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Richard Tickell
1751–1793
Best known for sharp political wit and lively stage writing, this 18th-century satirist turned current events into comedy that audiences actually wanted to read and hear. His work moved between theatre, pamphlets, and musical entertainment, giving a vivid glimpse of Georgian literary life.
2 Audiobooks
The Rolliad, in Two Parts Probationary Odes for the Laureatship & Political Eclogues
by Richard Tickell, George Ellis, French Laurence, Joseph Richardson
Anticipation
by Richard Tickell
About the author
Richard Tickell was an English playwright and satirist born in 1751, probably at Bath. He came from a literary family as a grandson of the poet Thomas Tickell, studied at Westminster and Eton, and later entered the Middle Temple before making his name more through writing than law.
He is especially remembered for the political satire Anticipation and for the successful musical entertainment The Camp in 1778. His writing had a quick, topical edge, and he also worked in government posts, showing how closely literature and politics could mix in late 18th-century Britain.
Tickell married the singer Mary Linley in 1780, linking him to the famous Linley and Sheridan circle, and after her death he later married Sarah Ley. He died in 1793, but his reputation has lasted as a bright, witty voice in Georgian satire and the London stage world.