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1552


Ralph Roister Doister: Nicholas Udall

 

1561


Gorboduc/Ferrex and Porrex: Thos. Norton and Thos. Sackville

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1566

 

Supposes: George Gascoigne

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1575 

 

Gammer Gurton's Needle: Mr. S

 

1581

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The Arraignment of Paris: George Peele

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1584


Campaspe: John Lyly
Sappho and Phao: John Lyly

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1586


The First Part of Hieronimo(?): Thos. Kyd

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1587


Dido Queen of Carthage: Christopher Marlowe
Tamburlane the Great Part I: Christopher Marlowe
Tamburlane the Great Part II: Christopher Marlowe
The Spanish Tragedie: Thomas Kyd

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1588


The Housholder's Philosophie: Thos. Kyd

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1589


The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus: Christopher Marlowe
Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay: Robert Greene

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1590


A Most pleasant Comedie of Mucedorus the Kings Sonne of Valentia, and Amadine the Kinges daughter of Aragon

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1591


Endymion: John Lyly

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1592


Gallathea: John Lyly
Midas: John Lyly
The Jew of Malta: Christopher Marlowe
Arden of Feversham: Thos. Kyd (?)

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1593


The Massacre at Paris: With the Death of the Duke of Guise: Christopher Marlowe
The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England, with the Tragical Fall of Proud Mortimer: Christopher Marlowe
Soliman and Perseda: Thos. Kyd

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1594


Mother Bombie: John Lyly
Cornelia: Thos. Kyd
Selimus, Emperor of the Turks: Robert Greene

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1595


The Old Wive's Tale: George Peele
*Attowell's Jig [A Jig!]: Anonymous*
The Tragedy of Antonie: Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke

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1596


The Blind Beggar of Alexandria: George Chapman

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1597


The Woman in the Moon: John Lyly
A Humorous Day's Mirth: George Chapman

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1598


Every Man in His Humour: Ben Jonson

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1599


The Shoemaker's Holiday: Thos. Dekker
Every Man out of His Humour: Ben Jonson
Antonio and Mellida: John Marston

Edward IV, Parts 1 and 2: Thos. Heywood

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1600


Cynthia's Revels, or The Fountain of Self-Love: Ben Jonson
Antonio's Revenge: John Marston

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1601


Love's Metamorphosis: John Lyly
Poetaster: Or, His Arraignement: Ben Jonson

 

1602


The Gentleman Usher: George Chapman

The Tragedy of Hoffman; Or, a Revenge for a Father

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1603


A Woman Killed With Kindness: Thos. Heywood
Bussy d'Ambois: George Chapman
The Malcontent: John Marston (and John Webster)
Sejanus: His Fall: Ben Jonson

The Phoenix: Thos Middleton

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1604


The Wise Woman of Hogsdon: Thos. Heywood
The Honest Whore, Part I (With, the Humours of the Patient Man, and the Longing Wife: Thos. Middleton and Thos. Dekker
All Fools: George Chapman

Michaelmas Term: Thos. Middleton

Measure for Measure: William Shakespeare and Thos. Middleton

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1605


A Trick to Catch the Old One: Thos. Middleton
Eastward Hoe!: Chapman, Jonson and Marston
The Wonder of Women; or, The Tragedy of Sophonisba: John Marston
The Dutch Courtesan: John Marston
Monsieur D'Olive: George Chapman
The Widow's Tears: George Chapman

A Mad World, My Masters: Thos. Middleton

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1606


The Woman Hater: Beaumont and Fletcher
The Revenger's Tragedy: Thos. Middleton
Volpone: Or, the Fox: Ben Jonson

The Puritan, or the Widow of Watling Street: Thos. Middleton

The Life of Timon of Athens: Thos. Middleton (and William Shakespeare)

The Tragedy of Macbeth: William Shakespeare and Thos. Middleton

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1607


Cupid's Revenge: Beaumont and Fletcher
The Knight of the Burning Pestle:  Francis Beaumont
The Roaring Girl: Thos. Middleton and Thos. Dekker

The Fair Maid of the Exchange: Thos. Heywood (?) 

