Language
en
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Delphine Lettau, Paul Dring and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net
Release date
2015-08-04
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1720–1777
A sharp-witted playwright and comic performer, this 18th-century stage star became famous for lively satire and fearless character comedy. His plays helped shape Georgian theatre, and his larger-than-life public career was almost as dramatic as his work onstage.
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