See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• GEORGE LILLO (1693-1739)

LILLO (1693-1739)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English dramatist, son of a Dutch jeweller, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 4th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1693 . He was brought up to his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade and was for many years a partner in the business . His first piece, Silvia, or the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

Country See also:

• BURIAL

Burial, was a ballad See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera produced at See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln's See also:

• INN

Inn See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

Fields in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1730 . On the 22nd of See also:

• JUNE

June 1731 his domestic tragedy, The See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

Merchant, renamed later The London Merchant, or the See also:

• HISTORY

History of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Barnwell, was produced by See also:

• THEOPHILUS

Theophilus See also:

• CIBBER (or CIBERT), CAIUS GABRIEL (163o-1700)
• CIBBER, COLLEY (1671-1757)

Cibber and his See also:

• COMPANY

company at See also:

• DRURY, SIR WILLIAM (1527-1579)

Drury See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane . The piece is written in See also:

• PROSE

prose, which is not See also:

• FREE

free from passages which are really See also:

• BLANK (from the Fr. blanc, white)

blank See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, and is founded on " An excellent ballad of George Barnwell, an apprentice of London who ... thrice robbed his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, and murdered his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle in See also:

• LUDLOW
• LUDLOW, EDMUND (c. 1617-1692)

Ludlow." In breaking through the tradition that the characters of every tragedy must necessarily be See also:

• DRAWN

drawn from See also:

• PEOPLE

people of high See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank and See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune he went back to the Elizabethan domestic See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama of See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion of which the See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire Tragedy is a type . The obtrusively moral purpose of this See also:

• PLAY

play places it in the same See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• CATEGORY (Gr. Karrlyopia, " accusation ")

category as the novels of See also:

• RICHARDSON, GEORGE
• RICHARDSON, HENRY HOBSON (1838-1886)
• RICHARDSON, SAMUEL (1689-1761)
• RICHARDSON, SIR JOHN (1787-1865)

Richardson . Scoffing critics called it, with See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason, a " Newgate tragedy," but it proved extremely popular on the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage . It was regularly acted for many years at See also:

• HOLIDAY

holiday seasons for the moral benefit of the apprentices . The last See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act contained a See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene, generally omitted on the London stage, in which the gallows actually figured . In 1734 See also:

• LILLO, GEORGE (1693-1739)

Lillo celebrated the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage of the Princess See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne with See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William IV. of See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange in Britannia and See also:

• BATAVIA

Batavia, a masque . A second tragedy, The See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

Hero, was produced at Drury Lane on the 13th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1735 . It is based on the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of See also:

• SCANDERBEG, or ISKENDER BEY (14o3-1467)

Scanderbeg, the Albanian chieftain, a See also:

• LIFE

life of whom is printed with the play .

See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Whincop (d . 1730) wrote a piece on the same subject, printed posthumously in 1747 . Both Lillo and William Havard, who also wrote a dramatic version of the story, were accused of plagiarizing Whin cop's Scanderbeg . Another See also:

• MURDER

murder-drama, Fatal Curiosity, in which an old couple murder an unknown See also:

• GUEST (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Gast, and Swed. gust; cognate with Lat. hostis, originally a stranger, hence enemy; cf. " host " )
• GUEST, EDWIN (1800–188o)

guest, who proves to be their own son, was based on a tragedy at Bohelland See also:

• FARM

Farm near See also:

• PENRYN

Penryn in 1618 . It was produced by See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• FIELDING, ANTHONY VANDYKE COPLEY (1787-1855)
• FIELDING, HENRY (1707-1754)
• FIELDING, WILLIAM STEVENS (1848– )

Fielding at the Little See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre in the Haymarket in 1736. but with small success . In the next See also:

• YEAR

year Fielding tacked it on to his own See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical See also:

• REGISTER

Register for 1736, and it was received more kindly . It was revised by George See also:

• COLMAN, GEORGE (1732–1794)
• COLMAN, SAINT (d. 676)
• COLMAN, SAMUEL (1832– )

