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Thomas Betterton painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Thomas Betterton (August 1635 – 28 April 1710), the leading male actor and theatre manager during Restoration England, son of an under-cook to King Charles I, was born in London .
Thomas Patrick Betterton ( Londra, 1635 [1] – 28 aprile 1710) è stato un attore teatrale inglese . Indice. 1 Biografia. 2 Note. 3 Altri progetti. 4 Collegamenti esterni. Biografia. Apprendista di John Holden, la sua prima presenza in un teatro fu nel 1660, nel 1662 si sposa con l'attrice Mary Saunderson. [2]
Attore e autore drammatico (Londra 1635 circa - ivi 1710). Per incarico del re Carlo II si recò a Parigi per studiarvi la scenotecnica della Comédie Italienne e del Teatro di Molière. Fu applaudito interprete di Shakespeare, di Webster. Sua moglie, Mary Saunderson (m. 1712), fu eccellente attrice.
24 apr 2024 · Died: April 28, 1710, London. Thomas Betterton (born c. 1635, London, Eng.—died April 28, 1710, London) was a leading English actor of the Restoration period and author of several popular adaptations. Betterton made his debut in 1659 and in 1661 was hired by Sir William Davenant for the Duke’s Company, which played successively ...
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Quick Reference. (1635–1710), the greatest actor in the Restoration, joined D'Avenant's company at Lincoln's Inn Fields, and was associated in the management of the Dorset Garden Theatre from 1671. His dramas include The Roman Virgin (acted 1669); The Prophetess (1690), an opera; and King Henry IV (1700).
24 ott 2023 · Restoration London's leading actor and theatre manager Thomas Betterton has not been the subject of a biography since 1891. He worked with all the best-known playwrights of his age and with the first generation of English actresses; he was intimately involved in the theatre's responses to politics, and became a friend of leading literary men such as Pope and Steele.
Charles Gildon VITA DI THOMAS BETTERTON Traduzione, introduzione e note di Loretta Innocenti I Libri di AAR
