American playwright born in New Jersey; he studied painting with Benjamin West in London before returning to America where he operated theaters in New York; he was author of Life of Charles Brockden Brown (1815) and History of the American Theater (1832).

REFERENCES TO WORKS BY William Dunlop:

Memoirs of the Life of George Frederick Cooke, late of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden Composed principally from Journals and other authentic Documents, left by Mr. Cooke, and the personal Knowledge of the Writer.