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JOHN RICH (1692-1761)

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 292 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN See also:RICH (1692-1761)  , See also:English actor, the See also:father of English See also:pantomime," was the son of See also:Christopher See also:Rich (d . 1714), the manager of See also:Drury See also:Lane, with whose quarrels and tyrannies See also:Colley See also:Cibber's See also:Apology is much occupied . See also:John Rich opened the new See also:theatre in See also:Lincoln's See also:Inn See also:Fields See also:left unfinished by his father, and here, in 1716, under the See also:stage name of Lun, he first appeared as See also:Harlequin in an unnamed entertainment which See also:developed into an See also:annual pantomine (q.v.) . By this departure he made successful headway in his competition with the stronger See also:company at Drury Lane, including Cibber, Wilks and See also:Booth . Rich was less happy in his management of Covent See also:Garden, which he opened in 1733, until See also:Garrick's arrival (1746), when RICH, See also:RICHARD (fl . 16ro), English soldier and adventurer, a most prosperous See also:season ensued, followed by a See also:bad one when the author of Newes from See also:Virginia, sailed from See also:England on Garrick went to Dury Lane . During Rich's management the 2nd of See also:June 1609 for Virginia, with See also:Captain Christopher occurred the See also:rival performances of Romeo and Juliet—See also:Barry See also:Newport and the three commissioners entrusted with the and Mrs Cibber at Covent Garden, and Garrick and See also:Miss See also:Bellamy See also:foundation of the new See also:colony . In his See also:verse pamphlet he at Dury Lane—and the subsequent competition between the relates the adventures undergone by the expedition, and two rival actors in See also:King See also:Lear . Rich died on the 26th of Nov- describes the resources of the new See also:country, with the advantages ember 1761 . Garrick's lines show that his acting was panto- offered to colonists . The See also:title ' runs: Newes from Virginia . See also:mime pure and See also:simple, without words:— The lost Flocke Triumphant .

With the happy Arrivall of that When Lun appeared, with matchless See also:

art and whim, I famous and worthy See also:Knight Sr . See also:Thomas See also:Gates: and the well- He gave the See also:power of speech to every See also:limb: reputed and valiant Captaine Mr Christopher Newport, and Tho' masked and See also:mute, conveyed his See also:quick See also:intent, others, into England .

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