Plan is founded 
 on the Irijh Rebellion in 1582, 
 headed by Cyrald Fitx Gjraldf 
 Ear) n{ Defmofjd, 
 
 The Rival Father, or ibe 
 Death of j^cbilles. Trag. by /^w. 
 Uatchttty 8vo. 1730. — This Play 
 wr.s afted at the new Theatre in 
 the Haywarkft. — It is founded on 
 the well-known Story in the 
 Greek Annals of the Death of 
 that great Hero, by a Wound in 
 the Heel (the or ly Part in which 
 he was vulnerable) by an Arrow 
 fliot from the Bow of Parit, as 
 he was kneeling at the Altar, to 
 dedicate his Vows to Polyxena^ 
 the Daughter of Friamy (who is 
 here however made to be in Love 
 with, and ardently beloved by, 
 his Son Pyrrl'uj) as the Guaran- 
 tie of a Peace between the Greeks 
 and Trojans. — The Conduft of 
 the Pi^ce in general is borrowed 
 from the Mart D'Achille of A/. 
 Ccrneille, and the Author con- 
 fe/Tcs his having taken fome Hints 
 from the Andromache of Raciney 
 and endeavour'd to imitate the 
 Simplicity of Stile which Phillips 
 has preferv'd in his DiJln^s^d Mo- 
 r^^r.—^He has howeV^r falle& 
 
 R O 
 
 greatly /hort of all his Origii.al;, 
 and render'd his Piece tcQ ! fa y 
 and detlamatoiy from a War.; v{ 
 Incident, and a Super Abundant c 
 of long unintctruptcd Sptcchcs, 
 which muft ever tire an Audi • 
 ence, and abate that Power whith 
 afFefting Circun fiances would o- 
 therwife have over their Minds, 
 — Yet on the whole there is fome 
 Merit in it, and it will not be 
 faying too much to cbnfefs thit 
 there have been nnany Pirccsfinre 
 It's Appearance, which have net 
 been fo defervirg of Approbation, 
 that hace tret with good Succefs. 
 — The Scene lies in the Grecian 
 Camp before Troy 
 
 The Rival Father. Farce, 
 8vo. 1754. — This Piece was ne- 
 ver aded, nor defcrved to be fo ; 
 it was however printdl in Dublin, 
 and tho' puLliAtd Anonym, hais 
 been acknowledged by ore Mr. 
 Prcjloriy an itinerant A£tor, as 
 his Offspring. 
 
 Rival Queens. Vid. Con- 
 tretemps. 
 
 Roger and Joan, or tie 
 Ccuntry Weddir.g, A Comic Maflc, 
 Anonym. 4to. 1739. — This very 
 little Piece is faid in the Title 
 Page to have been ailed at the 
 Theatre Royal in Covent Garden^ 
 but by the Length of it, which 
 does not exceed about ^ight Pages 
 in Quarto primtd very loofely, it 
 appears fcarceiy fufficient for the 
 Entertainment of a whole Even- 
 ing, and therefore I imagine it 
 mufl rather have been a Sort of 
 Interlude between the A£h made 
 Ufe to'introduce a Ballet, or elfe 
 have filled up the Space of Time 
 after the Play, while the Perfor- 
 mers wert drefTmg and otherwile 
 preparing for the Reprefentation 
 of the Farce.— The Scene lies in 
 a Country Village, and the Muflc 
 was compofed by Mr. Latnpe, 
 
 Roman 
 
. \ 
 
 ill his Oriplisais , 
 Picre tcQ ! <"a y 
 from a Wav; v\ 
 luper Aliundame 
 ruptcd Sptcches, 
 •Y tire an Audi • 
 hat Power which 
 fiances would o- 
 ;er their Minds, 
 lole there is fomc 
 i it will not be 
 1 to cbnfefs ihi^t 
 many Pieces finre 
 which have nc t 
 g of Approbation, 
 ilh good Succcfs, 
 ■s in the G red en 
 
