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Thomas Bridges (dramatist and parodist)

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159: 154: 169: 144: 174: 121: 164: 51:. The work achieved some popularity, and was reprinted several times, the last in 1797. In 1765 he wrote 115: 149: 24:(c. 1710 – 1775 or later) was an English writer of parodies, drama and one novel. He was born in 139: 89: 40: 8: 25: 28:, the son of a physician. He became a wine merchant and a partner in a banking firm. 114: 85: 110: 133: 66: 61: 81: 56: 108:
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In 1762 he published, under the pseudonym Caustic Barebones,
96:(1775), a musical entertainment also with music by Hook. 131: 125:. Vol. 6. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 76:, published in 1770. He wrote two plays: 160:English male dramatists and playwrights 109: 106:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 132: 13: 155:English dramatists and playwrights 14: 186: 170:18th-century English male writers 122:Dictionary of National Biography 65:, which was once attributed to 145:18th-century English novelists 1: 99: 74:The Adventures of a Bank-Note 175:18th-century English writers 7: 10: 191: 72:Bridges' only novel was 116:"Bridges, Thomas"  88:in 1771, with music by 53:The Battle of the Genii 165:English male novelists 33:A Travestie of Homer 150:English satirists 86:Haymarket Theatre 55:, a burlesque of 182: 126: 118: 84:produced at the 190: 189: 185: 184: 183: 181: 180: 179: 130: 129: 111:Stephen, Leslie 102: 43:translation of 17: 12: 11: 5: 188: 178: 177: 172: 167: 162: 157: 152: 147: 142: 128: 127: 113:, ed. (1886). 101: 98: 22:Thomas Bridges 16:English writer 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 187: 176: 173: 171: 168: 166: 163: 161: 158: 156: 153: 151: 148: 146: 143: 141: 138: 137: 135: 124: 123: 117: 112: 107: 104: 103: 97: 95: 91: 87: 83: 79: 75: 70: 68: 67:Francis Grose 64: 63: 62:Paradise Lost 58: 54: 50: 46: 42: 38: 34: 29: 27: 23: 19: 140:1710s births 120: 105: 94:The Dutchman 93: 77: 73: 71: 60: 52: 32: 30: 21: 20: 18: 82:comic opera 57:John Milton 134:Categories 100:References 90:James Hook 41:burlesque 92:; and 37:parody 49:Iliad 45:Homer 80:, a 78:Dido 35:, a 26:Hull 59:'s 47:'s 39:or 136:: 119:. 69:.

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Hull
parody
burlesque
Homer
Iliad
John Milton
Paradise Lost
Francis Grose
comic opera
Haymarket Theatre
James Hook
Stephen, Leslie
"Bridges, Thomas" 
Dictionary of National Biography
Categories
1710s births
18th-century English novelists
English satirists
English dramatists and playwrights
English male dramatists and playwrights
English male novelists
18th-century English male writers
18th-century English writers

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