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Warburton, John
Warburton, John (1682–1759), English antiquarian and book collector, who had at one time in his possession some 60 Elizabethan and Jacobean plays in manuscript, many of them unique copies of works which had never been printed. Unfortunately, through his own carelessness and the ignorance of his servant Betsy Baker, who somehow got possession of them, all but three were, as Warburton himself says, ‘unluckely burnd or put under Pye Bottoms’. He left a list of the titles of these lost plays, from which it appears that the chief sufferers from Betsy's depredations were Thomas Dekker, John Ford, and Philip Massinger.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Warburton, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Warburton, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-WarburtonJohn.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Warburton, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-WarburtonJohn.html |
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Warburton, John
Warburton, John (1682–1759), herald and antiquary, an indefatigable collector of rare manuscripts. Most of the rare Elizabethan and Jacobean plays in his possession were through his own ‘carelessness and the ignorance’ of Betsy Baker, his servant, ‘unluckily burned or put under pye bottoms’.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Warburton, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Warburton, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-WarburtonJohn.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Warburton, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-WarburtonJohn.html |
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