The Country House: a farce
translated
from La Maison Rustique of F.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v08
1690.
Comical History of Don Quixote, The. 2 pts. 1694.
Tales tragical and comical. 1704.
Stories moral and comical. [1706. ]
Songs compleat . . . 1719.
Wit and Mirth, or Pills to purge Melancholy; being a collection of Ballads
and Songs . . . 4th ed. 5 vols. 1719.
New Operas, with Stories and Poems. 1721.
George Farquhar
(1) Plays
(a) Early Editions
Love and a Bottle. A Comedy, as it is Acted in the Theatre-Royal in Drury-
Lane, by his Majesty's Servants. 1699.
The Constant Couple or a Trip to the Jubilee. A Comedy Acted at the
Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane by His Majesty's Servants. 1699. 2nd
ed. , in which is added a new scene to the part of Wildair. 1700.
Sir Harry Wildair : being the sequll of the Trip to the Jubilee. A Comedy.
1701.
The Inconstant: or the Way to win him. A Comedy. 1702.
The Twin Rivals. A Comedy acted at the Theatre Royal. By Her Majesty's
Servants. 1703.
The Stage Coach. 1705.
The Recruiting Officer. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal
in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's Servants. 1706. Other eds. 1711,
1714 ff.
The Beaux Stratagem. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Queen's Theatre
in the Hay-Market. By Her Majesty's Sworn Comedians. 1707. The
9th ed. appeared in 1707.
Comedies. 1710. Other eds. 1711, 1714.
The Works of George Farquhar, containing all his poems, letters and Comedies.
1718, 1728, 1742 ff. [The edition of 1775, printed at Dublin contains
Farquhar's life by Wilkes, T. ]
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George Farquhar. Ed. , with an introduction and notes, by Archer, W.
(Mermaid Series. ) 1908.
Farquhar, G. Dramatic Works. Ed. Ewald, A. C. 1891.
See, also, under Congreve (1) (b), ante.
(2) Other Works
The Adventures of Covent Garden. 1699.
Barcellona, a poem, or the Spanish Expedition under the Command of
Charles, Earl of Peterborough. 1707.
Love and Business: in a collection of occasionary verses, and epistolary prose.
A discourse likewise upon comedy in reference to the English Stage.
1702.
(3) Biography and Criticism
Robertson, J. G. Lessing and Farquhar. The Modern Language Review,
vol. II. Cambridge, 1907.
Schmid, D. George Farquhar. Leipzig, 1904.
Thackeray, W. M. Congreve and Addison. English Humourists of the
18th century. Works, Biographical ed. , vol. VII. 1898.
Thomas Shadwell
(1) Plays
The Sullen Lovers: or, The Impertinents. A Comedy, Acted by His Highness
the Duke of York's Servants. 1668.
The Royal Shepherdess: a Tragi-Comedy, as it is Acted by their Majesties
Servants. 1669.
The Humorists, A Comedy. Acted by His Royal Highnesses Servants. 1671.
A Comedy called The Miser: Acted at the Theatre Royal. 1672.
Epsom Wells, a Comedy, Acted at the Duke's Theatre. 1673.
Psyche, A Tragedy, acted at the Duke's Theatre. 1675.
The Virtuoso, a Comedy, acted at the Duke's Theatre. 1676.
The Libertine, A Tragedy by His Royal Highness's Servants. 1676.
The History of Timon of Athens, the Man-Hater: as it is acted by Their
Majesties Servants. 1678.
A True Widow, a Comedy, acted by the Duke's Servants. 1679.
The Woman Captain, a Comedy, Acted by His Royal Highnesses Servants.
1680. Reissued in 1744 as The Prodigal.
The Lancashire Witches, and Tegue O’Divelly, the Irish Priest. A Comedy.
Part the First. Acted by their Majesties Servants. 1682.
The Squire of Alsatia, A Comedy, as it is acted by Their Majesty's Servants.
1688.
Bury Fair, a Comedy as it is acted by his Majesty's Servants. 1689.
The Amorous Bigotte: with the Second Part of Tegue O‘Divelly, a Comedy,
acted by their Majesty's Servants. 1690.
The Scowrers; A Comedy, Acted by Their Majesties Servants. 1691.
The Volunteers; or, the Stock-Jobbers: a Comedy as it is Acted by Their
Majesties Servants, at the Theatre Royal. 1693.
