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See also:EDWARD See also:KYNASTON (c. 1640-17o6) , See also:English actor, was See also:born in See also:London and first appeared in See also:Rhodes's See also:company, having been, like See also:Betterton, a clerk in Rhodes's See also:book-See also:shop before he set up a company in the See also:Cockpit in See also:Drury See also:Lane . See also:Kynaston was probably the last and certainly the best of the male actors of See also:female parts, for which his See also:personal beauty admirably fitted him . His last female See also:part was Evadne in The Maid's Tragedy in 1661 with See also:Killigrew's company . In 1665 he was playing important male parts at Covent See also:Garden . He joined Betterton at See also:Lincoln's See also:Inn See also:Fields in 1695, after which he received less important roles, retiring in 1699 . He died in 1706, and was buried on the 18th of See also:January . |
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