Alexander Pope (actor)
| Alexander Pope | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1763 Cork (city) |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Known for | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Younge, Maria Ann Campion, Clara Maria Leigh |
Alexander Pope (1763 – 22 March 1835) was an Irish actor and painter.
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Life
He was born in Cork, Ireland. He was educated to follow his father's profession of miniature painting. He continued to paint miniatures and exhibit them at the Royal Academy as late as 1821; but at an early date he took the stage, first appearing in London as Oroonoko in 1785 at Covent Garden. He remained at this theatre almost continuously for nearly twenty years, then at the Haymarket until his retirement, playing leading parts, chiefly tragic. He was well known as Othello and Henry VIII.[1]
He played for the first time in Edinburgh on 15 June 1786, as Othello.[2]
Family
He was married three times. His first wife, Elizabeth (1744–1797), a favourite English actress of great versatility, was billed before her marriage as Miss Younge.[3] His second wife, Maria Ann Campion (1775–1803), also a popular actress, was a member of an Irish family.[1] His third wife, born Clara Maria Leigh (1768–1838), was the widow of the artist Francis Wheatley, and herself a skilful painter of figures and of flowers, under the name of Mrs Pope.[4]
References
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- ↑ Terry Enright, ‘Pope , Elizabeth (1739x45–1797)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 21 March 2015
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- 1763 births
- 1835 deaths
- Irish male stage actors
- People from County Cork
- 18th-century Irish painters
- 19th-century Irish painters
- 18th-century Irish male actors
