Author: Dimond, William
Biography:
DIMOND, William (c. 1784-1837?: ODNB)
The eldest surviving son of William Wyatt Dimond and Matilda Martha (Baker) Dimond, he was born and educated in Bath, where his father managed the Theatre Royal as well as a theatre in Bristol. After the death of his father in 1812, Dimond took over the two theatres. He was already an established writer, having published Della Cruscan poems and had dramatic pieces performed in Bath and London in his teens. He wrote about thirty works for the stage, typically mixed-media affairs with music and elaborate sets. Some were adaptations, others he called "historical dramas" or "comic dramas" or "melodramas": a few crossed the Atlantic and were performed and published in America as well. He gave up the theatres about 1823 and is said to have died in Paris. (ODNB 5 Sept. 2018) HJ
Other Names:
- William Dimond, the Younger