Aaron Hill

Background

Aaron Hill was born on the 10th of February 1685 in London, United Kingdom.

Education

Aaron Hill attended Westminster School.

Career

Aaron Hill was the author of 17 plays, some of them, such as his versions of Voltaire's Zaire and Merope, being adaptations. He also wrote poetry, which is of variable quality. Having written some satiric lines on Alexander Pope, he received in return a mention in The Dunciad, which led to a controversy between the two writers.

In addition to his literary pursuits Hill was involved in many commercial schemes, usually unsuccessful. Hill was the manager of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane when he was 24 years old, and before being summarily fired for reasons unknown, he staged the premier of George Frideric Handel's Rinaldo, the first Italian opera designed for a London audience.

The composer was very involved in the production, and Hill collaborated on the libretto, although it is disputed what his actual contributions were. A posthumous collection of Hill's essays, letters and poems was published in 1753. His Dramatic were published in 1760. His biography was recorded in Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time of Dean Swift, volume 5 (ostensibly by Theophilus Cibber but generally accepted to be of anonymous authorship).

Achievements

• Hill was an English author, notable for his works.

Works

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  • Athelwold: a tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by his Majesty's servants. By Aaron Hill, Esq.
  • King Henry the Fifth: or, the conquest of France, by the English. A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's servants. By Aaron Hill, Esq.
  • The walking statue: or, the devil in the wine-cellar. A farce. As it is acted at the theatres. With great applause. By Mr. A. Hill.
  • The plain dealer: being select essays on several curious subjects, ... Publish'd originally in the year 1724. And now collected into two volumes. The second edition. ... Volume 1 of 2
  • A full and just account of the present state of the Ottoman empire in all its branches: with the government, and policy, religion, customs, and way of ... the Turks in general Faithfully related from
  • Zara (Classic Reprint)

Connections

Friend:

Samuel Richardson

References

• A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature
• The Works of the Late Aaron Hill, Esq., Vol. 1 of 4: Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, and of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious; With an Essay on the Art of Acting (Classic Reprint)