John Downes (17th-century prompter)

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John Downes worked as a prompter at the Duke's Company, and later the United Company, for most of the Restoration period 1660—1700. His "historical review of the stage", Roscius Anglicanus (1708), is a very valuable source for theatre historians, and is often referred to simply as "Downes".

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