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RICHARD ESTCOURT (1668–1712)

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 792 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RICHARD ESTCOURT (1668–1712)  ,
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English actor, began by playing
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comedy parts in
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Dublin . His first
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London appearance was in 1704 as Dominick, in Dryden's
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Spanish Friar, and he continued to take important parts at Drury Lane, being the
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original
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Pounce in Steele's
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Tender
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Husband (1705), Sergeant
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Kite in Farquhar's Recruiting Q19icer, and
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Sir Francis Gripe in Mrs Centlivre's Busybody . He was an excellent mimic and a
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great favourite socially . Estcourt wrote a comedy, The
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Fair Example, or the Modish Citizen (1703), and Prunella (1704), an interlude .

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