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<p>To be completed in 12 volumes, this monumental work here begins publica­tion with the first two volumes—<i>Abaco to Bertie</i> and <i>Bertin to Byzard.</i> When completed, it is expected that the bio­graphical dictionary will include informa­tion on more than 8,500 individuals.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Hundreds of printed sources have been searched for this project, and dozens of repositories combed, and the names of personnel listed have been filtered through parish registers whenever possible. From published and unpublished sources, from wills, archives of professional societies and guilds, from records of colleges, uni­versities, and clubs, and from the contri­butions of selfless scholars, the authors have here assembled material which il­luminates theatrical and musical activity in London in the 1660–1800 period.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The information here amassed will doubtless be augmented by other spe­cialists in Restoration and eighteenth-century theatre and drama, but it is not likely that the number of persons now known surely or conjectured finally to have been connected with theatrical en­terprise in this period will ever be in­creased considerably. Certainly, the contribu

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Author

Professor Philip H Highfill Jr PhD, Professor Kalman A Burnim PhD, Edward A. Langhans

Publisher

Southern Illinois University Press

Published

1973

Language

EN

ISBN

9780809311293

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Sports, Literary Fiction