As to Shadwells adaptation of the Tempest as an opera, 1674 and later
editions, see chap. 1, p. 28 note, and Lawrence, W. J. , Did Thomas Shadwell
write an opera on "The Tempest, Anglia, volg. xxvII and xxix, Halle,
1904-6.
Works in one volume in the method in which they were first published.
1693. [Various editions of Shadwell's seventeen plays, with a general
title prefixed. ]
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Works. With Prefatory Memoir by his Son. 4 vols. 1720.
Select plays. Ed. Saintsbury, G. , with introduction and notes. (Mermaid
Series. ) 1903.
(2) Other Works
For Controversial Works see Drydeniana in bibl. to chap. I, ante.
(3) Biography and Criticism
Brady, N. Sermon at Shadwell's funeral. 1693.
Shadwell's Plays. Retrospective Review, Second Ser. vol. 11. 1828.
Thomas Shadwell. Colburn's Monthly Magazine, New Ser, vol. III. 1873.
Sir John Vanbrugh
(1) Plays
(a) Early Editions
The Relapse; or Virtue in Danger. Being the sequel of the Fool in Fashion.
A Comedy acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By the author of
a late Comedy called the Provok'd Wife. 1697.
The Provok'd Wife. A Comedy as it is acted at the New Theatre, in little
Lincolns-Inn-Fields. 1697.
Æsop. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
1697. Another ed. 1702.
The Pilgrim, a comedy by John Fletcher. Altered with additions by Sir
J. V. 1700.
The False Friend. 1702.
The Confederacy: A Comedy. As it is acted at the Queen's Theatre in the
Hay-Market. By her Majesty's sworn servants. 1705.
The Mistake. As it is Acted at the Queen's Theatre in the Hay-Market. 1706.
The Country House: a farce translated from La Maison Rustique of F. C.
d'Ancourt. 1715.
A Journey to London being part of a comedy written by the late Sir John
Vanbrugh and printed after his own Copy, which (since his decease) has
been made an entire play by Mr Cibber, and calld the Provok'd Husband.
1728.
The Cornish Squire: A comedy done from the French of Molière's Monsieur
de Pourceaugnac. 1734.
Plays written by Sir J. Vanbrugh. In two vols. Eds. 1730, 1735, 1759, 1765,
1776.
(6) Modern Editions
Vanbrugh's plays have been edited by Ward, W. C. , with a valuable
biographical introduction, 1893; and by Swaen, A. E. H. , in Mermaid Series,
1896. See, also, under Congreve (1) (6), ante.
(2) Other Works
A Short Vindication of the Relapse and the Provok'd Wife, from Immorality
and Prophaneness. 1698.
Justification of what he depos’d in the 'Duchess of Marlborough's late Tryal. '
1718.
(3) Biography and Criticism
Dametz, M. John Vanbrughs Leben und Werke. Vienna, 1898.
Disraeli, Isaac. Curiosities of Literature. 14th ed. 3 vols. 1849.
Lovegrove, G. H. The Life, Work, and Influence of Sir John Vanbrugh. 1902.
Tenison, T. A Letter from several members of the Society for the Refor-
mation of Manners. 1704. [On the immorality of Vanbrugh's plays. ]
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between Mr Smith and Mr Johnson. With the Characters of the present
Poets; And some offers towards New-Modeling the stage. 1698.
Bedford, Arthur. Serious Reflections on the Scandalous Abuse and Effects of
the Stage: in a Sermon preach'd at the Parish-Church of St Nicholas in
the City of Bristol, on Sunday the 7th day of January, 1704/5. 1705.
A second Advertisement concerning the Profaneness of the Play-House.
Bristol. 1705.
The Evil and Danger of Stage Plays: Shewing their Natural Tendency
to Destroy Religion, and introduce a General Corruption of Manners; In
almost Two Thousand instances, taken from the Plays of the two last
years, against all the Methods lately used for their Reformation.
1706.
The Great Abuse of Musick. In Two Parts, Containing an Account
of the Use and Design of Musick among the Antient Jews, Greeks,
Romans, and others; with their Concern for, and Care to prevent
the Abuse thereof. And also An Account of the Immorality and Pro-
faneness which is occasioned by the Corruption of that most Noble
Science in the Present Age. 1711.
