William Barrymore (stage actor)

William Barrymore
Born	1759
Died	1830  (aged 70–71)
Occupation	Stage actor

William Barrymore (1759–1830) was a British stage actor. Originally from Taunton he was part of a company of strolling players in the West Country, and was acting at Plymouth in 1780. He first appeared at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1782, the under the management of Richard Sheridan, and became a long-standing member of the company. He is also the namesake of the famed Barrymore family

Selected roles

• Lord Aimworth in The Maid of the Mill by Isaac Bickerstaffe (1782)
• Osric in Hamlet by William Shakespeare (1783)
• Freeman in The Metamorphosis by William Jackson (1783)
• Connal in The Captives by John Delap (1786)
• Amphares in The Fate of Sparta by Hannah Cowley (1788)
• Alonzo in Marcella by William Hayley (1789)
• Sir Charles Freemantle in The Impostors by Richard Cumberland (1789)
• Mr Fashion in The Welch Heiress by Edward Jerningham (1795)
• Sir Pertinax Pitiful in The Man of Ten Thousand by Thomas Holcroft (1796)
• Annius in The Conspiracy by Robert Jephson (1796)
• Osmond in The Castle Spectre by Matthew Lewis (1797)
• Oliver in Knave or Not? by Thomas Holcroft (1798)
• Clifton in A Word for Nature by Richard Cumberland (1798)
• Clermont in Indiscretion by Prince Hoare (1800)
• Father Cyprion in Adelmorn, the Outlaw by Matthew Lewis (1801)
• Colonel Anson in The Vindictive Man by Thomas Holcroft (1806)

Bibliography

• Highfill, Philip H, Burnim, Kalman A. & Langhans, Edward A. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800: Abaco to Belfille. SIU Press, 1973.