The English lawyer; : a comedy: acted at the Royal Theatre. /
Ravenscroft, Edward,1654?-1707.
Porta, Giambattista della,1535?-1615.Trappolaria.Adaptations.English.1678.
Ruggle, George,1575-1622.Ignoramus.Adaptations.English.1678.
Codrington, Robert,1601-1665.
London : Printed by J. M. for James Vade at the Cock and Sugar-loaf near St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street,
1678.
Freely adapted by Edward Ravenscroft from Robert Codrington's translation of George Ruggle's Latin play Ignoramus, which in turn was based on La trappolaria by G.B. della Porta, written to expose the ignorance and arrogance of lawyers.
Ravenscroft's adaptation was subsequently published under title: Ignoramus, or, The English lawyer.
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