William Godwin's Diary

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1/2 Endymion (13  March  1818) Lyly, JohnEndymion; or, The man in the moone. Played before the Queenes Maiestie at Greenwich on Candlemas Day at night, by the Chyldren of Paules. By John Lyly. 1591
This play appeared in Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke's collection of Old English plays; being a selection from the early dramatic writers… ( 1814-1815), which is listed in WG's sale catalog. It contains many other plays read by WG at this time. See annotation for 1818-02-20 for more information.

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