John Bowman (actor)
John Bowman (1651-1739) was a British stage actor.[1] He began his career in the Duke's Company at the Dorset Garden Theatre. In 1692 he married Elizabeth Watson. He later switched to act at the Drury Lane Theatre. He is also referred to as John Boman.
Selected roles
- Trueman in The Squire of Alsatia by Thomas Shadwell (1688)
- Beau in Greenwich Park by William Mountfort (1691)
- Grimbald in King Arthur by John Dryden (1691)
- Sir Nicholas Dainty in The Volunteers by Thomas Shadwell (1692)
- Rice ap Shinken in The Richmond Heiress by Thomas D'Urfey (1693)
- Sir Timothy Witless in The Female Virtuosos by Thomas Wright (1693)
- Magius The Fate of Capua by Thomas Southerne (1700)
- Magas in The Ambitious Stepmother by Nicholas Rowe (1700)
- Artenor in Antiochus the Great by Jane Wiseman (1701)
- Saunter in The Ladies Visiting Day by William Burnaby (1701)
- Mode in The Beau's Duel by Susanna Centlivre (1702)
- Sir Jeffrey Constant in The Man's Bewitched by Susanna Centlivre (1709)
- Decius in Cato, a Tragedy by Joseph Addison (1713)
- Mendwell in The Apparition by Anoymous (1713)
- Friendly in The Female Advocates by William Taverner (1713)
- Sir Richard Ratcliff in Jane Shore by Nicholas Rowe (1714)
- Duke of Milan The Cruel Gift by Susanna Centlivre (1716)
- Sir Tremendous in Three Hours After Marriage by John Gay (1717)
- Ebranc in The Briton by Ambrose Philips (1722)
- Ghost in Timoleon by Benjamin Martyn (1730)
References
- The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama p.XXXVIII
Bibliography
- Highfill, Philip H, Burnim, Kalman A. & Langhans, Edward A. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800: Garrick to Gyngell. SIU Press, 1978.
- Straub, Kristina, G. Anderson, Misty and O'Quinn, Daniel . The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama. Taylor & Francis, 2017.
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