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Jacob, Giles (1686-1744)3
Shakespeare, William, 1564-16163
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Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)1
Congreve, William, 1670-17291
Dryden, John, 1631-17001
Greenblatt, Stephen (1943-)1
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Kirkpatrick, D L (1949-)1

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The poetical register : or, The lives and characters of all the English poets, with an account of their writings : adorned with curious sculptures engraven by the best masters (v.1)

Jacob, Giles (1686-1744)

1723

The dedication in each volume is signed: "G. J." only, but the work is mentioned in the article on G. Jacob, v. 1, p. 299-300.

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The poetical register : or, The lives and characters of all the English poets, with an account of their writings : adorned with curious sculptures engraven by the best masters (v.2)

Jacob, Giles (1686-1744)

1723

The dedication in each volume is signed: "G. J." only, but the work is mentioned in the article on G. Jacob, v. 1, p. 299-300.

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Shakespeare's lives

Schoenbaum, S (1927-1996)

1970

Includes bibliographical references.

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English dramatists of to-day

Archer, William (1856-1924)

1882

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An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber, comedian and late patentee of the Theatre-Royal. : With an historical view of the stage during his own time

Cibber, Colley (1671-1757); Van der Gucht, Gerard (1696-1776); Vanloo, Jean-Baptiste (1684-1745)

1740

Dedicated "to a certain gentleman".

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The poetical register: or, The lives and characters of all the English dramatick poets : With an account of their writings (v.1)

Jacob, Giles (1686-1744)

1719-20

The dedication is signed "G. J." only, but the work is mentioned in the article on G. Jacob, v. 2, p. 299-300.

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Will in the world : how Shakespeare became Shakespeare

Greenblatt, Stephen (1943-)

2004

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contemporary dramatists

Vinson, James (1933-); Kirkpatrick, D L (1949-)

1977

Previous ed.: 1973.

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D.U.R. (Dorothy Una McGrigor Phillips): a memoir

Halliday, Wilfrid J

1969

bibl. p31-32.

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Memoirs of the life, writings, and amours of William Congreve, Esq : interspersed with miscellaneous essays, letters, and characters written by him : also some very curious memoirs of Mr. Dryden and his family, with a character of him and his writings by Mr. Congreve

Wilson, Charles Esq; Oldmixon, John (1673-1742)

printed in the year 1730

First edition. Charles Wilson is believed to be a pseudonym, probably of John Oldmixon. Cf. Edmund Gosse's Life of William Congreve, p. viii, etc. Primarily a pastiche of previous published materi...

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