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Preston, Thomas
Preston, Thomas (fl. 16th cent.), English dramatist, author of a popular tragi-comedy, Cambyses King of Persia (c.1569), written with bombastic eloquence, thus giving rise to Falstaff's remark in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part One that he would speak passionately in ‘King Cambyses' vein’. This play marks the transition from the medieval morality play to the Elizabethan historical drama. Its author, who may also have written Sir Clyomon and Sir Clamydes (c.1570), was evidently not the Thomas Preston (c.1537–98) who in 1592, as Master of Trinity Hall, petitioned for the banning of plays in Cambridge.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Preston, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Preston, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-PrestonThomas.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Preston, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-PrestonThomas.html |
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Preston, Thomas
Preston, Thomas (1585–1655), Confederate Catholic general of Leinster. An expert at siege warfare, he took Birr (1643), Ballinakill (1643), Duncannon (1645), Roscommon (1646), and Carlow (1648), and made honourable defences of Waterford (1650) and Galway (1652), but lost disastrously in the field at New Ross (1642) and Dungan's Hill (1648). Quarrels with Castlehaven and Owen Roe O'Neill aborted important campaigns. Excommunicated by Rinuccini, he found the royalists, who made him Viscount Tara, more amenable allies.
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"Preston, Thomas." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Preston, Thomas." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-PrestonThomas.html "Preston, Thomas." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-PrestonThomas.html |
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Preston, Thomas
Preston, Thomas (1537–98), vice-chancellor of Cambridge University, 1589–90, is thought to have been the author of A Lamentable Tragedie, Mixed Ful of Pleasant Mirth, Conteyning the Life of Cambises King of Percia (1569, see Cambyses).
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Preston, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Preston, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-PrestonThomas.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Preston, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-PrestonThomas.html |
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