Fortune By Land and Sea; A Tragi-Comedy: Thos. Heywood and William Rowley

Your Five Gallants: Thos. Middleton

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1608


The Rape of Lucrece: Thos. Heywood
The Faithful Shepherdess: John Fletcher
The Coxcomb: Beaumont and Fletcher

The Bloody Banquet, A Tragedy: Thos. Middleton and Thos. Dekker

A Yorkshire Tragedy: Thos. Middleton

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1609


Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding
The Maid's Tragedy: Beaumont and Fletcher
The Captain: Beaumont and Fletcher
Epicœne, or The Silent Woman: Ben Jonson
May Day: George Chapman

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1610


The Woman's Prize: John Fletcher
The Tragedy of Valentinian: John Fletcher
Four Plays, or Moral Representations, in One: John Fletcher and Nathan Field
The Alchemist: Ben Jonson

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1611


A King and No King: Beaumont and Fletcher
Monsieur Thomas: By Fletcher

Catiline His Conspiracy: A Tragedie 

No Wit/Help Like a Woman's: Thos. Middleton

The Second Maiden's Tragedy: Thos. Middleton (and/or Shakespeare?)

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1612


The White Divel; or, The Tragedy of Paolo Giordano Ursini, Duke of Brachiano. With The Life and Death of Vittoria Corombona the famous Venetian Curtisan: John Webster ("the skull beneath the skin" Elliot)
A Christian Turned Turk: Robert Daborne
Love's Cure, or The Martial Maid: Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, and Philip Massinger

 

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1613 


The Tragedy of Mariam: Elizabeth Cary
A Chaste Maid in Cheapside: Thos. Middleton
The Scornful Lady: Beaumont and Fletcher
Bonduca: John Fletcher
The Honest Man's Fortune: Nathan Field, John Fletcher, and Philip Massinger
The Masque of the Gentlemen of Grays-Inne and the Inner-Temple: Francis Beaumont
Thierry and Theodoret: Beaumont, Fletcher, and Massinger
The Memorable Masque of the Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn

Wit at Several Weapons: Thos. Middleton and William Rowley

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1614
 

The Duchess of Malfi: John Webster
Wit Without Money: John Fletcher
The Two Noble Kinsmen: John Fletcher and Shakespeare
Bartholomew Fair: Ben Jonson

 

1615
 

Love's Pilgrimage: Beaumont and Fletcher [with a stolen bit from a 1629 Jonson play, New Inn]
The Nice Valour, or The Passionate Madman: Thos. Middleton and John Fletcher

The Widow: Thos. Middleton

A Fair Quarrel: Thos. Middleton and William Rowley 

The Nice Valour: Thos. Middleton

 

1616
 

The Old Law: Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, Philip Massinger
The Loyal Subject: John Fletcher [pepys]
The Queen of Corinth: John Fletcher, Nathan Field, Philip Massinger

The Devil is an Ass: Ben Jonson

The Witch: Thos. Middleton

 

1617
 

The Devil's Law Case: John Webster
The Chances: John Fletcher

Hengist, King of Kent, or The Mayor of Quinborough: Thos. Middleton

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1618


The Mad Lover: By John Fletcher
The Knight of Malta: By John Fletcher, Nathaniel Field, and Philip Massinger

The Old Law, or A New Way to Please You: Thos. Middleton, William Rowley, and Thos. Heywood 

 

1619
 

A Very Woman: Or, the Price of Tarent
The Island Princess: John Fletcher
The Humorous Lieutenant, also known as The Noble Enemies, Demetrius and Enanthe; Or, Alexander's Successors: John Fletcher
The Laws of Candy: John Ford
The Double Marriage: John Fletcher and Philip Massinger

More Dissemblers Besides Women: Thos. Middleton


1620
 

The Virgin-Martyr: Thos. Dekker and Philip Massinger [Pepys saw]
Women Pleas'd [pepys]
The Little French Lawyer: John Fletcher and Philip Massinger
The False One: John Fletcher and Philip Massinger

 

