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See also: RICH, See also:JOHN (1692-1761) , See also:English actor, the See also:father of English See also:pantomime," was the son of See also:Christopher 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. 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
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
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
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
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.
End of Article: RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
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