 Father. Farce, 
 his Piece was nc- 
 lefcrved to be fo j 
 printed in Dubtin, 
 ltd Anonym, has 
 Igfd by ore Mr. 
 [icrant Aftor, as 
 
 ENS. Vid. Con- 
 
 fufficient for the 
 of a whole Even- 
 fore \ imagine it 
 ive been a Sort of 
 cen the A£h made 
 ce a Ballet, or elfe 
 the Space of Time 
 
 while the Perfor- 
 ifllng and otherwile 
 the Reprefentation 
 -The Scene lies in 
 lage, andthcMufic 
 
 by Mr. Lampe, 
 
 S A 
 
 Roman Matron. Vid. Co 
 
 » 1)1 ANUr, 
 
 RuVAL SntPHE:inESS. Tr.- 
 
 Ci^m. by Who, Shadzvcll, 4'o. 
 1669,— This Play is not Shad- 
 «wv//'8 own, Icing, as he himfilf 
 II' knowledfcs in his Epiftlc to the 
 Reader, laktrn from a Comedy 
 wi«.tcn by M. Fontalncy called 
 t!\o Rewards of Virtue. — It met 
 however with confidcrable Ap- 
 pbufc— T?lic Scene lies in Ar- 
 
 Royalty in Disguise. 
 ftd. Sesostrts. 
 
 s. 
 
 lAiNT Pathjck for Ire- 
 land. Hiftorical Play, by 
 'iitnct Shirley', 4to. 1640. — Thit 
 iMay is mentioned as Shirley\ by 
 nil the Wiiters, and they all 
 fpeak of It as a Firft Part, which 
 it is alfo called in the Title Page, 
 and the Promifc cf a fecond Part 
 |iven in the Prologue. — Yet none 
 of them pretend to know whether 
 fuch fecond Part was ever exe- 
 cuted or not, excepting Gildon, 
 who pofitively afTerts that fuch 
 fecond Part wjs defigned by the 
 Author for the Prefs, but never 
 publifl»ed.~For the Plot of the 
 Play, See Bede\ Life of St. Pa- 
 trick, and others of the Komi/h 
 Legends.— The Play is now in 
 Print, and common to be met 
 with in Ireland, it having b^en 
 republifted there, as were alfo 
 Ulint Mr. Conjlable, the Loveftck 
 Ki'ig, the fVidotv, and fome other 
 old Plays, five or fix Years ago, 
 by Mr. C/.eiwooif. 
 
 The Saloi'i AN Sq_uire, or 
 /!'« Joyous Miller. A Dramatic 
 Talc, by E, Dozver, 8vo. 1739. 
 — 'I'he Author of this Piece has 
 
 s c 
 
 annf.'Xvd to it the Reafons for It's 
 not making it's Appeanince on 
 the Stajjo, which, with the tiuc 
 Vimlence of a difappoinred Poet, 
 he altributes to Party, Bigoltry, 
 and Malevolence in the Mannger 
 who rcfufed it. — In Vindication 
 however of tlie Gentleman foac- 
 cufed, it will be needful only to 
 perufe the i'iece itfelf, to find 
 much more fubftantuil Reafons 
 for thit Rejc£llon than thofe 
 whicl) it's Author has affign'd. 
 
