Richard Cumberland
Playwright, Author
1732 – 1811
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Who was Richard Cumberland?
Richard Cumberland was an English dramatist and civil servant. In 1771 his hit play The West Indian was first staged. During the American War of Independence he acted as a secret negotiator with Spain in an effort to secure a peace agreement between the two nations. He also edited a short-lived critical journal called The London Review. His plays are often remembered for their sympathetic depiction of colonial characters and others generally considered to be margins of society.
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- Born
- Feb 19, 1732
Trinity College, Cambridge - Also known as
- Камберленд, Ричард
- Siblings
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Died
- May 7, 1811
London - Resting place
- Westminster Abbey
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on July 23, 2013
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