# Thomas Chapman (actor)

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'''Thomas Chapman''' (1683-1747) was a British [stage actor](/source/stage_actor).

A long-standing member of [John Rich](/source/John_Rich_(producer))'s [Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre](/source/Lincoln's_Inn_Fields_Theatre) company, he was popular for his comedy roles. Although he also played in [tragic plays](/source/Tragedy), 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](/source/The_Impertinent_Lovers)'' by Francis Hawling (1723)
* Beggar in ''[The Beggar's Opera](/source/The_Beggar's_Opera)'' by [John Gay](/source/John_Gay) (1728)
* Dion in ''[Sesostris](/source/Sesostris_(play))'' by John Sturmy (1728)
* Mirza in ''[The Virgin Queen](/source/The_Virgin_Queen_(play))'' by Richard Barford (1728)
* Ridolpho in ''[Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburgh](/source/Frederick%2C_Duke_of_Brunswick-Lunenburgh)'' by [Eliza Haywood](/source/Eliza_Haywood) (1729)
* Artaban in ''[Themistocles](/source/Themistocles_(play))'' by [Samuel Madden](/source/Samuel_Madden_(author)) (1729)
* Dogrel in ''[The Wife of Bath](/source/The_Wife_of_Bath_(play))'' by [John Gay](/source/John_Gay) (1730)
* Constant in ''[The Coffee House Politician](/source/The_Coffee_House_Politician)'' by [Henry Fielding](/source/Henry_Fielding) (1730)
* Alcander in ''[Periander](/source/Periander_(play))'' by John Tracy (1731)
* Lysimachus in ''[Philotas](/source/Philotas_(play))'' by [Philip Frowde](/source/Philip_Frowde) (1731)
* Nicanor in ''[Merope](/source/Merope_(play))'' by George Jeffreys (1731)
* Barzanes in ''[Orestes](/source/Orestes_(Theobald_play))'' by [Lewis Theobald](/source/Lewis_Theobald) (1731)
* Brush in ''[The Married Philosopher](/source/The_Married_Philosopher)'' by John Kelly (1732)
* Marquise of Pescara in ''[The Fatal Secret](/source/The_Fatal_Secret)'' by [Lewis Theobald](/source/Lewis_Theobald) (1733)
* Sir Lively Brainless in ''[The Lady's Revenge](/source/The_Lady's_Revenge)'' by [William Popple](/source/William_Popple_(colonial_administrator)) (1734)
* Young Modern in ''[The Rival Widows](/source/The_Rival_Widows)'' by [Elizabeth Cooper](/source/Elizabeth_Cooper_(dramatist)) (1735)
* Jerry in ''[The Double Deceit](/source/The_Double_Deceit)'' by [William Popple](/source/William_Popple_(colonial_administrator)) (1735)
* Tatterdemalion in The Prodigal Reform’d by [Hildebrand Jacob](/source/Hildebrand_Jacob) (1738) 
* Lopez in The Happy Constancy by Hildebrand Jacob (1738)
* Touchstone in ''[As You Like It](/source/As_You_Like_It)'' by [William Shakespeare](/source/William_Shakespeare) (1740)

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

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

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