 The School for Lovers. 
 Com. hy JVillam'H^hitchesdy 8vo. 
 1762. — This is the laft dramatic 
 Work of our pr^fent Laurtrat, and 
 his fiift Attempt in the Walks of 
 Comedy. — In an Advertifement 
 prefixed to it, he acknowledges it 
 to have received it's firft Foun- 
 dation in a dramatic Piece writ- 
 ten, but not intended for the 
 Stage, by M. de Fcntenelle, to 
 whofe Memory he dedicates this 
 Piece, fubfcribing himfelf a Lo- 
 ver of Simplicity, — What Species 
 of Drama however it ought to be 
 clafiTed in, is fomewhat difficult 
 to determine, fmce, tho' it is 
 ftiled a Comedy, the vifible Fa- 
 culties have much lefs Opportu- 
 nity of Exertion than the tender 
 Feelings of the Heart, and the 
 Cataftrophe, tho' happy in the 
 main, and fuitable to poetical 
 Juftice, is not compleatly fo, 
 fince two amiable Characters are 
 left, the one entirely unprovided 
 for, and the other in a Situation 
 far from agreeable, vix, that of 
 only being Witnefs to a Degree 
 cf Happinefs in the Pofleflion, 
 wh ch, with Refpcd to herfelf, 
 flie muft imagine oiit of Reach, 
 or at leaft deferred for a ccnfi- 
 derable Period of Time.— Tho''e 
 who are acquainted with the Play 
 will readily conceive that the 
 Charafters I mean are BcUmour 
 
 ! W 
 
 
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 I 
 
 li' 
 
 i 
 
 1 I <i 1 
 
 I . V I 
 
 
 and Arixir.inta 
 £ e 2 
 
 and as to Mcdely, 
 tho' 
 
f>> I 
 
 PI 
 
 ?• •, n 
 
 
 li'- 
 
 S E 
 
 tho' he hds, thro* the Courfe of 
 the Piece, app:ar'd to have Foi- 
 bles, yet, as they have not arifen 
 from any Madnefs of Heart, and 
 that the open Sincerity of his 
 Repentance is too apparent to 
 every Avditor, not to render him 
 defervir.g of a Reftoration to his 
 Eftcem, the Author might per- 
 haps have wav'd fome little of 
 his PuniflimcRt, and reftor'd his 
 Aramirtta aifo to his Arms. 
 "What the Author however feems 
 to have principally aimed at, vix. 
 Delicacy, Sentiment, and the 
 Confcquence of Inftrudlion in the 
 Condudl of a generous and wcll- 
 plac'd Paflion, he has undoubt- 
 edly mod eminently fuccceeded 
 in. — His Celia and Sir John Do- 
 rilaaff and more efpecially the 
 latter, are Charaders moft per- 
 feftly amiable and worthy of 
 Imitation, and to remove at once 
 the great Cavila of the Critics, 
 who feecn'd with Refpe£t to this 
 Piece to be at a Lofs where to fix 
 u Cenfiue, if a dramatic Piece 
 has thofe cQTential good Qualitiec 
 of affording at once a Senlibility 
 to the Heart, a Leflbn to the ITn- 
 d;rllanding, and an agreeable A- 
 niufement to the Senfes, of what 
 Imporrancc as it be look back to 
 what Title the Author has 
 thought proper to give it. 
 
 Semtl*. Opera, by fFil/hm 
 Congrevtf 4I0. — This Piece was 
 not performed at the Time when 
 it was written, nor indeed during 
 »hc Life of it's Author j but has 
 been Cnce fet to Mufic by the 
 great Mr. Handc'^ and frequently 
 rcprefented at the Theatre Royal 
 in Covent Garden with upivcrtal 
 Applaufe. 
 
 SzsosT R 1 i, or Royalty in Dif- 
 guije. Trag. by Jokn Sturiryt 
 gvo. »7l8. — This I'lay was adcd 
 with fcwne Succefs at the Theatre 
 Royal in Lmil»s-Inn-Fif'Jt, and 
 
