Jephson, Robert

1736 - 31 May 1803

Irish writer, politician, soldier, and commentator, relevant to the Gothic tradition by adapting Horace Wapole's The Castle of Otranto for the stage as The Count of Narbonne (1781).

Sites:
Brief biographical note [The 1911 Encyclopedia]
Brief biographical note [The Haunted Curtain]
Brief biographical note [Wikipedia]


Etexts:
The Count of Narbonne [1781]
Brief excerpt

"Robert Jephson."