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See also:TOWNLEY, 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 (1714-1778) , See also:English dramatist, second son of See also:Charles Townley, See also:merchant, was See also:born in See also:London on the 6th of May 1714. Educated at Merchant Taylors' School and at St See also:John's See also:College, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, he took See also:holy orders, being ordained See also:priest on the 28th of May 1738. He was lecturer at St See also:Dunstan's in the See also:East, See also:chaplain to the See also:lord See also:mayor, then under-See also:master at Merchant Taylors' School until 1753, when he became See also:grammar master at See also:Christ's See also:Hospital. In 1760 he became See also:head master of Merchant Taylors' School, where in 1762 and 1763 he revived the See also:custom of dramatic performances. He retained his head-mastership until his See also:death on the 5th of See also:July 1778. He took a keen See also:interest in the See also:theatre, and it has been asserted that many of See also:David See also:Garrick's best productions and revivals owed much to his assistance. He was the author, although the fact was See also:long concealed, of High See also:Life below Stairs, a two-See also:act See also:farce presented at See also:Drury See also:Lane on the 31st of See also:October 1759; also of False See also:Concord (Covent See also:Garden, See also:March 20, 1764) and The See also:Tutor (Drury Lane, Feb. 4, 1765).
End of Article: TOWNLEY, JAMES (1714-1778)
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