(bron: wikipedia)Thomas Morton (1764 – 28 March 1838) was an English playwright.
Morton was born in the city of Durham.
He was the youngest son of John and Grace Morton of Whickham, County Durham.
After the death of his father he was educated at Soho Square school at the charge of his uncle Maddison, a stockbroker. Here amateur acting was in vogue, and Morton, who played with Joseph George Holman, acquired a taste for the theatre.
He entered at Lincoln's Inn,... meer