A serious Remonstrance in Behalf of the Christian Religion, against The
Horrid Blasphemies and Impieties which are still used in the English
Play-Houses, to the great Dishonour of Almighty God, and in contempt
of the Statutes of this Realm. 1719.
Blackmore, Sir R. Prince Arthur. An Heroick Poem in Ten Books.
1695.
Essays upon several subjects. 1716.
Brown, T. The Stage Beaux toss'd in a Blanket, or Hypocrisie Alamode.
Expos'd in a True picture of Jerry. . . a Pretending Scourge to the English
Stage. A Comedy with a Prologue on Occasional Conformity; being a
full Explanation of the Poussin Doctor's Book; and an Epilogue on the
Reformers. 1704.
Collier, Jeremy. A short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of The
English Stage: Together with The Sense of Antiquity upon This Argu-
ment. 1696.
A Defence of the Short View of the Profaneness and Immorality of the
English Stage, etc. Being a Reply to Mr Congreve's Amendments, etc.
And to the Vindication of the Author of the Relapse. 1699.
A Second Defence of the Short View of the Prophaneness and Immor-
ality of the English Stage, etc. Being a Reply to a Book, Entituled,
The Ancient and Modern Stages Surveyed, etc. 1700.
Mr Collier's Dissuasive from the Play-House; in a Letter to a Person of
Quality, Occasion'd By The late Calamity of the Tempest. 1703.
A Farther Vindication of the Short View of the Profaneness and Im-
morality of the English Stage, In which the Objections of a late Book,
Entituled, A Defence of Plays are consider'd. 1708.
D. A. The Stage Acquitted. Being a Full Answer to Mr Collier, and the
other Enemies of the Drama. With a Vindication of King Charles the
Martyr, and the Clergy of the Church of England, from the Abuses of a
Scurrilous Book, called The Stage Condemned. To which is added, The
Character of the Animadverter, and The Animadversions on Mr Con-
greve's Answer to Mr Collier. 1699.
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Dennis, J. The Usefulness of the Stage, to the Happiness of Mankind, to
Government, and to Religion. Occasioned by a late Book, written by
Jeremy Collier, M. A. 1698.
The Stage defended from Scripture, Reason, Experience, and the Com-
mon Sense of Mankind, for Two Thousand Years, Occasion'd by Mr Law's
late Pamphlet against Stage Entertainments. 1726. [See Law, William,
below. ]
Drake, J. The Antient and Modern Stages survey'd. Or Mr Collier's View
of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage Set in a True
Light wherein some of Mr Collier's Mistakes are rectified, and the com-
parative Morality of the English Stage is asserted upon the Parallel.
1699.
Dryden, J. Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse From
Homer, Ovid, Boccace and Chaucer: with Original Poems. 1700.
Filmer, E. A Defence of Dramatick Poetry: Being a Review of Mr Collier's
View of the Immorality & Profaneness of the Stage. 1698.
A Farther Defence of Dramatick Poetry: Being the Second Part of
the Review of Mr Collier's View of the Immorality and Profaneness of
the Stage. 1698.
A Defence of Plays: or, The Stage Vindicated, From several Passages
in Mr Collier's Short View, etc. Wherein is offer'd the most Probable
Method of Reforming our Plays. With a Consideration How far Vicious
Characters may be allow'd on the Stage. 1707.
Immorality, The, of the English Pulpit, as justly subjected to the Notice of
the English Stage, as the Immorality of the Stage is, to that of the
Pulpit. In a Letter to Mr Collier. Occasion'd by the Third Chapter of
his Book, Entitl'd, A Short View of the Immorality of the English Stage.
1698.
Law, William. The Absolute Unlawfulness of the Stage Entertainment
fully demonstrated. 1726.
Motteus, P. A. Beauty in Distress. A Tragedy As it is acted at the Theatre
in Little Lincolns-Inn-Fields, By His Majesty's Servants. Written by
Mr Motteux. With a Discourse of the Lawfulness and Unlawfulness of
Plays, Lately written in French by the Learned Father Caffaro, Divinity
Professor at Paris. Sent in a Letter to the Author, by a Divine of the
Church of England. 1698.
Representation, A, of the Impiety and Immorality of the English Stage,
with Reason for putting a stop thereto; and some questions addrest to
those who frequent the Play-Houses. 1704.
Rymer, T. The Tragedies of the last Age Consider'd and Examin'd By the
Practice of the Ancients, and by the common sense of all Ages, In a
Letter to Fleetwood Shepheard Esq. 1678.
