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See also:HOWARD, See also:SIR See also:ROBERT (1626–1698) , See also:English dramatist, See also:sixth son of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Howard, 1st See also:earl of See also:Berkshire, was See also:born in 1626. He was knighted at the second See also:battle of See also:Newbury (1644) for his See also:signal courage on the Royalist See also:side. Imprisoned in See also:Windsor See also:Castle under the See also:Commonwealth, his See also:loyalty was rewarded at the Restoration, and he eventually became auditor of the See also:exchequer. His best See also:play is a See also:comedy, The See also:Committee, or the Faithful Irishman (1663; printed 166), which kept the See also:stage, See also:long after its See also:interest as a See also:political See also:satire was exhausted, for the See also:character of Teague, said to have been See also:drawn from one of his own servants. He was an See also:early See also:patron of See also:Dryden, who married his See also:sister, See also:Lady See also:Elizabeth Howard, and in the See also:Indian See also:Queen, a tragedy in heroic See also:verse (1664; pr. 1665) Howard had assistance from Dryden, although the fact was not made public until the See also:production of Dryden's Indian See also:Emperor. The magnificence of the spectacle, and the novelty of' the See also:costume of feathers, presented by Mrs. Aphra See also:Behn, that was' worn by Zempoalla, the Indian queen, made 'a See also:great sensation. The scenery and accessories were unusually brilliant, the richest ever seen in See also:England, according to See also:Evelyn. In 1665 Howard published Foure New Plays, in the See also:preface to which he opposed the view maintained by Dryden in the dedicatory See also:epistle to The See also:Rival Ladies, thatrhyme was better suited to the heroic tragedy than See also:blank verse. Howard made an exception in favour of the See also:rhyme of See also:Lord See also:Orrery, but by his silence concerning Dryden implicated him in the See also:general censure. Dryden answered by placing Howard's sentiments in the mouth of Crites in his own See also:Essay on Dramatic Poesy (1668). The controversy did not end here, but Dryden completely worsted his adversary in the 1668 edition of The Indian Emperor. Howard died on the 3rd of See also:September 1698.
His See also:brother, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Howard, wrote two comedies, All Mistaken, or the Mad Couple, a comedy (1667; pr. 1672), and The English Mounsieur (1666; pr. 1674), the success of which seems to have been partly due to the acting of Nell Gwynn.
End of Article: HOWARD, SIR ROBERT (1626–1698)
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