Excerpt from Lodowick Carliell His Life: A Discussion of His Plays, and the Deserving Favourite, a Tragi

The following dissertation presents the life and works of Lodowick Carliell - his career in detail, and his literary pro duction through a representative play and a summary and criticism of his other plays. It is designed thus to introduce an author who needs such a service, for Carliell's biography has not been written until now, and his works are almost lost. The justification of this attempt to revive the memory of an author well-nigh forgotten must depend upon considerations as to the value of his performance in the development of English literature, and in particular of the drama. In both the writer believes that Lodovvick Carliell should have a place, and he hopes to complete this undertaking by reprinting at some future time the remainder of Carliell's plays.

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