, an author and an actor, was born in Castle-street, Dublin, in the
, an author and an actor, was born
in Castle-street, Dublin, in the latter end of the seventeenth century, and made his first theatrical attempt on the
stage of that metropolis but not meeting with encouragement suitable to his merit, he came over to England, and
entered himself in a travelling company, but from thence
very soon was removed to London, and established in
Drury-lane and Lincoln’s-inn-fields theatres, where he
was universally liked in every character he performed, but
in none more than those of Fondlewife in the “Old Bachelor,
” and Ben in “Love for Love,
” which Mr. Congreve, with whom he was a very great favourite, wrote in
some measure with a view to his manner of acting.