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Life
?-1743; Amelia (Lon. 1732), set on Hungary-Turkey border, with Osmyn, Grand Vizier, Casimir, Hungarian Prince, Amalia and Augusta, ending with ‘a double nuptial’, ‘a new English Opera’ in 3 acts; Contrivances (Dublin 1759) [played at Smock Alley and Crow St.], a ballad opera in which Arethusa is forced to marry Fob, who has a large estate, and is rescued by her wily lover; Dragon of Wantley, burl. op. (1737), Covent Gdn., incl. char. Moore of Moore Hall, set in Yorkshire, diction thus, ‘This dragon very modish and nice is/What shall we do in this disastrous crisis?’; Hanging and Marriage Dead Man’s Wedding (Lincoln Inns 1722), with prologue addressed to ‘that jolly bacchanal Harry Carey’; also The Honourable Yorkshire Man (Lon 1736); Margery (1738); Teraminta (1737); True Blue, or the Press Gang, and The Story of John Gilpin (1787). SEE Wells and Bergquist. ODNB
References
Dictionary of National Biography, author of “Sally in Our Alley,” first poems, 1713; farces, burlesques, and songs for London theatres, 1715-1739; Dramatic Works (1743).
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