A Short View of Tragedy; Its Original, Excellency, and Corruption
with some Reflections on Shakspear, and other Practitioners for the
Stage. 1693.
Some Remarks upon Mr Collier's Defence of his Short View of the English
Stage, etc. , in Vindication of Mr Congreve, etc. 1698.
Some Thoughts Concerning the Stage in a Letter to a Lady. 1701.
Stage, The, Condemned, and the Encouragement given to the Immoralities
and Profaneness of the Theatre, by the English Schools, Universities and
Pulpits, censur'd. . . . The Arguments of all the Authors that have Writ
in Defence of the Stage against Mr Collier, Consider'd. And the Sense
of the Fathers, Councils, Antient Philosophers and Poets, and of the
Greek and Roman States, and of the First Christian Emperors concern-
ing the Drama, Faithfully Deliver'd. 1698.
28
E. L. VIII.
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Dramatick Representations. In Answer to Mr Collier's Late Book,
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CHAPTER VII
THE RESTORATION DRAMA. III
See, also, the bibliographies to chaps. 1 (last section), v C, and viA.
An account of several of the authors under notice will be found in the
Dictionary of National Biography; while their principal plays are reprinted
in Bell's British Theatre, 24 vols. , 1776-84; The British Drama, 2 vols. ,
1824-6; The Modern British Drama, 5 vols. , 1811; and Mrs Inchbald's British
Theatre, Collection of Farces, and Modern Theatre, 42 vols. , 1808-15.
ANON.
The Imperial Tragedy. By a gentleman. 1669. [Not by Sir William
Killigrew. )
John BANKS
The Rival Kings, or The Loves of Oroondates and Statira. A Tragedy, acted
at the Theatre Royal. 1677. [Founded on La Calprenède's Cassandre. ]
The Destruction of Troy. A Tragedy acted at His Royal Highness the
Duke's Theatre. 1679.
The Unhappy Favourite, or The Earl of Essex. A Tragedy, acted at the
Theatre Royal, by their Majesty's Servants. 1682. Prologue and
epilogue by Dryden.
Vertue Betray'd, or Anna Bullen. A Tragedy, acted at His Royal Highness
the Duke's Theatre. 1682.
The Island Queens, or The Death of Mary Queen of Scotland. 1684.
Comical History of Don Quixote, The. 2 pts. 1694.
Tales tragical and comical. 1704.
Stories moral and comical. [1706. ]
Songs compleat . . . 1719.
Wit and Mirth, or Pills to purge Melancholy; being a collection of Ballads
and Songs . . . 4th ed. 5 vols. 1719.
New Operas, with Stories and Poems. 1721.
George Farquhar
(1) Plays
(a) Early Editions
Love and a Bottle. A Comedy, as it is Acted in the Theatre-Royal in Drury-
Lane, by his Majesty's Servants. 1699.
The Constant Couple or a Trip to the Jubilee. A Comedy Acted at the
Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane by His Majesty's Servants. 1699. 2nd
ed. , in which is added a new scene to the part of Wildair. 1700.
Sir Harry Wildair : being the sequll of the Trip to the Jubilee. A Comedy.
1701.
The Inconstant: or the Way to win him. A Comedy. 1702.
The Twin Rivals. A Comedy acted at the Theatre Royal. By Her Majesty's
Servants. 1703.
The Stage Coach. 1705.
The Recruiting Officer. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal
in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's Servants. 1706. Other eds. 1711,
1714 ff.
The Beaux Stratagem. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Queen's Theatre
in the Hay-Market. By Her Majesty's Sworn Comedians. 1707. The
9th ed. appeared in 1707.
Comedies. 1710. Other eds. 1711, 1714.
The Works of George Farquhar, containing all his poems, letters and Comedies.
1718, 1728, 1742 ff. [The edition of 1775, printed at Dublin contains
Farquhar's life by Wilkes, T. ]
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(6) Modern Editions
George Farquhar. Ed. , with an introduction and notes, by Archer, W.
(Mermaid Series. ) 1908.
Farquhar, G. Dramatic Works. Ed. Ewald, A. C. 1891.
See, also, under Congreve (1) (b), ante.
(2) Other Works
The Adventures of Covent Garden. 1699.
Barcellona, a poem, or the Spanish Expedition under the Command of
Charles, Earl of Peterborough. 1707.
