Charles Shadwell was an

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playwright of the 18th century, date of birth unknown, dead in 1726. He was the son of

Thomas Shadwell Thomas Shadwell ( – 19 November 1692) was an English poet and playwright who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1689. Life Shadwell was born at either Bromehill Farm, Weeting-with-Broomhill or Santon House, Lynford, Norfolk, and educated at Bury ...

, the playwright and

Poet Laureate A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ...

. He served in the army during the

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, before becoming the supervisor of the excise in Kent. Shadwell was the author of the comedy ''

The Fair Quaker of Deal ''The Fair Quaker of Deal or, The Humours of the Navy'' is a 1710 comedy play by the British writer Charles Shadwell. A popular hit running for thirteen nights, it was revived a number of times. The original Drury Lane cast included Barton Booth ...

'' staged at the

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in London in 1710 and ''The Humours of the Army'' (1713). From 1715 to 1720 he was the resident playwright at the

Smock Alley Theatre Since the 17th century, there have been numerous theatres in Dublin with the name Smock Alley. The current Smock Alley Theatre () is a 21st-century theatre in Dublin, converted from a 19th-century church building, incorporating structural mat ...

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, the leading Irish theatre at the time. In 1719 his tragedy '' Rotherick O'Connor, King of Connaught'' was staged at Smock Alley, and with the comedy '' Irish Hospitality'', and other plays, collected and published in 1720.

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Bibliography

* Edwards, Philip. ''Threshold of a Nation: A Study in English and Irish Drama''. Cambridge University Press, 1979. English dramatists and playwrights 1726 deaths Year of birth missing English male dramatists and playwrights {{UK-playwright-stub