Benjamin Husband was a British stage actor of the eighteenth century. His surname is sometimes written as Husbands. Reportedly born in

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in 1672, he was a member of the Lincolns Inn Fields and

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companies during the 1700s. He was later in

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as part of the Smock Alley Theatre organisation. When he had a benefit there in 1746, he was described as the oldest living actor.Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.63

Selected roles

* Tyranges in '' The Double Distress'' by

Mary Pix Mary Pix (1666 – 17 May 1709) was an English novelist and playwright. As an admirer of Aphra Behn and colleague of Susanna Centlivre, Pix has been called "a link between women writers of the Stuart Restoration, Restoration and Augustan litera ...

(1701) * Zama in ''

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'' by Nicholas Rowe (1702) * Alphonso in '' All for the Better'' by Francis Manning (1702) * Richemore in ''

The Twin Rivals ''The Twin Rivals'' is a 1702 comedy play by the Irish writer George Farquhar. It was one of the author's least successful plays.Bond & Sherburn p.777 A younger son schemes to cheat his elder brother out of the family estate. The original Drury L ...

'' by

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(1702) * Lorenzo in '' The Patriot'' by Charles Gildon (1702) * Don Philip in '' She Would and She Would Not'' by

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(1702) * Albovade in ''

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'' by William Taverner (1704) * Viceroy in '' The Revolution of Sweden'' by Catharine Cockburn (1706) * Bellmour in ''

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'' by

(1706) * Offa in ''

The Royal Convert ''The Royal Convert'' is a 1707 tragedy by the British writer Nicholas Rowe. The play is set in England during the Saxon era featuring two brothers in a love triangle with a young Christian woman. It was staged at the Queen's Theatre in the ...

'' by Nicholas Rowe (1707) * Lovely in '' The Man's Bewitched'' by

Susanna Centlivre Susanna Centlivre (c. 1669 (baptised) – 1 December 1723), born Susanna Freeman, and also known professionally as Susanna Carroll, was an English poet, actress, and "the most successful female playwright of the eighteenth century". Centlivre's ...

(1709) * Valerius in '' Appius and Virginia'' by John Dennis (1709) * Catesby in ''

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'' by Nicholas Rowe (1714)

References

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: Volume VIII''. SIU Press, 1978. English male stage actors British male stage actors 18th-century English male actors 18th-century British male actors 1672 births {{England-stage-actor-stub