Colman, George (the elder)

ID 3542
Last Name Colman
First Name George (the elder)
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Gender Male
Date of Birth 1732-04
Date of Death 1794-08-14
Place of Birth Florence
Place of Death Paddington
VIAF URI http://viaf.org/viaf/76330307
Wikipedia Entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Colman_the_Elder
Image URL https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/George_Colman_the_Elder,_after_Joshua_Reynolds.jpg
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Editor Poems by Eminent Ladies; Particularly Mrs. Barber, Mrs. Behn, Miss Carter, Lady Chudleigh, Mrs. Cockburn, Mrs. Grierson, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Killigrew, Mrs. Leapor, Mrs. Madan, Mrs. Masters, Lady M.W. Montague, Mrs. Monk, Duchess of Newcastle, Mrs. C. Philips, Mrs. Pilkington, Mrs. Rowe, Lady Winchelsea. 1755
Author The Jealous Wife: a comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By George Colman, Esq. 1761
Author The Jealous Wife: a comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By George Colman, Esq. 1761
Author The clandestine marriage, a comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By George Colman and David Garrick. 1766
Editor Poems by the most eminent ladies of Great-Britain and Ireland. Particularly, Mrs. Barber, Mrs. Behn, Miss Carter, Lady Chudleigh, Mrs. Cockburn, Mrs. Grierson, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Killigrew, Mrs. Leapor, Mrs. Madan, Mrs. Masters, Lady M. W. Montague, Mrs. Monk, Dutchess of Newcastle, Mrs. K. Philips, Mrs. Pilkington, Mrs. Rowe, Lady Winchelsea. Selected, with an account of the writers, by G. Colman and B. Thornton, Esqrs. A new edition. 1773
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 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 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 Modern Theatre; A Collection of Successful Modern Plays, as acted at the Theatres Royal, London. Printed from the prompt books under the authority of the managers. Selected by Mrs. Inchbald. In ten volumes. 1811
Author The English Drama Purified: Being a Specimen of Select Plays, in which all the passages that have appeared to the editor to be objectionable in point of morality, are omitted or altered. With prefaces and notes. By James Plumptre, B.D. Fellow of Clark-Hall, Cambridge. 1812
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

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