John Rich American musician, formerly of Lonestar, now with Big & Rich
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Yet, at the same time, 1728 was the year that Rich produced John Gay's Beggar's Opera, and the play ran so successfully that it was famously said the play "made Gay rich and Rich gay." John Gay was a long time friend of Pope's and a frequent collaborator of his.
Rich received a 75% share in the Lincoln's Inn Fields theater from his father, Christopher Rich, upon his death in 1714.
The general opinion of satirists was that Cibber was thoroughly as guilty as Rich, and the Cibber children went on to carry forth the habits of their father, just as JohnRich carried forth and exaggerated the habits of his.
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