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Nahum Tate

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Nahum Tate was an Irish poet, hymnist and lyricist, who became Poet Laureate in 1692. Tate is best known for The History of King Lear, his 1681 adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear, and for his libretto for Henry Purcell's opera, Dido and Aeneas.

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Nahum Tate
The history of King Lear, a tragedy. By William Shakespear. Revived, with alterations, by N. Tate, Esq; As it is now acted at the Theatres Royal, in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden.
The history of King Lear, a tragedy. By William Shakespear. Revived, with alterations, by N. Tate, Esq; As it is now acted at the Theatres Royal, in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden.
Nahum Tate
A Duke and no Duke ... By N. Tate [or rather altered by him from "Trappolin creduto principe" by Sir Aston Cokayne].
A Duke and no Duke ... By N. Tate [or rather altered by him from "Trappolin creduto principe" by Sir Aston Cokayne].
Nahum Tate
The History of King Lear
The History of King Lear
Nahum Tate
Panacea. A poem upon tea: with A discourse on its sov'rain virtues; and directions in the use of it for health ... Also a preface concerning beau-criticism
Panacea. A poem upon tea: with A discourse on its sov'rain virtues; and directions in the use of it for health ... Also a preface concerning beau-criticism
Nahum Tate
Panacea
Panacea
Nahum Tate
Ovid, Nahum Tate
Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis
Ovid, Nahum Tate
Miscellanea Sacra
Miscellanea Sacra
Nahum Tate
A Poem, Occasioned by His Majesty's Voyage to Holland, the Congress at the Hague, and Present Siege of Mons
A Poem, Occasioned by His Majesty's Voyage to Holland, the Congress at the Hague, and Present Siege of Mons
Nahum Tate
THE ENGLISH THEATRE IN EIGHT VOLUMES
THE ENGLISH THEATRE IN EIGHT VOLUMES
William Congreve, Thomas Otway, Nicholas Rowe, Nahum Tate, Edmund Smith
A Song for His Majesty's Birth-day
A Song for His Majesty's Birth-day
Nahum Tate
A Duke and No Duke
A Duke and No Duke
Nahum Tate, Sir Aston Cokain
A New Version of the Psalms of David
A New Version of the Psalms of David
Nahum Tate

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