James Fearon (actor) explained

James Fearon (1746–1789) was a British stage actor.

From 1768 to 1771 he acted in Edinburgh and Glasgow, before making his London debut at Haymarket Theatre.^[1] He appeared in London until his death, mainly at the Covent Garden Theatre, whose company he joined in 1774.^[2]

Selected roles

• Peter Poultice in The Maid of Bath by Samuel Foote (1771)
• Coachman in The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1775)
• Sir John Millamour in Know Your Own Mind by Arthur Murphy (1777)
• Porter in The Belle's Stratagem by Hannah Cowley (1780)
• Officer in The Count of Narbonne by Robert Jephson (1781)
• Bumboat in The Walloons by Richard Cumberland (1782)
• David in More Ways Than One by Hannah Cowley (1783)
• Vasquez in A Bold Stroke for a Husband by Hannah Cowley (1783)
• Leuthrop in Werter by Frederick Reynolds (1786)
• Wilkins in He Would Be a Soldier by Frederick Pilon (1786)
• Mathias in The Midnight Hour by Elizabeth Inchbald (1787)
• Chrysostom in All on a Summer's Day by Elizabeth Inchbald (1787)
• Zedan in Such Things Are by Elizabeth Inchbald (1787)
• Truffly in The Ton by Eglantine Wallace (1788)
• Seville in The Child of Nature by Elizabeth Inchbald (1788)

Bibliography

• Cox, Jeffrey N. & Gamer, Michael. The Broadview Anthology of Romantic Drama. Broadview Press, 2003.
• 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. SIU Press, 1973.

Notes and References

1. Cox & Gamer p. 418
2. Cox & Gamer pp. 418–19