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Robert Jephson (1736-1806)

James Boswell The people in Boswell's life - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-Z Ancestors FAQ Trivia Bibliography Biography News Multimedia Discussion forum About this site Guide to Abbreviations Other weblinks	Biography Robert Jephson. (1736-1806) (aka. Captain Jephson) (a.k.a. Captain Jephson). Born in Ireland. In 1762 an army officer, later an Irish MP, playwright and author. He also became a part of the group surrounding Dr. Johnson, David Garrick, Edmund Burke, etc. Among his plays were the tragedies Braganza (1775), The Law of Lombardy (ca. 1779), The Count of Narbonne (1781) and Julia: Or, the Italian Lover (1787). Most of his plays were performed at Drury Lane. Life with James Boswell: Boswell apparently first met him at Thomas Sheridan's on December 31, 1762, praising his parodies highly. External links: Extract from The Count of Narbonne Literature: Most of Jephson's play are available via the Abebooks used books search engine. Search either for Robert Jephson or for the exact titles. This article was last updated at February 12 2008 23:18:36 CET Other links of possible interest	Other biographies that refer to Robert Jephson: Sheridan, Thomas
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Robert Jephson (1736-1806)

James Boswell The people in Boswell's life - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-Z Ancestors FAQ Trivia Bibliography Biography News Multimedia Discussion forum About this site Guide to Abbreviations Other weblinks

Biography

Robert Jephson. (1736-1806) (aka. Captain Jephson)

(a.k.a. Captain Jephson). Born in Ireland. In 1762 an army officer, later an Irish MP, playwright and author. He also became a part of the group surrounding Dr. Johnson, David Garrick, Edmund Burke, etc. Among his plays were the tragedies Braganza (1775), The Law of Lombardy (ca. 1779), The Count of Narbonne (1781) and Julia: Or, the Italian Lover (1787). Most of his plays were performed at Drury Lane.

Life with James Boswell:

Boswell apparently first met him at Thomas Sheridan's on December 31, 1762, praising his parodies highly.

External links:

Extract from The Count of Narbonne

Literature:

Most of Jephson's play are available via the Abebooks used books search engine. Search either for Robert Jephson or for the exact titles.

This article was last updated at February 12 2008 23:18:36 CET

Other links of possible interest

Other biographies that refer to Robert Jephson:

Sheridan, Thomas

© 2004-2008 Thomas Frandzen. Read About this site for further info and disclaimer.

Please mail comments and corrections to webmaster@jamesboswell.info

This URL was last modified: June 01 2008 22:08:34.