1621
 

Love’s Victory: Lady Mary Wroth
Women Beware Women: Thos. Middleton
The Duke of Milan: Philip Massinger
The Wild-Goose Chase: John Fletcher
The Pilgrim: John Fletcher
The Witch of Edmonton: William Rowley, Thomas Dekker, and John Ford

Anything for a Quiet Life: Thos. Middleton and John Webster 

The Spanish Gypsy: Thos. Middleton, William Rowley, Thos. Dekker, and John Ford

 

1622
 

The Changeling: Thos. Middleton and William Rowley
Beggars' Bush: John Fletcher and Philip Massinger [pepys, first women he saw]
The Prophetess: John Fletcher and Philip Massinger [thaumaturgy]
The Spanish Curate: John Fletcher and Philip Massinger
The Sea Voyage: John Fletcher [Pepys]

 

1623
 

The (Noble) Bondman: Philip Massinger
The Custom of the Country: John Fletcher and Philip Massinger
The Lovers' Progress, also known as The Wandering Lovers, or Cleander, or Lisander and Calista: By John Fletcher and Philip Massinger

The Maid in the Mill: John Fletcher and William Rowley

 

1624
 

The Renegado: Philip Massinger
The Parliament of Love: Philip Massinger
A Wife for a Month: John Fletcher
Rule a Wife and Have a Wife: John Fletcher

A Cure for a Cuckold: John Webster and William Rowley

A Game at Chess: Thos. Middleton

 

1625
 

The Unnatural Combat: Philip Massinger
The Elder Brother: John Fletcher and Philip Massinger
The Fair Maid of the Inn: John Fletcher and John Webster and 

The Staple of News: Ben Jonson

Appius and Virginia: John Webster (and Thos. Heywood)

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1626
 

A New Way to Pay Old Debts: Philip Massinger

The Noble Gentleman: Beaumont and Fletcher
The Roman Actor: Philip Massinger
The Tragedy of Albovine, King of the Lombards: Davenant

The Wedding: James Shirley

 

1627
 

The English Traveler: Thos. Heywood
The Great Duke of Florence: Philip Massinger
The Cruel Brother: Davenant

 

1629
 

The Broken Heart: John Ford
The Picture: Philip Massinger
The Just Italian: William Davenant

The New Inn, or The Light Heart: Ben Jonson

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1631 
 

Fair Maid of the West Part I: Thos. Heywood
Fair Maid of the West Part II: Thos. Heywood
'Tis Pity She's a Whore: John Ford
The Emperor of the East: Philip Massinger

The Traitor: James Shirley

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1632
 

The Maid of Honor: By Philip Massinger
The Fatal Dowry: By Philip Massinger and Nathan Field
The City Madam: By Philip Massinger

The Magnetic Lady, or Humours Reconciled: Ben Jonson

The Iron Age: Thos. Heywood 

Hyde Park: James Shirley

 

1633
 

Perkin Warbeck: John Ford
The Guardian: Philip Massinger
The Night-Walker, Or the Little Thief: John Fletcher and James Shirley
Rollo Duke of Normandy, also known as The Bloody Brother: John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, and George Chapman
Love and Honor: Davenant [pepys]

The Weeding of Covent Garden: Richard Brome

The Late Lancashire Witches: Thos. Heywood and Richard Brome

 

1634
 

The Wits: Davenant

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1635
 

The Coronation: John Shirley
The Lady of Pleasure: John Shirley
News from Plymouth: Davenant

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1636
 

The Bashful Lover: Philip Massinger 
The Platonic Lovers: Davenant

Claricilla: Thos. Killigrew

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1637
 

The Sad Shepherd: Or, A Tale of Robin Hood: Ben Jonson (maybe)

The Parson's Wedding: Thos. Killigrew

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1638
 

The Unfortunate Lovers: Davenant
The Fair Favorite [The Siege]: Davenant

The Antipodes: Richard Brome

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1639
 

The Spanish Lovers: Or, the Distresses: Davenant

A Mad Couple Well Match'd: Richard Brome

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1640

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The English Moor, or the Mock Marriage: Richard Brome

