Life in Cauffin's Holy Court. This Play was never acted. He also wrote another Play, called Mafter 'Anthony. , Mr. SAMUEL BRANDON. T HIS Author liv'd in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, and wrote one Play only; call'd, The Virtuous OCTAVIA; a Tragi-Comedy, printed in the Year 1598. This Play was never prefented on the Stage, tho' the Author and others had a very good opinion of it. The Plot is taken from Plutarch's Life of Mark Antony. Mr. NICHOLAS BRETON. A N Author who writ and publifh'd one Interlude; call'd, The Old Man's Leffon, and Young Man's Love; a very antient Piece. T HIS Gentleman liv'd in the Reign of King 1. The Country Girl; a Comedy, acted in the Year 1647. with great Applaufe. This Play was reviv'd by one Leonard, 1677. under the Title of Country Innocence, or The Chamber Maid turn'd Quaker. II. The II. The Love-fick King; an English Tragical Hiftory; with the Life and Death of Cartefmunda, the fair Nun of Winchefter, printed 1655. This Play was also reviv'd and acted at the King's Theatre, under the Title of The perjur'd Nun, Anno 1680. For the Story fee Speed, Polyd. Vergil, Gu. Malmsb. Ingulfus, Higden, Du Chefne, &c. Mr. ALEXANDER BROME. A N Attorney by Profeffion, and a Poet in the Royal Caufe, in the Reign of King Charles I. He wrote one Play; call'd, The Cunning Lovers; a Comedy, acted by their Majefties Servants, in the Year 1654. with great Approbation. Part of the Plot is taken from the Hiftory of The Seven Wife Mafters of Rome. See alfo The Fortunate deceiv'd, and Unfortunate Lovers, a Novel. Tho' this Gentleman wrote but one Play, yet he gave the World a Volume of Mr. Richard Brome's after his Deceafe. A Mr. RICHARD BROME. Servant to Ben. Johnson, who likewife liv'd in the Reign of King Charles I. In imitation of his Mafter, he ftudied Men and Humour more than Books; and his Genius leading him to Comedy, he wrote himself into Reputation that way. His Plots, Mr. Langbain allows to be his own; and his Plays, Fifteen in Number, were acted, moft of them, with good Applaufe. They are as follow; C 4 I. No I. NOVELLA; a Comedy, acted by his Majesty's Servants, 1632. This Play exceeds many of our Modern Comedies. II. The Court Beggar; a Comedy, acted at the Cockpit, by his Majefty's Servants, 1632. III. Antipodes; a Comedy, acted in the Year 1638. by the Queen's Servants, at Salisbury Court in Fleet-ftreet. IV. Afparagus Garden; a Comedy, 1640. Dedicated to the Earl of Newcastle. V. The City Wit, or The Woman wears the Breeches; a Comedy, 1653. VI. Damoifelle, or The New Ordinary; a Comedy, 1653. VII. The Mad Couple well Match'd; a Comedy, 1653. This Play was reviv'd by the Duke of York's Actors, under the Title of The Debauchee, or The Credulous Cuckold. VIII. The Jovial Crew, or The merry Beggars; a Comedy, acted by his Majefty's Servants, 1653. IX. The Love-fick Court, or The ambitions Politick; a Comedy, 1658. X. The New Academy, or The New Exchange; a Comedy, 1658. XI. Covent Garden weeded, or The Middlefex Justice of Peace, 1658. XII. The Queen's Exchange; a Comedy, acted with general Applaufe, by his Majefty's Servants at Blackfryars. XIII. Queen and Concubine; a Comedy, 1659, XIV. The English Moor, or The mock Marriage; a Comedy, acted by her Majefty's Servants. XV. The Northern Lafs, or A Neft of Fools; a Comedy, acted with great Applaufe at the Theatre Royal, 1663. And is commended by Ben. Johnson, in thefe Lines : And And you, Dick, do my Arts with good Applause, Which I, your Mafter, firft did teach the Age. Mr. Brome likewife join'd with Tho. Haywood, in a Play call'd The Lancashire Witches. A Mr. RUBEN BOURNE. Gentleman late of the Temple, having one The Contented Cuckold, or The Woman's Advocate, 1692. This Play was never represented on the Theatre. T Mr. HENRY BURKHEAD. HIS Author liv'd in the Reign of King Charles I. being then a Merchant of Bristol. He wrote one Play; call'd, COLA's Fury, or LYRENDA's Mifery; a Tragedy, printed 1645, and Dedicated to the Right Honourable Edward Somerfet, Lord Herbert. The Subject of this Play, is the Irish Rebellion, which broke out in the Year 1641. This Tragedy was never a&ted. Mr, A Mr. BURNABY. Gentleman of the Inner Temple, whom, I am inform'd, had a Univerfity Education. He has writ three Plays. I. Love betray'd, or The agreeable Difappointment; a Comedy. II. The Modifh Husband; a Comedy, acted at the Theatre Royal, 1702. III. The Ladies Vifiting Day; a Comedy. A HENRY BURNEL, Efq; N Irish Gentleman, that liv'd in the Reign of King Charles I. who writ the following Play. LANDGARTHA; a Tragi-Comedy, acted at the New Theatre in Dublin, with very good Applaufe, 1641. The Author introduc'd this Play with a Prologue fpoken by an Amazon, having a Battle-Ax in her Hand, to fecure its Succefs, in imitation of Ben. Johnfon, whom he ftiles the best of English Poets. The Plot is founded on the Conqueft of Fro, King of Suevia, by Regner, King of Denmark; with the Repudiation of Landgartha, Queen to Regner. See Krantzius, lib. 4. c. 6. Jo. Magnus, lib. 17. c. 4, 5.& Saxo. Gramat. lib. 9. Lady |