John Crosby (died 1724) was an English stage actor of the Restoration Period. He first recorded performance is in 1662 when he appeared in Ignoramus at Whitehall Palace, likely as a child actor. It was further eight years before he was solidly established in the Duke's Company in 1670 beginning with The Forc'd Marriage by Aphra Behn. He became a regular with the company over the following decade, often playing young lover roles. He retired from the stage in 1679 and later became a justice of the peace for Middlesex. He died on 8 April 1724 and was buried in St Sepulchre.[1]
Selected roles edit
- Cleontius in The Forc'd Marriage by Aphra Behn (1670)
- Andrages in The Women's Conquest by Edward Howard (1670)
- Louis in Charles VIII of France by John Crowne (1671)
- Pheroras in Herod and Mariamne by Samuel Pordage (1671)
- Featlin in The Six Days' Adventure by Edward Howard (1671)
- Otanes in Cambyses, King Of Persia by Elkanah Settle (1671)
- Alexey in Juliana by John Crowne (1671)
- Me Cleverwit in The Citizen Turned Gentleman by Edward Ravenscroft (1672)
- Rash in The Morning Ramble by Henry Nevil Payne (1672)
- Don Sebastian in The Fatal Jealousy by Henry Nevil Payne (1672)
- Leandro in The Reformation by Joseph Arrowsmith (1673)
- Abdelcador in The Empress of Morocco by Elkanah Settle (1673)
- Lewis in Love and Revenge by Elkanah Settle (1674)
- Patroclus in Alcibiades by Thomas Otway (1675)
- Alonzo in Abdelazer by Aphra Behn (1676)
- Courtly in Tom Essence by Thomas Rawlins (1676)
- Arsaces in Titus and Berenice by Thomas Otway (1676)
- Sylvio in Pastor Fido by Elkanah Settle (1676)
- Marquis of Posa in Don Carlos, Prince of Spain by Thomas Otway (1676)
- Noble in The Counterfeit Bridegroom by Aphra Behn (1677)
- Ptolomy in The Siege of Babylon by Samuel Pordage (1677)
- Claudio in The French Conjuror by Thomas Porter (1677)
- Haemon in Oedipus by John Dryden (1678)
- Leander Fancy in Sir Patient Fancy by Aphra Behn (1678)
- Lovell in Squire Oldsapp by Thomas D'Urfey (1678)
- Paris in The Destruction of Troy by John Banks (1678)
- Diomedes in Troilus and Cressida by John Dryden (1679)
- Julio in The Feign'd Curtizans by Aphra Behn (1679)
References edit
- ^ Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.54-55
Bibliography edit
- 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: Corye to Dynion. SIU Press, 1975.
- Van Lennep, W. The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume One, 1660-1700. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.
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