 S E 
 
 tho' it is not in itfclf a Piece of 
 any great Merit in Rcfped to 
 Language or poetical Execution, 
 yet< it feeras to have furnilhed 
 Hints to fome of our later Tragic 
 Writers, who, having had great- 
 er Abilities, have made a more 
 marterly Ufe of the very fame 
 Incidents that compofe the Plot 
 of this Tragedy. — In fliort, Meropi 
 and Bsrbarofa feem both greatly 
 
 indebted to this Piece. The 
 
 Scene is laid in Egypt, where 
 Omar having depofed and mur- 
 dered the foimer King Pbaruacest 
 and ufurped the Throne from his 
 Widow Nitocris, is ftill unfatif- 
 fied till he can clofe the Scene of 
 Blood by the Death of her Son 
 SefoJIrhf who, thro' the Care of 
 Fbareiy an old Servant of the 
 King's, had been preferved from 
 the General Slaughter of the 
 Royal Race, and bred up at a 
 Diftance from the Court.— —5e- 
 fojiris returning to Egypt, in or- 
 der to aflert his Rignts, meets 
 with Omar^s Son, who, having 
 attacked him, falls a ViAim to 
 his Valour, and the Conqueror 
 making himfelf Mafter of a Ring, 
 Letter and other Credentials be- 
 longing to the Son of Omar, pro- 
 ceeds on his Expedition, and by 
 the Advice of Phare: pafles on 0- 
 mar for his own Son (whom he 
 had not feen from Infancy) and 
 the Slayer of SeJof.rii,—-'\\\\^ Im- 
 pofition however being at length 
 difcovercd, the Tyrant's Rage 
 dooms him an immediate Sacri- 
 fice at the Temple of Ijn ; but 
 as the fatal Atl is juil on the 
 Verge of being executed, Stjof- 
 tris, full of a I'upcrnatural Ardui , 
 fcizts on the Knife of Saciifiv;i-, 
 :md pliinfing it iu the l'\rji;rs 
 Heart, at once frees the Nation 
 from Oppolition, and rctlo^fv. 
 himfelf to the Throne, hi^ Riglir 
 by Birth. 
 
 How 
 
E 
 
 itfelf a Piece of 
 : in Rcrpe£); to 
 tical Execution, 
 have furnilhed 
 our later Tragic 
 aving had great- 
 e made a more 
 the very fame 
 )mpofe the Plot 
 -In fliort, Meropi; 
 em both greatly 
 
 Piece. The 
 
 Egypt) where 
 pofed and mur* 
 King PbarvMceSf 
 Throne from his 
 I is ftill unfatif- 
 lofe the Scene of 
 eath of her Son 
 iro' the Care of 
 Servant of the 
 n preferved from 
 aughter of the 
 id bred up at a 
 ic Courtt— »-5f- 
 to Egypt, in or- 
 s Rights, meets 
 n, who, htving 
 Palls n Viaim to 
 d the Conqueror 
 Mafter of a Ring, 
 r Credentials be- 
 on of Orrar, pro- 
 pedition, and by 
 bares pafTes on 0- 
 i Son (whom he 
 im Infancy) and 
 "o/?m,— Tliislm- 
 r being at length 
 Tyrant's Ruge 
 immrdiate Sacri- 
 nple of I/is ; but 
 it is ju(t on the 
 executed, Sej'of. 
 pcrnalural Ardor, 
 nife of SaciiHt^c, 
 in the r>rji;l ;; 
 frees the Nawon 
 1, and rc(loi[f«ta 
 hrone, hi:> Right 
 
 S £ 
 
 How nea. fhcfe Incidents to 
 
 the i^^Jays 1 have n-.ention'd ! 
 
 Stfofrii's Intiodudlion to Oi/:ar as 
 the Munkrcr of himfelf, a;iH the 
 Love which Fliires^s Daughter 
 has Tor him, bear the ftrongcft 
 Pvcfemhlance to SeHm's Difgnife 
 and Jrcne'i raflion, in Bari/aroJ/a, 
 at the fame Time, that the Con- 
 firmaiion to Nitocri; of her Son's 
 Dtath, by Means of tl)e Sword 
 a. id Jewels, and S<foJ}rn\ heroic 
 Acllon at the Altar, are fcarccly 
 at nil difterenr from the Dlftrcfs 
 of Mercfe, uiA the Death of To. 
 liphov.tcs ly the Hand of luvht.et. 
 —I know not whether this PJay 
 or M. Vdtaires Merope w.is firft 
 written, but I am apt to believe 
 t!ie latter, and if fo, this is only 
 built on the Fou;;daiion of the 
 Inrch Tragedy, and it is to M, 
 dc Voltaire that the nbove-;ncn> 
 tioncd I'hys are indebted fur their 
 Origins, 
 
 The Sfvkral Affairs. 
 
