NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Rich, John, 1682?-1761 NRA: Rich John (? 1682-1761) Theatrical Manager DNB: Rich, John (1692-1761), pantomimist and theatre manager LBT ID: JoRich1761 VIAF ID: 92410761 LOC ID: n83148995 | B/BAP: 1692-05-19 DIED: 1761-11-26 |
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English pantomimist and theatre manager ridiculed by Alexander Pope and Henry Fielding;
his great success was John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728). | |