Macnamara Morgan

Macnamara Morgan (c.1720–1762) was an Irish playwright, poet, and barrister.

Life

He was born in Dublin, was called to the bar, and practised at Dublin.[1]

He is best remembered for writing the tragedy Philoclea which premiered at Covent Garden on 22 January 1754. The play was heavily influenced by Spranger Barry and based on Philip Sidney’s Arcadia. He also wrote the pastoral comedy The Sheep-Shearing or Florizel and Perdita, which premiered in Dublin in 1747 at the Smock Alley Theatre and was subsequently revived at Covent Garden in 1754. The work is based on William Shakespear's The Winter's Tale, contained music by Thomas Arne and was published in 1767.[2]

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References
  1. Goodwin, Gordon (1892). "Morgan, Macnamara" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 29. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. Peter Holman, Todd Gilman: "Thomas Augustine Arne", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed December 11, 2008), (subscription access)
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