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SETTLE, ELKANAH (16481724)

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 705 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SCY-SHA
SETTLE, ELKANAH (16481724) ,
English
  poet and playwright, was born at Dunstable on the 1st of January 1648. He entered Trinity College,
Oxford
 , in 1666, but left the university without taking a degree. His first tragedy, Cambyses, King of Persia, was produced at Lincoln's Inn
Fields
  in 1667. The success of this play led the
earl
  of Rochester to encourage the new writer as a rival to
Dryden
 . Through his
influence
  Settle's Empress of Morocco (1671) was twice acted at Whitehall, and proved a
signal
  success on the stage. It is said by Dennis to have been " the first play that was ever sold in England for two shillings, and the first play that was ever printed with cuts." These illustrations represent scenes in the theatre, and make the book very valuable. The play was printed with a
preface
  to the
earl
  of
Norwich
 , in which Settle described with scorn the effusive dedications of other dramatic poets.
Dryden
  was obviously aimed at, and he co-operated with Crowne and
Shadwell
  in an abusive pamphlet entitled "Notes and Observations


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