 Com. by ^lo. Meritcn, This 
 
 Piece was never aded, ror ever 
 appcar'd in Pri.'it, but as the Au 
 thor himfelf informs us in the 
 Dedication to another Play of his, 
 called the pyaKdring Lovir, was 
 only refervcd as a Pocket Compi- 
 nion for the Amufemcnt of las 
 piivate Friends. — Tht Stupidity 
 of the Title however aflbrds a 
 moft contemptible Idea of the 
 Piece, .nnci leaves us foaieRcafon 
 to congrafalr.te ourfdvcs on the 
 not having been in the Number 
 of Mr. Mi'/vVcw's Friends. 
 
 Sexes mismatch'p. Vid. 
 Stroller's Packet broke 
 
 OPEN. 
 
 S H >; E P S H F. a R INC. J'lJ, 
 
 Florikel anq Prrdita. 
 
 The Shep herd's Hor. n>AV. 
 Paft.-Tragi-Com. by Jofeph Put- 
 ter, 8vo. 1635. — This Play has 
 only the Initia'i 7. R. in the Ti- 
 tle Pai^e, but Xiikman, whofc 
 
 S T 
 
 Authority in General is a very 
 
 good >ne, has afcribed it to this 
 Gentleman, and all the other 
 Write/ s have followed his Exam* 
 
 pie. The Piece is written in 
 
 Blank Verfe, and Langbaine ftiles 
 it the nobler Sort of Pafloral.— 
 It is alfo recommended by two 
 Copies of Verfes, the one from 
 Ben yonfon, who calls the Author 
 bis dejr Sort (in the Mufes) and 
 lis right karncd Frierd, and the 
 
 other from 77jc. May. The 
 
 Scene lies in Arcadia^ and at the 
 Fnd of the Piece is a paftoral 
 Llegy on the Death of the Lady 
 Venitld Dig:iy, written in the 
 Charader of her Hnlband Sir 
 fCenc/m Dighy, Knt. to whom this 
 Play is dcdtated. 
 
 S H E P H K K » 's Wf. n D I N C . Vid, 
 
 Arcadia. 
 
 Stratacem vroN Stra- 
 
 T A O E M . Vld. S r K O L I. E K \n 
 
 Packet broke o?ff:. 
 
 The Stsoll^r's Packet 
 BROKE optN. i;mo. 1742.— 
 Tiiis Isnjihing more than a fniall 
 CdlLclion of Drolls, calcuLircj 
 lor Baitlolotncio Fair, and otlier 
 Fairs and ('ountry Villages, be- 
 ing certain (\:'.q.(X Scenes borrow- 
 ed from different ComeditF, and 
 put together fo as to form ftort 
 Pieces, eafily reprcfcnlod by four 
 or five Perfons only, in the very 
 fame Mai,\'i?r as thof? pubhflud 
 by Kii 'si:;a; and Cc.v, and men- 
 tioned in the foregoing l\ut of 
 this Work, under the Title of 
 Sjijoyt ufKn ^fort. ■ —The I'iecch 
 contained in this Collert'on a c 
 
 only fiver. Tlniir Titles and 
 
 the Pieces thyarc bonowcJ from 
 rT^ follows, — 
 
 1. The Iiti};n hillCd, or The 
 Panqtict of PFiles. — from — Tht 
 Match in Nnvgjte of C, BulLck. 
 
 2. The Braggadici'jy or His 
 IVorJhip the Cully. — from—tcTj. 
 greve'i Old Batcbckr, 
 
 £ c i 3. Th« 
 
 I t 
 
 i 
 
r m 
 
 
 s w 
 
 J. The Fdgn^d Shlpvjrccky Or 
 The Imaginary Heir. — frsm — 
 The Eldtr Btitber of Beaumont 
 and Fletcher. 
 
 4. The Guardiant over-reacb'd 
 in their own Humour , or The Lo- 
 ver metamorphosed. — from— Mrs. 
 Centlivre'i Bold Stroke for a JVifi. 
 
