Edward Berry (1706-1760) was a British

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. He was a long-standing member of the Drury Lane company, appearing frequently with David Garrick.Marshall & Kishi p.462

Selected roles

* Hobinol in ''

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'' by Charles Johnson (1729) * Pantomine in '' Bayes's Opera'' by Gabriel Odingsells (1730) * Butler in '' The Devil to Pay'' by

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(1731) * Gentleman in '' Caelia'' by Charles Johnson (1732) * Sparke in ''

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'' by

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(1733) * Valeius Publicola in '' Junius Brutus'' by

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(1734) * Don Lopez in '' Trick for Trick'' by Robert Fabian (1735) * Osmyn in '' The Christian Hero'' by George Lillo (1735) * Chatillon in '' Zara'' by Aaron Hill (1736) * Byron in '' The Universal Passion'' by James Miller (1737) * Ceron in '' The Fatal Retirement'' by Anthony Brown (1739) * Manilus in ''

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'' by William Havard (1744) * Siftem in '' The Astrologer'' by

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(1744) * Cardinal Perigot in ''

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(1750) * Philip in '' The Brothers'' by

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(1753) * Xuthus in '' Creusa, Queen of Athens'' by William Whitehead (1754)

References

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: Volume 2''. SIU Press, 1975. * Marshall, Gail & Kishi, Tetsuo. '' Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Volume 1''. Pickering & Chatto, 2008. 18th-century English people 18th-century British actors English male stage actors British male stage actors 18th-century English male actors 18th-century British male actors 1706 births 1760 deaths {{England-stage-actor-stub