Colman the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder in 1782, by Henry See also:

• MACKENZIE
• MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER (1822-1892)
• MACKENZIE, HENRY (1745-1831)
• MACKENZIE, SIR ALEXANDER (c. 1755-1820)
• MACKENZIE, SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL (1847— )
• MACKENZIE, SIR GEORGE (1636-1691)
• MACKENZIE, SIR MORELL (1837-1892)
• MACKENZIE, WILLIAM LYON (1795-1861)

Mackenzie in 1784, &c . Lillo also wrote an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the Shakespearean play of See also:

• PERICLES (49o-429 B.C.)

Pericles, See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince of See also:

• TYRE (Phoen. and Hebr. =" rock," Assyr. S'urru, Egypt. Dara, Early Lat. Sarra)

Tyre, with the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Marina (Covent See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden, See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1st, 1738); and a tragedy, Elmerick, or See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

Justice Triumphant (produced posthumously, Drury Lane, February 23rd, 1740) . The statement made in the See also:

• PROLOGUE (from Gr. 7rpo, before, and Myer, a word)

prologue to this play that Lillo died in poverty seems unfounded . His See also:

• DEATH

death took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on the 3rd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1739 . He See also:

• LEFT

left an unfinished version of See also:

• ARDEN, FOREST OF

Arden of Feversham, which was completed by Dr See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• HOADLY, BENJAMIN (1676-1761)

Hoadly and produced in 1759 . Lillo's reputation proved See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-lived .

He has nevertheless a certain See also:

• COSMOPOLITAN (Gr. Kbvµos, world, and IroXirgs, citizen)

cosmopolitan importance, for the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of George Barnwell can be traced in the sentimental drama of both See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . See Lillo's Dramatic See also:

• WORKS

Works with See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of the Author by Thomas See also:

• DAVIES (DAvIslus), JOHN (1679-1732)
• DAVIES, DAVID CHARLES (1826-1891)
• DAVIES, RICHARD (c. 1505—1581)
• DAVIES, SIR JOHN (1569-1626)
• DAVIES, SIR LOUIS HENRY (1845— )

Davies (reprint by See also:

• LOWNDES, THOMAS (1692-1748)
• LOWNDES, WILLIAM THOMAS (1798-1843)

Lowndes, 181o); Cibber's Lives of the Poets, v.; Genest, Some See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

Account of the English Stage; Alois Brandt, " Zu Lillo's See also:

• KAUFMANN, CONSTANTINE PETROVICH (1818-1882)

Kaufmann in London," in Vierteljahrschrift See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur Literaturgeschichte (See also:

• WEIMAR

Weimar, 189o, vol. iii.); See also:

• LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

Leopold See also:

• HOFFMANN, AUGUST HEINRICH (1798–1874)
• HOFFMANN, ERNST THEODOR WILHELM (1776-1822)
• HOFFMANN, JOHANN JOSEPH (1805-1878)

Hoffmann, George Lillo (See also:

• MARBURG
• MARBURG, COLLOQUY OF (Marburger Religionsgesprach)

Marburg, 1888) ; See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul von See also:

• HOFMANN, AUGUST WILHELM VON (1818-1892)
• HOFMANN, JOHANN CHRISTIAN KONRAD VON (1810—1877)
• HOFMANN, MELCHIOR (c. 1498—1543-4)

Hofmann-Wellenhof, Shakspere's Pericles and George Lillo's Marina (See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, 1885) . There is a novel founded on Lillo's play, Barnwell (1807), by T . S . Surr, and in " George de Barnwell " (Novels by Eminent Hands) See also:

• THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE (1811-1863)

Thackeray parodies Buiwer-See also:

• LYTTON, EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON, BULWERLYTTON, 1ST BARON (1803-1873)
• LYTTON, EDWARD ROBERT

Lytton's See also:

• EUGENE

Eugene See also:

• ARAM, EUGENE (17o4-17J9)

Aram .