John Till Allingham

Allingham died aged 36, at his father's house in Islington,[1] and was buried in March 1812 at Bunhill Fields.

[2] In his Life of John Kemble (1825), James Boaden suggested his early death was caused by drinking.

Allingham's afterpiece, Fortune's Frolic, first produced at Covent Garden Theatre in 1799, long enjoyed popularity, and the leading character Robin Roughhead wasplayed by celebrated actors.

or the Widow's Choice, a musical farce, produced at Covent Garden in 1808; Independence, or the Trustee, produced at Covent Garden in 1809; Transformation, or Love and Law, a musical farce, produced by the Drury Lane company at the Lyceum Theatre in 1810.

Much of the success of Allingham's plays was due to the ability and popularity of Charles Mathews.