Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811
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Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811
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Cumberland, Richard
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Cumberland, Richard
Cumberland, Richard (dramatist)
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Schryver van Arundel, de, 1732-1811
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Schryver van Arundel, de, 1732-1811
Cumberland, R. 1732-1811 (Richard),
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Cumberland, R. 1732-1811 (Richard),
Cumberland
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Member of the University of Cambridge A 1732-1811
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Member of the University of Cambridge A 1732-1811
Cumberland, R. 1732-1811
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Cumberland, R. 1732-1811
Cumberland, Ricardus 1732-1811
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Cumberland, Ricardus 1732-1811
Cumberland, R.
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Kumberland, Richard 1732-1811
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Kumberland, Richard 1732-1811
קומבערלאנד, ריצארד
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Richard Cumberland was an author, best known as a dramatist and for his memoirs. Born at Trinity College, his father was a clergyman and his mother was the daughter of scholar Richard Bentley, then master of Trinity. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College at Oxford, and devoted himself to a life of literature. While serving a number of government posts, he continued his studies, and wrote and translated numerous works. He wrote prose and poetry, but was most successful as a playwright, writing a large number of plays, several of which were successful. Cumberland's work is generally considered overly sentimental and melodramatic, but he helped popularize such innovations as the problem play, the musical drama, and melodrama.
Dramatist and essayist.
Richard Cumberland, English playwright and novelist.
English dramatist.
Richard Cumberland, Engliah playwright and novelist.
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https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50019786
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