He is best known for his 1663 play The Adventure of Five Hours, possibly co-authored by George Digby - the play (an adaptation of a Spanish work by Antonio Coello) was produced by the Duke's Company and later proved an influence on Richard Brinsley Sheridan's opera The Duenna.
In 1775, she sang oratorio at Covent Garden and began the role of Clara in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The Duenna. However, although she was in great demand as Clara, she ran away from the theatre with the playwright and gunpowder maker Miles Peter Andrews.