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TALE OF A TUB,
Com. by Ben J onion,
fol. 1640. This is not one
of our author's bell pieces,
being chiefly confined to low
humour.
Tamberlane the Great ; or,
The Scythian Shepherd. Tr.
in two parts, by Chriftopher
Marloe, 4to. 1590. The
fcene of both thefe pieces
lies in Perfia, and they are
both printed in the old
black letter. The plot is
taken from the Life of Ta-
merlane.
Tamberlcme the Great.
Trag. by Charles Saunders.
Adted at the Theatre Royal,
4to. 16S1. This was efleem-
ed a very good play, and
was highly commended by
Banks and other his con-
*rzr?pcrsry writers.
Tamerlane. Trag. by
N. Rowe. Acled at Lin-
coln's - Inn - Fields, 4to.
ijoz. This play was writ-
ten in compliment to King
William III. whofe cha-
ja^ler the author intended
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to difplay under that of Ta-
merlane. It was received
with great applaufe at its
firlt. appearance, and ftill
continues- to be an admired
play. In purfuance of Mr.
Juawe's intended compli-
ment, it has been a conftant
Cuftojn at all the theatres,
both in London and Dub-
lin, to reprefent it on the
4th of November , which was
birth-day.
more efpecially
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that monarch's
In > Dublin
it is made one of what is
called the Government Nights
at the Theatre, when the
Lord Lieutenant, or in his
abfence the Lords Juftices,
pay the ladies the compli-
ment of rendering the boxes
entirely free to fuch of them
as chufe to come to the
houfe. Nor has it been unu-
fual in fome theatres to per-
form this play on the fuc-
ceding night alfo, which is
the anniverfary of his iiril
landing on the Englifh coaft.
Dr. Johnfon obierves, that
the virtues of Tamerlane
feem to have been arbitra-
rily ailigned him by his
poet, for we know not that
hiilory gives him any other
qualities than thofe which
make a conqueror. The
falhion however of the time
was, to accumulate upon
Lewis all that can raife hor-
ror and defoliation j and
. whatever good was witheld
from him, that it might no6
be thrown away, was be-
llowed upon King William.
This was the tragedy which
Rowe valued molt, and that
which probably, by the help
of political auxiliaries, ex-
cited moll applaufe ; but
occafional poetry mull often
content itfelf with occafion-
al praife. . Tamerlane has
for a long time been a&ed
only once a year, on the
Bight