# Edward Berry (actor)

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'''Edward Berry''' (1706-1760) was a British [stage actor](/source/stage_actor). He was a long-standing member of the [Drury Lane](/source/Theatre_Royal%2C_Drury_Lane) company, appearing frequently with [David Garrick](/source/David_Garrick).<ref>Marshall & Kishi p.462</ref>

==Selected roles==
* Hobinol in ''[The Village Opera](/source/The_Village_Opera)'' by [Charles Johnson](/source/Charles_Johnson_(writer)) (1729)
* Pantomine in ''[Bayes's Opera](/source/Bayes's_Opera)'' by [Gabriel Odingsells](/source/Gabriel_Odingsells) (1730)
* Butler in ''[The Devil to Pay](/source/The_Devil_to_Pay_(opera))'' by [Charles Coffey](/source/Charles_Coffey) (1731)
* Gentleman in ''[Caelia](/source/Caelia_(play))'' by [Charles Johnson](/source/Charles_Johnson_(writer)) (1732)
* Sparke in ''[The Miser](/source/The_Miser_(Fielding_play))'' by [Henry Fielding](/source/Henry_Fielding) (1733)
* Valeius Publicola in ''[Junius Brutus](/source/Junius_Brutus_(play))'' by [William Duncombe](/source/William_Duncombe) (1734)
* Don Lopez in ''[Trick for Trick](/source/Trick_for_Trick_(1735_play))'' by Robert Fabian (1735)
* Osmyn in ''[The Christian Hero](/source/The_Christian_Hero)'' by [George Lillo](/source/George_Lillo) (1735)
* Chatillon in ''[Zara](/source/Zara_(play))'' by [Aaron Hill](/source/Aaron_Hill_(writer)) (1736)
* Byron in ''[The Universal Passion](/source/The_Universal_Passion)'' by [James Miller](/source/James_Miller_(playwright)) (1737)
* Ceron in ''[The Fatal Retirement](/source/The_Fatal_Retirement)'' by Anthony Brown (1739)
* Manilus in ''[Regulus](/source/Regulus_(1744_play))'' by [William Havard](/source/William_Havard_(actor)) (1744)
* Siftem in ''[The Astrologer](/source/The_Astrologer_(play))'' by [James Ralph](/source/James_Ralph) (1744)
* Cardinal Perigot in ''[Edward the Black Prince](/source/Edward_the_Black_Prince_(play))'' by [William Shirley](/source/William_Shirley) (1750)
* Philip in ''[The Brothers](/source/The_Brothers_(Young_play))'' by [Edward Young](/source/Edward_Young) (1753)
* Xuthus in ''[Creusa, Queen of Athens](/source/Creusa%2C_Queen_of_Athens)'' by [William Whitehead](/source/William_Whitehead_(poet)) (1754)

==References==
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==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 2''. SIU Press, 1975.
* Marshall, Gail & Kishi, Tetsuo. '' Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Volume 1''. Pickering & Chatto, 2008.

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