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ID	3594
Last Name	Congreve
First Name	William
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Gender	Male
Date of Birth	1670-01-24
Date of Death	1729-01-19
Place of Birth	North Yorkshire
Place of Death	Surrey
VIAF URI	http://viaf.org/viaf/24616924
Wikipedia Entry	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Congreve
Image URL	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/William_Congreve_by_Sir_Godfrey_Kneller,_Bt.jpg
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Role	Title	Date
Author	A letter from Mr. Congreve to the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham.	1729
Author	The Theatre: or, Select Works of the British Dramatic Poets. In twelve volumes. To which are prefixed, the lives of these celebrated writers, and strictures on most of the plays.	1768
Author	The New English Theatre in Twelve Volumes, containing the most valuable plays which have been acted on the London stage.	1776
Author	The Mourning Bride. A Tragedy. Taken from the manager's book, at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden.	1787
Author	Bell's British Theatre. Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays.	1797
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	The Modern British Drama. In five volumes.	1811
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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"Congreve, William" The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 3594, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/3594. Accessed 2024-09-17.

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