William Godwin's Diary

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Royal King (22  March  1818) Heywood, ThomasThe royal king and the loyall subject. As it hath beene acted with great applause by the Queenes Majesties servants. Written by Thomas Heywood. 1637
Translated from Matteo Bandello's Novelle. 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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