24 January 1719

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Theatre: Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season: 1718-1719
Volume: 2
Comments: Benefit the Author. Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 24 Jan.: Sir Walter Raleigh has been acted with Success; ...the Author, having, for his first Attempt in the Dramatick Way, shewn an uncommon Genius: The Diction seems to be extreamly just; the Sentiments noble; and, were it not for some Irregularities in working up the Catastrophe, it would be the best Tragedy that has appeared these many Years

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *pZlif Sir Walter Raleigh. See 16 Jan. *cZlif Benefit the Author. <i>Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post</i>, 24 Jan.: <i>Sir Walter Raleigh</i> has been acted with Success; ...the Author, having, for his first Attempt in the Dramatick Way, shewn an uncommon Genius: The Diction seems to be extreamly just; the Sentiments noble; and, were it not for some Irregularities in working up the Catastrophe, it would be the best Tragedy that has appeared these many Years.

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    *p1719 01 24 lif Sir Walter Raleigh. ^See17190116^.*c1719 01 24 lif Benefit the Author. <i>Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post</i>, 24 Jan.: <i>Sir Walter Raleigh</i> has been acted with Success; ...the Author, having, for his first Attempt in the Dramatick Way, shewn an uncommon Genius: The Diction seems to be extreamly just; the Sentiments noble; and, were it not for some Irregularities in working up the Catastrophe, it would be the best Tragedy that has appeared these many Years.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 7642 | 17190124 | lif | Benefit the Author. <i>Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post</i>, 24 Jan.: <i>Sir Walter Raleigh</i> has been acted with Success; ...the Author, having, for his first Attempt in the Dramatick Way, shewn an uncommon Genius: The Diction seems to be extreamly just; the Sentiments noble; and, were it not for some Irregularities in working up the Catastrophe, it would be the best Tragedy that has appeared these many Years
    Performance: 12078 | 7642 | p | Sir Walter Raleigh | See17190116.

Mainpiece

Title: Sir Walter Raleigh
Comments:
See17190116.
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Related Works

Publish Date: 1719
Author: George Sewell
Baptism: 1687
Death: 1726

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