Benjamin Husband Explained

Benjamin Husband was a British stage actor of the eighteenth century. His surname is sometimes written as Husbands.

Reportedly born in Pembrokeshire in 1672,^[1] he was a member of the Lincolns Inn Fields and Drury Lane companies during the 1700s. He was later in Dublin as part of the Smock Alley Theatre organisation. When he had a benefit there in 1746, he was described as the oldest living actor.^[2]

Selected roles

• Tyranges in The Double Distress by Mary Pix (1701)
• Zama in Tamerlane by Nicholas Rowe (1702)
• Alphonso in All for the Better by Francis Manning (1702)
• Richemore in The Twin Rivals by George Farquhar (1702)
• Lorenzo in The Patriot by Charles Gildon (1702)
• Don Philip in She Would and She Would Not by Colley Cibber (1702)
• Albovade in The Faithful Bride of Granada by William Taverner (1704)
• Viceroy in The Revolution of Sweden by Catharine Cockburn (1706)
• Bellmour in Adventures in Madrid by Mary Pix (1706)
• Offa in The Royal Convert by Nicholas Rowe (1707)
• Lovely in The Man's Bewitched by Susanna Centlivre (1709)
• Valerius in Appius and Virginia by John Dennis (1709)
• Catesby in Jane Shore by Nicholas Rowe (1714)

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 VIII. SIU Press, 1978.

Notes and References

1. Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.61
2. Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.63