Love and Business: in a collection of occasionary verses, and epistolary prose.
A discourse likewise upon comedy in reference to the English Stage.
1702.
(3) Biography and Criticism
Robertson, J. G. Lessing and Farquhar. The Modern Language Review,
vol. II. Cambridge, 1907.
Schmid, D. George Farquhar. Leipzig, 1904.
Thackeray, W. M. Congreve and Addison. English Humourists of the
18th century. Works, Biographical ed. , vol. VII. 1898.
Thomas Shadwell
(1) Plays
The Sullen Lovers: or, The Impertinents. A Comedy, Acted by His Highness
the Duke of York's Servants. 1668.
The Royal Shepherdess: a Tragi-Comedy, as it is Acted by their Majesties
Servants. 1669.
The Humorists, A Comedy. Acted by His Royal Highnesses Servants. 1671.
A Comedy called The Miser: Acted at the Theatre Royal. 1672.
Epsom Wells, a Comedy, Acted at the Duke's Theatre. 1673.
Psyche, A Tragedy, acted at the Duke's Theatre. 1675.
The Virtuoso, a Comedy, acted at the Duke's Theatre. 1676.
The Libertine, A Tragedy by His Royal Highness's Servants. 1676.
The History of Timon of Athens, the Man-Hater: as it is acted by Their
Majesties Servants. 1678.
A True Widow, a Comedy, acted by the Duke's Servants. 1679.
The Woman Captain, a Comedy, Acted by His Royal Highnesses Servants.
1680. Reissued in 1744 as The Prodigal.
The Lancashire Witches, and Tegue O’Divelly, the Irish Priest. A Comedy.
Part the First. Acted by their Majesties Servants. 1682.
The Squire of Alsatia, A Comedy, as it is acted by Their Majesty's Servants.
1688.
Bury Fair, a Comedy as it is acted by his Majesty's Servants. 1689.
The Amorous Bigotte: with the Second Part of Tegue O‘Divelly, a Comedy,
acted by their Majesty's Servants. 1690.
The Scowrers; A Comedy, Acted by Their Majesties Servants. 1691.
The Volunteers; or, the Stock-Jobbers: a Comedy as it is Acted by Their
Majesties Servants, at the Theatre Royal. 1693.
As to Shadwells adaptation of the Tempest as an opera, 1674 and later
editions, see chap. 1, p. 28 note, and Lawrence, W. J. , Did Thomas Shadwell
write an opera on "The Tempest, Anglia, volg. xxvII and xxix, Halle,
1904-6.
Works in one volume in the method in which they were first published.
1693. [Various editions of Shadwell's seventeen plays, with a general
title prefixed. ]
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Works. With Prefatory Memoir by his Son. 4 vols. 1720.
Select plays. Ed. Saintsbury, G. , with introduction and notes. (Mermaid
Series. ) 1903.
(2) Other Works
For Controversial Works see Drydeniana in bibl. to chap. I, ante.
(3) Biography and Criticism
Brady, N. Sermon at Shadwell's funeral. 1693.
Shadwell's Plays. Retrospective Review, Second Ser. vol. 11. 1828.
Thomas Shadwell. Colburn's Monthly Magazine, New Ser, vol. III. 1873.
Sir John Vanbrugh
(1) Plays
(a) Early Editions
The Relapse; or Virtue in Danger. Being the sequel of the Fool in Fashion.
A Comedy acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By the author of
a late Comedy called the Provok'd Wife. 1697.
The Provok'd Wife. A Comedy as it is acted at the New Theatre, in little
Lincolns-Inn-Fields. 1697.
Æsop. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
1697. Another ed. 1702.
The Pilgrim, a comedy by John Fletcher. Altered with additions by Sir
J. V. 1700.
The False Friend. 1702.
The Confederacy: A Comedy. As it is acted at the Queen's Theatre in the
Hay-Market. By her Majesty's sworn servants. 1705.
The Mistake. As it is Acted at the Queen's Theatre in the Hay-Market. 1706.
The Country House: a farce translated from La Maison Rustique of F. C.
d'Ancourt. 1715.
A Journey to London being part of a comedy written by the late Sir John
Vanbrugh and printed after his own Copy, which (since his decease) has
been made an entire play by Mr Cibber, and calld the Provok'd Husband.
1728.
The Cornish Squire: A comedy done from the French of Molière's Monsieur
de Pourceaugnac. 1734.
