David Fisher (II) (1788–1858) was an English actor, and one of the managers of Fisher's company, which had a monopoly of the

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theatres.

Biography

David Fisher was born on 29 December 1788 in St Giles's, Norwich, the eldest of the five surviving children of

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(1760–1832), who was at that time a singer and actor at the Norwich Theatre Royal, and his wife, Elizabeth, ''née'' Burrell (1761/2–1814), an actress. Fisher made his first appearance in London at

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, as

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, 3 December 1817. This was followed on the 5th by Richard III, and on the 10th by Hamlet. The recovery from illness of

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arrested his career. On 24 September 1818, at Drury Lane, then under

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, he played Jaffier in ''Venice Preserved'', Subsequently, he appeared as Lord Townly in ''

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'', and Pyrrhus in ''Orestes'', He was the original Titus in

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's ''Brutus, or the Fall of Tarquin'', 3 December 1818, and Angelo in Buck's ''Italians, or the Fatal Accusation'', 3 April 1819. He failed to establish any strong position, and discovered at the close of the second season that his presence was necessary on the Suffolk circuit. On 7 November 1823 he appeared at Bath in '

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', and subsequently as Shylock, Leon, and Jaffier. He was pronounced a sound actor, but with no claim to genius, and failed to please. Returning again to the eastern counties, he built theatres at Bungay, Beccles, Halesworth, Eye, Lowestoft,

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, and other places. About 1838 he retired to

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, where he died 20 August 1858. He was a musician and a scene-painter, and in the former capacity was leader for some time of the Norwich choral concerts.

Notes

References

* ;Attribution * Endnotes: **Grenest's ''Account of the English Stage'' **''

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'' 1858, ii. 422 **''Theatrical Inquisitor'', volume xi. {{DEFAULTSORT:Fisher, David 1788 births 1858 deaths English male stage actors 19th-century English male actors Fisher family (acting)