Life
1805-1876; dramatist and man of letters; b. Calcutta of Irish parents;
wrote for Dublin University Magazine; held army rank of captain
and inspired Lever’s Captain Bubbleton in Tom Burke of
Ours; his successful dramatic output included Lo Zingara, (1830),
an opera; Jessie the Flower of Dumblaine (1833), Tam O’Shanter
(1834), a musical farce; Sigismond Augustus (1836); Maria: A
Tale of Pont Neuf (1836); Abraham Parker (1846); British
Beauty, or the Seraglio in an Uproar (1846); A Pretty Couple;
Did You Ever (1848); Sophia’s Supper (1849), a farce;
settled in Belgium and issued A Handbook for Residents and Tourist
in Belgium (1838); also The Rhine (1839), and Belgium as
She Is (1843); compiled Who’s Who, 1851-64 [var. 1849-50];
also wrote Traits and Stories of Anglo-Indian Life (1858), Recollections
of an Irish Police Magistrate and Other Reminiscences of the South of
Ireland (1862), based on the career of Thomas Phillips Vokes, who
died in 1852. PI RAF
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Works
Drama, George Alexander Lee ["Bells Upon the Wind", ballad],
Lo Zingaro: A Petite Opera in Two Acts (London: J. Duncombe [1833]);
Jessie, The Flower of Dumblaine, or, Weel May the Keel Row!: A Petite
Opera in One Act (London: J. Duncombe [1833?]); The Butterfly's
Ball, or The Loves of the Plants: An Operatic Extravaganza (London:
J. Miller 1834); The King's Word (London: J. Miller 1835); Locked
in with A Lady: A Sketch from Life (London: Samuel French 1863; Lacy
1863; Chicago: Drama Publ. Co. [n.d.]); Marie: a Tale of the Pont Neuf:
An Original Comedietta in One Act (London: J. Duncombe [1836]); Sophia's
Supper: A Farce in One Act (London: J. Lacy [1849]; Boston: W. V.
Spencer 1855); Tam O'Shanter: A Comic Drama in Two Acts (London:
Dicks [1834]; London [n. pub.] 1884); 117 Arundel Street, Strand: A
Farce in One Act (London: Lacy [n.d.]).
Prose, Traits and Stories of Anglo-Indian Life (London: Smith, Elder 1858), viii, 284pp.; Recollections of an Irish Police Magistrate (London: J. & R. Maxwell 1883), 305pp.
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)