• Name: Tobin, John
• Gender: Male
• Birth Date: 26  January  1770
• Death Date: 7  December  1804
• Occupation: playwright

Godwin has some contact with John Tobin (1770-1804) and his brother Captain George Tobin although most contacts are with another brother, James Webbe Tobin.
John Tobin (1770-1804) wrote mainly comic plays and had little succes in his early years. At Godwin's urging, Tobin agreed to put his name to Godwin's own play Antonio. The first and only performance of the tragedy was in December 1800. The meeting of 16 November 1800 might signify collaboration on the play:
' Breakfast at Tobin's: Tobins (read)'
Tobin died of tuberculosis in 1804.

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