Roscius Anglicanus
Subtitle: giving an account of its rise again ; of the time and places the governours of both the companies first erected their theatres ; the names of the principal actors and actresses, who perform'd in the chiefest plays in each house ; with the names of the most taking plays ; and modern poets ; for the space of 46 years, and during the reign of three kings, and part of our present sovereign Lady Queen Anne, from 1660, to 1706
By: John Downes.
Series: Library of English literature -- LEL 40100.
Publisher: Printed and sold by H. Payford
Published: 1708
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Theater -- England -- History -- 17th century; Actors -- England; English drama -- Restoration, 1660-1700 -- History and criticism
Other titles: 1600-1800 selected works.; Sixteen hundred-eighteen hundred, selected works.; Historical review of the stage.
Notes: "To the reader" signed: John Downes.

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"Meagre as is the information supplied in this work, it is practically all to which we have to trust for our knowledge of the Restoration stage. The details furnished include the names of the actors comprised in the two companies, and the casts of the novelties produced, with statements as to the fortunes of the play, and an occasional expression of opinion as to the merits of piece or acting. Downes's style is singularly crabbed, confused, and inelegant, and is charged with the most marvellous latinism. The verdicts are, however, accepted; his inaccuracies are neither numerous nor important, and the only charge he has incurred is that he has been miserly in dispensing information the subsequent value of which he was in no position to estimate." - Dictionary of national biography.

Microfiche. Chicago : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 40100)

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Subtitle found in format: An historical review of the stage, after it had been suppres'd by means of the late unhappy civil war, begun in 1641, till the time of King Charles the IIs. restoration in May 1660