biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1712–57)
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| biography:
| Playwright, born in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, SC England, UK. He turned to writing plays when his business as a linen-draper failed. The comedy Gil Blas (1751), based on Lesage, and the tragedy The Gamester (1753), are his best-known productions. He also edited the weekly journal The World (1753–7). |
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