Thomas Chapman (actor)

{{Short description|British actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Thomas Chapman''' (1683-1747) was a British stage actor.

A long-standing member of John Rich's Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre company, he was popular for his comedy roles. Although he also played in tragic plays, his reception for them were less acclaimed.<ref>The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama p.xli</ref>

==Selected roles== * Meanwell in ''The Impertinent Lovers'' by Francis Hawling (1723) * Beggar in ''The Beggar's Opera'' by John Gay (1728) * Dion in ''Sesostris'' by John Sturmy (1728) * Mirza in ''The Virgin Queen'' by Richard Barford (1728) * Ridolpho in ''Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburgh'' by Eliza Haywood (1729) * Artaban in ''Themistocles'' by Samuel Madden (1729) * Dogrel in ''The Wife of Bath'' by John Gay (1730) * Constant in ''The Coffee House Politician'' by Henry Fielding (1730) * Alcander in ''Periander'' by John Tracy (1731) * Lysimachus in ''Philotas'' by Philip Frowde (1731) * Nicanor in ''Merope'' by George Jeffreys (1731) * Barzanes in ''Orestes'' by Lewis Theobald (1731) * Brush in ''The Married Philosopher'' by John Kelly (1732) * Marquise of Pescara in ''The Fatal Secret'' by Lewis Theobald (1733) * Sir Lively Brainless in ''The Lady's Revenge'' by William Popple (1734) * Young Modern in ''The Rival Widows'' by Elizabeth Cooper (1735) * Jerry in ''The Double Deceit'' by William Popple (1735) * Tatterdemalion in The Prodigal Reform’d by Hildebrand Jacob (1738) * Lopez in The Happy Constancy by Hildebrand Jacob (1738) * Touchstone in ''As You Like It'' by William Shakespeare (1740)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==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. * Straub, Kristina, G. Anderson, Misty and O'Quinn, Daniel . ''The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama''. Taylor & Francis, 2017.

Category:18th-century British male actors Category:1683 births Category:1747 deaths