Plays written by Sir J. Vanbrugh. In two vols. Eds. 1730, 1735, 1759, 1765,
1776.
(6) Modern Editions
Vanbrugh's plays have been edited by Ward, W. C. , with a valuable
biographical introduction, 1893; and by Swaen, A. E. H. , in Mermaid Series,
1896. See, also, under Congreve (1) (6), ante.
(2) Other Works
A Short Vindication of the Relapse and the Provok'd Wife, from Immorality
and Prophaneness. 1698.
Justification of what he depos’d in the 'Duchess of Marlborough's late Tryal. '
1718.
(3) Biography and Criticism
Dametz, M. John Vanbrughs Leben und Werke. Vienna, 1898.
Disraeli, Isaac. Curiosities of Literature. 14th ed. 3 vols. 1849.
Lovegrove, G. H. The Life, Work, and Influence of Sir John Vanbrugh. 1902.
Tenison, T. A Letter from several members of the Society for the Refor-
mation of Manners. 1704. [On the immorality of Vanbrugh's plays. ]
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Bedford, Arthur. Serious Reflections on the Scandalous Abuse and Effects of
the Stage: in a Sermon preach'd at the Parish-Church of St Nicholas in
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Bristol. 1705.
The Evil and Danger of Stage Plays: Shewing their Natural Tendency
to Destroy Religion, and introduce a General Corruption of Manners; In
almost Two Thousand instances, taken from the Plays of the two last
years, against all the Methods lately used for their Reformation.
1706.
The Great Abuse of Musick. In Two Parts, Containing an Account
of the Use and Design of Musick among the Antient Jews, Greeks,
Romans, and others; with their Concern for, and Care to prevent
the Abuse thereof. And also An Account of the Immorality and Pro-
faneness which is occasioned by the Corruption of that most Noble
Science in the Present Age. 1711.
A serious Remonstrance in Behalf of the Christian Religion, against The
Horrid Blasphemies and Impieties which are still used in the English
Play-Houses, to the great Dishonour of Almighty God, and in contempt
of the Statutes of this Realm. 1719.
Blackmore, Sir R. Prince Arthur. An Heroick Poem in Ten Books.
1695.
Essays upon several subjects. 1716.
Brown, T. The Stage Beaux toss'd in a Blanket, or Hypocrisie Alamode.
Expos'd in a True picture of Jerry. . . a Pretending Scourge to the English
Stage. A Comedy with a Prologue on Occasional Conformity; being a
full Explanation of the Poussin Doctor's Book; and an Epilogue on the
Reformers. 1704.
Collier, Jeremy. A short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of The
English Stage: Together with The Sense of Antiquity upon This Argu-
ment. 1696.
A Defence of the Short View of the Profaneness and Immorality of the
English Stage, etc. Being a Reply to Mr Congreve's Amendments, etc.
And to the Vindication of the Author of the Relapse. 1699.
A Second Defence of the Short View of the Prophaneness and Immor-
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The Ancient and Modern Stages Surveyed, etc. 1700.
Mr Collier's Dissuasive from the Play-House; in a Letter to a Person of
Quality, Occasion'd By The late Calamity of the Tempest. 1703.
A Farther Vindication of the Short View of the Profaneness and Im-
morality of the English Stage, In which the Objections of a late Book,
Entituled, A Defence of Plays are consider'd. 1708.
D. A. The Stage Acquitted. Being a Full Answer to Mr Collier, and the
other Enemies of the Drama. With a Vindication of King Charles the
Martyr, and the Clergy of the Church of England, from the Abuses of a
Scurrilous Book, called The Stage Condemned. To which is added, The
Character of the Animadverter, and The Animadversions on Mr Con-
greve's Answer to Mr Collier. 1699.
a
a
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Dennis, J. The Usefulness of the Stage, to the Happiness of Mankind, to
Government, and to Religion. Occasioned by a late Book, written by
Jeremy Collier, M. A. 1698.
The Stage defended from Scripture, Reason, Experience, and the Com-
mon Sense of Mankind, for Two Thousand Years, Occasion'd by Mr Law's
late Pamphlet against Stage Entertainments. 1726. [See Law, William,
below. ]
Drake, J. The Antient and Modern Stages survey'd. Or Mr Collier's View
of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage Set in a True
Light wherein some of Mr Collier's Mistakes are rectified, and the com-
parative Morality of the English Stage is asserted upon the Parallel.