 5* The Litigious Suitor </e- 
 felted, or A New Way to get a 
 tVift.-^inoi-^Savage's Woman's 
 a Riddle. 
 
 6. The Sexes m!fmatch''d, or A 
 
 New Way to get a Hujbatid.. 
 
 from — Soutbernes Oroonoko, and 
 the Monficur Thomas of Beaumont 
 and Fletcher, 
 
 7. The Witchcraft cf Love, or 
 Stratagem upon Stratagem.— (rom 
 Mis. Centlivre'i Man's beivitch'd, 
 ©r The Dfvil to do about her. 
 
 Studknt's Whim. Vid. 
 I^ON Sancho. 
 
 . The StrPERNATUiAL^— — 
 
 This is rhe fecond Title to Mr. 
 Jobn/on^s Hurlotkrumbo, but by 
 Miftake omitted in our former 
 Mention of this Play. 
 
 Suppos'd Daughtir. Vid. 
 Cenia. 
 
 Swords into Anchors. 
 Com. by Mr. Blanch, 4to. 1725. 
 ■ — This Play was never a£lcd, nor 
 indeed could any Thing but the 
 Dotage of an Author towards the 
 Offspring of his Brain, produced 
 by a hafty Delivery w hen it'a Pa- 
 rent was feventy-five Years of 
 Age, cxcufc the Folly of having 
 fuffer'd it to appear in Print. — 
 The Plot Is nothing more than 
 the introducing an Officer of 
 Hank an^i fortune, who having 
 fallen in Love with the Daughter 
 of a Merchant, in order to ob- 
 lige the old Gtntlem^i) and his 
 Panghtcr, throws up his Com- 
 ii.^Hion, and on Quitting the Ar- 
 my, o'/pofes of his Monty to the 
 l^aipofri of Commerce. — There 
 i^ ikCthip^ driimatic in the whole 
 
 T R 
 
 Piece J but if we may judge of 
 the Author's Difpoiition fron 
 his Writing, he appears to have 
 been very fond of the convivial 
 Pleafures, having introduced eat- 
 ing and drinking into almoft every 
 Scene. 
 
 T. 
 
 T^HE Temble 01 Lov£. A 
 Paftoral Opera , by Peter 
 Antb. Molteux, 4to. 1706 
 Th's Piece, wnich is taken frotrv 
 the Italian, was performed at the 
 Queen's Theatre in the Haymat' 
 kit. — The Scene lies in Arcadia, 
 and the Time of A£lion the 
 fame with that of the Reprefen- 
 tation. 
 
 Theodoric King or Den- 
 M A R K. Trag. by a younjj 
 Gentlewoman, 8V0..1752.— Wh) 
 this young Gentlewoman was I 
 know not, out fuppofe her to 
 have been a Native t»f Ireland, an 
 the Piece was publifhed in Dub- 
 //;».— '—The Plot of this Play is 
 built on a Novel, entitled Ildc- 
 gertc. — The Scene Der.nuirk. 
 
 'TlS \yEi,L IT IT TAKES. 
 
 Com. by Wti'iam Taverner, Svo. 
 172c.— -This Play was afted 
 with Succefs at the Theatre in 
 Lincoln i-Iun-Fic'ds, yet, like the 
 mod of its Author's Pieces,, 
 t^uickly funk into Oblivion, and 
 has not been revived fince. 
 Tragical Reign or Se- 
 
 LIMUS. rid. Sei. IMUS. 
 
