Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Companion to the play-house, or, An historical account of all the dramatic writers (and their works) that have appeared in Great Britain and Ireland, from the commencement of our theatrical exhibitions, down to the present year 1764 > Volume 2

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matic Writers, lived In the Reign
of King Charles I. and received
his Education at the Univei-fity
of Cambridge, but v/hether he
took any Degree there is not evi-
dent, there being few Particulars
preferved in Regard to him, more
than his clofe Intimacy and Con-
nection with all the principal
Wits and poetical Geniufes of
that Age, by whom he was
well beloved, and with fome of
whom he joined in their Wri-
tings. — Wood ftiles him, *' the
•' Ornament for Wit and Inge-
*' nuity oi Ftmbroke-Hall in Cam'
" bridge.'' — In a Word, he was a
very great B-"nefador to the Etig^
lijh Stage, having, exclufive of
his Aid lent to Middleton, Day,
Hey 'wood, PFebJler, &c. left us five
Plays of his own compofmg, and
one in v/hich even the immortal
Shakefpeare afforded him fome Af-
fiftance. — Their Titles in alpha-
betical Order are as follow,
1. Airs loft by Luft. Trag.
2. Birth of Merljn. Tragi-
Com. (affifted by Sbakef-
peare.)
3. Match at Midnight. Com.
4. Neiff Wonder, a Woman ne-
ver -vext. Com.
5. Shoemaker is a Gentleman,
Com,
6. Witch of Edmonton.
Tragi Com.
The Plays in which he was con-
cerned v\ ith others, but, not hav-
ing the principal Hand, are not
afcribed to him, are the follow-
ing, to which I have fubjoined
the Author's Name who joined
with him.
I. ChangUtig. Trag, Tho. Mid-
diet on.
a. Cure for a Cuckold. Com.
John Webfter.
3.. Fair S^iarrel. Com, Tho.
MiddUtOKi
R U
4. Fortune by Land and Sea. C
The, Heyivood.
5. Old Laiv'. Hm^i-Com. Fbi-
lip Mafjinger and Tho. Mid-
diet on.
6. Parliament of Bees. Mafqiie,
John Day and Geo. V/il-
kins.
7. Spanijh Gipfey. Com, Tho,
Middleton.
8. Thracian Wonder. Comic
Hiftory. John Webjhr^f
(on the Authority oilViu'
panley only.)
9. Travels of the three Engii/h
Brothers. John Day and
Geo. Wilkins,
RuGGLEs, Ralph, A. M.—
All I can difcover concerning this
Writer is, he belonged to Clare-
Hall, Cambridge, and was Author
of a very celebrated and very
humorous Latin Play, which was
afted at that Univerfity before
King James I. on the 8th of
March 1 6 14, entitled,
Ignoramus. Com.
RuTTER, Mr. Joftpb, — This
Author lived in the Reign of
King Charles I. and was a De-
pendant on the Family of Ed-
•ward Earl of Dorfet, Lord Cham-
berlain to the Qu^een, being Tu-
tor to his Son. — At the Com-
mand of his Patron, he under-
took a Tranflation of the firft Part
of the Cid, from the French of
Corneille, which, when executed,
was fo well approved of by the
King, to whom it was /hewn,
that, at his Majefty's own De-
fire, the fecond Part of the fame
Piece was put into Mr. Rutter's
Hands, with an Injunftion to
tranflate it, which he immedi-
ately obey'd. — -He befides wrote
one original dramatic Piece of his
own, fo that the Works of this
Kind, which he has left behind
him, are,
I. C/cf.