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WHITE, William Charles, dramatist, born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1777; died in Worcester, Massachusetts, 2 May, 1818. He was the son of a merchant, but left, the counting-room for the stage in 1796, appearing as Norval in the Federal street theatre, Boston, Massachusetts At the same time he produced a tradegy called "Orlando," but, meeting with small encouragement, turned his attention to law, and opened an office in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1800. He returned to the stage for a few months in the same year, but finally abandoned it, in 1801, and for a short time was an editor of the "National Aegis." In 1811 he became county attorney. He published and produced the plays "The Country Cousin" (Boston, 1810), and "The Poor Lodger" (1810). He is the author of a "Compendium of the Laws of Massachusetts " (3 vols., 1810).
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