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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

George Colman the Elder (1732–1794)

Colman, George, the Elder. An English dramatist; born in Florence, Italy, April 28, 1732; died in London, Aug. 14, 1794. ‘Polly Honeycomb’ (1760); ‘The Jealous Wife’ (1761); and ‘The Clandestine Marriage’ (1766), established his reputation. He was acting manager of the Covent Garden Theatre, and later bought the Haymarket theatre. He adapted a number of Elizabethan plays, and published several volumes of classical translations. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).