Thomas Simpson (actor)
Thomas Simpson was an English stage actor of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century.[1] His surname is sometimes written as Sympson.
He joined the United Company from the 1687-88 season, but his early roles are unknown. Following the 1695 split he stayed at Drury Lane with Christopher Rich's company and acted in a number of roles until 1702. From 1703 he William Bullock and William Pinkethman operated a theatrical stall at Bartholomew Fair.[2]
Selected roles
- King in Agnes de Castro by Catherine Trotter (1695)
- Hottman Oroonoko by Thomas Southerne (1695)
- Curio in Neglected Virtue by Charles Hopkins (1696)
- Mufti in Ibrahim, the Thirteenth Emperor of the Turks by Mary Pix (1696)
- Don Leon in The Campaigners by Thomas D'Urfey (1698)
- Armando in The Perjured Husband by Susanna Centlivre (1700)
- Neoptolemus in The Virgin Prophetess by Elkanah Settle (1701)
- Du Law in The Unhappy Penitent by Catherine Trotter (1701)
- Lord Bellamy in Sir Harry Wildair by George Farquhar (1701)
- Meroan in The Generous Conqueror by Bevil Higgons (1701)
- Neoptolemus in The Virgin Prophetess by Elkanah Settle (1701)
- Uberto in The Patriot by Charles Gildon (1702)
- Mendez in All for the Better by Francis Manning (1702)
References
- Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.96
- Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.96
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: Volume 14. SIU Press, 1978.
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