The Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets/William Mountford
William Mountford.
The Birth and Parentage of this Author I know nothing of; the first Figure he made was,in the part of Tall-Boy, on the Stage, for which, being taken Notice, he was advanc’d on the Theatre, till he got into the Family of the late Lord Chancellor Jefferies; from whence he return’d to the Stage, where he continued till he was kill’d in Norfolk-Buildings, London. He has publish’d three Plays.
Greenwich-Park, a Comedy, 4 to. 1691. Acted at the Theatre Royal, by their Majesties Servants, and dedicated to the Right Honourable, Algernon, Earl of Essex, Viscount Malden, &c. This is a very pretty Comedy, and has been always received with general Applause.
The Injur’d Lovers; or, The Ambitious Father, a Tragedy, 4 to. 1688. the Dedication is to the Right Honourable, James, Earl of Arran, Son to his Grace, the Duke of Hamilton. This Play did not succeed as the Author wish’d.
The Life and Death of Dr. Faustus, made into a Farce, with the Humours of Harlequin and Scaramauch, as they were several times acted by Mr. Lee and Mr. Jevoa, at the Queen’s Theatre in Dorset-Garden, newly reviv’d at the Theatre in Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields.
The Succesful Strangers, a Tragi-Comedy, 4 to. 1690. Acted by their Majesties Servants, at the Theatre Royal. Its Dedication is to the Right Honourable, Thomas (now Lord) Wharton, Comptroller of his Majesty’s Houshold. The Catastrophe from The Rival Brothers, in Scarron’s Novels. This Play somewhat exceeded the preceding one.