Mr Moody and Mr Packer in the farce of the Register Office Saunders

John Hayman Packer (12 March 1730 – 16 September 1806) was an actor for David Garrick's company at Drury Lane. Originally a saddler, he created the character Freeman in James Townley's '' High Life Below Stairs'' (

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). His parts were usually minor and, late in life, "as a rule"Hughes 2008. old men in tragedies and sentimental comedies.

Selected roles

* Freeman in '' High Life Below Stairs'' by James Townley (1759) * Lucius in ''

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(1760) * Don Roderigo in '' Elvira'' by David Mallet (1763) * Sir John Lambert in ''

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'' by Isaac Bickerstaffe (1768) * Aunac in ''

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Alexander Dow Alexander Dow (1735/6, Perthshire, Scotland – 31 July 1779, Bhagalpur) was a Scottish Orientalist, writer, playwright and army officer in the East India Company. Life He was a native of Crieff, Perthshire. Alexander Dow's father worked at t ...

(1768) * Zopiron in '' Zenobia'' by Arthur Murphy (1768) * Greek Herald in '' The Grecian Daughter'' by Arthur Murphy (1772) * Otanes in ''

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(1774) * Ramirez in '' Braganza'' by

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(1775) * Rinaldo in '' The Law of Lombardy'' by

(1779) * Ali in '' The Fair Circassian'' by Samuel Jackson Pratt (1781) * Thestor in ''

The Royal Suppliants ''The Royal Suppliants'' is a 1781 tragedy by John Delap. The original Drury Lane cast included William 'Gentleman' Smith as Acamas, John Bannister as Hyllus, James Aickin as Iolaus, William Farren as Alcander, John Hayman Packer as Thestor, R ...

'' by John Delap (1781) * Marlow in ''

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'' by William Jackson (1783) * Duke of Genoa in ''

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(1787) * Medley in ''

The New Peerage ''The New Peerage'' is a 1787 comedy play by the British writer Harriet Lee. The original cast included Thomas King as Mr Vandercrap, John Bannister as Lord Melville, Richard Suett as Sir John Lovelace, John Hayman Packer as Medley, John Philli ...

'' by Harriet Lee (1787) * David Duncan in '' The Last of the Family'' by Richard Cumberland (1797) * Blaise in ''

The Castle of Montval ''The Castle of Montval'' is a tragedy by the British writer Thomas Sedgwick Whalley. It was first published in 1781, but wasn't staged in London's West End until 23 April 1799 when it appeared at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane where it succeeded ...

'' by

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(1799)

References

*Hughes, Alan. "Packer, John Hayman." ''

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Notes

1730 births 1806 deaths English male stage actors 18th-century English male actors {{UK-stage-actor-stub