Robert Jephson - Captain and Playwright
Biography
Birth: 1736
Death: 1806
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.
Also known as
Life with James Boswell
Boswell apparently first met him at Thomas Sheridan's on December 31, 1762, praising his parodies highly.
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