See also:JOHN See also:EDWIN (1749–1790)
, See also:English actor, was See also:born in See also:London on the loth of See also:August 1749, the son of a watchmaker
.
As a youth, he appeared in the provinces, in See also:minor parts; and at See also:Bath in 1768 he formed a connexion with a Mrs Walmsley, a See also:milliner, who See also:bore him a son, but whom he afterwards deserted
.
His first London See also:appearance was at the Haymarket in 1776 as
Flaw in See also:Samuel See also:Foote's The Cozeners, but when See also:George See also:Colman took over the See also:theatre he was given better parts and became its
leading actor
.
In 1779 he was at Covent See also:Garden, and played there or at the Haymarket until his See also:death on the 31st of See also:October
1790
.
Ascribed to him are The Last See also:Legacy of See also:John See also:Edwin, 178o; Edwin's Jests and Edwin's Pills to Purge See also:Melancholy
.
His son, JOHN EDWIN (1768-1805), made a first appearance on the See also:stage at the Haymarket. as Hengo in See also:Beaumont and See also:Fletcher's Bonduca in 1778, and from that See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time acted frequently with his See also:father, and managed the private theatricals organized by his intimate friend See also:Lord Barrymore at Wargrave, Berks
.
In 1791 he married See also:Elizabeth Rebecca See also:Richards, an actress already well known in juvenile parts, and played at the See also:Hay-See also:market and elsewhere thereafter with her
.
He died in See also:Dublin on the 22nd of See also:February 18o5
.
His widow joined the See also:Drury See also:Lane See also:company (then playing, on See also:account of the See also:fire of 1809, at the See also:Lyceum), and took all the leading characters in the comedies of the See also:day
.
She died on the 3rd of August 1854
.
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