Aaron Hill

Aaron Hill

Aaron Hill (February 10, 1685February 8, 1750) was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer.

The son of a country gentleman of Wiltshire, Hill was educated at Westminster School, and afterwards travelled in the East. He 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. Afterwards a reconciliation took place. He was a friend and correspondent of Samuel Richardson, whose "Pamela" he highly praised. 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. [Robert D. Hume. "Aaron Hill", "Grove Music Online", ed. L. Macy (accessed May 20 2006), [http://www.grovemusic.com/ grovemusic.com] (subscription access).]

A posthumous collection of Hill's essays, letters and poems was published in 1753. His "Dramatic Works" 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).

Works

*"A Full and Just Account of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire" (1709)
*"Elfrid: or The Fair Inconstant" (1709)
*"Athelwold" (?) a revision of "Elfrid"
*"The Plaindealer" (1724) essays with William Bond
*"The Progress of Wit, being a caveat for the use of an Eminent Writer" (1730)
*"Zara" (produced 1735) after Voltaire
*"The Prompter (1735) essays
*"Merope" (1749), after Voltaire

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