George Colman (1762-1836), known as a??the Younger, a?? who also wrote under the pseudonym Arthur Griffinhood, was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer, and the son of George Colman a??the Eldera??. While at the University of Aberdeen he published a poem satirizing Charles James Fox, called The Man of the People; and in 1782 he produced, at his fathera??s playhouse in the Haymarket, his first play, The Female Dramatist. It was unanimously condemned, but Two to One (1784) was entirely successful. It was followed by Turk and no Turk (1785), a musical comedy; Inkle and Yarico (1787), an opera; Ways and Means (1788); The Iron Chest (1796); The Poor Gentleman (1802); John Bull; or, An Englishmana??s Fireside (1803), his most successful piece; The Heir at Law (1808), which enriched the stage with one immortal character, a??Dr Pangloss, a?? and numerous other pieces, many of them adapted from the French. Colman, whose witty conversation made him a favourite, was also the author of a...

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