Dibdin

Charles, an English lyric and dramatic poet and actor; born in Southampton in 1745. He opened a little playhouse in London, the Sans Souci Theater, and there brought out his own plays, enlivened with his own songs. His “Sea Songs” are popular favorites still. He died July 25, 1814. Dice (plural of die), small cubes of ivory, marked on their sides with black dots, from one to six. The invention of dice is attributed to Palamedes (cire a 1244 pn. c.). But the use of cubes with numbered sides for gambling purposes is probably much earlier.