John Hayman Packer

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} {{refimprove|date=January 2013}} [[File:Mr Moody and Mr Packer in the farce of the Register Office Saunders.jpg|thumb|John Moody (left) and John Hayman Packer (right) in ''The Register Office'' by Joseph Reed, 1773 engraving]] '''John Hayman Packer''' (12 March 1730 – 16 September 1806) was an actor for David Garrick's company at Drury Lane. Originally a saddler, he created the character Freeman in James Townley's ''High Life Below Stairs'' (1759). His parts were usually minor and, late in life, "as a rule"<ref>Hughes 2008.</ref> old men in tragedies and sentimental comedies.

==Selected roles== * Freeman in ''High Life Below Stairs'' by James Townley (1759) * Lucius in ''The Siege of Aquileia'' by John Home (1760) * Young Bellmont in ''All in the Wrong'' by Arthur Murphy (1761) * Don Roderigo in ''Elvira'' by David Mallet (1763) *Wellford in ''The Dupe'' by Frances Sheridan (1763) * Sir John Lambert in ''The Hypocrite'' by Isaac Bickerstaffe (1768) * Aunac in ''Zingis'' by Alexander Dow (1768) * Zopiron in ''Zenobia'' by Arthur Murphy (1768) * Captain Dudley in ''The West Indian'' by Richard Cumberland (1771) * Greek Herald in ''The Grecian Daughter'' by Arthur Murphy (1772) * Doctor Goodman in ''The Maid of Kent'' by Francis Godolphin Waldron (1773) * Otanes in ''Sethona'' by Alexander Dow (1774) * Stalpleton in ''The Choleric Man'' by Richard Cumberland (1774) * Ramirez in ''Braganza'' by Robert Jephson (1775) * Rinaldo in ''The Law of Lombardy'' by Robert Jephson (1779) * Ali in ''The Fair Circassian'' by Samuel Jackson Pratt (1781) * Thestor in ''The Royal Suppliants'' by John Delap (1781) * Marlow in ''The Metamorphosis'' by William Jackson (1783) * Gyfford in ''The Carmelite'' by Richard Cumberland (1784) * Duke of Genoa in ''Julia'' by Robert Jephson (1787) * Medley in ''The New Peerage'' by Harriet Lee (1787) * Gerbin in ''The Regent'' by Bertie Greatheed (1788) * Davison in ''Mary, Queen of Scots'' by John St John (1789) * Archon in ''The Rival Sisters'' by Arthur Murphy (1793) * Millden in ''The Wedding Day'' by Elizabeth Inchbald (1794) * Leofric in ''Edwy and Elgiva'' by Fanny Burney (1795) * David Duncan in ''The Last of the Family'' by Richard Cumberland (1797) * Allan in The Castle Spectre by Matthew Gregory Lewis (1797) * Old Copsley in ''The Will'' by Frederick Reynolds (1797) * Blaise in ''The Castle of Montval'' by Thomas Sedgwick Whalley (1799) * Prior in ''Julian and Agnes'' by William Sotheby (1801)

==References== *Hughes, Alan. "Packer, John Hayman." ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. 22 October 2008. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21076] (accessed 22 October 2008; subscriiption required). *[https://books.google.com/books?id=aS4FAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22John+Hayman+Packer%22+March+1730+1806&pg=PT604 ''The Literary panorama'']

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