Gabriel Odingsells (1690–1734) was a British playwright.
He attended
Pembroke College, Oxford
Pembroke College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, is located on Pembroke Square, Oxford. The college was founded in 1624 by King James I of England and VI of Scotland, using in part the endowment of merchant Thomas Tesdale ...
. In 1725 he wrote a comedy ''
The Bath Unmasked'', set in the city of
Bath
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* Bathing, immersion in a fluid
** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body
** Public bathing, a public place where people bathe
* Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities
Plac ...
, which appeared at
Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Lisle's Tennis Court was a building off Portugal Street in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. Originally built as a real tennis court, it was used as a playhouse during two periods, 1661–1674 and 1695–1705. During the early period, ...
. This was followed by ''
The Capricious Lovers'' also staged at the Lincoln's Inn Fields. His 1730
ballad opera
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''
Bayes's Opera'' was performed at
Drury Lane
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. In 1734 he apparently committed suicide.
[Gagey p.152]
References
Bibliography
* Burling, William J. ''A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737''. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992.
* Gagey, Edmond McAdoo. ''Ballad Opera''. Columbia University Press, 1937.
* Highfill, Philip H, Burnim, Kalman A. & Langhans, Edward A. ''A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800: Garrick to Gyngell''. SIU Press, 1978.
* Williams, Sarah F. ''Damnable Practises: Witches, Dangerous Women, and Music in Seventeenth-Century English Broadside Ballads''. Routledge, 2016.
18th-century English writers
English dramatists and playwrights
1690 births
1734 deaths
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