Dramatist, composer, writer and theatre proprietor. Employed Grimaldi at Sadler's Wells. Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin was known professionally as Charles Pitt or Charles Dibdin the younger. Born in Russell Court, Covent Garden, the illegitimate son of composer Charles Dibdin and actress Harriett Pitt. Buried at St James's Chapel, Pentonville.
The image shows Dibdin aged 51.
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Charles Dibdin
R. I. P. Charles Dibdin, 1768 - 1833 Henry Krokatsis 2010
Born Eutin, Germany, died London, from tuberculosis. A sick man he came to London to write the English opera Oberon which received an enthusiastic reception at Covent Garden in April 1826.
Singer-songwriter. Born in Gary, Indiana. Â Arguably the most successful performer of modern times. From 1965, he was the lead singer in the Jackson Five, which had four consecutive number one hits....
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