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1641
 

A Jovial Crew: Or, the Merry Beggars: Richard Brome
The Cardinal: John Shirley

Mortimer His Fall: Ben Jonson


1645
 

The Concealed Fancies: Elizabeth Brackley & Jane Cavendish

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1656
 

The Siege of Rhodes, Part I: Davenant

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1657
 

The Obstinate Lady: Cokain
The Siege of Rhodes, Part II: Davenant

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1658
 

Trappolin Creduto Principe; or Trappolin, Supposed a Prince: Cokain

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1660
 

The Rump; or The Mirrour of the Late Times: Tatham 
London’s Glory: Tatham 

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1661
 

[Cutter of Coleman Street: Cowley]

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1662
 

Love’s Adventures: Margaret Cavendish
Bell in Campo: Margaret Cavendish
The Female Academy: Margaret Cavendish
The Adventure of the Five Hours: Sir Samuel Tuke
The Law Against Lovers: Davenant [Measure for Measure + Much Ado]
The Tragedy of Ovid: Cokain

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1663
 

The Wild Gallant, a Comedy: Dryden
The Indian Queen, Tragedy: Dryden
The Playhouse to Be Let: Davenant
The Cheats: Wilson

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1664
 

The Rival Ladies, A Tragi-Comedy: Dryden
The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub: Sir George Etherege
[Knavery in All Trades: Sir John Tatham]
The History of Henry the Fifth: Roger Boyle, the Earl of Orrery
The Old Troop, or Monsieur Raggou: John Lacy
Andronicus Comnenius: Wilson

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1665
 

The Indian Emperor: Dryden
The Committee: Sir Robert Howard
Sir Politick Would-Be: St. Evremond & Buckingham
The Projectors: Wilson

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1666
 

Secret Love, or The Maiden Queen: Dryden


1667
 

Sir Martin Mar-All or, the Feign’d Innocence: Dryden
The Tempest, or The Enchanted Island: Dryden, With Davenant
Tarugo's Wiles: or, The Coffee-house: Sir Thomas St. Serfe
Sauny the Scot: John Lacy


1668
 

Of Dramatick Poesie, an Essay: Dryden
The Mulberry Garden: Sir Charles Sedley
She Would if She Could: Etherege
The Convent of Pleasure: Margaret Cavendish
The Bridals: Margaret Cavendish
The Sociable Companions: Margaret Cavendish
An Evening's Love, or The Mock Astrologer: Dryden
The Great Favorite; or, The Duke of Lerma: Howard
The Man's the Master: Davenant
The Sullen Lovers; or, the Impertinents: Thomas Shadwell
The Royal Shepherdess: Thomas Shadwell
The Rivals: Davenant

 

1669


Tyrannick Love, or The Royal Martyr: Dryden
Marcela; or, The Treacherous Friend. A Tragicomedy: Frances Boothby
The Dumb Lady; or, the Farrier Made a Physician: John Lacy
The Country Gentleman: Buckingham & Sir Robert Howard (suppressed)

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1670


The Forc'd Marriage: Behn
The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards: Dryden
The Conquest of Granada, Part II: Dryden

 

1671
 

The Amorous Prince: Behn
The Rehearsal: Buckingham
Love in a Wood; or, St. James’s Park: Wycherly
The Humorists: Thomas Shadwell
Juliana; Or, the Princess of Poland: Crowne

 

1672
 

The Stolen Heiress: Centlivre
The Assignation: Or, Love in a Nunnery: Dryden
Marriage A-La-Mode, a Comedy: John Dryden
The Gentleman Dancing Master: William Wycherley
The Miser: Thomas Shadwell
Epsom Well: Thomas Shadwell

The History of Charles the Eighth of France; Or, the Invasion of Naples by the French: Crowne

 

1673
 

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The Dutch Lover: Behn
Amboyna, or the Cruelties of the Dutch to the English Merchants, A Tragedy: Dryden
The State of Innocence and Fall of Man, an Opera: Dryden (Date?)
The Careless Lovers: Edward Ravenscroft
Empress of Morocco: Elkanah Settle
The Empress of Morocco, A Farce (burlesque): Thomas Duffet


