Thomas Weston (1737 – 18 January 1776) was an English
actor
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Life
Weston was the son of a cook. He made his first London appearance around 1759, and from 1763 until his death,
he was considered to be the most amusing comedian on the English stage.
Weston was considered as “
Foote's most faithful trouper and a gifted comedian.
Samuel Foote wrote for him the part of Jerry Sneak in ''
The Mayor of Garratt''. Abel Drugger in the ''Alchemist'' was one of his famous performances; and
Garrick, who also played this part, praised him highly for it.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
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describes the craft and expertise skills of Weston's playing of comic 'business' as scrub.
He was in debt and so much addicted to liquor. He destroyed his inside by frequent intoxication. He died on 18 January 1776.
Gallery
File:Portrait of Thomas Weston in character - DPLA - 082944f3d792dfe949ace132532b9cdc.jpg, Weston in character
File:Thomas Weston as Scrub in the prologue "Scrub's Trip to The Jubilee" - DPLA - 6546887ab1e09b9208fb047b47f414b0.jpg, Weston as Scrub in ''Scrub's Trip to The Jubilee''
File:Thomas Weston as Scrub in "The Beaux' Stratagem" - DPLA - d1aefd59af822a177916f97536e28b57.jpg, Weston as Scrub in '' The Beaux' Stratagem''
File:Thomas Weston as Costard in "Love's Labour's Lost" - DPLA - 7c79d51b94502974ac3bfc3fe0beed8c.jpg, Weston as Costard in ''Love's Labour's Lost
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File:Thomas Weston as Dr. Last in "The Devil Upon Two Sticks" - DPLA - f0a270f8fc660cab21b4053f173e5a9e.jpg, Weston as Dr. Last in The Devil on Two Sticks
File:Thomas Weston as Dr. Last in "The Devil Upon Two Sticks" - DPLA - 64d356a48973dada1fcb707f46398dc0.jpg, Weston as Dr. Last
References
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1737 births
1776 deaths
English male stage actors
18th-century English male actors
English male comedians
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