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the best of our old English dramas.
George Farquhar (167S-17OD, 'the
fine and nobleminded, and, in every
sense, the honorable Farquhar-one
of the shining list of geniuses that
adorn the biographical page of Ire
land. wrote Love and Bottle, Cou-
slant Couple and Sir Harry Wildair.
Susanna Centlivre Q667-1723), of
the maiden name of Freeman, wrote
The Busybody, The Wonder and A
Bold Stroke for a Wife.
Sir Richard Steele Q672-1720, ':as
dramatist superior to Addison"
wrote The Conscious Lovers, The
Tender Husband and The Funeral.
William Congreve 1672-1729), who
raised the glory of comedy to great
er height than any English writer be-
fore or since his time" wrote The
Old Bachelor, The Double Dealer and
The Way Of the World.
Thomas Southerne 16GO-17l6), s'the
great founder of our modern school
of dramatic productions" wrote Isa-
bella. Oroonoko and Money is the Mis-
| treSS.
Charles Malloy n7OG-17G7,. wrote
The PerpleNcd Couple. The Coquct
and Half Pay Officers.
Philip Francis Q719-1773, wrote
| two tragedies: Eugenia and Con-
stantinc.
Frances Sheridan 1724-17G6,. Be
cause DIR. Philip Chamberlayne, the
father Of the subject of this sketch,
objected to "the multiplication of
love letters" he would not allow writ
| ing to be taught to his daughters
Frances, however, surreptitiously ac-
CURED the knowledge and gave to the
stage The Discovery produced by
Garrick and also wrote The Dupe and
The Trip to Bath which her brilliant
son subsequently used as a foundation
for The Rivals.
Oliver Goldsmith Q72S-1774), 'who
has left us models of style in every
thing he attempted" wrote The Good
Natured Man, She Stops to Conquer
and The Grumbler.
Hugh Kelly q739-1770, wrote
False Delicacy, then described as ''the
best first comedy ever written;" also.
A Word to the Wise, Clemcntina and
a School for Wives.
William Hazard q11O-177S), wrote
Scanderberg, King Charles 1 and The
Elopcment.
Kane O'Hara G72O-17S2). confined
himself to burlesque. Midas, The
Golden Pippin and Tom Thumb are
among the number.
Henry Brooke d7OG-17S3), who
FLUSHED With ambition, glowing With
emulation, and elevated with praise.
his genius scared to it's zenith, and
snatched all it's fire from the altar of
Apollo, to animate the foremost pro-
duction of human powers, his tragedy
of Gustavus Vasa." The Earl of Els
sex and The Earl of Wcstmorland are
also from his pen.
Francis Gentleman Q72S-17S4),
wrote The Stratford Jubilee, The Sui
tan and Cupid's Revenge.
Thomas Sheridan 1721-17SS), the
husband of Frances Sheridan and
father of r. Z. Sheridan, wrote Cap
tain O'Blunder, Coriolanus and Royal
Subject.
General John Burgoyne Q72S-1792).
he of Saratoga-wrOte Maid of
Oaks. The Hcress and Richard Occur
dc Lion.
Charles Macklin QG9O-1797) wrote
Love !, III Mode, The Truehorn Scotch
man and The Man of the World. He
died-"his life flickered out" is the
way a biographer puts it-at the age
of 1O7 years.
Isaac Bickerstaff d735-1S0M, of
whose comic operas, Love in Il Village.
The Maid of the Mill and Lionel and
Clarissa Il critic has proclaimed ''of
the first class, which will continue to
be popular as long as the language in
which they are written lasts" has
nineteen other dramatic productions
to his credit including The Beggars
Opera.
| Robert Jephson Q736-1SO3) wrote
The Duke of Bra ganza. The Law of
Lombardy and The Court of Narbon-
! ne.
Arthur Murphy Q727-1S00 wrote
The Orphan of China, All in the
Wrong and The Way to Keep Him,
besides many others all of which were
successful.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan Q751-
1916 shines like Hesperus among the
lesser lights. His name centuries
memories of delightful hours spent
with The Rivals, PiZaro. The Stranger,
The School for Scandal. etc.
Edmund Malone Q741-1S12) wrote
more Of the stage than for it. His
principal work was An Historical Ac-
count of the Rise and Progress of the
English Stage.
Andrew Cherry 1762-1S12) wrote
Harlequin on the Stocks, The Soldiers
Daughter and Peter the Great.
Eaton Stannard Barrett Q7S5-1S2O
wrote the Comedy, My Wife! What