George Macfarren
George Macfarren (1788–1843) was a playwright and the father of composer George Alexander Macfarren.[1] Macfarren's first play, Ah! What a Pity, or, The Dark Knight and the Fair Lady, was produced on 28 September 1818 at the English Opera House; for the next several decades, a Macfarren play was produced approximately once a year.[1]
Works
- Ah! What a Pity, or, The Dark Knight and the Fair Lady (1818)
- Winning a Husband (1819)
- Guy Fawkes (1822)
- Edward the Black Prince (1823)
- Tom and Jerry in France (1823)
- George III (1824)
- The Horatii and Curiatii (1825)
- Auld Robin Gray (1828)
- March of Intellect (1829)
- The Danish Wife (1831)
- Innocent Sins (1838)
Notes
- ^ a b Legge and Mills (2004).
References
- Legge, R.H., rev. Rebecca Mills. "Macfarren, George (1788–1843)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Accessed 19 May 2009.
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