1674


The Mistaken Husband, A Comedie: Dryden
The Tempest; or, the Enchanted Island: Thomas Shadwell (from Dryden & Davenent’s adaptation]
The Tragedy of Nero, Emperor of Rome: Lee
Psyche: Thomas Shadwell
The Mock Tempest; or the Enchanted Castle

 

1675
 

Psyche Debauch’d, A Comedy: Duffet
Aureng-Zebe, A Tragedy: Dryden
The Country Wife: William Wycherley 
The Libertine: Thomas Shadwell
Alcibiades: Otway
Sophonisba, or Hannibal's Overthrow: Lee
Gloriana, or the Court of Augustus Caesar: Lee
Calisto [masque]: Crowne
City Politics: John Crowne
The Country Wit: John Crowne


1676
 

Abdelazer: Behn
The Town-Fopp: Behn
The Plain Dealer: William Wycherley
The Man of Mode, or, Sir Fopling Flutter: Sir George Etherege
The Virtuoso: Thomas Shadwell
Madame Fickle; or, the Witty False One: Thomas Durfey
Don Carlos, Prince of Spain: Otway
The Rival Queens, Lee

 

1677
 

The Debauchee: Behn
The Rover: Aphra Behn
The Kind Keeper, or Mr. Limberham, a Comedy: Dryden
A Fond Husband; or, the Plotting Sisters: Thomas Durfey
Timon of Athens: Thomas Shadwell
Antony and Cleopatra: Sedley
Titus and Berenice: Otway
The Cheats of Scapin: Otway
The Destruction of Jerusalem, Part I: Crowne
The Destruction of Jerusalem, Part II: Crowne


1678
 

Sir Patient Fancy: Aphra Behn
All for Love; or, the World Well Lost: Dryden
Mithridates, King of Pontusyui: Lee
A True Widow: Thomas Shadwell
Friendship in Fashion: Thomas Otway

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1679


The Feign'd Curtizans: Aphra Behn
The Young King: Aphra Behn
Oedipus, a Tragedy: Dryden, With Nathaniel Lee [2 versions]
Caesar Borgia, Son of Pope Alexander the Sixth: Lee
Troilus & Cressida, Truth Found Too Late: Dryden
The Woman Captain: Thomas Shadwell
The Ambitious Statesman; Or, the Loyal Favourite: John Crowne


1680


The Revenge: or, A Match in Newgate: Behn
The Princess of Cleve: Lee
Theodosius; or the Force of Love: Lee
Lucius Junicus Brutus, Father of His Country: Lee
The Orphan, or the Unhappy Marriage: Otway
The History and Fall of Caius Marius: Otway

 

1681


The Second Part of The Rover: Aphra Behn
The False Count: Behn
The Roundheads: Behn
The Spanish Fryar, or the Double Discovery: Dryden
The Unhappy Favorite; or, The Earl of Essex: John Banks
The Lancashire Witches and Tegue o’ Divelley, the Irish Priest: Thomas Shadwell
The Soldier’s Fortune: Otway
Thyestes: Crowne
[The History of King Lear: Tate]

 

1682


The City-Heiress: Behn
[Like Father, Like Son: Behn]
The Loyal Brother; or The Persian Prince: Thomas Southerne
The Duke of Guise, A Tragedy: Dryden & Lee [With Vindication][2 versions]
Venice Preserved; or, A Plot Discovered: Thomas Otway
The Princess of Cleves: Nathaniel Lee
The Chances: Buckingham
The Restoration or Right will take place: Buckingham.  [Check date]


1683


Constantine the Great; A Tragedy: Lee

 

1684
 

Valentinian: Rochester
The Disappointment; or, the Mother in Fashion: Thomas Southerne
A Duke and No Duke: Nahum Tate (from Aston Cockayne)
Sir Hercules Buffoon; or, the Poetical Squire: John Lacy
The Atheist: Otway
Sodom, or the Quintessence of Debauchery

 

1685


Albion and Albanus, an Opera: Dryden
Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be


1686


The Luckey Chance; or An Alderman’s Choice: Aphra Behn

 

1687


The Emperor of the Moon: Behn
Bellamira: or, the Mistress: Charles Sedley

 