1699.
Dryden, J. Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse From
Homer, Ovid, Boccace and Chaucer: with Original Poems. 1700.
Filmer, E. A Defence of Dramatick Poetry: Being a Review of Mr Collier's
View of the Immorality & Profaneness of the Stage. 1698.
A Farther Defence of Dramatick Poetry: Being the Second Part of
the Review of Mr Collier's View of the Immorality and Profaneness of
the Stage. 1698.
A Defence of Plays: or, The Stage Vindicated, From several Passages
in Mr Collier's Short View, etc. Wherein is offer'd the most Probable
Method of Reforming our Plays. With a Consideration How far Vicious
Characters may be allow'd on the Stage. 1707.
Immorality, The, of the English Pulpit, as justly subjected to the Notice of
the English Stage, as the Immorality of the Stage is, to that of the
Pulpit. In a Letter to Mr Collier. Occasion'd by the Third Chapter of
his Book, Entitl'd, A Short View of the Immorality of the English Stage.
1698.
Law, William. The Absolute Unlawfulness of the Stage Entertainment
fully demonstrated. 1726.
Motteus, P. A. Beauty in Distress. A Tragedy As it is acted at the Theatre
in Little Lincolns-Inn-Fields, By His Majesty's Servants. Written by
Mr Motteux. With a Discourse of the Lawfulness and Unlawfulness of
Plays, Lately written in French by the Learned Father Caffaro, Divinity
Professor at Paris. Sent in a Letter to the Author, by a Divine of the
Church of England. 1698.
Representation, A, of the Impiety and Immorality of the English Stage,
with Reason for putting a stop thereto; and some questions addrest to
those who frequent the Play-Houses. 1704.
Rymer, T. The Tragedies of the last Age Consider'd and Examin'd By the
Practice of the Ancients, and by the common sense of all Ages, In a
Letter to Fleetwood Shepheard Esq. 1678.
A Short View of Tragedy; Its Original, Excellency, and Corruption
with some Reflections on Shakspear, and other Practitioners for the
Stage. 1693.
Some Remarks upon Mr Collier's Defence of his Short View of the English
Stage, etc. , in Vindication of Mr Congreve, etc. 1698.
Some Thoughts Concerning the Stage in a Letter to a Lady. 1701.
Stage, The, Condemned, and the Encouragement given to the Immoralities
and Profaneness of the Theatre, by the English Schools, Universities and
Pulpits, censur'd. . . . The Arguments of all the Authors that have Writ
in Defence of the Stage against Mr Collier, Consider'd. And the Sense
of the Fathers, Councils, Antient Philosophers and Poets, and of the
Greek and Roman States, and of the First Christian Emperors concern-
ing the Drama, Faithfully Deliver'd. 1698.
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Vindication of the Stage, A. With the Usefulness and advantages of
Dramatick Representations. In Answer to Mr Collier's Late Book,
Entituled, A View of the Prophaneness and Immorality, etc. In a
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Wright, J. Country Conversations. 1694.
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CHAPTER VII
THE RESTORATION DRAMA. III
See, also, the bibliographies to chaps. 1 (last section), v C, and viA.
An account of several of the authors under notice will be found in the
Dictionary of National Biography; while their principal plays are reprinted
in Bell's British Theatre, 24 vols. , 1776-84; The British Drama, 2 vols. ,
1824-6; The Modern British Drama, 5 vols. , 1811; and Mrs Inchbald's British
Theatre, Collection of Farces, and Modern Theatre, 42 vols. , 1808-15.
ANON.
The Imperial Tragedy. By a gentleman. 1669. [Not by Sir William
Killigrew. )
John BANKS
The Rival Kings, or The Loves of Oroondates and Statira. A Tragedy, acted
at the Theatre Royal. 1677. [Founded on La Calprenède's Cassandre. ]
The Destruction of Troy. A Tragedy acted at His Royal Highness the
Duke's Theatre. 1679.
The Unhappy Favourite, or The Earl of Essex. A Tragedy, acted at the
Theatre Royal, by their Majesty's Servants. 1682. Prologue and
epilogue by Dryden.
Vertue Betray'd, or Anna Bullen. A Tragedy, acted at His Royal Highness
the Duke's Theatre. 1682.
The Island Queens, or The Death of Mary Queen of Scotland. 1684.
