He wrote a translation of Sedaine's libretto for Richard Coeur de Leon, and one of his plays features Sheridanesque character names like Sir John Contrast and Rashly, The Lord of the Manor. Another of his plays sees Clifford woo the sister of Lord Gayville, Lady Emily, and also features the satiric miser Alscrip.  The officer Dupe commands this man to "give us a second edition of your farce," in Mercy Otis Warren's The Bl
He wrote a translation of Sedaine's libretto for Richard Coeur de Leon, and one of his plays features Sheridanesque character names like Sir John Contrast and Rashly, The Lord of the Manor. Another of his plays sees Clifford woo the sister of Lord Gayville, Lady Emily, and also features the satiric miser Alscrip.  The officer Dupe commands this man to "give us a second edition of your farce," in Mercy Otis Warren's The Blockheads, a satire on work of this man.  This author of The Maid of the Oaks and The Heiress appears as a central character in a play featuring Reverend Anthony Anderson and Dick Dudgeon, George Bernard Shaw's The Devil's Disciple, in which he realizes his coming defeat at Saratoga.  FTP, name this British playwright and American Revolution general.
He wrote a translation of Sedaine's libretto for Richard Coeur de Leon, and one of his plays features Sheridanesque character names like Sir John Contrast and Rashly, The Lord of the Manor.
John {Burgoyne} (5) [AH]