... immediate success on the Stage. Five years after his first appearance at Goodman Fields in 1741, commenced an association with Drury Lane which only ended with his retirement in 1776. Three years afterwards he died, and was the first actor to be buried in W ...

... to fame and by the end of that year he was an established playwright and an acknowledged wit. He obtained a share in the Drury Lane Theatre and followed David Garrick actor-manager there. 1777 saw the production of A Trip to Scarborough and the School ...