{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Short description|English actor}} '''Edward Lydall''' was an English stage actor of the seventeenth century. He was a member of the King's Company at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.<ref>Wilson p.34</ref> His first known performance was in 1668. He generally played supporting roles. His surname is sometimes written as '''Lidell'''.
==Selected roles== * Don Melchor de Guzman in ''An Evening's Love'' by John Dryden (1668) * Valerius in ''Tyrannick Love'' by John Dryden (1669) * Statilius in ''The Roman Empress'' by William Joyner (1670) * Prince Abdalla in ''The Conquest of Granada'' by John Dryden (1670) * Signor Cassidoro in ''The Generous Enemies'' by John Corye (1671) * Argaleon in ''Marriage à la mode'' by John Dryden (1672) * Collins in ''Amboyna'' by John Dryden (1673) * Don Alonzo in ''The Spanish Rogue'' by Thomas Duffett (1673) * Piso in ''Nero'' by Nathaniel Lee (1674) * Lelius in ''Sophonisba'' by Nathaniel Lee (1675) * Apollo in ''Psyche Debauched'' by Thomas Duffet (1675) * Loredano in ''Love in the Dark'' by Francis Fane (1675) * Dorilant in ''The Country Wife'' by William Wycherley (1675) * Tiberius in ''Gloriana'' by Nathaniel Lee (1676) *Oroandes in ''Wits Led By the Nose'' by William Chamberlayne (1677) * Perdiccas in ''The Rival Queens'' by Nathaniel Lee (1677) * Sir Oliver Bellingham in ''The Country Innocence'' by John Leanerd (1677)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Bibliography== * Van Lennep, W. ''The London Stage, 1660–1800: Volume One, 1660–1700''. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960. * Wilson, John Harold. ''Mr. Goodman the Player''. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1964.
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