 Trick 'JponTricic. Farce, 
 by Tbo. Fabian, 17 ji.— — This 
 Piece mfidc itj Appcar;.nce at 
 Drury L'^"* Theatre, but was 
 darnn'd the fi-rt Night. 
 
 Trick upon Thick, qt the 
 Vintner outiwtted, 8vc. 1742.— 
 This little Piece, which wa? 
 
 printed 
 
V E 
 
 printed at Tor1t, and publiilied by 
 Mr. Jofeph Tarrovtff is Word foi 
 Word the fame with the Droll 
 borrowed from the Match in New 
 gattf and which I have before 
 mentioned under the Title of the 
 Bilker bilk'J, or a Banquet of 
 Wileu Vid. StroHtr't Fatket 
 broke o^fl.— Both were publiflied 
 about the fame Time, but 1 
 imagine Mr. Tarroio^^ to have 
 been fomcwhat before the other. 
 —I remember to have feen the 
 Piece itfelf aftcd at Torky by 
 the Title of 7he Vintner in the 
 Suds. 
 
 Two PtOTS DlSCOVERln, 
 A THIRD PAYS FOR ALT.. 
 
 Com. Intended (by the Author, 
 I fuppofe) to be afted at Covert 
 Garden^ by C P. izmo, 1742. 
 —It is fcarccly poflible to con- 
 ceive any thing more contemp- 
 tible than this Piece j it would 
 therefore be an abfolute Lcfs of 
 Time both to myfclf and the 
 Reader to take any farther No- 
 tice of it. 
 
 V. 
 
 VEnus AND Adonis. 8vo. 
 1659. — This is one among 
 fix Pieces fuppofed to be written 
 by Rob. Cox the Comedian, and 
 printed in the fecond Pa^ t of Sport 
 upon Sport J but as that Collection 
 never happened to fall in my 
 Way, I cannot fay I know what 
 Kind of Dramatic Writing each 
 of the feveral Pieces ought to be 
 referred to. 
 
 The Vkstal Virg!n, or 
 the Reman Ladict. Trag. by Sir 
 Robert Hnuardf Folio. 1665.— 
 The Scene of this PJay lies in 
 Rome, and the Author has writ- 
 ten two fifth Afts to it, the one 
 of which ends tragically, and tiic 
 
 U N 
 
 other fucccfsfully ; probaUly in 
 Imitation of Sir JiSn Suckling't 
 Aglaura ; and I do not think it 
 in the lead unlikely, that thefe 
 different A£ls might at different 
 Times be performed to the Play, 
 io alternately to fuit the various 
 Taftes of the Audience, as we 
 find that to have been exprefsly 
 the Praftice with Regard to Ro- 
 meo and Juliet f as altered by Mr, 
 William Hctt/ard, which fee under 
 our Account of that Play. 
 
 The Victim, or Ac/, i lies and 
 Iphigenia in Aulis. Tr-ig. by A. 
 Boyer, 8vo. 1 700.— This is the 
 full Title of a PJay which in thi* 
 Beginning of this Work has been 
 by Miibkc infcrtcd under that 
 of AcbillcSf or Jpbigcnia in Auhs. 
 ViNTNm ouTwnrTr.D. 
 Vld, Trick upon Trick. 
 
 Unfortunate Brothers. 
 Vid. Unfortunate Dutch- 
 • ss or Malfv. 
 
