# Thomas Comer

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**Thomas Comer** (1790–1862) was a British [stage actor](/source/Stage_actor). Comer was born in [Bath](/source/Bath,_Somerset) in [Somerset](/source/Somerset). After appearing in the [West End](/source/West_End_theatre) at the [Drury Lane](/source/Theatre_Royal,_Drury_Lane) and [Covent Garden](/source/Theatre_Royal,_Covent_Garden) theatres, he emigrated to the United States and established himself as a leading [music director](/source/Music_director), working at the [Boston Theatre](/source/Boston_Theatre) for many years.[1][2]

## Selected roles

- Hamy in *[The Apostate](/source/The_Apostate_(play))* by [Richard Sheil](/source/Richard_Sheil) (1817)
- Gonzaga in *[Bellamira](/source/Bellamira_(Sheil_play))* by [Richard Sheil](/source/Richard_Sheil) (1818)
- Lucius in *[Virginius](/source/Virginius_(play))* by [James Sheridan Knowles](/source/James_Sheridan_Knowles) (1820)
- Kierly in *[Wallace](/source/Wallace_(play))* by Charles Edward Walker (1820)
- Procles in *[Damon and Pythias](/source/Damon_and_Pythias_(1821_play))* by [John Banim](/source/John_Banim) and [Richard Sheil](/source/Richard_Sheil) (1821)
- Curio in *[Mirandola](/source/Mirandola:_a_Tragedy)* by [Barry Cornwall](/source/Bryan_Procter) (1821)
- Michael Lambourne in *[Kenilworth](/source/Kenilworth_(play))* by [Alfred Bunn](/source/Alfred_Bunn) (1821)
- Bertone in *[Julian](/source/Julian_(play))* by [Mary Russell Mitford](/source/Mary_Russell_Mitford) (1823)
- De Couci in *[The Vespers of Palermo](/source/The_Vespers_of_Palermo)* by [Felicia Hemans](/source/Felicia_Hemans) (1823)
- Velaszque de Leon in *[Cortez](/source/Cortez_(play))* by [James Planché](/source/James_Planch%C3%A9) (1823)
- Army officer in *[Ben Nazir](/source/Ben_Nazir,_the_Saracen)* by [Thomas Colley Grattan](/source/Thomas_Colley_Grattan) (1827)

## References

1. Newman p.110

1. Preston p.284

## Bibliography

- Newman, Nancy. *Good Music for a Free People: The Germania Musical Society in Nineteenth-century America*. University Rochester Press, 2010.
- [Preston, Katherine K.](/source/Katherine_K._Preston) *Opera on the Road: Traveling Opera Troupes in the United States, 1825-60*. University of Illinois Press, 1993.

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