Howard Usher
Howard Usher (died. 1802) was an English
Theatre Royal, Haymarket and remained part of it for the next twenty one years.[4] His final appearance was a reprise of his original role Sir Walter Manny in George Colman the Younger's The Surrender of Calais on 10 September 1799.[5]
Selected roles
- Mittimus in The Fortune Tellersby John Hardham (1740)
- Tackum in The Tragedy of Tragedies by Henry Fielding (1740)
- Mirvan in Tamerlane by Nicholas Rowe (1743)
- Second Ambassador in Regulus by William Havard (1744)
- Poundage in The Provoked Husband by Colley Cibber (1747)
- Buckle in The Suspicious Husband by Benjamin Hoadly (1747)
- Ratcliff in Jane Shore by Nicholas Rowe (1750)
- Heartley in The Reprisal by Tobias Smollett (1757)
- Stockwell in The West Indian by Richard Cumberland (1774)
- Lemos in Braganza by Robert Jephson (1775)
- Henry VIII in Henry VIII by William Shakespeare (1778)
- King Henry in Albina by Hannah Cowley(1779)
- Spurious in A Widow and no Widow by Richard Paul Jodrell (1779)
- Landlord in The Genius of Nonsense by George Colman the Elder (1780)
- Paul Peery in Ways and Means by George Colman the Younger (1788)
- Sir Walter Manny in The Surrender of Calais by George Colman the Younger (1791)
- Barleycorn in The London Hermit by John O'Keeffe (1793)
References
Bibliography
- Greene, John C. Theatre in Dublin, 1745–1820: A Calendar of Performances. Lehigh University Press, 2011.
- Highfill, Philip H, Burnim, Kalman A. & Langhans, Edward A. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660–1800, Volume 15. SIU Press, 1993.
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