 The Unfortu nate 
 DuTjHESs OP Malfv, ox the 
 Unfortuna:e Brothers. Trag, A - 
 nonym. 4ta. 1708, — This PJay 
 was a4>ed at thcV^oecn's Theatre 
 in the Haymarker, and is d«:dicatcd 
 by the Publi/her, one Hugh Nerc- 
 man, to the DuJc** of B<at.fctt. — 
 But I imagine ir to be no other 
 than Web(lers Dutcbefs of Malfy 
 riirlved, with the Addition of a 
 fecond. Title, 
 
 TheUNHAPP. Marriage, 
 er A Fruitlcfs Rr^rengc. by Ihc. 
 5w/>/,— — This Name is only a 
 MKbkc, there being no Play ex- 
 ta.it with the ft 'I of thefe two 
 Titles. — 'Jatabt however, has the 
 Play mtant by it, with it's true 
 Title, 1//??. The U n m a p p v 
 Kindnfss, ot I ruitlefs Revenge, 
 of whicli fee iu it's Place in the 
 Body of this Work.— —But as 
 iVbiiicop has infcrtcd the other 
 Title in his Catalogue, and the 
 Author of the Britijh Theatrt co- 
 pied tlic £rror into his Work, in. 
 
 Order 
 
W I 
 
 Y O 
 
 Order to reftify. the Miftake, and WiTcncaAFT for Love. 
 
 to prevent my own being charged Vid. Harlequin multi- 
 
 with an Orninion, I thought it plied. 
 
 iieceflary to make Mention of it WiTCHCRArT or Love. P^td. 
 
 in this Place. Stroller's Packet beoke 
 
 Unhappy Rescue. Fid. open. 
 Fatal iNCONSTANcy. •' . , 
 
 w. 
 
 WIT or A Woman. J'id. 
 Love at first Sight. 
 
 y. 
 
 Orkshire Lady. Pid. 
 Woman of Farm ion. 
 
 Y 
 
 END OF THE APPENDIX. 
 
 U 
 
 
 WW 
 
 i4 
 
 E R A A T A». 
 
ERRATA. 
 
 TINDER Careless Shxphbrdsss. Line ^, (at John Gtfft 
 read Tbomai Goffe. 
 
 ATAPLASM. ^i. Noah's Flood read Catac&ism. 
 Under Cilsstina. Line 6. for in % A3t read in 21 ASiu 
 I'^dt- Cotf KTR Y Lascxs. Line 9. for Mru Ctntlivrt read Mru 
 
 Under Covntky Widdino. Line 3. for jtnenvm, read by 
 Mr. «fw*,. "* "^ 
 
 There U a Miftake in the Title of the Kind Kxxpsk, that be- 
 ing the/>^ Title, and Mr, LmMzanAU, who ftaodi m fuch, be- 
 iof onljr the /twult 
 
 ADVER. 
 

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 A D V EH T I S E M E N T 
 
 R E A D E R. 
 
 NOtwithftanding the very great labour 
 and Care which has been taken in the 
 Compilement of this Work, and of the Jp- 
 pendix thereunto annexed, yet the Author, tlill 
 anxious for the rendering it as compleat as 
 poflible, and being fenfible that there might 
 even yet remain fome Pieces, which had ei- 
 ther efcaped his Notice, or not hitherto come 
 to his Knowledge, ha&, with unwearied Dili- 
 gence, purfued his Search after frefh Mate- 
 rials, even to the printing of the very lad 
 half Sheet of both Volumes of the Work. — 
 The Produce of thefe Refearches has not, nor 
 indeed could be expedted, to have been con- 
 fiderable, from i\itfecond pleanings of a Har- 
 veft, even at firfl: fo circumfpe(5lly reaped; 
 yet, fuch as it is, the Reader will find pre- 
 fented to him in the enfuing Pages. 
 
 ' V 
 
 f . V f, ■ 
 
 A D- 
 
EN T 
 
 at labour 
 ken in the 
 of the Ap' 
 LUthor, tlill 
 ompleat as 
 here might 
 ich had ei- 
 herto come 
 ?aried Dili- 
 refh Mate- 
 
 I very lad 
 e Work. — 
 as not, nor 
 ; been con- 
 s of a Har- 
 :ly reaped \ 
 
 II find pre* 
 
 ^ A D.