Born: c. 1653
Died: 6-May-1692
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, St. Clement Danes, Strand, London, England

Gender: Male
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian [1]
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Playwright

Nationality: England
Executive summary: The Rival Queens

    High School: Charterhouse School
    University: BA, Trinity College, Cambridge University (1668)

    Institutionalized Bedlam
    Risk Factors: Alcoholism

Wrote plays:
Nero, Emperor of Rome (1675)
Sophonisba, or Hannibal's Overthrow (1676)
Gloriana, or the Court of Augustus Caesar (1676)
The Rival Queens, or the Death of Alexander the Great (1677)
Mithridates, King of Pontus (1678)
Theodosius, or the Force of Love (1680)
Caesar Borgia, Son of Pope Alexander the Sixth (1680)
The Massacre of Paris, a Tragedy (1680)
The Princess of Cleve (1681, adaptation)
Lucius Junius Brutus, Father of His Country (1681)
Constantine the Great (1684)

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