Copy of The country gentleman, ca. 1668 [manuscript], ca. 1695.

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Copy of The country gentleman, ca. 1668 [manuscript], ca. 1695.

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A play by Sir Robert Howard with an interpolated scene by the Duke of Buckingham. A comedy in five acts. Includes very few stage directions and while each act opens with a scene 1, there are no further formal scene divisions.

48 leaves ; 32 x 20 cm.

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Folger Shakespeare Library

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Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1628-1687

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Buckingham was a royalist in the civil war. He was voted a traitor by the House of Commons in 1648, and his estate was sequestered. He escaped from England in 1648, becoming a privy councilor of the exiled Charles II. He fought for the king in defeat at Worcester in 1651 but later became estranged from him. His estates were confiscated in 1651. He returned to England in 1657 and married Mary, daughter of Thomas Fairfax of Cameron, consequently being imprisoned until 1659. After the Restoration, ...

Coventry, Anne Coventry, Countess of, 1673-1763

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Howard, Robert, Sir, 1626-1698

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English poet and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to "Charles", 1675 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269530354 The country gentleman was never printed or publicly performed. From the description of Copy of The country gentleman, ca. 1668 [manuscript], ca. 1695. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 664736486 Auditor of the exchequer. From the description of Check signed : [np.], 1697 Dec...