Robert Davenport
Robert Davenport Robert Davenport (fl. 1623–1639) was an English dramatist of the early seventeenth century. Nothing is known of his early life or education; the title pages of two of his plays identify him as a "Gentleman," though there is no record of him at either of the two universities or the Inns of Court.
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Robert Davenport is described as a writer and playwright in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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The activity of Robert Davenport is recorded for 1623.
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Died in 1640.
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- 1.G. E. Bentley, The Jacobean and Caroline Stage, vol. 3 (1956). pp. 225–238.
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