''The Monthly Mirror'' was an English literary periodical, published from 1795 to 1811, founded by
Thomas Bellamy
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Bellamy was born at Canada West, which would later be the province of Ontario. The son of an English immigrant, he ent ...
, and later jointly owned by Thomas Hill and John Litchfield.
It was published by Vernor & Hood from the second half of 1798.
The ''Mirror'' concentrated on theatre, in London and the provinces. The first editor for Hill was
Edward Du Bois. From 1812 it was merged into the ''Theatrical Inquisitor''.
Contributors
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Thomas Batchelor
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Sir John Carr
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Leigh Hunt
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Hunt co-founded '' The Examiner'', a leading intellectual journal expounding radical principles. He was the centr ...
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Capel Lofft
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Life
Born in London, he was educated at Eton College, Peterhouse, Cambridge. He trained as a lawyer at Lincoln's Inn, w ...
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Eliza Kirkham Mathews
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Early life
Mathews was born on 17 January 1772 in Exeter
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Thomas Park
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Horatio Smith
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James Smith
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John Taylor, writing opera "memoirs and sketches"
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Henry Kirke White
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Life
White was born in Nottingham, the son of a butcher, a trade for which he was himself intended. However, he was greatl ...
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Samuel Whyte
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Tate Wilkinson
Tate Wilkinson (27 October 173916 November 1803) was an English actor and manager.
Life
He was the son of a clergyman and was sent to Harrow.
His first attempts at acting were badly received, and it was to his wonderful gift of mimicry that h ...
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1795 establishments in Great Britain
1812 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Defunct literary magazines published in the United Kingdom
Magazines published in London
Magazines established in 1795
Magazines disestablished in 1812
Theatre magazines