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PEEFACE.
In the scanty annals of the early Scotish drama, the comedy of
Philotus occupies a very conspicuous place. It is therefore a sub-
ject of some regret that the name of the poet has not hitherto been
ascertained ; for there is no evidence, and indeed no great proba-
bility, of its having been written by Robert Semple, who has some-
times been represented as the author. He is mentioned as the
writer of a play, which on the 17th of January 1568 was acted
before the regent and others of the nobility ; ' and it has been taken
for granted that he was the writer of Philotus, which has not been
appropriated by any other author. Various plays were however
written and acted which were never printed, and which are no
longer preserved in manuscript ; nor must we so rapidly hasten to
the conclusion, that this particular drama could only be the com-
position of an individual who is recorded as the writer of some
drama, unnamed and undescribed.
' Birrel's Diary, p. 14, in Dalyell's Fragments of Scotish History. Edinb. 1798,
4to.
In the scanty annals of the early Scotish drama, the comedy of
Philotus occupies a very conspicuous place. It is therefore a sub-
ject of some regret that the name of the poet has not hitherto been
ascertained ; for there is no evidence, and indeed no great proba-
bility, of its having been written by Robert Semple, who has some-
times been represented as the author. He is mentioned as the
writer of a play, which on the 17th of January 1568 was acted
before the regent and others of the nobility ; ' and it has been taken
for granted that he was the writer of Philotus, which has not been
appropriated by any other author. Various plays were however
written and acted which were never printed, and which are no
longer preserved in manuscript ; nor must we so rapidly hasten to
the conclusion, that this particular drama could only be the com-
position of an individual who is recorded as the writer of some
drama, unnamed and undescribed.
' Birrel's Diary, p. 14, in Dalyell's Fragments of Scotish History. Edinb. 1798,
4to.
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| Description | A comedy, reprinted from the edition of Robert Charteris (1603). Appendix containing Barnaby Rich's tale of Philotus and Emelia. Wth a preface by David Irving. |
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