John Cunningham (poet and dramatist)
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John Cunningham (1729, Dublin – 1773, Newcastle upon Tyne), whose parents came from Scotland, was an Irish pastoral poet and dramatist, who gained in his time some popularity. He started to write in the age of twelve, and at the age of 17 he wrote the play Love in a Mist. He was also an actor in Dublin and Edinburgh.
[edit] External links
- www.tommorows-history.com a short biography
- www.northumbria.ac.uk - a short description
- www.accessmylibrary - on problems of biography of JC
- citanka.cz some details in a translation of a poem
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