Edward Moore

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Contributor Edward Moore
Gender Male
Nationality English
Date of Birth 22 March 1712
Date of Death 1 March 1757
Functions Playwright
Notes English dramatist and miscellaneous writer, the son of a dissenting minister, was born at Abingdon, Berkshire. He was the author of Fables for the Female Sex (1744), The Trial of Selim the Persian (1748), The Foundling (1748) and Gil Blas (1751). He wrote the domestic tragedy of The Gamester, originally produced in 1753 with David Garrick in the leading character of Beverley the gambler. It is upon The Gamester that Moore's literary reputation rests.
Events

Playwright

J Corcoran - Dancer

Georgiana Hodson - Actor and Singer

Charles Kean - Actor-Manager

Charles Kean - Actor-Manager

Charles Kean - Actor-Manager

W S Lyster - Entrepreneur

Edward McLean - Dancer

Morrison - Dancer

Murphy - Scenic Artist

William John Wilson - Scenic Artist

Frederick Younge - Dancer

Lyster Opera Company
Works
Data Set AusStage
Contributor Identifier 511307