On February the 7th 1753 'The Gamester' was produced at the Drury Lane Theatre. Essentially the play is all about the downfall that can be caused by the vice of gambling. The play is currently available from Amazon as a book in a translation by W. Reeve or on http://www.gutenberg.org/ (click on the title at the beginning of the article). It was originally written by Edward Moore and ran at the Drury Lane Theatre for ten consecutive nights with Mr Garrick in the lead role.
On this date in 1812 Charles Dickens was born. Dickens is perhaps the most prolific English writer since William Shakespeare. For more information on the celebrations of Dickens's 200th birthday please follow this link.
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