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Playbill for an 1803 production of The London Merchant

The London Merchant (Or The History Of George Barnwell) is playwright George Lillo's most famous work. A tragedy that follows the downfall of a young apprentice due to his association with a prostitute, it is remarkable for its use of middle and working class characters. First performed at the Drury Lane Theatre on 21 June 1731, The London Merchant became one of the most popular plays of the century.

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The London Merchant

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The London Merchant (Or The History Of George Barnwell) is playwright George Lillo's most famous work. A tragedy that follows the downfall of a young...

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Company of Merchant Adventurers of London

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The Company of Merchant Adventurers of London was a trading company founded in the City of London in the early 15th century. It brought together leading...

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Merchant

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commerce. Merchants and merchant networks operated in ancient Babylonia, Assyria, China, Egypt, Greece, India, Persia, Phoenicia and Rome. During the European...

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Stephen Merchant

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Stephen James Merchant (born 24 November 1974) is an English comedian, actor, director, and writer. He was the co-writer and co-director of the British TV...

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Merchant navy

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A merchant navy or merchant marine is the fleet of merchant vessels that are registered in a specific country. On merchant vessels, seafarers of various...

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The Merchant of London

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The Merchant of London is an 1832 historical play by the British writer Thomas James Serle. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 26 April...

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Levant Company

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trade with the East on their own accounts. Following a decline in trade with the Levant over a number of decades, several London merchants petitioned...

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The Merchant of Venice

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The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults...

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London

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London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of around 8.8 million, and its metropolitan area is the...

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SS Politician

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removed the cargo. Politician was completed in 1923 under the name London Merchant. She was a general cargo ship that traded between Britain, the United...

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City of London

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commerce for London's merchants, and gained Royal patronage in 1571. Although no longer used for its original purpose, its location at the corner of Cornhill...

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Merchant bank

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investment bank. Merchant banks were the first modern banks and evolved from medieval merchants who traded in commodities, particularly cloth merchants. Historically...

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Merchant Ivory Productions

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Merchant Ivory Productions is a film company founded in 1961 by producer Ismail Merchant (1936–2005) and director James Ivory (b. 1928). Merchant and...

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Royal Merchant

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with Spain at this time. The Royal Merchant and her sister-ship, the Dover Merchant, called into Cadiz on their way home to London. By all accounts she was...

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Cloth merchant

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and fine fabrics (e.g. silk) and in London, members of the Haberdashers' Company. The largely obsolete term merchant taylor also describes a business person...

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Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors

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The Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors is one of the 111 livery companies of the City of London. The Company, originally known as the Guild and Fraternity...

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Vivien Merchant

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Vivien Merchant, was an English actress. She began her career in 1942, and became known for dramatic roles on stage and in films. In 1956 she married the playwright...

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George Lillo

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jeweller in London. He produced his first stage work, Silvia, or The Country Burial, in 1730, and a year later his most famous play, The London Merchant. He wrote...

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Society of Merchant Venturers

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The Society of Merchant Venturers is a charitable organisation in the English city of Bristol. The society can be traced back to a 13th-century guild which...

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Happy Merchant

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The Happy Merchant is a common name for an image depicting an antisemitic caricature of a Jewish man. The image appears commonly on websites such as 4chan...

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Derwent London

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the name Derwent Valley Holdings. In 2007 the company merged with London Merchant Securities plc to form Derwent London. This deal was hailed as "the...

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Royal African Company

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The Royal African Company (RAC) was an English trading company established in 1660 by the House of Stuart and City of London merchants to trade along the...

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Thomas Gresham

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leading merchant mercer and Lord Mayor of London, who was knighted by King Henry VIII for negotiating favourable loans with foreign merchants. Gresham...

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