The Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets/John Wilson
John Wilson.
An Author of the Place of whose Birth I am ignorant; he was once Recorder of Londonderry, and sometime resided in Dublin, where he writ Belphegor, which was afterwards acted in London. He died about three Years since, near Leicester-Fields, but where buried I know not. He is Author of four Plays; viz.
Andronicus Commenius, a Tragedy, 4 to. 1663. Plot from Heylin’s Cosmography in the Description of Greece, Cantacusenus, Leunclavius, &.
Belphegor; or, The Marriage of the Devil; a Comedy, 4 to. 1690. acted at the Queen’s Theatre in Dorset-Garden. Plot taken from a Novel of Machiavel', and Quevedo’s Novels, 8 vo.
The Cheats, a Comedy, 4 to. Printed two Editions, the last 1671. This Play met with Applause when first acted, and is a diverting Comedy.
The Projectors, a Comedy, 4 to. 1665. This Play met with no great Success.