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ISAAC BICKERSTAFFE (c. 1735-0. 1812)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 913 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ISAAC See also:BICKERSTAFFE (c. 1735-0. 1812)  , See also:English dramatist, was See also:born in See also:Ireland about 1735 . At the See also:age of eleven he was appointed a See also:page to See also:Lord See also:Chesterfield, then lord See also:lieutenant of Ireland, and subsequently held a See also:commission in the See also:Marines, but was dismissed the service under discreditable circumstances . He was the author of a large number of plays and See also:burlesque farces interspersed with songs, produced between 176o and 1771 . The best-known are Maid of the See also:Mill (founded on See also:Richardson's Pamela), The Padlock, He Would if he Could, Love in a See also:Village, The Hypocrite and The See also:Captive . In 1772 See also:Bickerstaffe, suspected of a See also:capital offence, fled to the See also:continent . The exact date of his See also:death is unknown, but he is stated to have been still living in abject misery in 1812 . A full See also:account of his dramatic productions is given in Biographia Dramatica, edited by See also:Stephen See also:Jones (1812) .

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