{{Short description|British stage actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Richard Winstone''' (1699–1787) was a British stage actor of the eighteenth century.
In 1732 Winstone joined Henry Giffard's Goodman's Fields Theatre.<ref>Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.189</ref> After this he worked at several London theatres including Lincoln's Inn Fields, Her Majesty's Theatre and Bartholomew Fair. From 1734 to 1753 he was an established part of the Drury Lane company working with David Garrick among others, making occasional appearances at other theatres.<ref>Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.189</ref>
From 1743 he spent his summers working at the Jacobs Well Theatre in Bristol. After making his final London appearance in May 1753 he settled in Bristol and took an active role in the company there, which eventually gained a new home at the Theatre Royal, Bristol and also performed in Bath. He retired in 1784 and died in the city three years later.<ref>Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.190</ref>
==Selected roles== * Selim in ''Scanderbeg'' (1733) * Silvus in ''Junius Brutus'' (1734) * Paulinus in ''The Christian Hero'' (1735) * Touchwood in ''The Double Dealer'' (1735) * Gremio in ''The Universal Passion'' by James Miller (1737) * Constable in ''Art and Nature'' by James Miller (1738) * Gaylove in ''The Coffee House'' by James Miller (1738) * Mufti in ''Mustapha'' by David Mallet (1739) * Belus in ''Elmerick'' (1740) * Judge in ''Love the Cause and Cure of Grief'' (1743) * Pharon in ''Mahomet the Imposter'' (1744) * Charney in ''Edward the Black Prince'' by William Shirley (1750) * Posthumius in ''The Brothers'' (1753)
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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: Garrick to Gyngell''. SIU Press, 1978.
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Category:18th-century British male actors Category:People from Monmouth, Wales Category:1699 births Category:1787 deaths Category:Male actors from Monmouthshire
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