William Milward

{{Short description|British actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''William Milward''' (1702–1742) was a British stage actor.

He began his career with John Rich's company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre and also appeared at the Haymarket. From 1734 he became part of the company at Drury Lane where he remained for the rest of his career.<ref>The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama p.lix</ref>

==Selected roles== *Wingrave in ''Money the Mistress'' by Thomas Southerne (1726) *Curtius in ''The Fall of Saguntum'' by Philip Frowde (1727) *Antigonus in ''Philip of Macedon'' by David Lewis (1727) *Eumenes in ''The Virgin Queen'' by Richard Barford (1728) *Pahnes in ''Sesostris'' by John Sturmy (1728) *Anspach in ''Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburgh'' by Eliza Haywood (1729) *Mardonius in ''Themistocles'' by Samuel Madden (1729) *Merit in ''The Wife of Bath'' by John Gay (1730) *Araxes in ''Orestes'' by Lewis Theobald (1731) *Aristedes in ''Periander'' by John Tracy (1731) *Arsaces in ''Philotas'' by Philip Frowde (1731) *Polydorus in ''Merope'' by George Jeffreys (1731) *Young Bellefleur in ''The Married Philosopher'' by John Kelly (1732) *Antonio in ''The Fatal Secret'' by Lewis Theobald (1733) *Titus in ''Junius Brutus'' by William Duncombe (1734) *Scandenberg in ''The Christian Hero'' by George Lillo (1735) *Valentine in ''The Man of Taste'' by James Miller (1735) *Lusignan in ''Zara'' by Aaron Hill (1736) *Gratiano in ''The Universal Passion'' by James Miller (1737) *First brother in ''Comus'' by Thomas Arne (1738) *Egistus in ''Agamemnon'' by James Thomson (1738) *Lanertes in ''The Fatal Retirement'' by Anthony Brown (1739) *Mustapha in ''Mustapha'' by David Mallet (1739) *Conrade in ''Elmerick'' by George Lillo (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.

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