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ID	3418
Last Name	Murphy
First Name	Arthur
Title
Gender	Male
Date of Birth	1727-12-27
Date of Death	1805-06-17
Place of Birth	Cloonyquin House
Place of Death	Knightsbridge
VIAF URI	http://viaf.org/viaf/24641385
Wikipedia Entry	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Murphy_(writer)
Jackson Entry	https://jacksonbibliography.library.utoronto.ca/author/details/murphy-arthur/10369
Image URL	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Arthur_Murphy_by_Nathaniel_Dance,_(later_Sir_Nathaniel_Dance-Holland,_Bt).jpg
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Titles

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Role	Title	Date
Author	The orphan of China. A tragedy. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.	1759
Translator	The Desert Island, a dramatic poem, in three acts. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.	1760
Author	The way to keep him, a comedy in three acts: as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane.	1760
Author	The orphan of china. A tragedy. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By Arthur Murphy.	1761
Author	The citizen. A farce. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. By Arthur Murphy, Esq;	1763
Author	The New English Theatre in Twelve Volumes, containing the most valuable plays which have been acted on the London stage.	1776
Author	Bell's Edition. The Grecian Daughter, a Tragedy, as written by Arthur Murray, Esq. Distinguishing the variations of the theatre, as performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. Regulated from the prompt-book. By permission of the managers. By Mr. Hopkins, Prompter.	1785
Author	A collection of the most esteemed farces and entertainments performed on the British stage. A new edition.	1786
Author	Bell's British Theatre. Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays.	1797
Author	Cawthorn's Minor British Theatre. Consisting of the Most Esteemed Farces and Operas.	1806
Author	The Grecian Daughter; a Tragedy, in Five Acts, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. By Arthur Murray, Esq. Printed under the authority of the Managers from the prompt book. With remarks by Mrs. Inchbald.	1806
Author	The British Theatre; or, A collection of plays, which are acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket. Printed under the authority of the managers from the prompt books. With critical and biographical remarks, by Mrs. Inchbald. In twenty-five volumes.	1808
Author	A Collection of Farces and Other Afterpieces, which are acted at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane, Covent-Garden, and Hay-Market. Printed under the authority of the manager from the prompt book: selected by Mrs. Inchbald. In seven volumes.	1809
Author	The works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. A new edition, in fifteen [i.e., twelve] volumes. With an essay on his life and genius, by Arthur Murphy, Esq.	1809
Author	English Comedy: A Collection of the Most Celebrated Dramas, Since the Commencement of the Reformation of the Stage by Sir Richard Steele and Colley Cibber.	1810
Author	The Modern British Drama. In five volumes.	1811
Author	The English Drama, with prefatory remarks, biographical sketches, and notes, critical and explanatory; being the only edition existing which is faithfully marked with the stage business and stage directions, as performed at the Theatres Royal. Edited by W. Oxberry, Comedian.	1818
Author	The London Stage; a collection of the most reputed tragedies, comedies, operas, melo-dramas, farces, and interludes. Accurately printed from acting copies, as performed at the Theatres Royal, and carefully collated and revised.	1824
Author	Cumberland's British Theatre, with remarks, biographical and critical. Printed from the acting copies, as performed at the Theatres Royal, London.	1829

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