Sir William Davenant

Sir William Davenant

Author: Alfred Harbage

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2017-11-15

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1512816655

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First thorough biography of the colorful and gifted seventeenth-century playwright who was also the father of English opera, the first to use English actresses in his plays, and the creator of modern stage construction.


Seventeenth-century British Nondramatic Poets

Seventeenth-century British Nondramatic Poets

Author: M. Thomas Hester

Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13:

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Profiles more than twenty British nondramatic poets born between 1588 and 1618, presenting primary and secondary bibliographies and illustrated biographical essays that chronicle each writer's career in detail.