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George Lillo

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George Lillo was an English playwright and tragedian. He was also a jeweller in London. He produced his first stage work, Silvia, or The Country Burial, in 1730, and a year later his most famous play, The London Merchant. He wrote at least six more plays before his death in 1739, including The Christian Hero (1735), Fatal Curiosity (1737) and Marina (1738).

Books

تاجر لندن

تاجر لندن

The London Merchant: Or, the History of George Barnwell ... The Eighth Edition ... with ... Additions and Improvements, by the Author. [With a Plate by L. P. Boitard.]

The London Merchant: Or, the History of George Barnwell ... The Eighth Edition ... with ... Additions and Improvements, by the Author. [With a Plate by L. P. Boitard.]

When Crummles Played

When Crummles Played

Barnewel

Barnewel. Tooneelspel ... Uit het Eng. [van Geo. Lillo] getrokken door de La Harpe, en gevolgd naar het Frans door A.L. Barbaz

Barnewel. Tooneelspel ... Uit het Eng. [van Geo. Lillo] getrokken door de La Harpe, en gevolgd naar het Frans door A.L. Barbaz

The London Merchant: Or, the History of George Barnwell ... The Eleventh Edition. Much More Correct ... with Several Additions and Improvements, by the Author

The London Merchant: Or, the History of George Barnwell ... The Eleventh Edition. Much More Correct ... with Several Additions and Improvements, by the Author

The London Merchant

The London Merchant

The London Merchant

The London Merchant

Britannia and Batavia

Britannia and Batavia

Britannia and Batavia

Britannia and Batavia

Dramatic Works: Fatal curiosity, a tragedy. Marina, a play. Elmerick; or, Justice triumphant, a tragedy. Britannia and Batavia, a masque. Arden of Feversha, a tragedy

Dramatic Works: Fatal curiosity, a tragedy. Marina, a play. Elmerick; or, Justice triumphant, a tragedy. Britannia and Batavia, a masque. Arden of Feversha, a tragedy

Silvia; or, The country burial, an opera

Silvia; or, The country burial, an opera

Thomas Davies, George Lillo

Silvia, Or the Country Burial, a Ballad Opera. George Barnwell, a Tragedy. The Life of Scanderbeg. The Christian Hero, a Tragedy

Silvia, Or the Country Burial, a Ballad Opera. George Barnwell, a Tragedy. The Life of Scanderbeg. The Christian Hero, a Tragedy

The Christian Hero. A Tragedy

The Christian Hero. A Tragedy

Stolz und Verzweiflung; Schauspiel in 3 Aufzügen

Stolz und Verzweiflung; Schauspiel in 3 Aufzügen

The London Merchant ... The fourth edition revis'd

The London Merchant ... The fourth edition revis'd

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