Life
b.1770; several operas and plays, including Dick Whittington and His
Cat. PI, The Treacherous Husband, a tragedy (Dublin 1737);
published criticism of Dr. Lucas. PI DIW
References
Peter Kavanagh, Irish Theatre (1946), Samuel Davey, an Irish
actor; The Treacherous Husband, trag., [pub. 1737] and Whittington
and his Cat, opera, both at Smock Alley in 1739, ‘for the benefit
of the author, who luckily is not recorded, nor can I find the
pieces were ever repeated’ (Hitchcock).
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