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Valour, or the Passionate Madman, a Comedy. 34. The Night-walker, or the Little Thief, a Comedy, revived since the Restoration with applause. 35. The Noble Gentleman, a Comedy; this was revived by Mr. Durfey, and by him called The Fool's Preferment, at the Three Dukes of Dunstable. 36. Philaster, or Love lies a Bleeding, a Tragi-Comedy. This was the first play that brought these fine writers into esteem. It was first represented at the old Theatre in Lincolns Inn Fields, when the women acted by themselves. 37. The Pilgrim, a Comedy; revived and acted with success. 38. The Prophetess, a Tragi-Comedy. This play has been revived by Mr. Betterton, under the title of Dioclesian, an Opera. 39. The Queen of Cornish, a Tragi-Comedy. 40. Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, a Comedy. 41. The Scornful Lady, a Comedy; acted with great applause. 42. The Sea Voyage, a Comedy; revived by Mr. Durfey, who calls it The Commonwealth of Women. It would appear by the lines we have quoted p. 141, life of Shakespear, that it was taken from Shakespear's Tempest. 43. The Spanish Curate, a Comedy, several times revived with applause; the plot from Gerardo's History of Don John, p. 202, and his Spanish Curate, p. 214. 44. Thiery and Theodoret, a Tragedy; the plot taken from the French Chronicles, in the reign of Colsair II. 45. Two Noble Kinsmen, a Tragi-comedy; Shakespear assisted Fletcher in composing this play. 46. Valentinian, a Tragedy; afterwards revived and altered by the Earl of Rochester. 47. A Wife for a Month, a Tragedy; for the plot see Mariana and Louis de Mayerne Turquet, History of Sancho, the eighth King of Leon. 48. The Wild-Goose Chace, a Comedy, formerly acted with applause. 49. Wit at Several Weapons, a Comedy. 50. Wit without Money, a Comedy, revived at the Old House in Lincolns Inn Fields, immediately after the burning of the Theatre in Drury Lane, with a new Prologue by Mr. Dryden. 51. The Woman Hater, a Comedy, revived by Sir William Davenant, with a new Prologue in prose. This play was writ by Fletcher alone. 52. Women pleased, a Comedy; the plot from Boccace's Novels, 53. Woman's Prize, or the Tanner Tann'd, a Comedy, built on the same foundation with Shakespear's Taming of a Shrew; writ by Fletcher without Beaumont. Mr. Beaumont writ besides his dramatic pieces, a volume of poems, elegies, sonnets, &c. * * * * * THOMAS LODGE Was descended
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