Richard Cumberland (dramatist)
(1732-1811)
English playwright and novelist
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Richard Cumberland (19 February 1732 – 7 May 1811) was an English dramatist and civil servant. In 1771 his hit play The West Indian was first staged. During the American War of Independence he acted as a secret negotiator with Spain in an effort to secure a peace agreement between the two nations. He also edited a short-lived critical journal called The London Review (1809). His plays are often remembered for their sympathetic depiction of colonial characters and others generally considered to be margins of society.
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19 February 1732 Master's lodge, Trinity College, Cambridge
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7 May 1811 (aged 79)
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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