John Egleton Explained

John Egleton (1698-1727) was a British stage actor.

He was a member of the Lincoln's Inn Fields company between 1717 and 1726, and also routinely performed at the summer fairs in London. In 1721 he married the actress Jane Giffard.^[1]

Selected roles

• Florio in The Traitor by Christopher Bullock (1718)
• Ranger in The Coquet by Charles Molloy (1718)
• Varnish in Kensington Gardens by John Leigh (1719)
• Ravillac in Henry IV of France by Charles Beckingham (1719)
• Carew in Sir Walter Raleigh by George Sewell (1719)
• Honoric in The Imperial Captives by John Mottley (1720)
• Woodville in Hob's Wedding by John Leigh (1720)
• Arsaces in Antiochus by John Mottley (1721)
• Achmat in The Fair Captive by Eliza Haywood (1721)
• Jerry in Hanging and Marriage by Henry Carey (1722)
• Idas in Love and Duty by John Sturmy (1722)
• O'Connor in Hibernia Freed by William Phillips (1722)
• Attalus in The Fatal Legacy by Jane Robe (1723)
• Macro in Belisarius by William Phillips (1724)
• Pander in The Bath Unmasked by Gabriel Odingsells (1725)

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: Garrick to Gyngell. SIU Press, 1978.
• Johanson, Kristine. Shakespeare Adaptations from the Early Eighteenth Century: Five Plays. Rowman & Littlefield, 2013.

Notes and References

1. Johanson p.409