{{Short description|British actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''George Pack''' (fl. 1700–1724) was a British stage actor, singer and theatre manager of the eighteenth century.<ref>Caines p.149</ref><ref>Heard p.48</ref> His first known performance on the London stage was as Westmoreland in Shakespeare's ''Henry IV'' at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre and he remained with the company until it transferred to the Queens's Theatre in the Haymarket in 1705. He played in a mixture of comedies and tragedies, originating roles in plays by many of the leading dramatists of the era including Nicholas Rowe, Mary Pix, John Vanbrugh and Susanna Centlivre.
In 1708 Pack joined the Drury Lane company and remained with it until he left to join John Rich's new company at the revived Lincoln's Inn Fields Theare in 1715. His final original role was in ''The Chimera'' in 1721. The following year he announced his retirement but came back briefly to appear in a benefit performance for Frances Maria Knight in 1724 and also received his own benefit shortly afterwards. After leaving the stage he took over an inn located on the corner of Haymarket and Pall Mall which he renamed ''The Busie Body'' after the play in which he played his best known role of Marplot. His year of death is unknown but occurred some time before 1749.
==Selected roles== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * Cleanthes in ''The Ambitious Stepmother'' by Nicholas Rowe (1700) * Rureck in ''The Czar of Muscovy'' by Mary Pix (1701) * Philotas in ''Antiochus the Great'' by Jane Wiseman (1701) * Ned in ''The Ladies Visiting Day'' by William Burnaby (1701) * Tilladen in ''Altemira'' by Charles Boyle (1701) * Morganius in ''Love's Victim'' by Charles Gildon (1701) * Stratocles in ''Tamerlane'' by Nicholas Rowe (1702) * Ogle in ''The Beau's Duel'' by Susanna Centlivre (1702) * Francisco in ''The Stolen Heiress'' by Susanna Centlivre (1702) * Sir Anthony Loveman in ''The Different Widows'' by Mary Pix (1703) * Jack Single in ''As You Find It'' by Charles Boyle (1703) * Pedro in ''Love Betrayed'' by William Burnaby (1703) * Fetch in ''The Stage Coach'' by George Farquhar (1704) * Pinch in ''The Biter'' by Nicholas Rowe (1704) * Sir Nicholas Empty in ''Love at First Sight'' by David Crauford (1704) * Hector in ''The Gamester'' by Susanna Centlivre (1705) * Brass in ''The Confederacy'' by John Vanbrugh (1705) * Robin in ''The Platonick Lady'' by Susanna Centlivre (1706) * Jo in ''Adventures in Madrid'' by Mary Pix (1706) * Sergeant Kite in ''The Recruiting Officer'' by George Farquhar (1706) * Saunter in ''The Double Gallant'' by Colley Cibber (1707) * Orangewoman in ''The Fine Lady's Airs'' by Thomas Baker (1708) * Marplot in ''The Busie Body'' by Susanna Centlivre (1709) * Sir Threadbare in ''The Rival Fools'' by Colley Cibber (1709) * Mizen in ''The Fair Quaker of Deal'' by Charles Shadwell (1710) * Antonio in ''The City Ramble'' by Elkanah Settle (1711) * Plotwell in ''The Apparition'' by Anonymous (1713) * Bite in ''The Female Advocates'' by William Taverner (1713) * Decoy in ''The Doating Lovers'' by Newburgh Hamilton (1715) * Sir Anthony Thinwit in ''The Perplexed Couple'' by Charles Molloy (1715) * Frank Flash in ''The Artful Husband'' by William Taverner (1717) * Madame Filette in ''The Coquet'' by Charles Molloy (1718) * Obadiah Prim in ''A Bold Stroke for a Wife'' by Susanna Centlivre (1718) * Sir Vanity Halfwit in ''Kensington Gardens'' by John Leigh (1719) * Teartext in ''The Chimera'' by Thomas Odell (1721) {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Bibliography== * Caines, Michael in ''The Plays and Poems of Nicholas Rowe, Volume I: The Early Plays''. Taylor & Francis, 2016. * Heard, Elisabeth J. ''Experimentation on the English Stage, 1695–1708: The Career of George Farquhar''. Routledge, 2015.
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