James Fearon (1746–1789) was a British stage actor.
From 1768 to 1771 he acted in Edinburgh and Glasgow, before making his London debut at Haymarket Theatre.[1] He appeared in London until his death, mainly at the Covent Garden Theatre, whose company he joined in 1774.[2]
Selected roles
edit- Peter Poultice in The Maid of Bath by Samuel Foote (1771)
- Coachman in The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1775)
- Sir John Millamour in Know Your Own Mind by Arthur Murphy (1777)
- Porter in The Belle's Stratagem by Hannah Cowley (1780)
- Officer in The Count of Narbonne by Robert Jephson (1781)
- Bumboat in The Walloons by Richard Cumberland (1782)
- David in More Ways Than One by Hannah Cowley (1783)
- Vasquez in A Bold Stroke for a Husband by Hannah Cowley (1783)
- Leuthrop in Werter by Frederick Reynolds (1786)
- Wilkins in He Would Be a Soldier by Frederick Pilon (1786)
- Mathias in The Midnight Hour by Elizabeth Inchbald (1787)
- Chrysostom in All on a Summer's Day by Elizabeth Inchbald (1787)
- Zedan in Such Things Are by Elizabeth Inchbald (1787)
- Truffly in The Ton by Eglantine Wallace (1788)
- Seville in The Child of Nature by Elizabeth Inchbald (1788)
References
editBibliography
edit- Cox, Jeffrey N. & Gamer, Michael. The Broadview Anthology of Romantic Drama. Broadview Press, 2003.
- 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. SIU Press, 1973.