The Historical Register for the Year 1736


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Excerpt from The Historical Register, for the Year 1736: As It Is Acted at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market; To Which Is Added a Very Merry Tragedy, Called Eurydice Hiss'd, or a Word to the Wise Hope you will pardon the Prefump tfi'on Of this Dedication, fince I really did not know in What man ner to apply for your Leave; and {thee I expec't no Prefent in return: (the Reafon' I conceive, which firfi introduc'd the Ceremony of asking Leave among Dediéa torsz) For. Furely it is fomewhat'abfurd to ask a man', leave to' flatter him; and he mufi be a very impudent or fimple Fellow, or both, Who will give it. Asking Leave to dedicate, therefore. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.






















Contributions to The Champion and Related Writings


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This volume completes the edition's coverage of Henry Fielding's journalism, which occupied a far greater part of his time than has been traditionally acknowledged. His contributions to The Champion are not only among his most energetic and intriguing works in the genre; they also have a densepolitical background, of interest to historians studying the interface between journalism and politicians of the time, as well as the role of newspaper publishers. Walpole figures hugely, and the extent to which Fielding hints at the minister's life and activities is remarkable.Much of the volume's material has never been reprinted before. Explanatory annotations are full, as the characteristically allusive and topical nature of Fielding's writing requires. Appendices provide an analytical textual apparatus, and the editorial introductions emphasize matters such as genesisand composition, circumstances of publication, in addition to immediate biographical, literary, and historical backgrounds.




A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 5, Eagan to Garrett


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In contrast to each other, Volume 5 is a sociological portrait of mostly little people in their tragic and comic efforts to achieve fame on the London stage during the Restoration and eighteenth century, whereas Volume 6 is dom­inated by the glamour of David Gar­rick, Nell Gwyn, and Joseph Grimaldi, the celebrated clown. Some 250 por­traits individualize the great and small of the theatres of London.