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Thomas Betterton. 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 .
Apr 24, 2024 · Last Updated: Apr 24, 2024 • Article History. Born: c. 1635, London, Eng. 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 ...
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Thomas Betterton. (1635—1710) actor and theatre manager. 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.
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Thomas Betterton (bĕt´ərtən), 1635?–1710, English actor and manager. He joined Sir William D'Avenant's company at Lincoln's Inn Fields theater in 1661 and became the leading actor of the Restoration stage, the theatrical leader of his time.
THOMAS BETTERTON 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
Summary. From the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 to the rise of David Garrick in the 1740s, Thomas Betterton was widely regarded the greatest of English actors. Long after his death in 1710, his name was a by-word for precious commodities: emotional logic over barnstorming effect; substructures of feeling not superficial reactions; the ...
The most substantial study available of any seventeenth-century actor, Thomas Betterton gives one of England's greatest performing artists his due on the tercentenary of his death. Presents an array of new findings and deductions about Betterton's life and career, of particular interest to theatre scholars interested in documentary records of ...
