The Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets/Thomas Killigrew
A Gentleman of a good Family, and a celebrated Wit in the Reigns of the Two K. Charles's; he was Page of Honour to the First, and Groom of the Bed-Chamber to the Second: during the King's Exile, he saw France, Italy, and Spain; was resident at Venice 1651. In his Banishment he writ most of these Plays, and died several Years after the Restauration.
Bellamira, her Dream; or, Love of Shadows, in Two Parts, a Tragedy, fol. written at Venice, and the first dedicated to the then Dutchess of Richmond and Lenox, and the second to her Sister, Ann Villiers, then Countess of Essex.
Cicilia and Clorinda; or, Love in Arms, in Two Parts, a Tragi-Comedy, fol. the first writ at Turin, the second at Florence. The Scene betwixt Amadeo, Ducius, and Manlius, seems copied from Aglatidas, Artabes, and Megabises, in the Grand Cyrus, Part 1. Lib. 3. Story of Aglatidas and Amestris.
Claracilla, a Tragi-Comedy, fol. written at Rome, and dedicated to the Lady Shannon.
The Parson’s Wedding, a Comedy, fol. writ at Bazil in Switzerland. The chiefest Incidents in this Play, are to be found in former Plays; as the Antiquary, Ram-Alley, &c.
The Pilgrim, a Tragedy, fol. writ whilst at Paris, and dedicated to the Countess of Carnarvan.
The Princess; or, Love at first Sight, a Tragi-Comedy, fol. writ at Naples, and dedicated to the Lady Lovelace, his Niece.
The Prisoners, a Tragi-Comedy, fol. writ at London, and dedicated to the Lady Compton, another of his Nieces.
Thomaso; or, The Wanderer, in Two Parts, a Comedy, fol. The Author has here borrowed, not only a Story from Fletcher’s Captain, but several things from Johnson’s Fox.
The above named Plays, belonging to this Author, are all printed in one Volume, Fol. 1664.