Imitations, which ever have been allowed in Poets, the Play has its peculiar Merit; and as a Lady carried the Prize of Poetry in France this Year, ſo in Juſtice, they are like to do in England; tho’ indeed we uſe them more barbarouſly, and defraud them both of their Fame and Profit.
The Spaniſh Wives, a Farce, acted at the Theatre in Dorſet-Gardens, by his Majeſty’s Servants, 1696. and dedicated to the Honourable Collonel Tipping, of Whitfield. This Farce had the good Fortune to pleaſe, and it muſt be own’d, there are two or three pleaſant Turns in it. For the Plot conſult the Novel of the Pilgrim.
Samuel Pordage, Eſq;
LAtely, if not ſtill, a Member of Lincolns-Inn, and Author of two Plays, call’d,
Herod and Mariamne, a Tragedy, 4 to. 1673. acted at the Duke’s Theatre, dedicated to the Dutcheſs of Albermarle. A Play writ many Years before it was prefer’d to the Stage, where it was receiv’d with great Satisfaction. Plot from Joſeph. Hiſt. Philo Judæus, and Cleopatra, a Romance, in the Story of Tyridates.
Siege of Babylon, a Tragi-Comedy, 4 to. 1678. dedicated to her Royal Highneſs the Dutcheſs of York. Plot from the aforeſaid Romance of Cleopatra.
Henry Porter.
AUthor of an Hiſtorical Play, in Queen Elizabeth’s Reign, call’d,
Two Angry Women of Abingdon, with the humourous Mirth of Dick Coomes, and Nicholas Proverbs, two Serving-men, a Comedy, 4 to. 1599. acted by the Right Honourable, the Earl of Nottingham, Lord High Admiral’s Servants.
Thomas Porter.
THis Gentleman liv’d in the Time of the two Charles’s, and writ, 1664. a Play, call’d,
The Carnival, a Comedy, 4 to. 1664, acted at the Theatre Royal, by his Majeſty’s Servants.
The Villain, a Comedy, 4 to. 1664. acted at the Duke’s Theatre. This Play is now ſometimes acted, Mr. Sandford having gain’d great Reputation by playing the part of Malignii.
