See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• ROBERT WILLIAM ELLISTON (1774--1831)

ELLISTON (1774--1831)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English actor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 7th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1774, the son of a See also:

• WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch-maker . He was educated at St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul's school, but ran away from See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home and made his first See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance on the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage as Tressel in See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard III. at See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath in 1791 . Here he was later seen as Romeo, and in other leading parts, both comic and tragic, and he repeated his successes in London from 1796 . He acted at See also:

• DRURY, SIR WILLIAM (1527-1579)

Drury See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane from 1804 to 1809, and again from 1812; and from 1819 he was the lessee of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, presenting See also:

• KEAN, EDMUND (1787–1833)

Kean, Mme See also:

• VESTRIS, GAETANO APPOLINO BALDASSARE (1729-18o8)
• VESTRIS, LUCIA ELIZABETH (1797—1856)

Vestris and See also:

• MACREADY, WILLIAM CHARLES (1793—1873)

Macready . See also:

• ILL

Ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health and misfortune culminated in his See also:

• BANKRUPTCY (from Lat. bancus or Fr. banquet table or counter, and Lat. ruptus, broken)

bankruptcy in 1826, when he made his last appearance at Drury Lane as Falstaff . But as lessee of the See also:

• SURREY
• SURREY, EARLDOM OF
• SURREY, HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF (1518?-1547)

Surrey See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre he acted almost up to his See also:

• DEATH

death, which was hastened by intemperance . See also:

• LEIGH
• LEIGH, EDWARD (1602–1671)

Leigh See also:

• HUNT, ALFRED WILLIAM (183o-1896)
• HUNT, HENRY (1i73-1835)
• HUNT, HENRY JACKSON (1819-1889)
• HUNT, JAMES HENRY LEIGH (1784-1859)
• HUNT, ROBERT (1807-1887)
• HUNT, THOMAS STERRY (1826-1892)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HENRY (1790—1864)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HOLMAN (1827-1910)
• HUNT, WILLIAM MORRIS (1824-1879)

Hunt compared him favourably with See also:

• GARRICK, DAVID (1717-1779)

Garrick; See also:

• BYRON, GEORGE GORDON BYRON, 6TH BARON (1788-1824)
• BYRON, HENRY JAMES (1834-1884)
• BYRON, HON
• BYRON, JOHN BYRON

Byron thought him inimitable in high See also:

• COMEDY

comedy; Macready praised his versatility . See also:

• ELLISTON, ROBERT WILLIAM (1774--1831)

Elliston was the author of The Venetian Outlaw (r8o5), and, with See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• GODOLPHIN, SIDNEY GODOLPHIN, EARL

Godolphin Waldron, of No Prelude (1803), in both of which plays he appeared .