JOHN FAWCETT (1768-1837)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V10,
Page 217
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:JOHN See also:FAWCETT (1768-1837)
, See also:English actor and playwright, was See also:born on the 29th of See also:August 1768, the son of an actor of the same name (d
.
1793)
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At the See also:age of eighteen he ran away from school and appeared at See also:Margate as Courtall in The Belle's Stratagem; afterwards he joined See also:Tate See also:Wilkinson's See also:company and turned from tragedy to See also:low See also:comedy parts
.
In 1791 he appeared at Covent See also:Garden, and in 1794 at the Haymarket
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Colrnan, then manager of that See also:house, wrote a number of parts designed to suit his talents, and two of See also:Fawcett's greatest successes were as Dr
.
Pangloss in The See also:Heir at See also:Law (1797) and as Dr 011apod in The Poor See also:Gentleman (1798)
.
He retired from the See also:stage in 1830
.
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