1688
 

The Squire of Alsatia: Thomas Shadwell
Darius, King of Persia: John Crowne


1689


The Widdow Ranter: Behn
The Massacre of Paris: Lee
Bury Fair: Shadwell
The Amorous Bigotte, With the Second part of Teague O’Divelly: Thomas Shadwell

 

1690


Don Sebastian, King of Portugal, a Tragedy: Dryden
Amphitryton, or the Two Socia's, a Comedy: Dryden
Sir Anthony Love; or The Rambling Lady: Southerne
The Scowrers: Thomas Shadwell
Belphegor; Or The Marriage of the Devil

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1691
 

King Arthur, or The British Worthy, A Dramatick Opera
The Wives’ Excuse; or, Cuckolds Make Themselves: Southerne 

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1692


Cleomenes, The Spartan Heroe, a Tragedy: Dryden & Southerne
The Volunteers; or, the Stock-Jobbers: Tho. Shadwell
Regulus: John Crowne
The English Friar; Or, the Town Sparks: John Crowne

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1693


The old Bachelor: Congreve
The Maid’s Last Prayer; or, Any Rather Than Fail: Southerne
The Grumbler: Medley (probably)

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1694
 

The Double Dealer, A Comedy: Congreve
Love Triumphant: or Nature Will Prevail: Dryden
The Fatal Marriage; or, The Innocent Adultery: Thomas Southerne
The Married Beau; or the Curious Impertinent: John Crowne


1695


Love for Love: Congreve
Oroonoko: Thomas Southerne
She Ventures and He Wins: Ariadne

 

1696
 

The Younger Brother: Behn
The Lost Lover; or, The Jealous Husband: Delarivier Manley
The Royal Mischief: Delarivier Manley
Love’s Last Shift; or, The Fool in Fashion: Colley Cibber
The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger: Sir John Van Brugh
The Anatomist; or, the Sham Doctor: Edward Ravenscroft


1697
 

The Provok'd Wife: Van Brugh
The Innocent Mistress: Mary Pix
The Female Wits: Anonymous
The Mourning Bride, A Tragedy: Congreve

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1698
 

The Fatal Friendship: Catherine Trotter
Love and a Bottle: Farquhar
The Unnatural Mother: A Young Lady
Caligula: John Crowne


1699


The Constant Couple: Farquhar
The Island Princess: Motteux, from Fletcher
Richard III: Colley Cibber

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1700


The Way of the World: Congreve
The Perjur’d Husband: Centlivre
The Beau Defeated; or, The Lucky Younger Brother: Mary Pix
Love at a Loss; or, Most Votes Carry It: Catherine Trotter
The Fate of Capua: Thomas Southerne

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1701
 

Sir Henry Wildair: Farquhar
Tamerlane: Nicholas Rowe
The Funeral; Or, Grief A-La-Mode: Steele
The Judgement of Paris, A Masque (and opera set for a “Muzick Prize”) Congreve, Purcell, others

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1703


The Fair Penitent: Nicholas Rowe
The Lying Lover; Or, The Ladies' Friendship

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1704


The Careless Husband: Colley Cibber
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, or Squire Trelooby: Congreve, Vanbrugh, William Walsh 

 

1705


The Basset Table: Centlivre
The Confederacy: Van Brugh
The Tender Husband, Or, The Accomplished Fools

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1706


The Recruiting Officer: Farquhar

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1707


The Beaux' Strategem: Farquhar
The Lady’s Last Stake; or, The Wife’s Resentment: Cibber


1709


The Busie Body: Suzanna Centlivre

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1710


Semele, an Opera: Congreve

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1711
 

Hob; or, the Country Wake: Dogget

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1713


Cato: Joseph Addison

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1714


The Wonder! A Woman Keeps a Secret: Susannah Centlivre

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1717


Lucius, First Christian King of Britain: Delarivier Manley

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1718
 


A Bold Stroke for a Wife

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1719


The Spartan Dame: Thomas Southerne

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1722
 

The Conscious Lovers: Steele


1729


Money the Mistress: Thomas Southerne

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