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The son of a baker, he was born in London. He was articled to a solicitor, and eventually set up as a conveyancer at Staple Inn, where he had a large practice. His first important work was the Biographia dramatica (2 vols., 1782), a set of biographies of dramatists and a descriptive dictionary of their plays. This book, which was an enlargement of David Erskine Baker's Companion to the Playhouse (2 vols., 1764), was re-edited (3 vols.) by Stephen Jones in 1811, and is a valuable authority. The original work by Baker had been based on Gerard Langbaine's Account of the English Dramatick Poets (1691), Giles Jacob's Poetical Register (1719), Thomas Whincop's List of all the Dramatic Authors (printed with his tragedy of Scanderbeg, 1747) and the manuscripts of Thomas Coxeter (1689-1747), an industrious antiquary who had collected much useful material. London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... A solicitor is a type of lawyer in many common law jurisdictions, such as the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Republic of Ireland, Canada and some States of Australia but not the United States. ... Staple Inn in 1886. ... Stephen Jones, musician and video artist (see Severed Heads) Stephen Jones, aka Baby Bird, British musician and novelist Stephen Jones, Republican activist and attorney, defended Harawese Moore and Timothy McVeigh in court. ... Joyce Rollins is a lesbian. ... Gerard Langbaine (1656–1692), dramatic biographer and critic. ... Giles Jacob (baptised November 22, 1686 — May 8, 1744) was a British legal writer and literary critic who figures as one of the dunces in Alexander Popes 1728 Dunciad. ...

Reed's Notitia dramatica (Addit. MSS. 253902, British Museum), supplementary to the Biographia, was never published. He revised Robert Dodsley's Collection of Old Plays (12 vols., 1780). He also re-edited Samuel Johnson and George Steevens's edition (1773) of Shakespeare. Reed's edition was published in ten volumes (1785), and he gave great assistance to Steevens in his edition (1793). He was Steevens's literary executor, and in 1803 published another edition (21 vols.) based on Steevens's later collections. This, which is known as the first variorum, was re-issued ten years later. After his death, his valuable library of theatrical literature was catalogued for sale as Bibliotheca Reediana (1807). The centre of the museum was redeveloped in 2000 to become the Great Court, with a tessellated glass roof by Foster and Partners surrounding the original Reading Room. ... Robert Dodsley (1703 - September 23, 1764) was an English bookseller and miscellaneous writer. ... Samuel Johnson circa 1772, painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. ... George Steevens (May 10, 1736 - January 22, 1800), was an English Shakespearean commentator. ... A literary executor is a person with decision-making power in respect of the literary estate of an author who has died. ...

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• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.