Author:William Rufus Chetwood

William Rufus Chetwood
(1700–1766)

Works

• The Voyages of Captain R. Falconer (1720) (external scan)
• The Voyages of Captain R. Boyle (1728) (external scan)
• The Voyages, Travels, and Adventures of Captain W. O. G. Vaughan, with the History of his brother, Jonathan, six years a Slave in Tunis (1736)
• A Tour through Ireland in Several Entertaining Letters (1748), co-authored with Philip Luckombe
• A general history of the stage: from its origin in Greece down to the present time (1749) (external scan)
• The British Theatre. Containing the Lives of the English Dramatic Poets, with an Account of all their Plays,’ &c. (1750) (external scan)

Plays

• The Stock Jobbers, or the Humours of Exchange Alley (1720)
• South Sea, or the Biter bit (1720)
• The Lovers' Opera (1729)
• The Generous Freemason, or the Constant Lady. With the Humours of Squire Noodle and his Man Doodle (1731)

Poetry

• Kilkenny, or the Old Man's Wish (1748)

Works about Chetwood

• "Chetwood, William Rufus," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.