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ID	3638
Last Name	Philips
First Name	Ambrose
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Gender	Male
Date of Birth	1674
Date of Death	1749-06
Place of Birth	Shrewsbury
Place of Death	London
VIAF URI	http://viaf.org/viaf/49250263
Wikipedia Entry	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Philips
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Role	Title	Date
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
Translator	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	English Minstrelsy. Being a selection of fugitive poetry from the best English authors; with some original pieces hitherto unpublished. In two volumes.	1810
Author	The Modern British Drama. In five volumes.	1811
Author	The wonder a woman keeps a secret! A comedy. In five acts. By Mrs. Centlivre. [first published in London, 1714.]	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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"Philips, Ambrose" The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 3638, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/3638. Accessed 2026-01-03.

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