John Dancer (dramatist)

His works consist of several translations from Italian and French, original plays, and some miscellaneous stories and poems.

[1] John Dancer lived for some time in Dublin, where two of his dramatic translations were performed with some success at the Theatre Royal.

And yet in truth 'tis constancy, For which I am accus'd by thee; To nature those inconstant are, Who fix their love on one that's faire; Why did she, but for our delight, Present such numbers to our sight; 'Mongst all the earthly Kings, theres none Contented with one Crown alone.

[2] The original "love verses" at the close of the translation of Tasso's Amintas are "writ in imitation of Mr. Cowley's 'Mistris'".

[3] Dancer's works are as follows: According to Leslie Birkett Marshall, Dancer's original poems, appended to the translation of Aminta, are "light, competent lyrics of inconstancy, farewells, resolutions and persuasions to love".