Editing Isaac Bickerstaffe (section)

{{short description|Irish playwright and librettist}}
{{about|the authentic Irish playwright|the hoax pseudonym used by Swift, Steele, and Addison|Isaac Bickerstaff}}
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{{infobox person
|birth_name = Isaac John Bickerstaffe
|birth_date = 26 September 1733
|birth_place = Dublin, Ireland
|death_date = after 1808 
|occupation = playwright, librettist
|notable_works = ''[[Thomas and Sally]]'' (1761)<br>''Love in a Village'' (1762)<br>''The Maide of the Mill'' (1765)
| module =
{{Listen
|title=Oh, What a Charming Thing's a Battle!
|filename=Dibdin - Oh, What A Charming Thing's A Battle.ogg
|description = "Oh, What a Charming Thing's a Battle!", from [[Charles Dibdin]] and Isaac Bickerstaff's ''[[The Recruiting Serjeant]]'' (1770). Sung by [[Leon Lishner]]
}}
}}
'''Isaac Bickerstaffe''' or '''Bickerstaff''' (26 September 1733 – after 1808) was an Irish playwright and [[librettist]].